` 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 Ivan had left with his brothers-in-law . ` Ah ! ' said they , ` the evil is accomplished sure enough ! ' Then the Eagle hurried to the blue sea , caught hold of the barrel , and dragged it ashore ; the Falcon flew away for the Water of Life , and the Raven for the Water of Death . Afterwards they all three met , broke open the barrel , took out the remains of Prince Ivan , washed them , and put them together in fitting order . The Raven sprinkled them with the Water of Death -- the pieces joined together , the body became whole . The Falcon sprinkled it with the Water of Life -- Prince Ivan shuddered , stood up , and said : ` Ah ! what a time I 've been sleeping ! ' ` You 'd have gone on sleeping a good deal longer if it had n't been for us , ' replied his brothers-in-law . ` Now come and pay us a visit . ' ` Not so , brothers ; I shall go and look for Marya Morevna . '
And when he had found her , he said XXXXX her : ` Find out from Koshchei the Deathless whence he got so good a steed . '
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