K101b1. Black becomes white. .15.16.27.28.31.32.

The enchanted character (the castle where the action takes place) changes its appearance over the course of several days as the spell wears off: it acquires human features, turns from black to white, from ugly to beautiful.

Italians (Emilia-Romagna), Ladins, Scots, Germans (Westphalia, Pomerania, Hanover, Upper Palatinate), Hungarians, Croats, Czechs, Slovaks, Kashubians, Russians (Arkhangelsk, Samara), Lithuanians, Mordvins.

Southern Europe. Italians (Bologna) [after the death of their father, three brothers go on a journey and spend the night in an empty, luxurious palace; food and beds are ready; early in the morning the eldest and then the middle brother leave; the youngest Sandrino enters the garden and sees a girl in a pool, immersed in water up to her neck; the girl is the queen of the Three Golden Mountains; if the young man spends three nights in the palace, she will be disenchanted; on the first night his bed is surrounded by predatory animals, S. does not react; in the morning the girl rises from the water up to her waist ; after the second night only her feet remain in the water ; after the third, the girl came to the palace and warned; during their wedding, S. must not fall asleep when he kneels to pray; S. fell asleep and the bride disappeared; going in search, S. asks the innkeeper if he has seen the queen of the Three Golden Mountains; this is the master of the animals, they know nothing, he sends S. to his brother - the master of the fish; then - the master of the birds; the last to appear was the eagle, he was at a feast of King Marone, who is marrying the queen of the Three Golden Mountains; the eagle carries S. across the sea, he throws meat into his beak and gives him water; it was not enough, the last piece S. cut off from his leg; the queen healed the wound with ointment and presented it to her father, the king; wedding]: Calvino 1980, No. 55: 176-179; Ladins [a knight entered a castle; the girl says that she has been bewitched and will appear to him as a snake for three nights; if he kisses her, she is disenchanted; on the first night the snake had a girl's head, on the second - a body, on the third she is all a woman ; one day the knight left the castle, went to an inn; its owner is that witch; stuck a pin of oblivion into his head; so for 6 days; on the seventh the girl's maid gave him a pair of golden shoes and said that the witch had carried the girl to the top of a glass mountain; the knight put on the shoes and climbed the mountain in them; having given one to the girl, he came back down with her; wedding]: Decurtins, Brunold-Bigler 2002, No. 26: 81-82.

Western Europe. Scots [Campbell, II, xliv: 118; Iain, the son of a poor widow, goes riding; a man with a gun, a falcon and a dog offers to barter them for a horse; Iain agrees; the mother is dissatisfied; Iain goes wandering; hires himself out as a hunter to a farm owner; the latter asks him to shoot a deer that is poisoning the wheat; Iain sees a deer with a woman's face, does not shoot; the next day - a woman from the waist up; the third day - a woman; she is the daughter of the king of Lochlin, now disenchanted; takes her to the castle, there is a table with food; 24 robbers arrive, Iain hides, they find him, cut off his head; in the morning the princess revived him; the same thing the next day; on the third day the robbers quarreled, killed each other; brings Iain to the house of old Carlin, in the morning she will meet him; but Karlin's son, Black Lad, stuck a pin in his clothes, in the morning the princess did not wake I.; wrote to him under her armpit that she was the daughter of the king of the underwater kingdom; the same the next morning; on the third evening the Black Lad gave I. an apple, from which I. also fell asleep; the princess put a ring on I.'s finger and asked the Black Lad to tell him that I. would not see her again; I. went to search, stopped at a woman's, she promised to help; she directed him to his sister, giving him shoes that would instantly deliver him there; then they must be turned with their toes toward the known and their heels toward the unknown, and they will return to their mistress; the sister directed him to the third sister (ditto); her son is the master of the birds; her son slaughtered a cow, turned the skin inside out, placed I. inside, an eagle descended, carried the skin with I. inside over the sea; dropped; another eagle caught it and brought it to the island where all the birds sleep; E. found that the woman had given her a snuff-box; there were three servants inside; E. told them to take him to the kingdom of the underwater king; there E. stayed with a weaver; tomorrow there were horse races, the winner would get the princess; E. told the servants to bring him the fastest horse, the best clothes, and glass shoes; the fastest horse was the one E. had exchanged for the dog, etc. E. won, but received only gold; the next day there were dog races (the same: the fastest dog, silver shoes; this dog was E.'s dog, which he had exchanged for the horse); on the third day there was a falcon race; the servants brought the falcon that E. had exchanged; the golden shoes; E. won, but the princess still did not recognize him; the king's servants were looking for the winner; E. was in rags, his animals were unremarkable; but he demanded to be brought to the king; he sent him to the gallows; I. raised his hands, and the princess saw her inscription under his arm; in the weaver's house I. changed his clothes and appeared in all his splendor; wedding]: Montgomerie, Montgomerie 2023: 148-156; Germans (Вестфалия) [солдату трижды снится, что он станет князем; отпросился со службы, поехал странствовать; на ночлегах