The gift of pushchevik

 God Perun did not ask the girl to be burned
Prince Owner, lord of the city of Kuyav, decided to sacrifice his daughter Vladina. The girl found out what they were going to do to her and managed to escape. In pursuit of the girl, the prince's squad is equipped. The girl runs, but there is almost no hope of escape. Help comes unexpectedly. People and creatures from the forest, forest and swamp come to the girl's aid. The goal of the girl is the village of Murom, where the father of her deceased mother Radushka lives. However, having found Dobrit's grandfather, the girl realizes that they are still looking for her. Now they are running together, their path lies in the legendary city of Arsu, where the true Slavic gods Arsans live. The fugitives hope and hope only for the help of the gods.
CHAPTER SEVEN
THE GIFT OF PUSHCHEVIK
The girl walked for a long time. Several times she had to pass by large settlements. The dogs were yelling at the sight of her from afar, but more often than not, she walked through deserted countryside, past gray fields. The harvest had already been gathered, and there was no one in the fields. For hours Vladina walked along the bumpy road, and only the gray sky did not take her eyes off her. Finally, a city appeared in the distance. Before it was still to go and go, but the city was visible from a distance was good. On a high mountain there were princely palaces and towers of boyars, houses and estates of artisans and merchants, and modest dwellings of ordinary people. The city also had fortifications that protected it from enemies - high earthen ramparts and deep ditches filled with water. Rich buildings also towered on the neighboring mountain. Several Christian temples complemented the skyline of the city.
At the foot of the mountain there was another city, the city of commoners, there was a vast harbor where numerous merchant ships stopped. Multilingual speech, the diversity of clothes, the ringing of metal, the noise of bellows, smoke and constant movement, this is how the city met the girl. There were no stone palaces here, but vast, well-cut houses of merchants and artisans stood firm. Semi-dugouts and dugouts were scattered everywhere, where poorer people lived.
Cautiously, the girl entered the gates of the city. It seemed to her that now the heavy hand of the combatant would fall on her shoulder and then everything would be just awful. But, looking around, the princess realized that she was afraid in vain. Here she was one of many. People scurried around her, the movement did not stop for a second. Having calmed down, Vladina looked around with curiosity. At home, in Kuyava, she had almost no opportunity to plunge into this alien world for her. She was then in the city of the mob only twice, and even then all the time accompanied by someone, only for twenty minutes.
Now she was completely free, and the city was different. Something elusive, he was similar to her hometown, but it was different. All day the girl wandered through the bazaars and streets of the city. When she really wanted to eat, she found a secluded place where she was not visible, carefully took out a twig from the gate and laid it on the ground. Barking or meowing was heard (depending on which animal was nearby) and a domestic animal rushed to the girl at full speed, carrying some kind of food in her mouth, just pulled from the home table. At last evening came. The streets began to empty. More than once Vladina intercepted the bewildered glances of passers-by hurrying home, who seemed to be talking; “And what is this girl doing on the street, at an hour when all the children should already be sleeping?” Suddenly, the girl shuddered and turned around sharply. Where is the green lane? My God, she completely forgot about the track! So many hours have passed, and she has never even looked at her feet in all this time!
Deciding to correct the situation, the girl cast an imperceptible glance in front of her and could not help screaming. There was no path! She looked back. The path was there. The girl had to turn around and walk to where she came from, that is, to the city gates. However, she did not have long to follow the straight path, suddenly the path began to wind, leading her into some lanes, leading her past dead ends. It got dark and even colder. The princess trembled with fear! The dugouts around were dark. The people were already asleep. After some four or five hours, they would have to get up and leave the house into a cold, cold night. However, the path led the girl further and further, until, finally, Vlada felt that she could no longer take a single step. As if having heard the girl's complaint, the path stopped near a large, recently cut down house.
There was still a pleasant smell of freshly felled wood near the house. The girl perked up. She liked the house, and a light burned in the window of the house, as if the girl was expected here. Vladina went up to the porch of the house, but did not immediately dare to knock. I looked back. No, the path was not going to indicate the way forward. She rested on the porch of the house and disappeared under it. It was no longer possible to delay. The princess was very cold. My fingers no longer wanted to move. Gathering the rest of her strength, Vladina released her hand and knocked on the door. The door opened immediately, as if the girl was waiting here. The young woman almost dragged Vladushka into the house, and, throwing a wary glance at the street, slammed the door, closing it with a bolt.
