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Then he threw three more of the gold pieces into the
spring, and again he lay down by the side of it and
slept. Then he got up and went and looked into the
spring, and still there was no sign of the money.
So he threw in his three remaining gold pieces, and
again lay down and slept. The third time he arose
and looked into the spring, and there, sure enough,
was his money: all nine of the gold pieces were
floating on the surface of the water!

And now his heart felt lighter, and he gathered up
the nine gold pieces and went on his way. On the
road he fell in with three katswpi' with a laden
wagon. He asked them concerning their wares, and
they said they were carrying a load of incense. He
begged them straightway to sell him this incense.
Then they sold it to him for the gold pieces, and
when be had bought it and they had departed, he
kindled fire and burnt the incense, and offered it up
to God as a sweet-smelling sacrifice. Then an angel
flev down to him, and said: “Oh, thou that hast
offered this sweet-smelling sacrifice to God, what dost
thou want for thine own self? Dost thou want a
tsardom, or great riches? Or, perchance, the desire of
thy heart is a good wife? Speak, for God will give
thee whatsoever thou desirest.” When the man had

1 Lit. Big billy-goats, the name given by the clean-shaved
Ruthenians to their hairy neighbours the Russiaas.