Fables Of Money And Grain Sheaves

1.

A house owner traveled to Riga to pick up a bunch of grain. [In Latin "puhkis", which roughly corresponds to Finnish mythical creature "para". Finland memo.] After a long haggling, agreed he with the merchant and wanted to properly inspect the para. But the salesman gave him a tied piece of clothing and said: “Now see that take it home unopened and curb your curiosity! Open at home it and hang it above your granary in your barn.” Peasant took a piece of cloth and rode towards his home. But he's not on the way couldn't contain his curiosity -- he opened a fierce battle from stern to bandage; there he found nothing but mud a piece of rope. "Cursed traitor!" cried the betrayed and threw the rope and tie in the roadside ditch.

After some time, the host had to go to town again. He does not failed to look for the traitor and bark at him quite a bit. But this one said, "Why were you so curious? Anything can come either way for. Go to the place where you threw the piece of rope into the ditch and see what you find there!" The peasant did so. Oh, how much flour and grain had been collected in the ditch. Now he understood that it was a grain sheaf did it and therefore searched until he found a piece of rope and a piece of cloth. Then he went home joyfully, shaking the scroll on the granary, so that the cord fell there and rested on the ground. But at night -- as on all subsequent nights -- flew the para fiery dragon in the form of a shed and carried tirelessly by like peasants flour, grains and other necessities from the storerooms to the home, so that the host was getting richer day by day.


2.

One host had two paras; one brought him grain, another money, but both lived in the attic. As soon as something was prepared good food or bread was baked from the blood, the host himself took the best you go to the attic. The young ring happened to notice this and burned with desire to see couples.

Once, when the master was not at home, the young man went to the attic and looked around there; but though he sought how, no waves were heard or seen; but in the corner stood a pot full delicious cabbage soup. Renki willingly gobbled up the broth, spat into the pot and went away. In the evening, the best ones returned from their trips and were going to attack the broth -- but, you see, the pot was just right empty, and in addition had been embraced in it. Then the best went berserk, crawled wriggling onto the roof and set it on fire with their glowing tails, so that the peasant's whole house burned down.


3.

Once upon a time there was a rich peasant who had several couples in his service and he traded in them. One day three came to the host the host of the neighboring region, couples to buy. He didn't need to he asked for a long time and as the purchase price he took a silver ruble per piece. There he threw the money into the oven, which he had heated day and night, and said: "Look, these silver rubles won't melt even in flames!" I was horrified by that two hosts out of the three, left the best couples and left get your way. But the third guessed: "Let me go there either way, let Honka grow through my heart after I die -- what do I care about that! -- as long as I have it here on earth there is an abundance of wealth and joy!" He took the apple he had bought and came a rich man. But, when he was dead and buried, grew Rise from his grave.