STORIES FOR CHILDREN

The Foundling 39

The Peasant and the Cucumbers 40

The Fire 41

The Old Horse 43

How I Learned to Ride 46

The Willow 49

Búlka 51

Búlka and the Wild Boar 53

Pheasants 56

Milton and Búlka 58

The Turtle 60

Búlka and the Wolf 62

What Happened to Búlka in Pyatigórsk 65

Búlka's and Milton's End 68

The Gray Hare 70

God Sees the Truth, but Does Not Tell at Once 72

Hunting Worse than Slavery 82

A Prisoner of the Caucasus 92

Ermák 124