If Koshchei catches us you will be cut in pieces again . ' ` No , he wo n't catch us ! I have a splendid heroic steed now ; it flies just like a bird . ' So they got on its back and rode away . Koshchei the Deathless was returning home when his horse stumbled beneath him . ` What art thou stumbling for , sorry jade ? Dost thou scent any ill ? ' ` Prince Ivan has come and carried off Marya Morevna . ' ` Can we catch them ? ' ` God knows ! Prince Ivan has a horse now which is better than I. ' ` Well , I ca n't stand it , ' says Koshchei the Deathless . ' I will pursue . ' After a time he came up with Prince Ivan , lighted on the ground , and was going to chop him up with his sharp sword . But at that moment Prince Ivan 's horse smote Koshchei the Deathless full swing with its hoof , and cracked his skull , and the Prince made an end of him with a club . Afterwards the Prince heaped up a pile of wood , set fire to it , burnt Koshchei the Deathless on the pyre , and scattered his ashes to the wind . Then Marya Morevna mounted Koshchei 's horse and Prince Ivan got on his own , and they rode away to visit first the Raven , and then the Eagle , and then the Falcon . Wherever they went they met with a joyful greeting . ` Ah , Prince Ivan ! why , we never expected to see you again . Well , it was n't for nothing that you gave yourself so much trouble .
Such a beauty as Marya Morevna one might search XXXXX all the world over -- and never find one like her ! '
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