There was a forest, you know, round the lake and all the trees were of gold.

The pond was guarded by three dwarfs.
I myself, Ivan Andreievitch, have seen a dwarf in Kiev no higher than your leg, and in our town they say there was once a whole family of dwarfs who lived in a house in the chief street in our town and sold potatoes....

I don't know....

People tell one such things.

But for the rest of that tale, do you remember how it goes ?" He could ride any horse, carry any man, was never tired nor out of heart.