A fost odat\u0103 ca niciodat\u0103. A fost odat\u0103 un mo\u015f \u015fi-o bab\u0103. Mo\u015ful avea o fat\u0103, baba avea \u015fi ea o fat\u0103. Pe fata ei, baba o alinta, o dezmierda, iar pe fata mo\u015fului o ura, toat\u0103 treaba pe seama ei o l\u0103sa, din nimica o certa, o dojenea \u015fi nici cu m\u00e2ncarea n-o prea \u00eenghesuia. Fata nu se d\u0103dea \u00een l\u0103turi de la nici o munc\u0103, f\u0103cea toat\u0103 treaba cum i se poruncea, mai bine nici c\u0103 se putea. Oamenii c\u00e2nd o vedeau cu lauda nu mai conteneau. Pe c\u00e2t\u0103 vreme despre fata babei numai a\u015fa spuneau:<\/p>\n
– Ia uita\u0163i-v\u0103 la ea, de \u0163esut \u2014 nu \u0163ese, de tors nu toarce. Ia uita\u0163i-v\u0103 la ea, tr\u00e2ndava-lene\u015fa!<\/p>\n
Din pricina asta baba se f\u0103cea \u015fi mai rea, \u015fi mai ar\u0163\u0103goas\u0103. Iar fetei mo\u015fului \u00eei f\u0103cea zile fripte. \u015ei se g\u00e2ndea \u00eentruna cum ar face s-o piard\u0103.
\n\u00centr-o zi mo\u015ful plec\u0103 \u00een ora\u015f dup\u0103 t\u00e2rguieli. Baba cea rea, \u00eempreun\u0103 cu fiic\u0103-sa, puser\u0103 lucrurile la cale:
\n– Ei, acuma, \u00eei facem noi de petrecanie, du\u015fmancei \u0103\u015fteia!
\nBaba o chem\u0103 pe fat\u0103 \u015fi-i porunci:
\n– Haide, du-te la p\u0103dure dup\u0103 vreascuri!
\n– Dar mai avem destule vreascuri acas\u0103, i-a zis fata.
\nBaba cea rea se r\u0103sti, b\u0103tu din picior, apoi, \u00eempreun\u0103 cu fiic\u0103-Sa, se n\u0103pustir\u0103 la ea \u015fi o alungar\u0103 afar\u0103 din izb\u0103.
\nC\u00e2nd a v\u0103zut fata c\u0103 n-are \u00eencotro, a plecat la p\u0103dure. \u015ei era un ger de cr\u0103pau pietrele, \u015fi-un v\u00e2nt rece ca ghea\u0163a b\u0103tea, \u015fi-un viscol hain viscolea…
\nBaba \u015fi fata ei se purtau de colo-colo prin izba \u00eenc\u0103lzit\u0103 \u015fi \u00ee\u015fi tot spuneau:
\n– Acuma, chiar c\u0103 nu se mai \u00eentoarce nesuferita aceea! Are s\u0103 degere \u00een p\u0103dure!
\n\u00cen vremea asta, fata ajunse la p\u0103dure, se opri sub un brad r\u0103muros \u015fi prinse a se uita \u00eemprejur, ne\u015ftiind \u00eencotro s-o apuce \u015fi ce s\u0103 fac\u0103…
\nDeodat\u0103 se auzir\u0103 zgomote \u015fi trosnituri: Morozko-Gerul alerga prin br\u0103di\u015f, Morozko-Gerul gonea prin mestec\u0103ni\u015f, dintr-un copac \u00een altul se s\u0103lta, sc\u00e2r\u0163\u00e2ia \u015fi ron\u0163\u0103ia. Cobor\u00ee din bradul r\u0103muros \u015fi zise:
\n– Bun\u0103 ziua, fat\u0103 frumoas\u0103! Cum de-ai nimerit la mine \u00een p\u0103dure pe gerul \u0103sta?
\nFata \u00eei povesti, f\u0103r\u0103 s\u0103 ascund\u0103 nimic, cum c\u0103 nu venise \u00een p\u0103dure de bun\u0103 voie.
\nMorozko-Gerul o ascult\u0103 \u015fi-i zise:
\n– Ba nu, fat\u0103 frumoas\u0103, nu dup\u0103 vreascuri te-au trimis ele aici. Dar, de vreme ce ai venit \u00een p\u0103durea mea, vreau s\u0103 v\u0103d \u015fi eu c\u00e2t de harnic\u0103 e\u015fti!
\n\u00cei d\u0103du un fuior, un fus \u015fi-i porunci:
\n– S\u0103 torci din fuiorul \u0103sta fir de bumbac, din el s\u0103 \u0163e\u015fi p\u00e2nz\u0103 \u015fi din p\u00e2nz\u0103 s\u0103-mi co\u015fi o c\u0103ma\u015f\u0103!