не давит муравьев, не бьет лягушек, не тревожит ос; те обещают ему помогать; приезжает к замку, там все к его услугам; входит черная как смоль женщина; гость сможет ее спасти и обрести собственное счастье, если проведет во дворце три ночи, не проронив ни слова; каждую ночь с полуночи до часу духи били его; каждое утро женщина делалась все светлее ; после третьей ночи женщина говорит, что предстоят еще испытания, но она не знает какие; появляется черт: да, еще три задания; найти в пруду ключ от этого замка (лягушки достали); собрать мешок рассыпанных семян репы (муравьи собрали); узнать ту женщину среди 12 одинаковых, у каждой роза во рту (оса села на розу избранницы); после этого замок принял первоначальный облик: летучие мыши, лягушки, муравьи и осы стали людьми – подданными принцессы; солдат женился на ней и стал князем]: Kuhn 1859a, № 15: 245-250; немцы (Померания) [вернувшись издалека, король велел рыбаку немедленно принести рыбу ряпушку; тот ответил, что она у них не водится, но король не желает слушать; рыбак закинул сеть, но ряпушки нет; некто подошел и пообещал выручить рыбака, если тот пообещает через 14 лет отдать ему то, чего дома не знает; и пусть распишется кровью; рыбак принес ряпушек и узнал, что жена родила сына, а королева родила дочь; узнав, в чем дело, король рыбу есть отказался и велел ее выбросить назад в море; сын рыбака вырос в замке как принц; узнав, что обещан черту, юноша заплакал; но пришел крохотный человечек, дал ему книжку и сказал, что она поможет; черт унес юношу за сотни миль; требовал, чтобы тот выбросил книгу, грозил бросить в море, но тот не выбросил; а когда они приземлились, юноша начертил на песке знак креста, чтобы черт не мог сойти с места; тому пришлось отдать расписку и написать еще одну о том, что он не имеет власти над юношей; черт улетел, а юноша пошел по равнине; через 6 дней увидел холмик и дверь; в комнате старик; он готов принять юношу, но выходя на холм, тот должен держаться влево, а вправо не поворачивать; но ему это надоело; старик предупредил, что направо ждет смерть; юноша все же пошел, перед ним железные ворота; его как бы подняли чьи-то руки и он оказался в комнате; все, что он хочет, немедленно появлялось; вечером вошла и исчезла черная женщина; в 11 вошли три карлика, велели юноше играть с ними в карты; тот не реагирует; тогда они стали играть с ним, как с мячом, а в полночь исчезли; юноша проснулся, когда солнце уже высоко; на второй день – то же; женщина наполовину побелела; до 12 юношу рубили и резали, а затем он снова стал целым; на третий вечер женщина стала светлой на три четверти ; the young man was spoken to in his father's voice, but he understood that it was all the devil; the same with his mother; he woke up in the royal bedchamber; the disenchanted princess threw herself on his neck; one day the young man wanted to go home to bring his parents; wife: here is a white horse, it will gallop, but it can carry only one person - leave the parents where they are now; the horse flew above the clouds; the parents did not recognize their son; when he revealed himself, he also met the king; he arranged a parade; but the young king told the old one that his kingdom was much larger, and his wife was incomparably more beautiful than the king's daughter; the wife warned him not to tell anything, but the king broke her order and was now thrown into prison; he asked the children to bring his white horse, but it was not there; but then the old king received a letter from the young king's wife: to release her husband, otherwise the city will be turned to ashes; seeing the young king's wife and her warriors, the old king realized that the young man had told the truth; the wife disappeared, leaving her husband iron shoes and a staff: he will find her when he wears them out; in the forest he came across three people who were dividing an inheritance: a cloak of invisibility, seven-league boots, and a hat that shoots silently; the king put on the cloak, took everything and disappeared; he came to the house, the mother of the cannibal Moon was there; they had supper; then to the Sun; on the third evening to the Wind; he knows where the kingdom of the king's wife is; she is now celebrating a new wedding; they immediately flew in and the wind made a terrible storm; the queen sent a craftsman to repair the towers; the king agreed with him that he would give him work in the queen's room; when the newlyweds entered, the king began to beat them, remaining invisible; the groom decided that the devil was there and ran away; the king revealed himself to the queen; the wedding took place, but they]: Jahn 1891, No. 54: 281-298; Germans (Hanover) [a miller picked up a box floating down the river with a boy in it; he and his wife raised him; at 14 the boy said he wanted to be a hunter instead of a miller; he learned from the hunter; one day he chased a white stag; it led him to a castle and disappeared; a table was set inside, a bed was made; at midnight someone entered: a face rough like a bear's and cold as ice ; in the morning a voice: come again; the youth went home, and in the evening returned to the castle; this time the face was less rough and slightly warm ; the next night it was smooth and warm ; in the morning a princess entered the room, then her parents; the youth disenchanted them; the king gave him his daughter; a wedding]: Colshorn, Colshorn 1854, no. 21: 69-72; Germans (Upper Palatinate) [the gardener's son Hans went on a wandering spree; saw a castle deep in the forest; a woman in black served him dinner, showed him a bed and left; at night a black man came and began to torture G.; in the morning the woman was in gray , the next night G. was tortured by two men; on the third morning the woman came out in white , begged