- Finally! - the woman said loudly, - What is taking so long? I've already been waiting! It's already dark and you're still gone! Come here, where is the birch bark?
Vlada was dumbfounded by the pressure of the woman and stood there, not knowing what to say.
- Well, why are you silent, - the woman repeated her attempt to talk the girl, - Has she swallowed her tongue, or what? Come here kalita, I'll look for it myself!
Ignoring Vlada's sluggish resistance, she herself removed the gate from the girl's shoulder. And then the princess came to herself. It was impossible for the gate to be in the wrong hands, moreover, she knew for sure that it was this woman who should not look into the gate. Realizing this, the girl took the kalita from the taken aback woman and said
- I don't have birch bark
- How not, - the woman was surprised, - have you lost her?
- I don't I could have lost it because I didn't have it.
- How ... Who are you anyway? Didn't my father send you?
- Not. I am a stranger in your city. I froze, saw a light in your window and decided to knock.
“You… You don’t understand where you came from!” Let's turn around to the door and go where you went! Leave now!
The woman opened the door. In Vlad, suddenly, inopportunely, princely arrogance began to play! She, the princess, is driven over the threshold, and who, some kind of commoner! She had almost crossed the threshold, but when she glanced at the porch, she saw that the green path was firmly stuck to the porch boards. Seeing the girl's confusion, the woman tried to push her.
- Go, why are you up!? You will make me feel warm! Go!

The woman reluctantly closed the door.
"You don't know what you're asking for!" It's dangerous even for me to stay in this house! Not to mention you! Look around, you see, the house is not inhabited!
The girl looked back. Indeed, apart from a stove, a table and several shops, there was nothing in the upper room. However, she drew attention to this even when she had just entered the house, but did not betray this significance, sensibly judging that in a freshly cut house there may still be uninhabited premises. Looking at the woman, Vladina wanted to say something, but staggered and almost fell. This did not escape the attention of the woman, and she suddenly softened.
“Well, okay, warm up first, then we’ll think about what to do with you next. Come on, I'll move the bench closer to the stove for you! Yes, you sit down, sit down, you can’t stand on your feet! What is your name then?
- They called Vladina at baptism! And my mother did not tell anyone to tell my true name!

“Who else is there?” Polenka suddenly cried sleepily, pretending to be a man who was not allowed to sleep. The good people are all asleep!
Someone has entered. Vladina would very much like to peep at the intruder, but did not dare to look out from behind a pile of rags. She was afraid to even move. All she had to do was catch the sounds. The door creaked, letting someone into the house. Then the door slammed shut. A moment's pause and the silence was filled with a child's voice.
- Here is a birch! I found your house by force, it’s dark outside, even gouge out your eye!
Did you verbally order anything to be conveyed?
- Yes, he did.
- Well, what did you say? Speak, don't talk!
- He told me to say that everything is cancelled. The flame must go out!
- Did you tell me to deliver it?
- Yes. Made me learn word for word. He promised, if I didn’t confuse anything, a nagat. He said that you will give it to me!
- Wow! Have you ever heard of a child, for such a trifling job, such an expensive coin to give!
- And he said that you should give me not a simple nagat, but a marked one, with the sign of the god Semargl, a sacred dog. This will be my reward, and it will be a sign to him that I have fulfilled the order correctly!
"Okay, wait a minute, I'll find him now!" Here, hold on, don't lose it!
Do you live far away? It hurts your clothes are thin!
- Nearby, through three yards.
- And where will you put the nagat? Won't you drop it?
- And I'll hide it in my mouth! It won't get lost there!
- Well, then it's good! Then go! Yes, be careful, the night is painfully dark!
Again the sound of the door opening and closing, the creaking of the bolt. The sound of footsteps towards the couch.
- Get up already. Let me take a good look at you! warmed up?
- Yes thank you!

Lets talk! You said you came, I heard right, right? Where did you come from? Where did you live before? The nearest village is a few kilometers from here, but... You're not from there, I hear it by speaking! And the neighboring city, oh, how far away! Well why are you quiet? So, where are you from?
“Can I tell you everything in the morning?” I'm so tired and want to sleep!
You are a strange girl! And the first time you can’t tell, a child is like a child! And if you look at you for the second, and for the third time, it is clear that you are not simple, oh, how not simple! There is something in you ... Okay, sleep, we'll talk in the morning! All the same, I need to be inseparably in the house until tomorrow night, let's talk more! Sleep!
