Two Brothers, Bees and Honey

During ancient times people lived, thinking of how to support family how to extract fire and to keep it, where to find dwelling and as it to construct. For this purpose people wandered on woods in searches of wild animals to kill them, to feed themselves and the family.

As from fur сшить clothes to warm a body in cold winter. Острогой fished, collected edible корешки, mushrooms, berries. Sometimes in a wood found trees in which hollows there was a wild, sweet honey. In one of dwellings there lived two brothers Yan and Ivan.

Ян was the good hunter, the fisher, but very artful, severe and greedy. Everything, that it killed in a wood, it caught in lake ate itself and with the brother never shared. Ivan was very kind, tender, good person. Never killed animals, did not fish, did not offend people. It went to a wood to collect корешки, berries, mushrooms honey. It was fed with these products of a wood all year.

Once, Ян has gone on hunting, but success was not, it has killed nobody, has tried to fish, but nothing has caught. Malicious and hungry it has come home. At this time Ivan has sat down for a table to have supper, has got корешки, berries and honey. Ян very much wished to eat, it has sat down for a table near to Ivan and has asked for it some honey.

Ivan was very kind person, never to whom refused. It has fed the brother, has shared with it a supper. After a supper they have laid down to sleep. Having woken up early in the morning, Ян has woken Ivan to learn, where there are bees who have collected such sweet honey.

Ingenuous Ivan has told to the brother everything, that it knows about bees, honey and has led it in a wood. In a wood Ivan has found and has shown the brother of a hollow of trees in which there live wild bees.

Has passed some days and Yana very much it wanted honey. Anything, not having told to the brother, Ян has gone to a wood. Has found a tree, a hollow with bees, has got соты with honey and began to eat. Ivan thought, that the brother will not steal honey and on - to it has not told to it, that the first piece сотов needs to be sacrificed to gods, to carry to a sacred tree.

 Gods were angry on Yana and have decided it to teach a good lesson by means of bees. Bees have gathered from all wood in a huge plenty and have attacked the thief. They stung it until it has not fallen. Ян has died, therefore - that has received a greater doze of poison. Bees were lost also, they perish at an attack on the opponent if leave in it the sting.

Ivan long cried, having seen the dead brother and dead bees. It was a pity to it of the brother and bees. There has come night, and Ivan has laid down to sleep. At night in a dream to it the God was. It has told, that Ivan would catch телёнка and has poured its water. That will be with water it is necessary to make and with dead bees.

Having woken up, Ivan has recollected everything, that the God has told to it and has run to catch телёнка. Has caught телёнка, has poured its water, телёнок has shaken off, water light drops has left in the ground. Ivan has collected all dead bees, has made in the ground small apertures a knot of a tree and in each of them has put a dead bee. All apertures it fell asleep the ground and has watered. There were first shoots.

On them in the end of summer there were wheaten ears. Ears have been covered by precisely such stings with what bees have killed Yana. And grains hung how hang on a tree рои bees. Ears have kept up, Ivan has beaten out from them grains, has pounded between two stones, has mixed with water and became, is instead of honey.