Gamayun Tales II: An Anthology of Modern Russian Folk Tales
THE DAUGHTER NOW THEN BEST BELOVED I WILL TELL YOU A STORY THE DARK AND SCARY TALE OF VASILISA AND THE DOLL IT ALL STARTED WHEN A YOUNG WOMAN DECIDED TO LEAVE HER MOTHER'S HOME AND IN DOING SO CHANGED HER DESTINY HE IS NO MATCH FOR YOU MY DAUGHTER HE WILL NEVER ACCEPT WHO YOU REALLY ARE HE WILL BECAUSE I'M GIVING UP MY POWERS ALL FOR THE SAKE OF LOVE OF COURSE DON'T TRY TO STOP ME WE ARE IN LOVE ALL WE WANT IS A NORMAL LIFE YOU MUSTN'T DENY YOUR FATE IT'S IN YOUR BLOOD IF YOU DON'T USE YOUR POWERS YOU WILL DIE I'M WILLING TO TAKE THAT RISK 11
THE HAPPY COUPLE BEGAN A NEW LIFE AND SOON THEY HAD A BABY A PRETTY LITTLE GIRL THEY GAVE THE NAME VASILISA LIFE WAS PERFECT FOR A WHILE BUT ONE DAY WHEN VASILISA WAS EIGHT YEARS OLD HER MOTHER CAME DOWN WITH A DEADLY FEVER VASILISA MY LOVE WE DON'T HAVE MUCH TIME MOTHER NO LISTEN PLEASE I HAVE A GIFT FOR YOU TAKE THIS DOLL I MADE IT MYSELF AND PUT ALL MY LOVE IN IT WHENEVER TIMES ARE DIFFICULT JUST FEED THE DOLL AND ASK HER FOR HELP SHE WILL BE THERE FOR YOU TAKE CARE OF YOUR FATHER FAREWELL 12
AS TIME WENT ON THE GRIEF DULLED VASILISA'S FATHER WAS AN EXTREMELY ELIGIBLE BACHELOR AND SO VASILISA GOT A NEW STEPMOTHER BEWITCHED HE WAS TRICKED AND A STEPSISTER QUICKLY THINGS TOOK A TURN FOR THE WORSE FOR YEARS THERE WAS NEVER ENDING HOUSEWORK HER STEPMOTHER WAS ANGRY HER STEPSISTER WAS LAZY AND ARROGANT AND HER FATHER WAS WASTING AWAY BEFORE HER EYES LUCKILY VASILISA HAD THE DOLL FOR WHEN TIMES WERE REALLY TOUGH VASILISA'S STEPMOTHER HATED THAT KINDNESS AND HUMILITY AND SHE BEGAN TO WORRY THAT HER WICKED DEEDS WOULD BE EXPOSED AND DESPITE EVERYTHING SHE GREW TO BE KIND AND JUST 13
