Once upon a time Kuzenka lived alone in a dark forest; he had a thin house, and one cockerel, and five hens. A little fox got into the habit of visiting this Kuzenka; He went hunting once, and only from home, and the fox was right there; she came running, killed one chicken, fried it and ate it. Kuzenka came back, grabbed - no chicken! and thinks: that’s right, the kite dragged him away. The next day I went hunting again. A little fox comes across him and asks: “Where are you going, Kuzenka?” - “Go hunting, little fox!” - “Well, goodbye!” - and immediately ran to his hut, killed a chicken, fried it and ate it. Kuzenka came home, missed the chicken - no! It dawned on him: “Isn’t the fox eating my chickens?”
On the third day, he nailed up the windows and doors in his hut tightly, and he went fishing. Suddenly the little fox came up and asked: “Where are you going, Kuzenka?” - “Go hunting, little fox!” The little fox immediately ran to Kuzenka’s house, and he turned and followed her. The fox came running, walked around the hut, saw: the windows and doors were boarded up tightly, how to get into the hut? She took it and went down the pipe. Then Kuzenka caught the fox. “Bah,” he says, “that’s the kind of thief who comes to me. Wait a minute, lady, I won’t let you out of my hands now!” The little fox began to ask Kuzenka: “Don’t kill me! I’ll make you Goat Rich Soon, just fry for me one chicken with fatter butter.” Kuzenka agreed, and the little fox, having eaten such a rich lunch, ran to the royal reserved meadows and began to ride in those reserved meadows.
The wolf runs and says: “Oh, you damned fox! Where did it crack so badly?” - “Ah, dear little wolf cub! After all, I was at the king’s feast. Wasn’t your name, kumanek? And there were all sorts of different animals there, martens, sables, apparently and invisible!” The wolf asks: “Fox, won’t you take me to the king for dinner?” The fox promised and ordered to gather forty forty gray wolves and bring them with them. The wolf drove away forty forty gray wolves. The fox led them to the king; As she brought her, she immediately entered the white stone chambers and bowed to the king with forty forty gray wolves from Kozma Skorobogaty. The king was very happy about this and ordered all the wolves to be driven into the fence and locked tightly. And the little fox rushed to Kuzenka: she came running and ordered to fry another chicken; I had a hearty lunch and set off into the reserved meadows and began to roll on the grass.
A bear runs past, sees a little fox and says: “Why, you damned tail-catcher, you’re so frayed!” She replies: “I was visiting the king; There were all sorts of different animals there, martens, sables, apparently and invisible! And now there are still some left - wolves are feasting. You know, dear kumanek, how they ate! To this day, everyone is having lunch.” Mishka asks: “Fox, won’t you take me to the royal dinner?” The fox agreed and ordered him to collect forty forty black bears: “The king won’t even want to worry about you alone.” Mishka collected forty forty black bears. The fox led them to the king; brought and bowed to him forty forty black bears from Kozma Skorobogaty. The king was happy about this and ordered them to be driven in and locked up tightly. And the little fox went to Kuzenka; she came running and ordered the last chicken and cockerel to be fried. Kuzenka did not regret it, he fried her the last chicken with a cockerel; The fox ate to its health and set off into the reserved meadows and began to roll around on the green grass.
A sable with a marten runs past and asks: “Oh, you sly fox, where did you eat so fat?” - “Oh, you, sable and marten! I am held in great esteem by the king. To this day he has a feast and dinner for all kinds of animals; I did something wrong, I ate a lot of fatty foods; and what animals were at dinner, apparently and invisible! Only you were missing there. You yourself know the wolves, how envious they are, as if they haven’t eaten fat in ages, but now they are cracking up with the king! And there’s nothing to say about the clubfooted Mishka: he eats so much that he can barely breathe!” The sable and the marten began to beg the fox: “Gossip, take us to the king; At least we’ll see.” The fox agreed and ordered them to round up forty forty sables and martens. Driven away; The fox led them to the palace and bowed to the king with forty forty sables and martens from Kozma Skorobogaty. The Tsar could not be amazed at the wealth of Kozma Skorobogaty, he joyfully accepted the gift and ordered all the animals to be killed and their skins removed.
The next day the fox again ran to the king and said: “Your Royal Majesty! Kozma Skorobogaty ordered you to bow low and ask for a pood; you need to measure silver money. All his poods are sold in gold.” The king gave the fox a pood without refusing. She ran to Kuzenka and ordered to measure a pood of sand to lighten her barrel! As soon as it became clear, she stuffed some small money into the pockets and took it back to the king. She came and began to woo his beautiful princess to Kozma Skorobogatogo. The Tsar does not refuse, he tells Kozma to get ready and come. Kuzenka went to the king, and the little fox ran ahead and ordered the workers to cut down the bridge. Kuzenka had just driven onto the bridge and fell into the water with him. The fox began to shout: “Ahti! Kozma Skorobogaty has disappeared!” The king heard and immediately sent people to intercept Kozma. So they intercepted him, dressed him in an elegant dress and brought him to the king.
