78 COSSACK FAIRY TALES.

of the forest alive and well. When the others saw
them both alive they rejoiced greatly that no harm
had come to any of them from the tooth. But they
seized the sister and tied her to the tail of a savage
horse and let her loose upon the endless steppe.

So they all lived the merry lives of 'sars who
feast continually. And I was there too, and drank
wine and mead till my mouth ran over and it
trickled all down my beard. So there’s the whole
hazka for you.