Fairy Tale about the Ax Porridge

Edited by Tanya Ivanova

This story took place many years ago, but probably today it still has its relevance. Coming back to the story we should mention a discharged soldier who was on his way home and felt bothered by such a biological need as hunger. A small village appeared in his view. He made a decision to address his request to the nearest house. A lady opened the door and asked the soldier to come in. Answering his request concerning the biological need, the lady turned to lies, hiding and sparing, and grudging food for the man. At the same time we should mention that the soldier was quite clever: once noticing an ax under the bench, he offered to make porridge out of it. The lady was struck by such and idea, but her desire to save food was so big she decided to take an observation position and let the soldier cook whatever he intended to. When the soldier tasted the ‘porridge’, the lady got all interested in how tasty it was. Step by step, the soldier smoothly made the lady take out all of the ingredients he needed for the dish, which included: salt, grains, butter, and bread. Afterwards, the lady was impressed by the taste of the porridge made out of the ax.
Thus, it was a situation of not only getting out of feeling hunger, but also gaining some useful things, such as ax, which was presented by the lady to the soldier under the effect of making such an amazing dish.