Tolstoi for the young. Select tales from Tolstoi

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Tolstoy Leo. Tolstoi for the young. Select tales from Tolstoi

IVAN THE FOOL

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IV

V

VI

VII

VIII

IX

X

XI

XII

WHERE THERE IS LOVE, THERE IS GOD ALSO

A PRISONER

II

III

IV

V

VI

EMELIAN AND THE EMPTY DRUM

THE GREAT BEAR

THREE QUESTIONS

THE GODSON

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II

III

IV

V

VI

VII

VIII

IX

X

XI

XII

XIII

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Once upon a time there lived a rich peasant, who had three sons – Simon the Warrior, Taras the Pot-bellied, and Ivan the Fool, and a deaf and dumb daughter, Malania, an old maid.

Simon the Warrior went off to the wars to serve the King; Taras the Pot-bellied went to a merchant’s to trade in the town, and Ivan the Fool and the old maid stayed at home to do the work of the house and the farm. Simon the Warrior earned a high rank for himself and an estate and married a nobleman’s daughter. He had a large income and a large estate, but he could never make both ends meet, for, what he managed to gather in, his wife managed to squander; thus it was that he never had any money.

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“Very well; make some, then.”

And the Devilkin said, “Take a sheaf of rye and bump it upright on the ground, saying, —

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