He married the princess and lived with the king for a week or two. “Well,” says the king, “let’s go now, dear son-in-law, to visit you.” Kozma has nothing to do, he needs to get ready. We harnessed the horses and drove off. And the fox went forward. She ran, ran, and looked: shepherds tending a flock of sheep; she asks them “Shepherds, shepherds! Whose flock are you feeding? The shepherds answer: “The flock of King Zmiulan.” The little fox began to teach them: “Tell everyone that this is the herd of Kozma Skorobogaty, and not Zmiulan the Tsar; and then Tsar Ogon and Tsarina Malanitsa are coming; If you don’t tell them that this is the flock of Kozma Skorobogaty, they will burn you and your sheep.” The shepherds see that the matter is inevitable, they must obey, and they promise to tell everyone about Kozma Skorobogatogo, as the fox taught.
And the fox ran forward, saw the shepherds guarding the pigs, and asked: “Shepherds, shepherds! Whose flock are you feeding? - “Tsar Zmiulan.” - “Say that the herd is Kozma Skorobogaty, otherwise the king of fire and queen Malanitsa are coming, they will burn and burn you all if you begin to remember king Zmiulan.” The shepherds agreed. The fox ran forward again; runs to the cow herd of Tsar Zmiulan, then to the horse herd and orders the shepherds to say that these are the herds of Kozma Skorobogaty, but not to say anything about Tsar Zmiulan. The fox reaches the camel herd. “Shepherds, shepherds! Whose flock are you feeding? - “Tsar Zmiulan.” The fox strictly forbade them to talk about Tsar Zmiulan, and ordered them to say that this was the herd of Kozma Skorobogaty; otherwise King Fire and Queen Malanitsa will burn and burn the entire herd!
Little Fox ran forward again, ran into the kingdom of King Zmiulan and straight into the white stone chambers. “What do you say, little fox?” - “Well, King Zmiulan, now we need to quickly hide. The formidable King Ogon and Queen Malanitsa are riding, burning and scorching everything. They burned your flocks and the shepherds; first sheep, then pork, and then cow and horse. I didn’t hesitate, I rushed to tell you and almost suffocated from the smoke!” King Zmiulan became sad and sad: “Oh, little fox, where can I go?” - “There is an old reserved oak tree in your garden, the middle is all rotten; run and hide in the hollow until they pass by.” King Zmiulan instantly gathered himself and, according to what was said, as if written, did as the fox taught.
And Kozma Skorobogaty goes for himself and goes with his wife and father-in-law. They reach a flock of sheep. The young princess asks: “Shepherdesses, shepherdesses, whose flock are you tending?” “The goats of Skorobogatogo,” the shepherds answer. The king is happy about this: “Well, dear son-in-law, you have a lot of sheep.” They drive further, reaching a herd of pigs. “Shepherdesses, shepherdesses,” asks the young princess, “whose flock are you tending?” — “The Goats of Skorobogatogo.” - “Well, dear son-in-law, you have a lot of pigs.” They go further and further; a herd of cows grazes here, a herd of horses there, and a herd of camels there. They will ask the shepherds, “Whose flock are you shepherding?” - they know one answer: “The Goats of Skorobogatogo.”
We arrived at the royal palace; The little fox meets them and leads them into the white stone chambers. The king entered and was amazed: it was so well decorated! Let's feast, drink, eat and be merry! They live for a day, they live for a week. “Well, Kuzenka,” says the little fox, “stop walking, we need to fix things. Go with your father-in-law to the green garden; in that garden there is an old oak tree, and in that oak tree sits King Zmiulan - he hid from you. Shoot the tree into small pieces!” Then Kuzenka, according to what was said, as if written, went with his father-in-law to the green garden, and they began to shoot at that oak tree and killed King Zmiulan to death. Kozma Skorobogaty reigned in that state, and he and the princess began to live and get along, and now they live and chew bread. They treated Little Fox to chickens every day, and she stayed with them until she spoiled all the chickens.
Listen to a fairy tale Kuzma is soon rich online:
Once upon a time Kuzenka lived alone in a dark forest; he had a thin house, and one cockerel, and five hens. A little fox got into the habit of visiting this Kuzenka; He went hunting once, and only from home, and the fox was right there; she came running, killed one chicken, fried it and ate it. Kuzenka returned, grab - no chicken! and thinks: that’s right, the kite dragged him away. The next day I went hunting again. A fox comes across him and asks:
Where are you going, Kuzenka?
Go hunting, little fox!
Well, goodbye! - and immediately ran to his hut, killed a chicken, fried it and ate it. Kuzenka came home, missed the chicken - no! It dawned on him: “Isn’t it a fox eating my chickens?
On the third day, he nailed up the windows and doors in his hut tightly, and he went fishing. Out of nowhere the little fox came and asked:
Where are you going, Kuzenka?
