The brothers of Ivanoushka came home and there was but one subject of conversation--what a splendid fellow they had seen! What a wonderful start to pass through the thirty circles! "Brothers, that fellow was I," said Ivanoushka the Simpleton, who had long since arrived. "Keep still and do not fool us," answered the brothers. The next day the two brothers were going again to the tsarski show and Ivanoushka the Simpleton said again: "Take me along with you." "For thee, fool, this is thy place. Be quiet at home and scare sparrows from the pea field instead of the scarecrow." "All right," answered the Simpleton, and he went to the field and began to scare the sparrows. But as soon as the brothers left home, Ivanoushka started to the wide field and shouted out loud with a mighty voice: "Arise, bay horse--thou wind-swift steed, Appear before me in my need; Stand up as in the storm the weed!" --and here came the horse, the earth trembling under his hoofs, the sparks flying around, his eyes like flames, and out of his nostrils smoke curling up. "For what dost thou wish me?" Ivanoushka the Simpleton crawled into the left ear of the horse, and when he appeared out of the right ear, oh, my! what a fellow he was! Even in fairy tales there are never such handsome fellows, to say nothing of everyday life. Ivanoushka lifted himself on the iron back of his horse and touched him with a strong whip. The noble horse grew angry, made a jump, and went higher than the dark woods, a little below the traveling clouds. One jump, one mile is behind; a second jump, a river is behind; and a third jump and they were at the hall. Then the horse, with Ivanoushka on his back, flew like an eagle, high up into the air, passed the thirty-first circle, failed to reach the last one, and swept away like the wind. The people shouted: "Take hold of him! take hold of him!" The Tsar jumped to his feet, the Tsaritza screamed, the princes and boyars opened their mouths. The brothers of Ivanoushka the Simpleton came home. They were wondering at the fellow. Yes, an amazing fellow indeed! one circle only was unreached. "Brothers, that fellow over there was I," said Ivanoushka to them. "Keep still in thy own place, thou fool," was their sneering answer. The third day the brothers were going again to the strange entertainment of the Tsar, and again Ivanoushka the Simpleton said to them: "Take me along with you." "Fool," they laughed, "there is food to be given to the hogs; better go to them." "All right," the younger brother answered, and quietly went to the back yard and gave food to the hogs. But as soon as his brothers had left home our Ivanoushka the Simpleton hurried to the wide field and shouted out loud: "Arise, bay horse--them wind-swift steed, Appear before me in my need; Stand up as in the storm the weed!"