An old tsar heard tell of a princess from whose finger came drops of water with the power to restore youth. So the tsar sent his elder son to look for her.
The young man reached the edge of the world, but there learned that he still had to cross three bridges. The toll for the first bridge was one of his arms, for the second a leg, and for the third his head. The discouraged prince gave up the venture and returned home.
The younger son, Ivan, was then sent out on the quest, and he too went to the edge of the world. At the first bridge, instead of paying the toll of an arm he used arm to defeat the guards; at the second bridge, he made use of both his legs to run across before the guards could catch him; and at the third bridge, he used his head to find a way to sneak across.
He went on until he reached a golden castle. In it there was a beautiful, sleeping girl. From her finger dripped the water of life. Ivan began to collect it in his flask, when the maiden awoke and caused him to fall unconscious to the ground. But when she looked closely at Ivan and saw how handsome he was, she roused him again, and, together, the young couple returned to the tsar with the water of life. Naturally, then they were wed.
The young man reached the edge of the world, but there learned that he still had to cross three bridges. The toll for the first bridge was one of his arms, for the second a leg, and for the third his head. The discouraged prince gave up the venture and returned home.
The younger son, Ivan, was then sent out on the quest, and he too went to the edge of the world. At the first bridge, instead of paying the toll of an arm he used arm to defeat the guards; at the second bridge, he made use of both his legs to run across before the guards could catch him; and at the third bridge, he used his head to find a way to sneak across.
He went on until he reached a golden castle. In it there was a beautiful, sleeping girl. From her finger dripped the water of life. Ivan began to collect it in his flask, when the maiden awoke and caused him to fall unconscious to the ground. But when she looked closely at Ivan and saw how handsome he was, she roused him again, and, together, the young couple returned to the tsar with the water of life. Naturally, then they were wed.
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