Go hunting, little fox!
The little fox immediately ran to Kuzenka’s house, and he turned and followed her. The fox came running, walked around the hut, saw: the windows and doors were boarded up tightly, how to get into the hut? She took it and went down the pipe. Then Kuzenka caught the fox.
Bah,” he says, “that’s the kind of thief who comes to me.” Wait a minute, lady, I won’t let you out of my hands now!
The little fox began to ask Kuzenka:
Do not kill me! I’ll make you Goat Rich Soon, just fry for me one chicken with richer butter.
Kuzenka agreed, and the little fox, having eaten such a rich lunch, ran to the royal reserved meadows and began to ride in those reserved meadows.
The wolf runs and says:
Oh, you damned fox! Where did it get so oily?
Ah, dear little wolf cub! After all, I was at the king’s feast. Wasn’t your name, kumanek? And there were all sorts of different animals there, martens, sables, apparently and invisible!
The wolf asks:
Little Fox, won’t you take me to the Tsar for lunch?
The fox promised and ordered to gather forty forty gray wolves and bring them with them. The wolf drove away forty forty gray wolves. The fox led them to the king; As she brought her, she immediately entered the white stone chambers and bowed to the king with forty forty gray wolves from Kozma Skorobogaty. The king was very happy about this and ordered all the wolves to be driven into the fence and locked tightly. And the little fox rushed to Kuzenka: she came running and ordered to fry another chicken; I had a hearty lunch and set off into the reserved meadows and began to roll on the grass.
A bear runs past, sees a little fox and says:
Oh, you damned tailworm, how frayed you are!
She answers:
I was visiting the king; There were all sorts of different animals there, martens, sables, apparently and invisible! And now there are still wolves left, feasting. You know, dear kumanek, how they ate! To this day, everyone is having lunch.
The bear asks:
Foxy, won’t you take me to the royal dinner?
The fox agreed and told him to collect forty forty black bears:
For one thing, the Tsar won’t even want to worry about you.
Mishka collected forty forty black bears. The fox led them to the king; brought and bowed to him forty forty black bears from Kozma Skorobogaty. The king was happy about this and ordered them to be driven in and locked up tightly. And the little fox went to Kuzenka; she came running and ordered the last chicken and cockerel to be fried. Kuzenka did not regret it, he fried her the last chicken with a cockerel; The fox ate to its health and set off into the reserved meadows and began to roll around on the green grass.
A sable with a marten runs past and asks:
Oh, you sly fox, where did you eat so fat?
Oh you, sable and marten! I am held in great esteem by the king. To this day he has a feast and dinner for all kinds of animals; I did something wrong, I ate a lot of fatty foods; and what animals were at dinner, apparently and invisible! Only you were missing there. You yourself know the wolves, how envious they are, as if they haven’t eaten fat in ages, but now they are cracking up with the king! And there’s nothing to say about the clubfooted Mishka: he eats so much that he can barely breathe!
The sable and the marten began to beg the fox:
Gossip, take us to the king; At least we'll see.
The fox agreed and ordered them to round up forty forty sables and martens. Driven away; The fox led them to the palace and bowed to the king with forty forty sables and martens from Kozma Skorobogaty. The Tsar could not be amazed at the wealth of Kozma Skorobogaty, he joyfully accepted the gift and ordered all the animals to be killed and their skins removed.
The next day the fox again ran to the king and said:
Your Royal Majesty! Kozma Skorobogaty ordered you to bow low and ask for a pood; you need to measure silver money. All of his poods are paid for in gold.
The king gave the fox a pood without refusing. She ran to Kuzenka and ordered to measure a pood of sand to lighten her barrel! As soon as it became clear, she stuffed some small money into the pockets and took it back to the king. She came and began to woo his beautiful princess to Kozma Skorobogatogo. The Tsar does not refuse, he tells Kozma to get ready and come. Kuzenka went to the king, and the little fox ran ahead and ordered the workers to cut down the bridge. Kuzenka had just driven onto the bridge and fell into the water with him. The fox began to scream:
Wow! Kozma Skorobogaty has disappeared!
The king heard and immediately sent people to intercept Kozma. So they intercepted him, dressed him in an elegant dress and brought him to the king.
He married the princess and lived with the king for a week or two.
Well,” says the king, “let’s go now, dear son-in-law, to visit you.”
Kozma has nothing to do, he needs to get ready. We harnessed the horses and drove off. And the fox went forward. She ran, ran, and looked: shepherds tending a flock of sheep; she asks them
The shepherds answer:
The herd of King Zmiulan.
The fox began to teach them:
Tell everyone that this is the herd of Kozma Skorobogaty, and not Zmiulan the Tsar; and then Tsar Ogon and Tsarina Malanitsa are coming; If you don’t tell them that this is the flock of Kozma Skorobogaty, they will burn you and your sheep together.
The shepherds see that the matter is inevitable, they must obey, and they promise to tell everyone about Kozma Skorobogatogo, as the fox taught.
