` Prince Ivan has come and carried off Marya Morevna . ' ` Is it possible to catch them ? ' ` It is possible to sow barley , to wait till it grows up , to reap it and thresh it , to brew beer , to drink ourselves drunk on it , to sleep our fill , and then to set off in pursuit -- and yet to be in time . ' Koshchei galloped off , caught up Prince Ivan : ` Did n't I tell you that you should not see Marya Morevna any more than your own ears ? ' And he took her away and carried her off home with him . Prince Ivan was left there alone . He wept and wept ; then he went back again after Marya Morevna . Koshchei happened to be away from home at that moment . ` Let us fly , Marya Morevna ! ' ` Ah , Prince Ivan ! he is sure to catch us and hew you in pieces . ' ` Let him hew away ! I can not live without you . So they got ready and fled . Koshchei the Deathless was returning home when his good steed stumbled beneath him . ` Why stumblest thou ? Scentest thou any ill ? ' ` Prince Ivan has come and has carried off Marya Morevna . ' Koshchei galloped off , caught Prince Ivan , chopped him into little pieces , put them into a barrel , smeared it with pitch and bound it with iron hoops , and flung it into the blue sea . But Marya Morevna he carried off home .
At that very time the silver articles turned black which Prince XXXXX had left with his brothers-in-law .
Deathless Ivan Koshchei Morevna Scentest beer home left moment pitch