The royal archer Andrei never thought or guessed that by wounding a turtle dove during a hunt, he would gain himself a faithful wife: the turtle dove turned out to be the beautiful Princess Marya. They began to live together, but poorly. To improve their situation, Princess Marya wove an unprecedented carpet: the whole kingdom was depicted on it, as if on the palm of the hand. The king found out about the beautiful craftswoman and decided to get rid of the archer Andrei and take Princess Marya as his wife. He then assigned Andrei a task: to go there - I don’t know where, to bring that - I don’t know what…
This Russian folk tale, the plot of which is familiar to everyone from childhood, is brilliantly illustrated by Nikolai Kocherhin - an outstanding children’s book artist, whose works have earned the love of both young readers and their parents.
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