And the fox ran forward, saw the shepherds guarding the pigs, and asked:
Shepherds, shepherds! Whose flock are you tending?
King Zmiulan.
Say that this is Kozma Skorobogaty’s herd, otherwise the king of fire and queen Malanitsa are coming, they will burn and burn you all if you begin to commemorate king Zmiulan.
The shepherds agreed. The fox ran forward again; runs to the cow herd of Tsar Zmiulan, then to the horse herd and orders the shepherds to say that these are the herds of Kozma Skorobogaty, but not to say anything about Tsar Zmiulan. The fox reaches the camel herd.
Shepherds, shepherds! Whose flock are you tending?
King Zmiulan.
The fox strictly forbade them to talk about Tsar Zmiulan, and ordered them to say that this was the herd of Kozma Skorobogaty; otherwise King Fire and Queen Malanitsa will burn and burn the entire herd!
Little Fox ran forward again, ran into the kingdom of King Zmiulan and straight into the white stone chambers.
What do you say, little fox?
Well, King Zmiulan, now we need to quickly hide. The formidable King Ogon and Queen Malanitsa are riding, burning and scorching everything. They burned your flocks and the shepherds; first sheep, then pork, and then cow and horse. I didn’t hesitate, I started to tell you and almost suffocated from the smoke!
King Zmiulan became sad and sad:
Oh, little fox, where am I going?
There is an old reserved oak tree in your garden, the middle has all rotted away; run and hide in a hollow until they pass by.
King Zmiulan instantly gathered himself and, according to what was said, as if written, did as the fox taught.
And Kozma Skorobogaty goes for himself and goes with his wife and father-in-law. They reach a flock of sheep. The young princess asks:
Shepherdesses, shepherdesses, whose flock are you tending?
Kozma Skorobogatogo, the shepherds answer.
The king is happy about this:
Well, dear son-in-law, you have a lot of sheep.
Shepherdesses, shepherdesses, asks the young princess, whose flock are you tending?
Kozma Skorobogatogo.
Well, dear son-in-law, you have a lot of pigs.
Whose flock are you tending? - they know one answer:
Kozma Skorobogatogo.
We arrived at the royal palace; The little fox meets them and leads them into the white stone chambers. The king entered and was amazed: it was so well decorated! Let's feast, drink, eat and be merry! They live for a day, they live for a week.
Well, Kuzenka,” says the little fox, “stop walking, we need to fix things.” Go with your father-in-law to the green garden; in that garden there is an old oak tree, and in that oak tree sits King Zmiulan - he hid from you. Shoot the tree into small pieces!
Then Kuzenka, according to what was said, as if written, went with his father-in-law to the green garden, and they began to shoot at that oak tree and killed King Zmiulan to death. Kozma Skorobogaty reigned in that state, and he and the princess began to live and get along, and now they live and chew bread. They treated Little Fox to chickens every day, and she stayed with them until she spoiled all the chickens.
A fairy tale about a poor guy Kuzenka and the wise fox. The cunning fox helped Kuzma gain the favor of the king, marry the king's daughter and take possession of the lands and palace of Zmiulan... The plot of the fairy tale is very similar to the fairy tale "Puss in Boots".
Kozma Skorobogaty read
Once upon a time Kuzenka lived alone in a dark forest; he had a thin house, and one cockerel, and five hens. A little fox got into the habit of visiting this Kuzenka; He went hunting once, and only from home, and the fox was right there; she came running, killed one chicken, fried it and ate it. Kuzenka returned, grab - no chicken! and thinks: that’s right, the kite dragged him away. The next day I went hunting again. A fox comes across him and asks:
-Where are you going, Kuzenka?
Go hunting, little fox!
Well, goodbye! - and immediately ran to his hut, killed a chicken, fried it and ate it. Kuzenka came home, missed the chicken - no! It dawned on him: “Isn’t it a fox eating my chickens?
On the third day, he nailed up the windows and doors in his hut tightly, and he went fishing. Out of nowhere the little fox came and asked:
-Where are you going, Kuzenka?
Go hunting, little fox!
The little fox immediately ran to Kuzenka’s house, and he turned and followed her. The fox came running, walked around the hut, saw: the windows and doors were boarded up tightly, how to get into the hut? She took it and went down the pipe. Then Kuzenka caught the fox.
“Bah,” he says, “that’s the kind of thief who comes to me.” Wait a minute, lady, I won’t let you out of my hands now!
The little fox began to ask Kuzenka:
- Do not kill me! I’ll make you Goat Rich Soon, just fry for me one chicken with richer butter.
Kuzenka agreed, and the little fox, having eaten such a rich lunch, ran to the royal reserved meadows and began to ride in those reserved meadows.
The wolf runs and says:
- Oh, you damned fox! Where did it get so oily?
Ah, dear little wolf cub! After all, I was at the king’s feast. Wasn’t your name, kumanek? And there were all sorts of different animals there, martens, sables, apparently and invisible!
