Ivan Tsarevich agreed to help the Tsaritsa of the Copper Kingdom after he had saved his mother from Whirlwind.
After that, he threw the ball before him.
The copper ball rolled forward and this time, the ball landed before the Silver Kingdom. Just like the Copper kingdom, this time everything in the palace, including the terrible serpents at the gate of the place were made of silver. This time Ivan Tsarevich drew water from the silver bucket and gave the water to the serpents and quietened them.
After that the Tsaritsa of the Silver Kingdom came out and she was stunned to see someone else other than the monster Whirlwind. “It has been three years since Whirlwind has imprisoned me here. Who are you? What are you doing here?”
When Ivan Tsarevich told the woman the reason he was here, she too told him that she did not know where Whirlwind or his mother was. But she gave him a silver ring and a silver ball. The silver ring represented the entire Silver kingdom and the silver ball would lead Ivan Tsarevich to the Golden kingdom. The Tsaritsa of the Silver kingdom wanted Ivan to ask his questions to the woman in the Golden kingdom and she hoped that the woman in the Golden kingdom would know the answer to Ivan’s questions.
Ivan thanked her and took the ball when the woman asked Ivan to save her from Whirlwind after he had saved his mother. This time too, the silver ring represented the entire silver kingdom and using that, Ivan could summon the entire kingdom including the Tsaritsa after he had defeated Whirlwind.
Ivan promised to help her too and followed the silver ball.
Adapted from Russian Folktales
No comments:
Post a Comment