About Grandfather Ignat, Wolf Yevstifeyka, and Goat Kozma Mikitich

Reading the tales of Yuri Koval – a bright, diverse, and talented person – is a great pleasure. The writer's language is true linguistic magic. The tales are remarkable for their unusual plots, humor, and unmatched dialogues.

In the "Tale of Grandfather Ignat and Wolf Yevstifeyka," it is about a hungry wolf. He wanted to eat an old woman, but the old man felt sorry for her. Instead of the old woman, the wolf first got a cat, then a dog, a sheep, and a cow. In the end, the overreaching Yevstifeyka swallowed the old man himself. The old man and his pets arranged a bacchanalia in the wolf's belly – they jumped and yelled. They tore through the wolf's belly and emerged outside, right into the embrace of the old woman. And Yevstifeyka asked for some sturdy threads to sew up his torn belly. He was given threads, sewed up his belly, and went into the forest.