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have lots of money at home, and will live happily
together !”

They went on and on, and there, on the borders
of a forest, some hounds were chasing a fox. They
chased it and chased it, but the fox kept on escaping,
and the hounds could not run it down. Then the son
changed himself into a greyhound, and ran down the
fox and killed it. The noblemen thereupon came

galloping out of the forest. “Is that thy grey-
hound ?”—* It is.’ —“ Tis a good dog ; wilt sell it to
us ?”—* Bid for it !”—‘ What dost thou require ?””—

“Three hundred rubles without a chain.”—‘ What
do we want with thy chain, we would give him a
chain of gold. Say a hundred rubles !”—* Nay !”—
“Then take thy money and give us the dog.” They
counted down the money and took the dog and set
off hunting. They sent the dog after another fox.
Away he went after it and chased it right into the
forest, but then he turned into a youth again and
rejoined his father.

They went on and on, and his father said to him :
“What use is this money to us after all? It is
barely enough to begin housekeeping with and repair
our hut.”—‘ Grieve not, dear dad, we shall get
more still. Over yonder are some young noblemen
hunting quails with falcons. I will change myself
into a falcon, and thou must sell me to them; only