` 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 to Marya Morevna . Now Koshchei the Deathless happened not to be at home . ` Let us fly , Marya Morevna ! ' ` Ah , Prince Ivan ! he will catch us . ' ` Suppose he does catch us . At all events we shall have spent an hour or two together . ' So they got ready and fled . As Koshchei the Deathless was returning home , his good steed stumbled beneath him . ` Why stumblest thou , sorry jade ? Scentest thou some ill ? ' ` Prince Ivan has come and carried off Marya Morevna . '
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