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Nastka, give us the braid!
Move!
Here you have.
Mom, whiten her brows!
Oh, my lovely darling (my berry)!
Mom! Nastka's braid is nicer than mine.
Yours is more expensive, yours we baught at the fair.
Cut her braid off (by the very root)!
What shall l drag her by, then if she will have no braid?
We'll hide her braid under a rag.
All right, hide it.
So, you, slob, you love to munch when the stove's all smudged?
Go like that, you viper! You'll do better wiping.
Try that...
Oh, a princess!
You're a true princess!
Really?
You are!
A princess...
- l'm tired, l'm hot. - Shut up and bear the lot.
No, you're not a princess.
Who, then?
A queen!
What good deed could l do?
Oh!
Granny, let me help you.
Help me, darling.
Oh, do a good deed.
A good deed?
With pleasure!
l need badly to do good!
Then do it.
Sit down (climb on)!
Where to?
On my hump.
Climb on!
Do you live far from here?
Oh, very far, my dear. Up the hill, then down the hill, then up the hill again.
That's great!
lt's great, but don't get sweaty.
Come on, let's go!
My daughter is so right. She works day and night.
All day long she sews, she knits, she won't say a word against it.
Very early in the morning (even before the tea drinking is finished) she starts a stove, she gets it cooking and broiling.
The floor she mops all shining, she's great at wining and dining.
Yeah, such a wonder (beauty) you can't even dream of.
Matchmaker, you're overdoing it.
We've heard from people that you have another daughter.
I...
Oh, my God! People babble like it's scrabble. l'm the only daughter of my mother, the other is a stepdaughter.
Be so kind, show us the other daughter.
Mom!
Well, look if you want.
Nastenka! Nastenka!
Nastka! Come here!
You viper!
Nastenka, my sweetie, my honeycomb!
Show up to our guests.
This one is no good at all. She's a scarecrow in the mall!
Our little fool is neither pretty (no pretty face), nor full (no nice figure). Takes after her father.
I....
l keep mum...
What can l offer you, dear guests?
Fish or meat, we're thankful for it.
My dear son adores goose giblets.
Very!
Nastka!
Let your lovely daughter take care of it.
It is a tradition.
Mom.
And we'll see how good she is at work.
Are you sweating, dear?
It's a bit hot.
Can you see a ramshackle hut?
l'm seeing it.
That's my palace.
Hey, it's a downhill, my dear, come on! Faster!
Here we are!
Here it is, my palace.
Thank you, darling! Thank you, handsome!
Are you laughing at me?
Can't you see how handsome l am?
No, l can't. lt's been about 10 years since l went blind.
Ah, granny, l wish l have gone blind.
What's the matter?
Granddad Mushroom lied to me.
What?
l'll never look at myself again!
How is the bride?
He likes her a lot. She's a real beauty. She is white and with blush on her cheeks, she has no flaws.
Mom!
Help!
Marfoushenka! Daughter!
Help!
Mom!
Pull her!
Marfoushenka! Marfousha!
Save me, quick!
You should've tied it tighter!
Are you rejecting my child?
Why? For some rye, for some wheat (everyone has different taste)..
He is a young lad, and ready to get married.
But not this one!
Marfushenka!
The other one!
The one called Nastenka.
It's granny's stick.
How can she walk without her stick?
l've got to take it to her!
Good boy, lvanushka!
Maybe l'm just dreaming, maybe l'm seeing ghosts, or it's the old sorcerer's tricks at their worst.
The feather had brought me here.
Here l met Nastenka.
Look, the stump is blooming!
The evil sorcerer is playing tricks on me. l'll never be free of his spell.
So, there's only one choice...
Farewell, Nastenka!
Nastenka!
Many weeks had passed, the sky's with snow overcast!
The old man took his daughter to the forest, 'cause he ought to. Not of his own free will, on the old woman's grill.
She nagged him! She scolded him! She pecked him! She moulded him!
l try to get Marfoushka married, but everybody looks at damn Nastya.
Take herto the woods and dump her! Out of my sight, wicked viper!
No! l don't care if the old nag kills me, but l'm not leaving you, my daughter, in the forest, believe me.
Come on, Zorka! Turn back home!
Let her beat me with a poker, or with a pitchfork.
l'm not afraid of anything anymore! l'm not afraid of anyone! l'll tell her what l think!
She'll make you miserable, dad, she will drive you mad.
Goodbye. Remember me well.
Nastya!
Nastya!
C'mon, Zorka, go!
Hey, you in the house, move up! Open the doors wide!
Mommy!
What?
That's enough! l'm not putting up with...
l'm keeping mum...
Marfoushenka, let's go back in, you'll catch a cold, darling.
You'd better watch out!
Our Nastenka is gone...
Tyapa! Tyapa!..