\nCum spuse asta, Morozko-Gerul plec\u0103. Fata nu mai st\u0103tu la g\u00e2nduri ci se apuc\u0103 f\u0103r\u0103 \u00eent\u00e2rziere de treab\u0103.
\nC\u00e2nd sim\u0163ea c\u0103 \u00eei \u00eenghea\u0163\u0103 degetele \u2014 sufla pu\u0163in asupra lor, le \u00eenc\u0103lzea, \u015fi la lucru. Munci a\u015fa, f\u0103r\u0103 s\u0103-\u015fi dezdoaie spinarea, toat\u0103 noaptea. La un singur lucru se g\u00e2ndea: cum s\u0103 fac\u0103, cum s\u0103 dreag\u0103 ca s\u0103 coas\u0103 o c\u0103ma\u015f\u0103 c\u00e2t mai frumoas\u0103.
\nDiminea\u0163a iar se auzir\u0103 zgomote \u015fi trosnituri \u00een preajma bradului: era Morozko-Gerul. \u00cendat\u0103 ce v\u0103zu c\u0103ma\u015fa, o l\u0103ud\u0103:
\n– Ei, fat\u0103 frumoas\u0103, tare me\u015fte\u015fugit mi-ai lucrat c\u0103ma\u015fa!
\n\u015ei Morozko-Gerul scoase o lad\u0103 mare, ferecat\u0103, i-o puse fetei dinainte \u015fi zise:
\n– Dup\u0103 munc\u0103 \u015fi r\u0103splat\u0103!
\nPe urm\u0103, \u00eembr\u0103c\u0103 fata \u00eentr-un cojocel c\u0103lduros, \u00eei leg\u0103 pe cap o basma \u00eenflorat\u0103 \u015fi o scoase la drum:
\n– Mergi s\u0103n\u0103toas\u0103, fat\u0103 frumoas\u0103! S-or g\u0103si pe aici ni\u015fte oameni buni care s\u0103 te ajute s\u0103 ajungi acas\u0103.
\nSpuse asta \u015fi se f\u0103cu nev\u0103zut, parc\u0103 nici n-ar fi fost.
\n\u00cen vremea asta mo\u015ful se \u00eentorsese acas\u0103.
\n– Unde \u00eemi e fata? \u00eentreb\u0103 el.
\n– P\u0103i, s-a dus la p\u0103dure dup\u0103 vreascuri \u00eenc\u0103 de ieri \u015fi uite c\u0103 nici acuma nu s-a \u00eentors…
\nPe mo\u015f \u00eel cuprinse \u00eengrijorarea, a\u015fa c\u0103 nici nu dezh\u0103m\u0103 calul, ci porni \u00een grab\u0103 spre p\u0103dure. C\u00e2nd, ce s\u0103 vad\u0103? Chiar \u00een marginea drumului st\u0103tea fata lui, vesel\u0103 \u015fi g\u0103tit\u0103.
\nMo\u015ful urc\u0103 fata \u00een sanie, \u00eenc\u0103rc\u0103 lada cu darurile lui Morozko-Gerul tot acolo \u015fi porni spre cas\u0103.
\nIar baba cea rea \u015fi fiic\u0103-sa la mas\u0103 \u015fedeau, pl\u0103cinte-nfulecau \u015fi a\u015fa vorbeau:
\n– Ehei, vie nu se mai \u00eentoarce ea acas\u0103! Doar oasele o s\u0103 i le aduc\u0103 mo\u015ful!
\nDar c\u0103\u0163elu\u015fa, l\u0103tr\u00e2nd de dup\u0103 sob\u0103 zise:
\n– Ham, ham, ham! Fata mo\u015fului cu daruri scumpe o s\u0103 vie! Dar pe fata babei n-o vrea nimeni de so\u0163ie!
\n\u200b Baba \u00eei d\u0103du c\u0103\u0163elu\u015fei pl\u0103cint\u0103, ba o \u015fi b\u0103tu cu v\u0103traiul.
\n– Taci, netrebnico! Mai bine zi a\u015fa: \u201eFata babei drag\u0103 \u2014 nunta o s-o fac\u0103, a mo\u015fului fat\u0103 \u2014 moart\u0103 o s\u0103 zac\u0103!”
\nDar c\u0103\u0163elu\u015fa o \u0163inea una \u015fi bun\u0103:
\n– Fata mo\u015fului \u2014 cu daruri scumpe-o s\u0103 vie! Dar pe fata babei \u2014 n-o vrea nimeni de so\u0163ie!
