Chapter I. INTRODUCTORY, part 6 · page 31 2 3201But the Simpleton contradicted them, saying:202"They're telling lies! we're carrying money; here, just take a look at it."203The Diachok uttered such an "Oh!"--then he flung himself on the gold, and began seizing handfuls of it and stuffing them into his pocket.204The Simpleton grew angry, dealt him a blow with his hatchet, and struck him dead.205"Heigh, Simpleton! what have you been and done!" cried his brothers. "206You're a lost man, and you'll be the cause of our destruction, too!207Wherever shall we put the dead body?"208They thought and thought, and at last they dragged it to an empty cellar and flung it in there.209But later on in the evening the eldest brother said to the second one:--1 2 3← previousChapter I. INTRODUCTORY, part 5next →Chapter I. INTRODUCTORY, part 7↑ back to Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-loreThis page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/16/page/3/