THE STORY OF LITTLE TSAR NO VISHNY, 61

she-wolf looked round and said: “Well for thee,
little Tsar Novishny, that thou hast let me go.
Methought thou wouldst not let me go alive. For
that thou hast let me go, I'll give thee, little Tsar
Novishny, a w olf-whelp.”—Then she said to the
little wolf: “Thou shalt serve this dear little Tsar
as though he were thine own dear father.” Then
the little Tsar went back, and now there were with
him two dogs and a little wolf.w vhelp that trotted
behind them.

Now the serpent and the false sister saw him
coming from afar, and three dogs trotting behind
him. And the serpent said to her: « What a sly,
wily one it is! If he hasn’t added another watch-
dog to his train! Lie down, and make thyself
out worse than ever, and ask bear’s milk of him,
for the bears will tear him to pieces without doubt.”
Then the serpent turned himself into a needle,
and she took him up and stuck him in the wall.
Meanwhile the brother dismounted from his horse
and came with his dogs and the wolf to the hut,
and the dogs began snuffing at the needle in the
wall. And his sister said to him: “Tell me, why
dost thou keep these big dogs? They let me have
no rest.” Then he called to the dogs, and they sat
down. And his sister said to him: “I dreamed
a dream, my brother. I saw thee go and search