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Long ago , the Garou were tied w the nobles of this land. They His sons answered together, "We will try to capture the
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would help us, and we would watch over them. This is a tale of Firebird for you."
those times, before the Leeches and the Communists destroyed The first night, the eldest son went into the garden to
the old way of life . It is a swry of a time when we were almost keep watch. He sat near the apple tree, and as the night
friends with the humans. wore on, he became very drowsy and fell asleep. While he
Once upon a time, there lived a mighty Tsar, a noble slept, the Firebird flew into the garden, picked some apples
Silver Fang. He had three sons, but to his sorrow, the wolf and flew off.
did not breed true in any of them. The oldest was Tsarevich In the morning, the Tsar asked Dimitri if he had seen the
Dimitri, the second was Tsarevich Vasily and the third was Firebird. He answered that she had not come into the
Tsarevich Ivan. garden that night.
The mighty Tsar had a magnificent palace with a garden The next night, Vasily went to keep watch in the garden.
so beautiful it must have been blessed by Gaia herself. All He also sat under the apple tree, and in several hours, he fell
kinds of beautiful flowers, trees and shrubs grew in his asleep. While he slept peacefully beneath the tree, the
garden, but the Tsar's favorite was a tree that bore golden Firebird slipped into the garden, picked a great number of
apples . apples and flew away. The next morning, the Tsar asked
The Tsar noticed one day that many of his apples had whether Vasily had seen the Firebird. Vasily answered that
been picked during the night. He found out that every she had not come into the garden that night.
night, while the court slept, the Firebird, totem spirit of the The third night, it was Tsarevich Ivan's turn to keep
Silver Pack, flew into his garden and picked as many apples watch over the tree. He sat beneath it for several hours and
as she wished. nothing happened . Then, suddenly, the entire garden was
He called his sons to him. "My beloved sons," he said, illuminated by a radiant golden light. The Firebird flew
"the Firebird has been stealing my golden apples. If one of overhead. Her eyes sparkled like huge crystals and her
you captures her alive, I will give that son half my kingdom wings were golden flames . She perched upon the apple tree
while I live and the other half upon my death ." and began to partake of the golden apples. Tsarevich Ivan
stole up to her softly and tried to catch her. Although he
Lands and bring me the horse with the golden mane from Elena fell madly in love. When they arrived at Tsar Afron's
the Kingdom of Tsar Afron. [f you succeed, you may keep kingdom, Ivan knew that, in spite of the fact that he loved
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the Firebird. But if you fail, [ will proclaim before all of the the Princess dearly, he would have to lead her to the palace
Tsardoms that you are a thief!" and given her up to the Tsar. At that thought, he grew
Ivan went to the gray wolf and told him everything. The exceedingly sad and wept bitterly.
wolf proceeded to berate him for not listening, for trying to Ivan told the wolf of his love for the Princess and begged
take the cage even when he had been warned against it. for his help once again . The wolf agreed to help him and
Finally, the wolf relented and told Ivan to sit on his back. told Ivan his plan.
He would take him to the horse with the golden mane . "I will transform myself into the beautiful Princess.
Ivan climbed onto the back of the gray wolf, and the wolf Then you must take me, in the guise of Elena, to Tsar Afron.
took off as fast as lightning. The wolf ran until night fell, He will give you the horse with the golden mane, for the
and they arrived at the royal stables of Tsar Afron. Tsar will think that [ am Princess Elena. Later, when you
"listen closely this time," the wolf said. "You can easily are far away on the horse with the golden mane, [ will ask
go into the stables and take the horse with the golden mane, the Tsar to let me walk in the open field. [t will be easy to
but do not touch the golden bridle hanging on the wall. escape."
Please, be careful this time!" [van told the real Princess Elena to wait for him outside
j van entered the stables, took the horse and began to of the town . The wolf transformed himself into the Prin
leave, but when he noticed the golden bridle hanging on cess, and Ivan took him to the Tsar.
the wall, he could not resist taking it. The instant he took Afron was delighted when he saw the Princess and gave
the bridle, an alarm was raised. The stable boys woke up at the horse to T sarevich Ivan . Ivan immediately mounted
once and chased him across the stable . When they cap him and galloped away. He picked up Elena at the ap
tured [van, they brought him before Tsar Afron, who pointed place, and they rode off towards the kingdom of
questioned him just as Dolmat had. T sar Dolmat.
"Young man," said Tsar Afron, just as Dolmat had said, Meanwhile, the gray wolf, in the guise of the beautiful
"if you had come to me and told me beforehand what you Elena, lived with Tsar Afron for one day before he begged
wanted, I would have given you the horse with the golden to be allowed to walk in the open fields. Tsar Afran, so in
The gray wolf overtook Tsarevich Ivan and told him to of Tsarevich Ivan, and immediately the parts of his body
mount him and let the Princess ride on the horse with the grew back together. He then sprinkled the water of life on
golden mane. the body, and Tsarevich Ivan stood up.
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They continued on their journey. When the gray wolf "I have slept for a long time," he said.
brought them to the spot where they first met, he made one "Yes," answered the wolf, "you would have slept forever
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