to endure the third night; Hans was beaten and tortured by three, but in the morning the princess was disenchanted; G. married her; wanted to visit his father; the princess gave him a ring to summon her if trouble happened; G. appeared in the guise of a prince, the king gave a ball in his honor; but the guests did not allow their wives to dance with G., for he was too handsome; then G. summoned his wife with a ring to amaze everyone with her beauty; in the morning G. woke up alone, with his old clothes and a pair of iron boots nearby; his wife wrote that she was leaving him as punishment, and if he wanted to see her again, he must wear out the iron boots; G. went in search and saw three people arguing over the possession of an inexhaustible purse, seven-league shoes, and an invisibility cloak; G. promised to settle the dispute, but first asked permission to try the items; took them and disappeared; sees a running man – it is the wind, which is hurrying to dry the linen of the princess, who is having a wedding; G. overtakes him, gives him the end of the rope, let him hold on to it and fly with him; in the tavern G. learned that the princess was to choose a husband tomorrow; stood invisible behind the altar and knocked the book out of the priest’s hands; gave the groom a slap in the face, he flew away; at the feast, remaining invisible, he began to give all the food to the poor; dropped a ring, a servant picked it up and gave it to the princess, since her name was on it; she recognized G.; he showed his iron boots – they were not worn out yet; wedding]: Schönwerth 1981: 20.

The Balkans. Hungarians [the king has 12 sons; while hunting they meet a man who insistently advises them to go wandering; they come to a castle where there is no one, but a lot of food and everything is prepared; the eldest sees a black woman; she asks to stay in the castle for 7 years, then she will be disenchanted along with her sisters, there are 12 of them; the other brothers try to leave and turn into stones; the black woman says that spirits will come in the form of brothers, they will begin to persuade, and then torment; you must not react; the next night - the parents will come; in the morning she is half white ; after the third night, the woman and her sisters are disenchanted; she warns not to react to the seductive words of the girl and not to try food from the table; the young man did not react, but tried the food and fell asleep; she cannot wake him up; she leaves a note telling where to look for her; the giant will carry you across the Red Sea; you must ask for the supposedly dropped ring and push him head first into the water; giant: you did well, otherwise he would have killed you; he greets the old woman; the old woman: if she had not greeted him, she would have killed him; the youth reached the three-headed glass mountain; the dancing man threw him over the mountain into the black city; there is the woman with her sisters, all white ; wedding]: Gaals, Stier 1857, No. 5: 34-39; the Hungarians [the king of the Tatars, Pesya-Golova, attacked, the old king was killed, three princes fled; the brothers dispersed at the oak tree, hanging handkerchiefs on the branches; whoever gets blood, misfortune will happen to him; the youngest came to the diamond castle, which turns on a cock's spur; the table is set, but there is no one inside; at night seven giants entered, tore the youth into pieces and threw them out the window; in the morning a snake with the head of a girl gathered them together and revived the youth; he became more beautiful and stronger; the snake became a girl up to her thighs ; the same the next night; the snake became a girl up to her knees ; after the third one she became completely human; in the evening the young man exterminated the giants; coming to the oak tree, he saw blood on his brothers' handkerchiefs; he approached the hut, at the entrance to which his brothers' dogs were chained; he broke the chains with magic grass; he began to roast a hare; from the tree the voice of an old woman: how cold it is, but I am afraid of dogs, throw these three hairs on them; the old woman came down, the dogs turned to stone; she is the mother of giants and will now eat the young man; but he had living water, he splashed it on the dogs, they came to life; he ordered the old woman to show him the graves of his brothers, revived them with the same water; the young man married the princess and became king of the country of giants; he won back his own and gave it to his brothers]: Klimo 1898: 148-153; Croats (Austria) [a poor man went into the count's forest for firewood, because his children were freezing and he had no money for firewood; a man gives him money for a promise to give him something he does not know at home; promises to come in a year; at home his wife says she is pregnant; a girl is born; a black carriage pulled by black horses arrives; the mother persuades the black woman not to take her daughter now, but to return in 8 years; in the castle the woman forbids the girl to unlock one room; but she peeks through the keyhole and sees that the woman has turned half white; the woman immediately understands and drives the girl out into the forest; there she ate roots; the prince was hunting, saw her and took her as his wife; she gave birth to a boy; asks her husband not to sleep at midnight, but he falls asleep and the child is gone; a year later the same with another child; and three years later; after the third time the prince is going to burn his wife; at the last moment a white carriage pulled by white horses arrives; the woman became white and hands over three children; she leaves, the prince with his wife and children live well]: Neweklowsky, Gaál 1983, no. 31: 201-205.