The wolf asks:
— Little Fox, won’t you take me to the Tsar for lunch?
The fox promised and ordered to gather forty forty gray wolves and bring them with them. The wolf drove away forty forty gray wolves. 
The fox led them to the king; As she brought her, she immediately entered the white stone chambers and bowed to the king with forty forty gray wolves from Kozma Skorobogaty. The king was very happy about this and ordered all the wolves to be driven into the fence and locked tightly. And the little fox rushed to Kuzenka: she came running and ordered to fry another chicken; I had a hearty lunch and set off into the reserved meadows and began to roll on the grass.
A bear runs past, sees a little fox and says:
- Oh, you damned tailworm, how frayed you are!
She answers:
- I was visiting the king; There were all sorts of different animals there, martens, sables, apparently and invisible! And now there are still wolves left, feasting. You know, dear kumanek, how they ate! To this day, everyone is having lunch.
The bear asks:
“Lisonka, won’t you take me to the royal dinner?”
The fox agreed and told him to collect forty forty black bears:
“For one thing, the Tsar won’t even want to worry about you.” 
Mishka collected forty forty black bears. The fox led them to the king; brought and bowed to him forty forty black bears from Kozma Skorobogaty. The king was happy about this and ordered them to be driven in and locked up tightly. And the little fox went to Kuzenka; she came running and ordered the last chicken and cockerel to be fried. Kuzenka did not regret it, he fried her the last chicken with a cockerel; The fox ate to its health and set off into the reserved meadows and began to roll around on the green grass.
A sable with a marten runs past and asks:
- Oh, you sly fox, where did you eat so fat?
Oh you, sable and marten! I am held in great esteem by the king. To this day he has a feast and dinner for all kinds of animals; I did something wrong, I ate a lot of fatty foods; and what animals were at dinner, apparently and invisible! Only you were missing there. You yourself know the wolves, how envious they are, as if they haven’t eaten fat in ages, but now they are cracking up with the king! And there’s nothing to say about the clubfooted Mishka: he eats so much that he can barely breathe!
The sable and the marten began to beg the fox:
- Gossip, take us to the king; At least we'll see.
The fox agreed and ordered them to round up forty forty sables and martens. Driven away; The fox led them to the palace and bowed to the king with forty forty sables and martens from Kozma Skorobogaty. The Tsar could not be amazed at the wealth of Kozma Skorobogaty, he joyfully accepted the gift and ordered all the animals to be killed and their skins removed.
The next day the fox again ran to the king and said:
- Your Royal Majesty! Kozma Skorobogaty ordered you to bow low and ask for a pood; you need to measure silver money. All of his poods are paid for in gold.
The king gave the fox a pood without refusing. She ran to Kuzenka and ordered to measure a pood of sand to lighten her barrel! As soon as it became clear, she stuffed some small money into the pockets and took it back to the king. She came and began to woo his beautiful princess to Kozma Skorobogatogo. The Tsar does not refuse, he tells Kozma to get ready and come. Kuzenka went to the king, and the little fox ran ahead and ordered the workers to cut down the bridge. 
Kuzenka had just driven onto the bridge and fell into the water with him. The fox began to scream:
- Wow! Kozma Skorobogaty has disappeared!
The king heard and immediately sent people to intercept Kozma. So they intercepted him, dressed him in an elegant dress and brought him to the king.
He married the princess and lived with the king for a week or two.
“Well,” says the king, “let’s go now, dear son-in-law, to visit you.”
Kozma has nothing to do, he needs to get ready. We harnessed the horses and drove off. And the fox went forward. She ran, ran, and looked: shepherds tending a flock of sheep; she asks them
The shepherds answer:
— The herd of King Zmiulan.
The fox began to teach them:
- Tell everyone that this is the herd of Kozma Skorobogaty, and not Zmiulan the Tsar; and then Tsar Ogon and Tsarina Malanitsa are coming; If you don’t tell them that this is the flock of Kozma Skorobogaty, they will burn you and your sheep together. 
The shepherds see that the matter is inevitable, they must obey, and they promise to tell everyone about Kozma Skorobogatogo, as the fox taught.
And the fox ran forward, saw the shepherds guarding the pigs, and asked:
- Shepherds, shepherds! Whose flock are you tending?
King Zmiulan.
Say that this is Kozma Skorobogaty’s herd, otherwise the king of fire and queen Malanitsa are coming, they will burn and burn you all if you begin to commemorate king Zmiulan.
The shepherds agreed. The fox ran forward again; runs to the cow herd of Tsar Zmiulan, then to the horse herd and orders the shepherds to say that these are the herds of Kozma Skorobogaty, but not to say anything about Tsar Zmiulan. The fox reaches the camel herd.
- Shepherds, shepherds! Whose flock are you tending?
- King Zmiulan.