But Vladina did not sleep, she painfully thought about whether Polenka should open up to her or not. Fearful from one country, unfamiliar woman, is there something on her mind? On the other hand, the girl realized that she could not do without the help of a person. Inhumans - Goblin, Bagnik and other evil spirits - that's good, but she, Vlad, is still a person! And not in vain, because the green path led her to this house! The path could not give her, Vladin, into the hands of a bad woman!
And the girl decided that if in the morning, looking at the path, she finds that the path leads her further, she will say goodbye and leave without explaining anything. But if it turns out that the path still stubbornly rests on the porch, then you have to tell Polenka everything and ask for help. With this thought, the girl fell asleep. The night flew by in a flash.
The sun hit right in the eyes, it was noon outside, and Vlada still could not open her eyes. When she nevertheless managed to do this, she stumbled upon Polenka's attentive gaze.
“You slept so long,” Polenka said carefully, “that I got worried. And then I looked at you. All the same, you have an unusual face, clean, smooth, well-groomed for some reason! And it seems to me that I recently saw a face that looked exactly like you! But here's where ... No, I don't remember! So all morning I sit, look at you and toil! In my home, I usually do not have a free minute. And so I spin from morning to evening. Believe me, there is no time to even sit down! And here, in this house... No matter how hard I try, I can't find something to do! It's only noon, and the evening is still so far away! It's good that you, fortunately for me, brought you here! Together we have fun, so we pass the day! But first, let's eat. And then you will tell everyone where you are from, why you ended up in front of my doors! Painfully, I'm curious, I love all sorts of stories with passion. Since childhood, I have been like this, I will invite a full house of kalik passers-by, but I sit, listening to unusual stories about overseas countries. For which, however, she was often beaten by her father! Why don't you eat? Al is not tasty!? She cooked herself! True, yesterday's everything, there is nowhere to take fresh from, I did not leave the house today. I can't! But you still eat! Look how thin, skin and bones!
- I don't want to!
- How do you not want to? You fell asleep yesterday without having supper. I started up, I wanted to feed you, and you are already sleeping! Yes, eat!
- Do not want. For some reason my head hurts!
- That's it, I look, you're all red! She got sick, didn't she? Well, then ... Lie down then again on the bench! And I'm running after the grandmother herbalist! Oh, break me Perun, I forgot, I can’t go out! What to do? Well, where are you? Ali, the heat has completely burned your brains, you can’t go outside!
“Let me go, I just need to see if there is still a path!”
- What track? Yes, you are delirious! Wow, you are thin, thin, but strong! Put on a fur coat!
One glance was enough for Vladina to make sure that the path was in place. Convinced, she breathed a sigh of relief. Everything is in place, and she can safely return to the house. It seemed unthinkable to her to go somewhere now, to hide from someone, to run away from someone. Entering the house again, she slid down to the floor and heard the door slam shut and the bolt fall.
Feeling herself being shaken, she forced herself to open her eyes.
- Well, is your path in place?
- On the spot. Can I lie down on the bench again, the light hurts my eyes and it hurts to speak!
"Oh, you're really sick! It was all red, but now it's turned white! Of course, you need to lie down, I'll help you get to the couch! What to do? Do you still have relatives in this city? Or acquaintances, what? After all, you went to someone?!
The girl heard and understood everything that the kind woman said, but she could not answer anything. Her lips seemed to stiffen. Suddenly, someone knocked on the door. So loud it shook the walls. The log slid off the bench to the floor and hid there. The knocking came again, but this time a little quieter. The woman was startled. When the knock was repeated for the third time, but very quietly, the woman went to the door and, pushing the bolt, let the man into the house.
"Father, what happened?" she asked fearfully. "Why did you come?" There was no contract! Has something happened to your husband?
“Ugh, lock the door!” And stop asking questions! Give me a ladle of water, otherwise I was completely out of breath while walking! Oh, don’t dig, you forgot where the barrel of water is? What? Who else is on your couch?
The girl could not open her eyes, but she heard Polenka telling her father in a whisper the story of the girl's appearance in this house.
“I didn’t beat you enough,” the man’s voice rumbled, “it’s necessary, the prince’s squad flooded the city, and she ...
Have they returned again? They left the city yesterday!
