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A long-long time ago the heroes lived on the Earth. There were
kind heroes as well as evil ones. Evil heroes preyed upon people,
terrorized them and initiated wars. And kind heroes protected
people from evil ones.There was a Forest hero. He was able to stop
an elk on the run with a single hand. With both hands he could
easily throw a bear over the whole taiga. But he had never harmed
anyone. He was a cedar-tall man with curly hair and his blue eyes
shined like stars.He had a gold-plated sword, red-hot arrows for a
bow and a faithful horse. But once upon a moonlit night the evil
heroes raided on the hometown of the Forest hero.There were many of
them. They killed forest people and the Hero tried to protect his
people. The fight was long and all of the attackers were defeated,
but the Forest hero got wounded too.The bleeding Forest hero went
to the distant woods. He won all the enemies and fell exhausted
under the cedar on the glade. He felt himself bad, and his soul was
leaving the body.
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He didnt hear an lady walking gently among the trees. She was
Daughter of Earth. She came out to gather some firewood for the
hearth and accidentally saw bloodstains on the grassAnd finally she
came to the glade with a huge cedar where the dying hero lied.His
face seemed to be illuminated by the moonlight. His eyes were half
closed and did not shine anymore. He was still holding his
gold-plated sword, but the forces left him.The girl bent over him
and touched his wounds. The hero opened his eyes and saw a bright
face, sky-blue eyes and two blond tails. Daughter of Earth was a
beautiful girl. She was going to pour the blood in her hands onto
his wounds, but the drops of blood turned into gemstones.The hero
threaded gemstones and made a magic necklace. He put it on the
girls neck and said her that she had obtained a magic power, if she
touched a necklace, no one could harm her and whatever she wanted
would become true. These gemstones are made of pure blood and have
a just power. He asked her what she wanted. She gazed at him with
her blue eyes, and he got emoted.He continued that she could ask
whatever she wants no matter what it could be wealth or turning
into a bird so she could fly. Daughter of Earth confused and
answered that she wanted his wounds to heal so his forces could be
returned. The hero drew a sigh and said that the necklace was not
able to help only the water of life could help him. It flowed far
from here far beyond the dark woods and deep rivers. The wounds had
to be washed seven times with it, and the hero had to be become
stronger than before. But it was too late
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The lady said she would touch the necklace and turn into
swift-winged bird, and then she would reach the water of life and
heal his wounds.And she touched a necklace and turned into a
bird.The evening came and the hero heard wing-beats Daughter of
Earth appeared holding two baskets of bark containing water of
life.She washed his wounds seven times.The hero breathed, got up,
raised his head and made a bow to Daughter of Earth.He thanked her
and asked her if she would become his friend forever. He loved her
kindness.She agreed and said she loved him at a first sight.The
hero proposed her to come with him. Her face marred and she started
to cry.She said she could not go anywhere with him. Her mistress
Daughter of Sun would not let her. Her mistress would look for her
when the morning would come. The young woman said goodbye to the
hero and promised to find him tomorrow.She gently walked away to
the east.The heart of the hero ached and beat fast. He lay down on
the ground to rest.
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The dawn flared stronger and stronger. The skies were burning
like a pyre until the sun showed above the woods. When it got
higher and illuminated the earth, a shining blond girl descended
from it standing on the cloud. The sunlight was coming out of her.
Her name was Daughter of Sun. She got down on the glade where the
hero slept. Daughter of Sun took a look at him. She saw his golden
curls, wide chest and mighty hand with a sword.And she fell in love
with him. She bent over him.
The hero opened his eyes and saw a sunny girl. She offered him
to fly to her father Sun. The hero got up and looked at the
Daughter of Sun she was beautiful, but she called him to leave the
earth. And he answered her that he could not leave the earth he was
in love with an earthly girl who had saved him life. Daughter of
Sun asked him about the name of this girl. The hero named Daughter
of Earth. Daughter of Sun flew into a rage. Her bright eyes fired
with lightning. She used to think that people had always been
worshiping sun they adore sun for its warmth and light. She told
the hero that she would destroy her maid - Daughter of Earth
because he had denied the offering. The hero laughed out loudly so
the cedars shivered. He said that no one could hurt her because she
was under protection of love and necklace from the drops of pure
blood.
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And Daughter of Sun could not do any harm to Daughter of Earth
no matter what she tried to do.Fiery beams of lights missed,
lightnings changed its path and could not reach Daughter of Earth.
The night came and Daughter of Sun followed her father to the blue
down. Daughter of Earth came to the hero and they decided to escape
to the seaside where Daughter of Sun could not reach them.The hero
called his loyal horse, mounted it and rushed to the seaside
through the woods and valleys with Daughter of Earth on his
hands.Daughter of Sun came to the same glade in the morning, but
she could not find the hero. The cedars did not tell her where he
was.Daughter of Sun turned into a swan and soared into the
skies.She looked at the ground from the sky and saw a black horse
behind the distant woods, lakes and rivers the hero and Daughter of
Earth were heading to the seaside.Daughter of Sun flapped her wings
and chased them.The horse was fast, but the bird was even
faster.
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care about himself he thought about Daughter of Earth, held her
with the magic necklace firmly.The swan reached them but could not
do anything more.The footloose horse was running through the forest
and the swan was chasing him. The forest was getting more and more
dense that was the last belt of taiga. The sandy coast was further
along the path. The endless sea was on the horizon.
The hero and Daughter of Earth were already about to break away
from chase as the huge precipice appeared in front of the horse.
The horse reared trying to stop at full gallop and turned back to
the woods. The hero and Daughter of Earth did not manage to duck to
the horses neck and flied out of a saddle. The hero collapsed down
at full gallop. He hit the ground on the riverside so hard that
turned into a mighty high cliff.Daughter of Sun soared into the
skies in fury.
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Daughter of Earth loved the hero. She threw away the magic
gemstone from her hair, screamed that she would not live without
her beloved and would be faithful to him.She fell on the ground and
turned into the cliff near the hero-cliff.And the faithful black
horse of the hero turned around, shook his mane to throw off the
magic gemstone and became the third cliff
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Faithfulness is strong like a cliff, it cannot be damaged
neither by waves or winds nor by storm.And treacherous Daughter of
Sun had been whirling in rage above the cliffs for a long time. But
nobody could answer her furious screams.She remained lonely for the
whole life.And the cliffs are standing at the same place nowadays.
They remind people of love and faithfulness.
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