\n\u015ei iat\u0103 c\u0103 poarta sc\u00e2r\u0163\u00e2i, u\u015fa se deschise \u015fi \u00een izb\u0103 intr\u0103 \u2014 rumen\u0103 \u015fi g\u0103tit\u0103 \u2014 fata mo\u015fului, iar \u00een urma ei oamenii aduser\u0103 o lad\u0103 mare, \u00eempodobit\u0103 de jur \u00eemprejur cu flori de ghea\u0163\u0103.
\nBaba, \u00eempreun\u0103 cu fiic\u0103-sa, se n\u0103pustir\u0103 asupra l\u0103zii, \u00eencepur\u0103 s\u0103 scoat\u0103 de acolo, s\u0103 cerceteze, pe lavi\u0163ele din jur s\u0103 a\u015feze, toate hainele, g\u0103telite \u015fi nu mai conteneau cu \u00eentreb\u0103rile:
\n– Cine \u0163i-a dat daruri at\u00e2t de minunate?
\nBaba, \u00eendat\u0103 ce afl\u0103 cum o r\u0103spl\u0103tise Morozko-Gerul pe fata mo\u015fului, porni s\u0103 alerge dintr-un cap\u0103t \u00een cel\u0103lalt al izbei, o \u00eembr\u0103c\u0103 \u015fi o \u00eenfofoli pe fiic\u0103-sa, ca s\u0103 nu-i fie cumva frig, \u00eei v\u00e2r\u00ee \u00een m\u00e2n\u0103 o leg\u0103tur\u0103 cu pl\u0103cinte \u015fi-i porunci mo\u015fului s-o duc\u0103 \u00een p\u0103dure \u015fi pe ea:
\n– Fata mea o s\u0103 capete dou\u0103 l\u0103zi din astea!
\nA dus-o mo\u015ful \u00een p\u0103dure pe fata babei \u015fi a l\u0103sat-o sub bradul r\u0103muros. Fata st\u0103tea, de jur \u00eemprejur privea, de frig se zgribulea, vorbe de ocar\u0103 striga:
\n– De ce nu mai vine odat\u0103 Morozko \u0103la? Pe unde, a\u015fa \u015fi pe dincolo, o fi hoin\u0103rind?
\nDar, chiar atunci se auzir\u0103 zgomote \u015fi trosnituri: Morozko-Gerul alerga prin br\u0103di\u015f, Morozko-Gerul gonea prin mestec\u0103ni\u015f, dintr-un copac \u00een altul se s\u0103lta, sc\u00e2r\u0163\u00e2ia \u015fi ron\u0163\u0103ia. Cobor\u00ee din bradul r\u0103muros \u015fi zise:
\n– De ce ai venit la mine, fat\u0103 frumoas\u0103?
\n– Oare, chiar nu \u015ftii \u015fi singur? Am venit s\u0103-mi dai daruri scumpe!
\nMorozko-Gerul z\u00e2mbi \u015fi zise:
\n– Bine, dar mai \u00eent\u00e2i, ca s\u0103 v\u0103d c\u00e2t de harnic\u0103 e\u015fti \u2014 vreau ni\u015fte m\u0103nu\u015fi s\u0103-mi \u00eemplete\u015fti!
\nI-a dat andrele, un ghem de l\u00e2n\u0103 \u015fi a plecat. Fata babei arunc\u0103 andrelele \u00een z\u0103pad\u0103 \u015fi izbi cu piciorul \u00een ghemul de l\u00e2n\u0103:
\n– Ia te uit\u0103 ce-a n\u0103scocit mo\u015fneagul! Unde s-a mai v\u0103zut, unde s-a mai pomenit, s\u0103 stea cineva pe un ger ca \u0103sta \u015fi s\u0103 \u00eempleteasc\u0103? \u015ei a\u015fa \u00ee\u021bi deger\u0103 degetele!
\nDiminea\u0163a se auzir\u0103 trosnete \u015fi p\u00e2r\u00e2ituri \u2014 \u015fi veni Morozko-Gerul.
\n– Ei, fat\u0103 frumoas\u0103, ia s\u0103 vedem, cum ai scos-o la cap\u0103t cu ceea ce \u0163i-am cerut s\u0103-mi me\u015ftere\u015fti?
\nFata babei se n\u0103pusti la el:
\n– Ce me\u015fterit \u0163i se n\u0103zare, b\u0103tr\u00e2n netot ce e\u015fti! Ce, e\u015fti chior, nu vezi? M-a p\u0103truns frigul p\u00e2n\u0103 la os a\u015ftept\u00e2ndu-te aici, abia mai r\u0103suflu!…
\n– Ei, dup\u0103 munc\u0103 va fi \u015fi r\u0103splata! zise Morozko-Gerul.
