` If you do n't take good care of them , ' says she , ` your bold head will be stuck on that pole ! ' He drove the mares afield . Immediately they cocked up their tails , disappeared from sight , and fled into the blue sea . There they stood , up to their necks in water . Prince Ivan sat down on the stone , wept , and fell asleep . But when the sun had set behind the forest , up came flying a bee , and said : ` Arise , Prince ! The mares are all collected . But when you get home , do n't let the Baba Yaga set eyes on you , but go into the stable and hide behind the mangers . There you will find a sorry colt rolling in the muck . Do you steal it , and at the dead of night ride away from the house . ' Prince Ivan arose , slipped into the stable , and lay down behind the mangers , while the Baba Yaga was storming away at her mares and shrieking : ` Why did ye come back ? ' ` How could we help coming back ? There came flying bees in countless numbers from all parts of the world , and began stinging us on all sides till the blood came ! ' The Baba Yaga went to sleep . In the dead of the night Prince Ivan stole the sorry colt , saddled it , jumped on its back , and galloped away to the fiery river . When he came to that river he waved the handkerchief three times on the right hand , and suddenly , springing goodness knows whence , there hung across the river , high in the air , a splendid bridge . The Prince rode across the bridge and waved the handkerchief twice only on the left hand ; there remained across the river a thin , ever so thin a bridge ! When the Baba Yaga got up in the morning the sorry colt was not to be seen ! Off she set in pursuit . At full speed did she fly in her iron mortar , urging it on with the pestle , sweeping away her traces with the broom .
She dashed up XXXXX the fiery river , gave a glance , and said , ' A capital bridge ! '
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