- Yes, they left then, but now they are back! Looking for a girl again! All girls under the age of 15 are taken. The elders of the city are outraged! They even took the daughter of the viceroy of the prince. True, they immediately realized that they had enough of the surplus and returned it back. And the rest of the girls, whose parents are simpler, will have to wait a long time for such an honor. They gathered the girls all together like sheep in a barn and are waiting for the appearance of a messenger from the prince. They snoop around all the yards, take everything they like, supposedly these are the things of a girl. Soon they will reach this house. And here you yourself know that ... And so your husband and I decided not to wait for the evening, but to transfer everything from this house now. Did you darken the windows in those rooms?
- Yes
“Did you grease the hinges in the door of the secret room?”
- Yes Yes Yes! Well, what are you asking? How could I have disobeyed you in such a case? You better tell me, how is mom?
- Sitting, howling! He takes pity on you, scolds me for leaving you in an empty house. And he doesn’t understand, foolish head, that you are the best cover. Who's poking around, and here you are! The young mistress settles in a new house. There is no furniture in the house yet, an uninhabited house! Okay, enough talk. What's with the girl?
- I'll take a look now. There was a fever, then she turned pale, and now ... Yes, she has again the temperature is so high! We need a granny!
- We'll bring the grandmother when it gets dark. Now go and make her a bed in the secret room!
- Why? The Arsanov idols are there! What if she wakes up at night and sees them? Yes, she will die of fear!
- Judging by the way she breathes, she will not wake up by the next night if we do not bring the grandmother. And you need to hide it, because it seems to me that ... My God, I understand - they are looking for her! She is the prince's daughter! She escaped from Kuyav.
— Oh, what are you talking about!
- I say that it is completely inopportune for us now. But, there is nothing to do, so this is our fate. The gods themselves wanted her to come here! But where is your husband? We must do something, she began to moan too loudly! Of course, it is hardly audible from the street, but still ...
- Father, knock! Do you let in?
- Wait! Yes, this is your husband, conditional knock! Let it in!
They are in the next street! - the young man trembled finely and looked around every minute, - There is a howl and a cry. We must quickly carry away the idols, but leave this house!
“Wait, you still don’t know what surprise your wife has prepared for us!” If you don't beat her, it won't hurt you!
“Father, wait a minute!” - it seemed that the young woman was not at all frightened, unlike her husband and father, - Look, I got lost yesterday, and today I fell down all in the heat. The father says that this is the one they are looking for, the prince's daughter!
- Enough talk! We need to hide her!
- Stop! - Intervened the second man - I heard what they said about her!
- What?
- If this is really a prince's daughter, then one of her hands is deadly!
Whatever she touches with this hand, everything perishes or rots in the bud! She must have a black hand, I overheard the vigilantes talking about this. The girls, those who were grabbed, are forced to stretch their arms in front of them.
- Polenka, well, look, our hand is not black? Be careful, you're so awkward!
- Yes, it seems ... Oh, how did I not notice before! As if a black rag had been thrown over her hand! How are we going to carry it?
- How, how ... You need to think when you let strangers into the house!
“But father, I told you how it happened…”
- It worked out, it worked out ... Okay, let's do it this way, take it there right on the couch. You, Polenka, carry it from the side where the hand is normal, let your husband support the couch from behind, and I will carry it from the side where the killer hand is. If anything, I've already lived, I'm not afraid to die. And you still live and live. But I don't think anything will happen. The gods did not send her to perish. Well, are you ready? They took it and carried it!
The princess woke up from the fact that some wizened old woman was pouring bitter water into her mouth spoon after spoon. At first, the girl thought that she was again with her grandmother from the Drevlyane village, but, looking closer, she realized that she was mistaken. The elderly woman's lips were so tightly compressed that it seemed that no force could stretch them into a smile. When the girl tried to dodge another portion of the bitter medicine, the old woman, without a word, without a word, pressed the girl's body with her foot. With her hand free from the spoon, she opened the girl's mouth. And poured all the same a bitter drug. Having swallowed the medicine, Vlada wanted to tell the old woman everything she thought about her, but, looking carefully at her grandmother, she abandoned her intention. The fact is that through the stern face of an elderly woman, suddenly, for a second, her childish face peeped through.
It looked and disappeared, but the girl still managed to see the radiant eyes of a teenage girl, a freckled nose and a happy smile. The old woman undressed and rubbed the girl with something thick and oily. The drug was vile to the touch and smelled the same, but Vlada no longer resisted. After that, the sorceress, wrapping the girl in the skin of some animal, began to collect her flasks and pots. Vladina wanted to ask the strange grandmother about something, but suddenly she felt that she could not squeeze out a sound. Yawning cramped her cheekbones. For several minutes the grandmother sat motionless, not taking her eyes off the sick girl. Vlada struggled with sleep a little more, but then she still lost her ground.
