leep. Then Ivan called up the Spirit, and
desired him to fulfil the command of the King's daughters, after which
he went to bed.

Early the next morning Ivan Tsarevich awoke his master, and giving him
a goose's wing, bade him go on to the bridge and sweep off the dust.
Meanwhile Ivan went into the Golden castle. And when the Tsar and the
Princesses went out early on to the balcony they were amazed at
beholding the Castle and the bridge; but the Princesses were out of
their wits with joy, for they were now quite sure that Ivan Tsarevich
was in the city; and presently after, indeed, they saw him at a window
in the golden castle. Then they begged the Tsar and Tsarina to go with
them into the castle; and as soon as they set foot on the staircase,
Ivan Tsarevich came out to meet them. Thereupon his mother and the
three Princesses ran and embraced him, exclaiming: "This is our
deliverer!" His brothers looked down ashamed, and the Tsar stood dumb
with amazement; but his wife soon explained it all to him. Thereat the
Tsar fell into a passion with his eldest sons, and was going to put
them all to death; but Ivan fell at his feet and said: "Dear father,
if you desire to reward me for what I have done, only grant my
brothers their lives, and I am content." Then his father raised him
up, embraced him, and said: "They are truly unworthy of such a
brother!" So they all returned to the castle.

The next day three weddings were celebrated. The eldest son, Vasili
Tsarevich, took the Princess of the copper kingdom; Fedor Tsarevich,
the second son, chose the Princess of the silver kingdom, and Ivan
Tsarevich settled with his Princess in the golden kingdom. He took the
poor shoemaker into his household, and they all lived happily for many
years.

ILIYA OF MUROM AND THE ROBBER NIGHTINGALE

In the famous city of Murom there once lived a countryman named Ivan
Timofeyevich. Now Ivan had a son named Iliya, the joy of his heart,
who was thirty years of age before he could walk; when all at once he
acquired such strength that he could not only run about, but made for
himself a suit of armour and a steel spear, saddled his steed, and
went to his parents and begged their blessing. "Dear father and
mother," said he "grant me permission to go to the famous city of
Kiev." So his parents gave him their blessing and dismissed him,
saying: "Go straight to Kiev, straight to the city Chernigov, but do
no wrong upon your way, nor shed Christian