Two thieves

Veins-was very skilful thief. Also there was at it a son whom it since small years trained in the craft. They ханские constantly stole treasures, and nothing could prevent them. The khan doubled the guards, and traps put, but all was vain.

Once expert people have advised to the khan to transfer treasury to other place, and a treasury to half to fill in with honey.

At dark night the father and the son have crept to a treasury.

- You remain while here, and I will get, - the father has told and has jumped in a vault. At once it завяз in honey as a fly, also has understood that cannot get out.

- About my son! - the old thief has exclaimed. - many successful affairs we have made with you, a lot of blood have spoilt to the khan. But, it is visible, the days released to me have come to an end, I will not get out of damned honey. And that tomorrow in public to me have not chopped off a head, is better it make you, but only give to me before death to satiety to eat the sweet.

With tears on eyes the son last request of the father has complied with.

In the morning ханские servants have found out the decapitated corpse and have immediately reported on the khan.

But after all it was necessary to identify still the killed thief, and the khan has decided to expose a corpse at a spring, whence took water all women. The loved one, having seen a corpse, cannot constrain some tear, will necessarily burst out crying - calculation of the khan was that.

Having learnt about it, the son of the thief has told inconsolably grieved mother:

- About my poor mother! When you will follow water, you will see a corpse of the poor father and cannot constrain some tears. Then you will be seized by policemen and will plant in a hole. That it does not happen, it is necessary to make so: take with itself not copper, but a clay jug. About a spring you it break. Then you will have an occasion, and you can mourn over the husband.

Mother has obeyed the son. When she has seen a corpse of the husband has accidentally broken a jug at a spring and began to cry Have run up ханские нукеры and have seized it.

- What have you stuck to the poor woman? - She has cried. Not only that I have broken a jug and the husband will abuse me for it! Rescue me, devout!

The people have interceded for the woman, and confused нукеры have released it.

In the meantime the young thief considered how to revenge for the father. He has decided to steal at the khan of its favourite white camel. It has stolen a camel, killed, and a skin has thrown to ханскому to a palace. The khan has understood, that a camel killed, and thieves have regaled on its meat. The khan was angry and has charged to the best informer to find thieves.

The informer has started to come into houses, to cry, lament and everywhere to ask a slice of the camel meat for healing of the sick father. At last it has got to the house of the thief.

Compassionate mother of the thief has not sustained and has given to it a little верблюжатины. And the informer with pleasure has rushed to the khan. On road she has met the son of the thief, and he has asked it:

- What happens, about the poor woman, whether I can help you?

The informer has told to it, that went behind meat of a camel. Also has understood then the young thief, that it is threatened with death.

- Let's go with me, - he has told. - I will give to you still верблюжатины, after all your slice will not suffice even for healing of the small child.

Not reaching the house, it has killed the artful informer and has hidden its corpse.

In the meantime the hearing that the khan cannot cope with thieves, has extended everywhere. And once the khan has received the letter and a gift from the next khan with whom constantly quarrelled. In the letter it has been told: <If you, the khan, cannot put things in order in the state, cannot finish impudent thieves you should refuse a throne and to become дервишем>. And in a gift derisive the neighbour has sent fragmentary clothes.

Ordered then khan to collect the people and to notify, that it spares a life to the impudent thief and if that can steal something at the next khan it will give it also half of possession.

Then the young thief has acted forward and has told:

- It I. Conduct me to the khan.

And here the thief before the khan has appeared. The khan of its youth was surprised and has asked:

- Really you can steal something at my enemy - the next khan?

- Not only something, but also the khan, - the thief has answered.

- Go result it! - the khan has ordered.

The thief has sewed to itself clothes from a goat skin and has sewn to it set of hand bells. Then it took a chest and has gone to possession of the next khan. At night the thief has got into a palace and has made the way in ханскую a bedchamber. Here he has put on a goat skin, has rung out with hand bells and has terribly cried:

- And well rise! To you the angel of death has come. Yes move and faster get into a chest, differently to you to burn on eternal fire!

<About, there has really come also my turn to appear before всевьшним?> - the khan was frightened and has quickly climbed in a chest - after all with an angel of death of a joke are bad.

And the thief has charged with a chest a back and has dragged to its khan. In impatience the khan has opened a cover, and from a chest the live person in underwear has risen hardly.

- Here your foe, - has told the thief and has demanded the promised award. Also has received it.