Верхом на помеле: Стихи

U vedʹmy byl kot, / polosatyĭ tolsti͡ak, / ryzhai͡a kosa / i vysokiĭ kolpak... Vedʹma mchit po nebu na pomele i roni͡aet na zemli͡u kolpak, volshebnui͡u palochku i bantik s ryzheĭ kosy. Vse ėto po ocheredi nakhodi͡at pes, ptichka i li͡agushonok i prosi͡at v nagradu za sluzhbu prokatitʹ ikh na pomele, chto vedʹma okhotno i delaet. No metla lomaetsi͡a: kot, pes i li͡agushonok padai͡ut v boloto, a vedʹma popadaet v lapy drakona; tot uzhe sobiraetsi͡a sʺestʹ koldunʹi͡u na uzhin, kak vdrug poi͡avli͡aetsi͡a zhutkiĭ, groznyĭ zverʹ - chudishche bolot - i trebuet otdatʹ vedʹmu emu...

The witch had a cat, a fat tabby, a red braid, and a tall hat... The witch rushes across the sky on a broomstick and drops her cap, magic wand and bow from her red braid to the ground. A dog, a bird, and a frog find all this in turn and ask for a ride on a broomstick as a reward for their service, which the witch willingly does. But the broom breaks: the cat, the dog and the frog fall into the swamp, and the witch falls into the clutches of the dragon; he is about to eat the witch for dinner, when suddenly a terrible, menacing beast appears - the monster of the swamps - and demands to give the witch to him...