Thursday, November 19, 2015

Extra Reading: Russian Folktales

Two Dead Corpses

A soldier was able to go home on leave. He went home to pray to the holy spirits and in remembrance of his parents. It was dark on his way home as he walked past a graveyard. Suddenly someone was running behind him scream that "he can't escape." The person running was actually a corpse. The soldier jump and saw a church. He made his way to the church for help.

The church was empty except for the corpse in the middle of it. The soldier decided to hide in the corner and wait. As he sat there, the first corpse ran into the church. The second woke up when the first one entered. The first one told the second that he was going to eat the solider that he had chased into the church. The two corpses argued about who would get to eat him. They fought until the sun came up. When the light had shone in the church the two corpses fell to the ground dead. The soldier praised God that he was able to escape with his life.

A small church I imagined for this story. Source

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