1 The moś lady and the por lady. 2 Once upon a time lived Mrs. Fox and Mrs. Rabbit. 3 One day they started building a slope [for sledding]. 4 The next day they went to their slope to sled. 5 Mrs. Fox always is the one to go first. 6 Twice or thrice she went first, [then] she tells Mrs. Rabbit: "You go first too!" 7 Mrs. Rabbit says: "I am not going first." 8 Mrs. Rabbit [in addition] says: "Yesterday you went first; what is up with you today?" 9 They quarreled. 10 One says: "You go first!", the other says: "You go first!". 11 Although Mrs. Rabbit stood sad [and] dejectedly, [in the end] she was the one to start [down] first. 12 She didn't get halfway down the slope, [when] she was ran by Mrs. Fox. 13 Her spine broke. 14 Mrs. Rabbit's children waited and waited for their mother - she wasn't coming! 15 They crawled up Mrs. Fox's [house's] chimney, [they] look down the chimney. 16 (The cauldron is boiling.) 17 They heard how Mrs. Fox's children jostle each other: "Give me this eye fat, give me this eye fat!" 18 [It could be] heard how Mrs. Fox said to her children: "Eat her two children's eye fat!" 19 They [Mrs. Rabbit's children] climbed down the chimney and returned home, weeping [and] sobbing. 20 The older sister said to her little brother: "Let's escape quickly!" 21 [They] grabbed a comb, [they] grabbed a whetstone, they grabbed a flint. 22 [They] walked for a long time, [they] walked for a short time , when [they] noticed Mrs. Fox. 23 The older sister glanced back: [Mrs. Fox] almost caught them, nearly caught them! 24 The older sister threw the comb away. 25. If our song, our story continues on, [then] such a dense forest would grow, that no nose would penetrate it, no eye would penentrate it! 26 They look back - nothing could be seen. 27 The older sister says to her sibling: "Surely [she] was left back!" 28 They glance back again: Mrs. Fox is coming again. 29 Her dissheveled fur just flutters in the wind. 30 [Mrs. Fox] almost caught them, nearly caught them. 31 The sister threw away the whetstone. 32 If our song, our story continues on, [then] such huge mountain would form, that it would reach the sky, touch the sky! 33 They look back - nothing could be seen. 34 The older sister says to her sibling: "Surely [she] was left behind!" 35 It didn't take long before Mrs. Fox appeared again; her tongue sticking out. 36 [Mrs. Fox] almost caught them, nearly caught them. 37 The sister threw away the flint. 38 If our song, our story continues on , [then] such great fire would break out, that it would reach the sky, reach the heaven! 39 They turned around - Mrs. Fox couldn't be seen. 40 The older sister tells her sibling: "This time surely she was left behind!" 41 The older sister lowered her sibling from her shoulders, they started picking blackberries. 42 They ate for a long time or for a short time, who saw it? 43 The younger brother started screaming: "Sister, my little legs are sinking into the ground!" 44 The elder sister just keeps eating the blackberries. 45 Soon the little brother started screaming again: "Sister, sister, I am groin deep in the ground!" 46 The elder sister just keeps eating the blackberries, like an ignorant person. 47. Soon the little brother screamed again: "Sister, sister, I am neck deep in the ground, pull me out of here!" 48 The elder sister glanced over: he really did sink neck deep into the ground! 49 She hurried over, but her little brother was gone [by then]. 50 Weeping and sobbing she continued on, where [her] head took [her], where her eyes glanced. 51 While she continued on [like that], she struck a rotten birch's trunk with her fist. 52 A por lady jumped out from it. 53 Friend, friend! Why did you shatter my house? 54 They continued on together. 55 They went for a long time or for a short time, who saw it? 56 They arrived to a lake. 57 The por lady tells the moś lady: "Friend, friend, let's take a bath!" 58 moś lady says: "I don't feel like it!" 59 - "What do you mean you don't feel like it! Undress!" 60 The por lady undressed and jumped into the water. 61 The moś lady stood there sad [and] dejectedly, [in the end] she started undressing too. 62 She just entered the water, [when] the por lady jumped out onto the bank, [and] put on the moś lady's sable-clothes [and] furs. 63 The moś lady climbed onto the bank: "Why did you put on my clothes?" 64 The por lady threw to moś lady her own crusted clothes. 65 moś lady says: "Bring [me back] my clothes!" 66 por lady says: "Wear these clothes, I won't return yours!" 67 The moś lady says: "If you really won't give them [back] to me - on the fur's clasp a small satchel hangs, give that to me!" 68 - "Friend, friend, what will I do with your satchel? Catch!" 