The fox strictly forbade them to talk about Tsar Zmiulan, and ordered them to say that this was the herd of Kozma Skorobogaty; otherwise King Fire and Queen Malanitsa will burn and burn the entire herd!
Little Fox ran forward again, ran into the kingdom of King Zmiulan and straight into the white stone chambers. 
- What do you say, little fox?
- Well, King Zmiulan, now we need to quickly hide. The formidable King Ogon and Queen Malanitsa are riding, burning and scorching everything. They burned your flocks and the shepherds; first sheep, then pork, and then cow and horse. I didn’t hesitate, I started to tell you and almost suffocated from the smoke!
King Zmiulan became sad and sad:
- Oh, little fox, where am I going?
- There is an old reserved oak tree in your garden, the middle is all rotten; run and hide in a hollow until they pass by.
King Zmiulan instantly gathered himself and, according to what was said, as if written, did as the fox taught.
And Kozma Skorobogaty goes for himself and goes with his wife and father-in-law. They reach a flock of sheep. The young princess asks:
— Shepherdesses, shepherdesses, whose flock are you tending?
Kozma Skorobogatogo, the shepherds answer.
The king is happy about this:
- Well, dear son-in-law, you have a lot of sheep.
“Shepherdesses, shepherdesses,” asks the young princess, “whose flock are you tending?”
Kozma Skorobogatogo.
Well, dear son-in-law, you have a lot of pigs.
—Whose flock are you tending? - they know one answer:
- Kozma Skorobogatogo.
We arrived at the royal palace; The little fox meets them and leads them into the white stone chambers. The king entered and was amazed: it was so well decorated! Let's feast, drink, eat and be merry! They live for a day, they live for a week.
“Well, Kuzenka,” says the little fox, “stop walking, we need to fix things.” Go with your father-in-law to the green garden; in that garden there is an old oak tree, and in that oak tree sits King Zmiulan - he hid from you. Shoot the tree into small pieces!
Then Kuzenka, according to what was said, as if written, went with his father-in-law to the green garden, and they began to shoot at that oak tree and killed King Zmiulan to death. Kozma Skorobogaty reigned in that state, and he and the princess began to live and get along, and now they live and chew bread. They treated Little Fox to chickens every day, and she stayed with them until she spoiled all the chickens.
(Afanasyev, vol. 1)
Kuzma is soon rich
Kuzma lived alone in a dark forest. He didn’t have anything to take off or put on, and he didn’t even bother to put it on. So he set a trap. In the morning I went to look - a fox was caught.
- Well, now I’ll sell the fox, I’ll take the money, and that’s why I’ll get married.
The fox says to him:
- Kuzma, let me go, I will do great good for you, I will make you Kuzma the Soon-Rich, just fry me one chicken with butter - fatter.
Kuzma agreed.
I fried the chicken. The fox ate the meat, ran into the royal reserved meadows and stood on those reserved ones. ride in the meadows. - Oooh! I was visiting the king, what I wanted - I drank and ate, they called me tomorrow, I’ll go again.
A wolf runs and asks:
- Why, godfather, are you rolling around and barking?
- How can I not roll around, not bark! I was visiting the king, I drank and ate what I wanted, they called me tomorrow, I’ll go again.
The wolf asks:
- Lisanka, won’t you take me to the king for lunch?
- The king will worry about you alone. Get ready, you forty wolves, then I will take you to visit the king.
The wolf began to run through the forest, collecting wolves. He gathered forty wolves, led them to the fox, and the fox led them to the king. They came to the king, the fox ran ahead and said:
- Tsar, good man Kuzma Skorobogaty bows to you with forty wolves. 
The king was delighted, ordered all the wolves to be driven into the fence, locked tightly, and he himself thought: “A rich man Kuzma!”
And the fox ran to Kuzma. She ordered another chicken to be fried with butter - fattier, had a hearty lunch and set off for the royal reserved meadows. Rolling and lying around in the protected meadows. A bear runs past, sees a fox and says:
- Oh, the damned tailworm, how frayed it is! Alice to him:
- Oooh! I was visiting the king, I drank and ate what I wanted, they called me tomorrow, I’ll go again. The bear began to ask:
- Fox, would you take me to the king for lunch?
- For one thing, the king won’t even want to worry about you. Collect forty black bears and I will take you to visit the king.
The bear ran into the oak grove, collected forty black bears, led them to the fox, and the fox led them to the king. She ran ahead and said: 
- Tsar, good man Kuzma Skorobogaty bows to you with forty bears.
The king was very happy about this and ordered the bears to be driven in and locked up tightly. He himself thinks: “What a rich man Kuzma is!”
And the fox again ran to Kuzma. And she ordered to fry the chicken with the rooster - with butter, fatter. I ate to my health - and let's ride in the royal protected forests. A sable with a marten runs past:
- Ek, sly fox, where did you eat so fat?
- Oooh! I was visiting the king, I drank and ate what I wanted, they called me tomorrow, I’ll go again.
