I had been expecting the young man who came to me with his ruined, scarred face. I knew he would want a face-change. I suspected that the freckled mask hanging on my wall would be the right fit for him, so I took it down and hid it. It wouldn't be an easy face to...
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Baba Yaga Waits for a Guest
Ha! Where will you find me? Beyond thrice times three lands, in the thirteenth kingdom, on the other side of the fiery river! You wonder where Koschei the Deathless got his magic steed? I've got mares who fly so fast I can fly round the earth in a single day. A mere...
King Who Loses His Wife
Perhaps I tried too hard to please my neighbors. I was too kind. I created false expectations, rivalries and the jealousies. The long and the short is, I was always at war. Shortly after I married, I lost a hard battle and we had to retreat behind the walls of my...
Cunning Cat
My master was the third son of a poor miller. When the miller died, his eldest got the mill, the second got the ass, and the youngest inherited me. I sat on the windowsill and listened to him speak to me when the others had gone out. He said, “My brothers will make a...
Nightingale
No, please, your Majesty, do not tie your golden slipper around my neck to commend me for my performance. The tears that I see in your eyes when I am singing are the only reward I would ever wish to receive! Do you not understand the weight of your praise around my...