Chapter 91 90. Two Hunchbacks

Once upon a time there were two brothers, both with hunchbacks.The younger hunchback said, "I'm going outside to try my luck." And he was on his way.He walked and walked for a long time, and got lost in a wood. "What am I going to do now? In case I run into a murderer... I'd better climb up the tree." As soon as he climbed the tree, he heard a voice: "They are here, come and help!" Instead of the robber, he saw a little old woman come out of a hole in the ground, and then another, and another.They lined up one by one and sang around the tree: "Saturday and Sunday!

Saturday and Sunday! " And so they went on in circles, singing over and over again: "Saturday and Sunday!" The hunchback sitting on the top of the tree sang: "There's still Monday!" The little old women immediately fell silent and looked up.One of them said, "A good man has added this beautiful phrase for us! We never thought of it ourselves!" So they circled the tree again, and all sang happily: "Saturday and Sunday! And Monday! Saturday and Sunday! And Monday! " After turning around a few times, they saw the hunchback hiding among the branches.He was trembling with fright: "Good job, old women, please don't kill me. I said that sentence unintentionally, but I have no malicious intentions."

"On the contrary, come down, and we will repay you. You can ask for anything, and as a thank you, we will grant you everything you want." The hunchback came down from the tree. "Okay, let's talk!" "I'm a poor man. What can I want? The best thing I want is to get rid of this hunchback, because all the young people make fun of me." "The hunchback will be off you." The little old women brought a saw with butter and sawed off the hunchback, and put a salve on his back.The wound healed immediately, and there was no scar, and nothing could be seen.The severed humpback was hung on a tree.

The hunchback came home because he was no longer hunchbacked, and no one in the village recognized him. "Oh, that can't be him!" said his brother. "Yes, it's me! Do you think I've become prettier?" "How did you do it?" "Listen." He told his brothers about the tree and the little old women and their song. "I'm going there too," said the brother. He set off, went into that wood, climbed that tree.At the same hour the little old women came out of their holes again and sang: "Saturday and Sunday! And Monday! Saturday and Sunday!

And Monday! " The hunchback sang in the tree: "And Tuesday!" The old women began to sing: "Saturday and Sunday! And Monday! And Tuesday! " But they are not satisfied, the lyrics are not coordinated. They looked up and were very angry: "Who is so shameless? Who is that villain? We sang so well that he messed up everything! Now the lyrics are out of tune!" Hunchback: "Come down! Come down!" "I won't come down," said the hunchback terrified, "you'll kill me." "Come down, we won't kill you." The hunchback came down.The little old women plucked his brother's hunchback from the tree and stuck it to his chest: "This is your punishment!"

And just like that, the poor man came home with two hunchbacks instead of one. (Florence area)