Seeing this, the old woman nodded in satisfaction and stood up. When the girl woke up another time, there was no one next to her. The candle flickered dimly, leaving the corners of the room dark. There were no windows in the room, so the girl did not know whether it was night or day. She was aware that she seemed to be sick, but now she is already much better, but having risen on the couch, she immediately fell again. Strength has not yet been restored. Suddenly, the candle suddenly crackled, and the tongue of the flame bent. The girl became scared. Closing her eyes, she lay like that for several minutes, but feeling that nothing had changed in the room, she timidly opened one eye. Near the wall, just opposite the shuttered window, stood a strange man. He was only a head taller than Vladina, but his face was inhuman. Looking closer, the girl realized that this was not a person, a person would not be able to stand still for so long. When her eyes finally got used to the darkness, the girl made another discovery. There were thirteen fixed figures.
These were the idols of the old gods - Arsana. And only then the mystery of the house was revealed to the princess. The owners of the house belonged to the pagan faith of those who did not reconcile. And there were many more people who considered this faith the only true one. For the Prince Owner, these people were like a natural disaster. One can imagine what power these people personified, still worshiping the old gods. Polenka, her husband and father, specially cut down this house in order to store idols here. And it was necessary for this to happen that the green path led Vladina here. If the prince's henchmen discover the idols, a terrible disaster awaits the whole family. The girl thought so deeply that she did not notice how the grandmother-doctor came into the secret room and has been watching the restless patient for several minutes now. The girl's gaze was fixed on the idols, the old woman also looked there.
The girl behaved as if hypnotized, and if the old woman had not intervened, things could have ended badly. The magic of the idols was so ancient and harsh that without preparation it was impossible to look at the harsh faces of those whom the father of the little princess decided to destroy for several seconds. Turning the girl to her, the grandmother blew softly into her eyes. Seeing that Vladina's eyes cleared up, she again took up the treatment. Actually, the treatment, like the first time, consisted of bitter potions and smelly ointments, only now, instead of blankets made of skins, the girl was covered with a thin rag, on which the old woman sprinkled a few drops of the drug. The old woman had just got up, and the girl was already asleep. And the girl had an extraordinary dream. She dreamed that she woke up in the same room. Look, the room is not quite the same! The darkness has left the room! And it became light in the room for a reason, each idol had its own sun. And those luminaries burned with extraordinary power, and revolved, and scattered light into all corners of the room. At some point, thirteen luminaries became crowded, and pain hit my eyes. The princess rubbed her eyes, looking, and the idols came to life!
The girl was frightened, yes, in vain. Each idol had a cap in his hands. The wooden gods saw that there was no more urine for the princess to endure the light from thirteen, yelled, and covered the rays with caps. And the girl was scared and curious! However, when she once again tried to look at the idols, it turned out that the darkness around her was complete, and so complete that the girl's heart sank. This is where the dream ended. When the princess awoke, the room was in its former twilight. The candle crackled, and the idols returned to their former state. Looking up, she saw something else. The green path stretched straight to her couch. Vlada immediately understood what this meant, but was not sure that she would have the strength to get up from the couch and hit the road again. But what to do, the path was in the room, and there was no getting away from it. The girl tried to get up.
I was dizzy, but everything else seemed to be in order. Sitting down on the couch again, she thoughtfully looked in the direction of the idols, but immediately started up. The voices of people arguing reached her ears. People spoke in raised tones, and the girl immediately felt alarmed.
“Yes, she can’t go outside yet,” the girl recognized Polenka’s voice, “what a frost it is today!”
“And if they find it here, with us,” a man boomed, probably the woman’s father, “they won’t even ask if she can or can’t go outside!”
“Yes, and the herbalist grandmother said that ...” a third voice wedged into the conversation
“Let’s go and ask her ourselves,” Polenka suddenly summed up the conversation after a slight hitch, “can she move?” What do we decide for it?
And following these words, Polenka and two men entered the room. The older one was probably the father of the young woman. Clearing his throat, he then began a conversation with the princess.
Having bowed in the direction of the idols, the man went up to the couch and hesitated, not knowing where to start the conversation. Finally he made up his mind:
“May the girls be with you, the true gods!” We know who you are! We helped you as much as we could, we will help you more, if it is in our power. But now you can't stay here. The prince's warriors today behave like animals. The people are moaning, all normal life in the city has stopped! Yesterday two more squads came here, you can’t take a step so as not to stumble upon them. Today they are looking only in freshly cut houses, either someone saw you when you knocked, or ... I don’t even know what to think! While you were in the heat, yes, in unconsciousness, they searched sluggishly, poked like blind kittens. However, as soon as you woke up, the search became fierce! As if someone is whispering in the ears of the combatants, showing the way to you ...