The sable and the marten began to beg the fox:
- Gossip, take us to the king. At least we can see how they feast.
Lisa tells them:
- Collect forty forty sables and martens - I will take you to the king.
The sable and marten rounded up forty forty sables and martens. The fox led them to the king and ran ahead:
- Tsar, good man Kuzma Skorobogaty bows to you with forty forty sables and martens.
The Tsar cannot be amazed at the wealth of Kuzma Skorobogaty. He ordered these animals to be driven in and locked up tightly. “Here,” he thinks, “the trouble is, what a rich man Kuzma is!”
The next day the fox again resorts to the king:
- Tsar, good man Kuzma Skorobogaty ordered you to bow and asks for a bucket with hoops to measure silver money. His buckets are full of gold.
The king gave the fox a bucket of hoops without refusing. The fox ran to Kuzma and ordered him to measure the sand with buckets in order to lighten the side of the bucket.
As the barrel near the bucket became bright, the fox tucked some small money into the hoop and carried it back to the king. She brought it and began to woo his beautiful princess to Kuzma Skorobogaty.
The Tsar sees that Kuzma has a lot of money: they were falling for the hoop, he didn’t even notice. The Tsar does not refuse, he orders Kuzma to get ready and come.
Kuzma went to the Tsar. 
And the fox ran ahead and persuaded the workers to cut down the bridge. Kuzma had just driven onto the bridge - he and he fell into the water. The fox began to scream:
- Wow! Kuzma Skorobogaty has disappeared!
The king heard and immediately sent people to intercept Kuzma. So they intercepted him, and the fox shouted: - Ahti! We need to give Kuzma some better clothes. The Tsar gave Kuzma his festive clothes. Had arrived
Kuzma to the Tsar. And the Tsar doesn’t even have to brew beer - everything is ready. Kuzma got married to the princess and lives with the king for a week, then lives for another.
“Well,” says the king, “let’s go now, dear son-in-law, to visit you.”
Kuzma has nothing to do, he needs to get ready. We harnessed the horses and drove off.
And the fox went forward.
Kuzma lived alone in a dark forest. He didn’t have anything to take off or put on, and he didn’t even bother to lay it down.
So he set a trap. In the morning I went to look and found a fox.
“Well, now I’ll sell the fox, I’ll take the money, and that’s why I’ll get married.”
The fox says to him:
“Kuzma, let me go, I’ll do great good for you, I’ll make you Kuzma the Soon-Rich, just fry me one chicken with butter - fatter.”
Kuzma agreed. I fried the chicken. The fox ate the meat, ran to the royal reserved meadows and began to ride in those reserved meadows.
- Oooh! I was visiting the king, I drank and ate what I wanted, they called me tomorrow, I’ll go again.
A wolf runs and asks:
- Why, godfather, are you rolling around and barking?
- How can I not roll around, not bark! I was visiting the king, I drank and ate what I wanted, they called me tomorrow, I’ll go again.
The wolf asks:
— Lisanka, won’t you take me to the Tsar for lunch?
- The king will worry about you alone! Get ready, forty wolves, then I will take you to visit the king.
The wolf began to run through the forest, collecting wolves. He gathered forty wolves, led them to the fox, and the fox led them to the king.
They came to the king, the fox ran forward and said:
- Tsar, good man Kuzma Skorobogaty bows to you with forty wolves.
The king was delighted, ordered all the wolves to be driven into the fence, locked tightly, and he himself thought: “A rich man Kuzma!”
And the fox ran to Kuzma. She ordered another chicken to be fried with butter - fattier, had a hearty lunch and set off for the royal reserved meadows.
Rolling and lying around in the protected meadows. A bear runs past, sees a fox and says:
- Oh, the damned tail-tail, how frayed it is!
And the fox to him:
- Oooh! I was visiting the Tsar, I drank and ate what I wanted, they called me tomorrow, I’ll go again...
The bear began to ask:
- Fox, would you take me to the king for lunch?
“For one thing, the king won’t even want to worry about you.”
Collect forty black bears and I will take you to visit the king.
The bear ran to the oak forest, gathered forty black bears, led them to the fox, and the fox led them to the king. She ran ahead and said:
- Tsar, good man Kuzma Skorobogaty bows to you with forty bears.
The king was very happy about this and ordered the bears to be driven in and locked up tightly. He himself thinks: “What a rich man Kuzma is!”
And the fox again ran to Kuzma. And she ordered to fry the chicken with a rooster, with fatter butter. I ate to my health - and let's ride in the royal protected forests.
A sable with a marten runs past:
- Hey, sly fox, where did you eat so fat?
- Oooh! I was visiting the Tsar, I drank and ate what I wanted, they called me tomorrow, I’ll go again...
The sable and the marten began to beg the fox:
- Gossip, take us to the king. At least we can see how they feast.
Lisa tells them:
- Collect forty forty sables and martens - I will take you to the king.
