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Zhi-nyuy

Heavenly Fairy Zhi-nyuy lived on the shore of the Silver River – the Milky Way, one of the shores of which in those days was the earth and other heavenly – and tkala on your machine beautiful clouds of silk magic. These clouds were constantly changing their color, and they were called celestial clothes, because they covered the sky. Besides Zhi-nyuy, celestial clothing tkali another six young fairies, but Zhi-nyuy was very diligent and hard-working one.
And on the other side of the transparent and shiny silver river before the world people. And he lived in the shepherd Nu-lan. He soon left an orphan and lived with elder brother and his wife, who belonged to the Nu-lanu extremely bad, and then required to provide it, leaving only an old ox. From all the forces working man, and the old parish with him. Nu-lan raspahal piece pustyrya full of it, built the house. Lonely and neveselo youth live in a cold house. But once the old ox suddenly talking human voice, and told his master that Zhi-nyuy along with other fairies will go to the Silver River to swim, and ordered to steal up to that time and take away her clothes. Then he will be able to make it his wife. Nu-lan obeyed board, went at the right time to the bank and the Silver River, pereplyv it, hid in the bush. There he waited, when the celestial fairies came to bathe in the Silver River. Reset your light clothing, they jumped into the river. Nu-lan out of the cane, and drew out a pile of clothes, folded on the grass, clothes, Zhi-nyuy. Ispugannye fairies jumped out of the river, lashed their clothes and fled. On the shore of the Silver River has only Zhi-nyuy. Nu-lan has promised that he will return the dress if she agrees to become his wife. Zhi-nyuy give consent because she has long been born to love it though slightly grubovatomu but brave young man.
After marriage Nu-lan continued to plow the land, and his wife to weave. They lived in love and harmony. Soon they were born a son and a daughter. Heavenly government to learn about their marriage, went into a rage, and sent one of the gods to return Zhi-nyu.y in the heavenly palace. It was bitter to give Zhi-nyuy with her husband and children, but had to obey and go to the palace, accompanied by a heavenly messenger. Nude Night Golan put children in the basket and went to catch his wife. He was going to move through the Silver River and reach the heavenly palace. But where was the first of the Silver River, and has traces of it left. Raised his head. Nu-lan saw in the night sky shiny Silver River. Now mere mortals can not reach the Milky Way. Nu-lan is back home, along with her son and daughter, prichitaya and weeping. But the old ox, gathered to die, told Nu-lanu to withdraw from the skin and wrap it with their children to go to heaven. When the parish He gave up His spirit, Nu-lan nakinul on his skin, put children in the basket and pomchalsya at the sky. And that one basket is not outweighed by other, has hit by a hand to scoop the manure and threw in one of the baskets. Rose Nu-lan with children in the sky, a swirl pronessya siyayuschih among the stars. But as soon as they approached the Silver River and wanted to move her, calm surface of the water immediately turned into a frantically burlyaschuyu river … Nu-lan just wept bitterly, and his little daughter through tears, offered his father vycherpat Nebesnuyu River cherpakom for manure. Nu-lan agreed without hesitation. He took a bailer and became persistently scoop water from the Heavenly River. The boy and a girl helping her father.
Their persistence and love to their parents moved in the end, the cold heart of severe lord in heaven. It has allowed couples to meet once a year, the seventh night of the seventh moon on the bridge, which was built Forty of their tails. Zhi-nyuy saw Nu-Lana, it can not keep the tears of sorrow, and at this time on the ground are often small rain drizzles. Nu-lan with children and lived since then in heaven, watching her husband with his wife from afar at each other across the river Nebesnuyu. They can write and send letters to each other, exchanging news. Zhi-nyuy tie a letter to tkatskomu shuttle, and Nu-lan – to volovemu stick. In the autumn night sky, you can see two large sparkling stars – and Tkachihi Bootes (the western astronomy is in the Bootes constellation Aquila and Vega in the constellation Lire). Just over two small Bootes glitter star – it is their children, a son and a daughter, even more – four, forming a parallelogram, said that the weaver’s shuttle, which Zhi-nyuy left her husband. A near-Zhi nyuy are three small stars that make up an isosceles triangle – is volovy sticks, which Nu-lan threw wife.

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Сентябрь 2010
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