— It has already happened. They also left Bagnik alone, as soon as I fell asleep, ”Vlada said thoughtfully.
- What are you talking about? - the man rushed
- No, everything is empty, I just thought and spoke out loud!
“She’s not herself,” Polenka whispered to her father, “you can’t just pray away from illness! Wow, you mentioned Bagnik for some reason! Chur, me! Puff, puff, puff!
The father squinted at Polenka with displeasure and, after hesitating, continued.
“You are… Well, decide for yourself what to do… We are not persecuting you!”
- Yes I understand. Thank you for the shelter, for the treatment and care! But, I really have to go!
Reflected on the father's face relief, but Polenka did not agree with Vladina's decision.
Yes, you can barely stand! Where will you go? Let's get you covered! We have many relatives in the city. From house to house we will transfer! So we'll wait until spring. And then you move on
- Thank you for your kind words! But I can't hide anymore! Can you tell me if it's night or day? There are no windows here.
- It's morning now. And you can't leave now. The friend is very close. The search is going on in the house next door. If the round-up reaches us, maybe they won't guess to look in the secret room?
“They’ll guess,” the girl said doomedly, “I even understood how it happens.” I just realized now! I need to run now, this minute, - suddenly Vlada fell silent, some thought came into her troubled head, - And if ... Tell me, many people were sent to search for me?
- A lot of. Fifteen people roam around the houses, turning everything upside down, - Polenka's husband entered into the conversation, - and almost the same number of people are guarding the house. What did you think? Tell!
- No time for talking. You will see everything! However, you have the right to know everything. They risked not only their lives when they hid, but something more. You do not look that I am small, but I understood everything! Drives me forward Evil beyond belief, you saw its sign on my hand. When I sleep or in unconsciousness, it does not see me and rages, directing my father's vigilantes at innocent people. As soon as my mind wakes up, evil triumphs! And after a while, my father's team knows exactly where to look for me.
“That means…” began Mizgir, Polenka’s father.
“This means that the squad is probably already at your very doors,” the girl finished her story sadly.
- Father, knock! - Polenka shouted, - should I open it?
“Hide the girl,” Mizgir suddenly made a decision, “We will not open it to them. We would have to hold out for about ten minutes, and then our people would come running and not let them ruin the house! Move everything in the room to the door!
- No, - Vlada took a few steps towards the door, - you forget about the idols! The squad should not find them. The prince will stop at nothing. The house is besieged. And I will not allow battles between the squad and the townspeople!
You still have a chance! Explain to the combatants that they knew nothing! Like, they picked up a stray, and take it and get sick!
— And how are you? Polenka threw up her hands
- I ... Well, I made porridge, I have to disentangle it! And thank you for everything. I know what they risked, but they didn’t throw me out into the cold!
"Father, what should I do?" Polenka's husband shouted again. "They're breaking down the door!"
- What to do? Did you hear what the girl was saying? Unlock!
- Stop! I figured out how to make sure that they don’t reproach you for me and climb into the house!
- Speak faster! The door, of course, is new, but against scrap, you know ...
- Okay, listen! Let Polenka sharply open the door and hide behind it. And I'll run ahead. Seeing me, the squad will give chase and, I hope, will forget about you and your house!
Well, open the door and... Farewell!
While Polenka was opening the door, Vlada took out a doll from the gate, a gift from Bagnik. As soon as the door swung open, the princess breathed on the doll and put it on the porch. The doll began to grow, along with it, the fog formed from the exhalation of Vlada also grew. Soon the fog covered the whole block. But the doll, like two drops similar to Vlad, was visible perfectly. The doll turned towards the soldiers and beckoned them to follow. There were screams
- Here she is, hold on! You lie, you won't leave!
And the whole squad rushed after the twin of the girl. The doll ran to the left, and Vlad's path lay to the right. This decision was made by the green arrow. Screams and clatter were heard for a very long time, but now they subsided, or maybe it was just Vladina who had gone too far. The hospitable home was left behind, and Vlada was still experiencing the events of the last hours. The exit from the city was free. The inhabitants hid in their homes, and no one got in the way of the princess. Soon she was already far away.