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94 PETR OGOTOEV

The Abaasy-Girl

“Oh, my joy, my good luck!
Emine-tuomui!
The son of the divine people
Turned out to be so foolish.
Have you heard about
Nice girls of the Low World ?
Oh, how stupid you are!
You’ve overcome two obstacles
Of Eos Tardar successfully
Now you’re dying here
From his third obstacle,
You, a credulous fool!”
The loud laugh of the abaasy-girl
Was becoming weaker and weaker.
While he was going down and down.
And soon he disappeared at all.
How long he had been falling
Head over heels, he didn’t know.
When he came to himself
He turned out in a bog
Drowned up to his neck.
When he tried to move
He sank deeper and deeper,
Full to the brim black water
Tried to get into his mouth.
Everything went dark before his eyes
He was at his last gasp,
But he made himself think
Trying to find a way out.
Gazing at the high sky,
He pleaded to save, not to kill.

Eles Bootur

Djie-Buo! Djie-Buo!
The daughter of the sun
Kuogeldjin, the witch,
My elder sister,