A whole year he lived without his sisters ; then he grew weary , and said : ' I will set out in search of my sisters . ' He got ready for the journey , he rode and rode , and one day he saw a whole army lying dead on the plain . He cried aloud , ` If there be a living man there , let him make answer ! Who has slain this mighty host ? ' There replied unto him a living man : ` All this mighty host has been slain by the fair Princess Marya Morevna . ' Prince Ivan rode further on , and came to a white tent , and forth came to meet him the fair Princess Marya Morevna . ` Hail , Prince ! ' says she ; ` whither does God send you ? and is it of your free will or against your will ? ' Prince Ivan replied , ` Not against their will do brave youths ride ! ' ` Well , if your business be not pressing , tarry awhile in my tent . ' Thereat was Prince Ivan glad . He spent two nights in the tent , and he found favour in the eyes of Marya Morevna , and she married him . The fair Princess , Marya Morevna , carried him off into her own realm . They spent some time together , and then the Princess took it into her head to go a warring . So she handed over all the house-keeping affairs to Prince Ivan , and gave him these instructions : ` Go about everywhere , keep watch over everything ; only do not venture to look into that closet there . ' He could n't help doing so . The moment Marya Morevna had gone he rushed to the closet , pulled open the door , and looked in -- there hung Koshchei the Deathless , fettered by twelve chains . Then Koshchei entreated Prince Ivan , saying : ` Have pity upon me and give me to drink ! Ten years long have I been here in torment , neither eating nor drinking ; my throat is utterly dried up . '
The Prince gave him a bucketful of water ; he drank it up and asked XXXXX more , saying : ' A single bucket of water will not quench my thirst ; give me more ! '
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