One day he went , another day he went , and on the third day he came to where Marya Morevna was . She caught sight of her love , flung her arms around his neck , burst into tears , and exclaimed : ` Oh , Prince Ivan ! why did you disobey me and go looking into the closet and letting out Koshchei the Deathless ? ' ` Forgive me , Marya Morevna ! Remember not the past ; much better fly with me while Koshchei the Deathless is out of sight . Perhaps he wo n't catch us . ' So they got ready and fled . Now Koshchei was out hunting . Towards evening he was returning home , when his good steed stumbled beneath him . ` Why stumblest thou , sorry jade ? Scentest thou some ill ? ' The steed replied : ` Prince Ivan has come and carried off Marya Morevna . ' ` Is it possible to catch them ? ' ` It is possible to sow wheat , to wait till it grows up , to reap it and thresh it , to grind it to flour , to make five pies of it , to eat those pies , and then to start in pursuit -- and even then to be in time . ' Koshchei galloped off and caught up Prince Ivan . ` Now , ' says he , ` this time I will forgive you , in return for your kindness in giving me water to drink . And a second time I will forgive you ; but the third time beware ! I will cut you to bits . ' Then he took Marya Morevna from him , and carried her off . But Prince Ivan sat down on a stone and burst into tears .
He wept and wept -- and then returned back again XXXXX Marya Morevna .
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