Fairy tales of the Slav peasants and herdsmen (1896)
1804-1891, Harding, Emily J., ill · London : G. Allen · leaf 357
ey shone like sunbeams in the room.In spite of the fools entreaties the brothers picked them upand gave them to their father, who hastened to present themto the king, telling him that his idiot son had gathered them 338 Slav Tales in the wood. The king immediately sent a detachment ofhis guards to… … At first the king was very angry, but when he grew calmerhe sent for his herdsman and said to him, Tell your son, thefool, that he must bring me, by this evening, a cask filled to thebrim with these precious golden acorns. If he obeys my com-mands you shall never lack bread and salt, and you may…
Fairy tales -- Slavic countries
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