69 After the moś lady took the satchel, she put on identical sable-clothes and furs. 70 They went for a long time, for a short time, who saw it? 71 The por lady tells the moś lady: "We are just going and going, when we arrive at a town. The town-village's elder's son (and) the tonton elder's son will be shooting arrows outside." 72 The por lady says this to the moś lady [as well]: "You pick up the tonton elder's son's arrow, I'll pick up the town-village elder's son's arrow." 73 They went and went, when they really did arrive at a town. 74 The town-village elder's son (and) the tonton elder's son are shooting arrows outside. 75 Although the por lady wanted to pick up the town-village elder's son's arrow, the moś lady pushed her aside. 76 The moś lady picked up the town-village elder's son's arrow, the por lady picked up the tonton elder's son's arrow. 77 The moś lady went to the door of the town-village elder's house. 78 She could hear how inside [the house] the town-village elder tells his daugthers: " Go and lead your sister-in-law in!" 79 They grabbed both of the moś lady's arms and lead her into the house. 80 They lived for a long time [or] for a short time; the tonton elder came to the town-village's elder's house and says: "Tomorrow we have to braid around the town!" 81 Morning came, the por lady braided a bulrush rope, it reached half the town. 82 The moś lady braided such a rope that could circle the town twice or thrice. 83 They for a long time [or] for a short time, [when] a son was born to the moś lady. 84 The moś lady says to her father-in-law: "When I first arrived here, my brother was dragged into the ground by something; I'll go look for the place (pitfall)." 85 Next day dawned, her father-in-law harnessed three pitch black reindeers oxen for her. 86 The por lady's father-in-law harnessed three barbels; they tried to pull her into the ice hole. 87 They travelled for a long time [or] for a short time, [when] the por lady says: "I have arrived." 88 She went into the old, rotten birch's trunk. 89 The moś lady travelled for a long time [or] for a short time, [when] she arrived to the place where her brother sunk into the ground. 90 Such house stands there, that just sparkles and shines! 91 At the door a dog was growling. 92 Inside a woman could be heard: "If it is a welcomed person, [then] lick the clumps of snow and pieces of ice off her and push her in! If it is an unwelcomed person, [then] tear her [into pieces], like grains of sand or gravel!" 93 The dog licked the clumps of snow [and] pieces of ice off the moś lady, [and] pushed her into the house. 94 Inside a woman was sitting, sewing. 95 This woman asks: "Where did the guest (guest lady) come from?" 96 The moś lady says: "When I once passed by here, my younger brother was dragged into the ground by something." 97 The woman says: "If you had a younger brother - [then] this house is your younger brother's." 98 It didn't take long before they heard a man coming from outside. 99 It didn't take long before a bear barged in! 100 It jumped around the house twice or thrice, [then] took off his fur. 101 The younger brother hugged his elder sister's neck, I don't know [because of the joy, that they met]; the elder sister hugged her younger brother's neck, I don't know [because of the joy, that they met]. 102 They kissed [and] embraced each other. 103 The moś lady's son - maybe it takes longer for a bard, a storyteller to grow up? - reached the running age. 104 His uncle made him such an arrow, that if he shoots it this way - it rings, if he shoots it that way - it rings! 105 They lived for a long time [or] for a short time, the moś lady says this to her younger brother: "We (me and my son) have a home too!" 106 - Next day dawned, the younger brother harnessed for the moś lady three spring snow coloured reindeer oxen, their backs like rod [, that's how fat they were]. 107 He says to his elder sister: "Don't look back till this house is out of sight!" 108 The moś lady just went and went; she wondered whether the house was out of sight. 109 She glanced back: a [huge] reindeer herd, which you could neither see the start nor see the end of was following her. 110 She reached the place, where once the por lady jumped out; her elder siblings harnessed three barbels for her. 111 They reached the town. 112 The tonton elder and the town-village elder are quarrelling outside. 113 The tonton elder says: "My daughter-in-law will arrive first and turn down my street"; the town-village elder says: "My daughter-in-law will arrive first and turn down my street". 114 They reached the fork in the road; the moś lady went to the door of the town-village elder's house, the por lady went to the door of the tonton elder's house. 115 So they live in happiness [and] prosperity.