\n\u00ce\u015fi scutur\u0103 o dat\u0103 barba \u015fi c\u00e2nd se porni o furtun\u0103 \u015fi-un viscol \u2014 acoperi toate c\u0103r\u0103rile \u015fi toate drumurile. Iar Morozko se f\u0103cu nev\u0103zut, de parc\u0103 nici n-a fost.
\nFata babei o porni \u00eencet, f\u0103r\u0103 drum, f\u0103r\u0103 c\u0103rare \u015fi nimeri \u00eentr-o r\u00e2p\u0103. Acolo, c\u00e2t ai clipi, o acoperi z\u0103pada…
\nC\u00eend de-abia se cr\u0103pa de ziu\u0103, baba \u00eencepu s\u0103-l zg\u00e2l\u0163\u00e2ie pe mo\u015f, \u00eel trezi \u015fi-i porunci s\u0103 se duc\u0103 \u00een p\u0103dure s\u0103-i aduc\u0103 fata. \u00cen vremea asta ea se apuc\u0103 s\u0103 coac\u0103 pl\u0103cinte. C\u0103\u0163elu\u015fa \u00eens\u0103, st\u0103tea sub lavi\u0163\u0103 \u015fi l\u0103tra:
\n– Ham, ham, ham! Fata mo\u015fului nunta o s-o fac\u0103, iar\u0103 fata babei \u2014 moart\u0103 o s\u0103 zac\u0103!
\nBaba \u00eei d\u0103du c\u0103\u0163elu\u015fei pl\u0103cinte, \u015fi o b\u0103tu stra\u015fnic cu v\u0103traiul:
\n– Taci, netrebnico! \u00eendoap\u0103-te cu pl\u0103cinte \u015fi nu mai vorbi a\u015fa! Mai bine zi: \u201eFata babei \u2014 cu daruri scumpe o s\u0103 soseasc\u0103, fata mo\u015fului \u2014 mire n-o s\u0103-\u015fi mai g\u0103seasc\u0103!”
\nC\u0103\u0163elu\u015fa \u00eens\u0103 m\u00e2nc\u0103 pl\u0103cinta \u015fi iar o \u0163inu pe-a ei:
\n– Ham, ham, ham! Fata mo\u015fului \u2014 nunta o s-o fac\u0103, iar\u0103 fata babei \u2014 moart\u0103 o s\u0103 zac\u0103!
\nBaba se nelini\u015fti:
\n\u201eVai de mine, dac\u0103, \u00eentr-adev\u0103r, p\u0103\u0163e\u015fte ceva r\u0103u fata mea? Dac\u0103 \u00een drumul spre cas\u0103 se vor pierde darurile acelea scumpe? Ia, s\u0103 dau eu o fug\u0103 \u00een urma mo\u015fului!”
\n\u00ce\u015fi puse \u015fuba \u015fi o lu\u0103 la goan\u0103 spre p\u0103dure. Iar viscolul urla \u015fi mai grozav, z\u0103pada o-nv\u00e2rtejea \u015fi mai tare. Drumul era troienit, nu se mai vedea…
\nBaba cea rea se r\u0103t\u0103ci \u015fi z\u0103pada o troieni.
\nMo\u015ful o c\u0103ut\u0103 \u015fi o tot c\u0103ut\u0103 prin p\u0103dure pe fata babei, dar n-o g\u0103si. C\u00e2nd s-a \u00eentors acas\u0103 nici pe bab\u0103 n-a mai g\u0103sit-o. \u015ei-atunci i-a adunat pe vecini. \u015ei \u00eempreun\u0103 cu ei au \u00eenceput s\u0103 le caute: \u015fi pe bab\u0103 \u015fi pe fiica ei. Au c\u0103utat \u015fi-au tot c\u0103utat, toate troienile le-au r\u0103scolit dar de g\u0103sit nu le-au mai g\u0103sit.
\n\u015ei de atunci a \u00eenceput mo\u015ful s\u0103 vie\u0163uiasc\u0103 numai cu fata lui. De cum a venit prim\u0103vara \u00eens\u0103, pe fat\u0103 a pe\u0163it-o un voinic fierar-me\u015fter f\u0103urar.
\nAu f\u0103cut o nunt\u0103 plin\u0103 de veselie \u015fi au tr\u0103it cu to\u0163ii \u00een dragoste \u015fi bun\u0103 \u00een\u0163elegere. Tot a\u015fa mai tr\u0103iesc ei \u015fi acuma.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A fost odat\u0103 ca niciodat\u0103. A fost odat\u0103 un mo\u015f \u015fi-o bab\u0103. Mo\u015ful avea o fat\u0103, baba avea \u015fi ea o fat\u0103. Pe fata ei, baba o alinta, o dezmierda, … <\/p>\n