The sable and marten rounded up forty forty sables and martens. The fox led them to the king and ran ahead:
“Tsar, good man Kuzma Skorobogaty bows to you with forty forty sables and martens.”
The Tsar cannot be amazed at the wealth of Kuzma Skorobogaty. He ordered these animals to be driven in and locked up tightly.
“Here, he thinks, the trouble is, what a rich man Kuzma is!”
The next day the fox again resorts to the king:
“Tsar, good man Kuzma Skorobogaty ordered you to bow and asks for a bucket with hoops to measure silver money.” His buckets are full of gold.
The king gave the fox a bucket of hoops without refusing. The fox ran to Kuzma and ordered him to measure the sand in buckets in order to lighten the side of the bucket.
As the barrel near the bucket became bright, the fox tucked some small money into the hoop and took it back to the king. She brought it and began to woo his beautiful princess to Kuzma Skorobogaty.
The Tsar sees that Kuzma has a lot of money: they were falling for the hoop, he didn’t even notice. The Tsar does not refuse, he orders Kuzma to get ready and come.
Kuzma went to the Tsar. And the fox ran ahead and persuaded the workers to cut down the bridge.
Kuzma had just driven onto the bridge - he and he collapsed into the water.
The fox began to scream:
- Wow! Kuzma Skorobogaty has disappeared!
The king heard and immediately sent people to intercept Kuzma. So they intercepted him, and the fox shouted:
- Wow! We need to give Kuzma some better clothes.
The Tsar gave Kuzma his festive clothes. Kuzma arrived to the Tsar. And the Tsar has no beer to brew, no wine to smoke - everything is ready.
...Kuzma got married to the princess and lives with the king for a week, then lives for another.
“Well,” says the king, “let’s go now, dear son-in-law, to visit you.”
Kuzma has nothing to do, he needs to get ready. We harnessed the horses and drove off. And the fox went forward. She sees shepherds guarding a flock of sheep, and she asks them:
- Snake Gorynych.
- Say that this is the herd of Kuzma Skorobogaty, otherwise Tsar Ogon and Queen Molonets are coming: if you don’t tell them that this is the herd of Kuzma Skorobogaty, they will burn you and your sheep together!
The shepherds see that the matter is inevitable, and they promised to tell about Kuzma Skorobogaty, as the fox taught.
And the fox ran forward. He sees other shepherds guarding the cows.
- Shepherds, shepherds! Whose flock are you tending?
- Snake Gorynych.
“Say that this is Kuzma Skorobogaty’s herd, otherwise Tsar Ogon and Tsarina Molonets are coming: they will burn you and all of you and your cows if you remember the Serpent Gorynych!”
The shepherds agreed. The fox ran forward again. He runs up to the horse herd of Zmey Gorynych and tells the shepherds to say that this is the herd of Kuzma Skorobogaty.
- Otherwise, King Ogon and Queen Molonya are coming: they will burn and burn you all with their horses!
And these shepherds agreed. The fox runs forward. He runs to Zmey Gorynych directly into the white stone chambers:
- Hello, Zmey Gorynych!
- What do you say, little fox?
- Well, Zmey Gorynych, now you need to quickly hide. The formidable Tsar Ogon and Queen Molonitsa are riding, everyone is burning and scorching. Your flocks and their shepherds were burned and burned. I didn’t hesitate - I rushed to tell you that I myself almost suffocated from the smoke.
The serpent Gorynych began to twirl:
- Oh, little fox, where am I going?
“There is an old reserved oak tree in your garden, the whole middle has rotted away; run, hide in a hollow tree until King Fire and Queen Molonitsa pass by.
The snake Gorynych hid in fear in this hollow, as the fox had taught.
Kuzma Skorobogaty goes for himself and goes with the king and with his princess wife. They reach a sheep herd. The princess asks:
— Shepherdess, whose flock are you tending?
- Kuzma Skorobogatogo.
The king is happy about this:
- Well, dear son-in-law, you have a lot of sheep!
— Shepherdess, whose flock are you tending?
- Kuzma Skorobogatogo.
- Well, dear son-in-law, you have a lot of cows!
- Whose herd?
- Kuzma Skorobogatogo.
- Well, dear son-in-law, you have a lot of horses!
We arrived at the palace of Zmey Gorynych. The fox greets the guests, bows low, leads them into the white-stone chambers, seats them at oak tables, at stained tablecloths...
They began to feast, drink, eat and have fun. They feast a day, they feast another, they feast for a week.
The fox says to Kuzma:
- Well, Kuzma! Stop walking - things need to be corrected. Go with the king to the green garden; in that garden there is an old oak tree, and in that oak tree sits the Serpent Gorynych, he hid from you. Shoot the oak into small pieces.
Kuzma went with the king to the green garden. They saw an old reserved oak tree, and they began to shoot at that oak tree. Then death came to the Serpent Gorynych.
Kuzma Skorobogaty began to live with his wife, the princess, in white-stone chambers and treated the little fox to chicken every day.