Central Europe. Czechs [a father goes to a fair; the eldest daughters ask him to bring dresses, the youngest asks for a rosebud; the roses have long since faded; the father suddenly sees a rose bush with a single blooming rose in a clearing; he picks the rose, and a terrible beast comes out from behind the bush; he agrees to give the flower if the man sends him the first person who meets him at home; this is the youngest daughter; she agrees to go to the beast; the earth opens up and the girl finds herself in a palace of black marble ; the shaggy beast warns that monsters will torment her, but she must remain silent; at night the monsters attack and then disappear; after each night a third of the castle turns white ; at the end of the third night, the girl screams that she is dying; the monsters disappear, a handsome young man is nearby; they ride in a golden carriage to visit their father and sisters]: Nemcova 1977: 14-20; Slovaks [a king orders a fisherman to catch a lot of fish in three days; A man in green clothes sent a rich catch, but demanded to give something that the fisherman at home does not know; at this time the wife gave birth to a boy; when Alexander was 20 years old, he disappeared; managed to get and burn his father's receipt; in the castle is a princess, bewitched 300 years ago; A. spends three nights, during which the spirits torment him; after each night the princess brightens; the spell is broken; she gave A. a ring: he can call her with it; returning home, A. boasts of his wife's beauty and calls her (without deed); she appeared and immediately disappeared; he will find her, having worn out his iron shoes and sharpened his iron staff; three giants fight over magic objects; A. gets them by deception; with the help of the Wind he arrives to the princess, who is just marrying another; at the feast she tells about the golden key {which she lost and now found: should she take the old one or the new one?} and stays with A.]: Gašparíková 1993, no. 198: 132-133; Slovaks [the princess turns from black to white]: Gašparíková 1993, no. 227: 157-158; Kashubians [two older brothers left home and hired themselves out to the king; one became in charge of provisions, the other of wine; one day, at the insistence of the one in charge of wine, they visited the house; the parents died, the younger brother did not want to go with them; they took him, but the food manager pushed him into the river; the youth swam out, the king picked him up and made him the princess's page; The food steward ordered the cupbearer to put a sleeping potion in the wine which the princess sent him for every day; the page and the princess fell asleep; the food steward showed this spectacle to the king, who ordered the guilty parties to be locked in a barrel and thrown into the sea; it washed up on an island; the youth went to look for food; the giant invites him into the house, the black princess is there; he shows the wine which must be drunk to lift the sword; with this sword he must cut off the giant's head; the youth did so, returned to his princess; the same thing the next day: a second giant, and the princess turned half white ; on the third day the princess turned white above the chest; warned that the third giant does not sleep like the first two; but he cut off his head too; on the fourth day the princess turned completely white; teaches how to kill the giant parents; after this the city is disenchanted, and the young man becomes king; marries the first princess (with whom he sailed in a barrel); sailed to the king-father-in-law on a warship; demanded that he come on board his ship; he refused; the son-in-law ordered the cannons to fire; had to come; the young man said who he was; ordered the head of the provisions to be brought; put him in a golden barrel and launched him into the sea]: Knoop 1885, No. 14: 230-236; Russians (Arkhangelsk, Onega uyezd, Savinskaya volost) [the soldier left the service, joined the robbers; they have a girl-cook; On Easter, an old woman came and gave her an outfit; as soon as she put it on, she died; the robbers left (the coffin) hanging on the posts; the prince found it and brought it to his place; the old woman pulled off her sarafan, the girl came back to life; a wedding; the soldier chased a hare; some house; a woman covered in wool drives up in a golden carriage; asks her to "exorcise him" for three nights, leaves a book, bottles, he must read inside a circle; evil spirits rush in, but then disappear; the girl's wool came off up to her shoulders ; after the next night - up to her navel; after the third - all clean ; she asks the soldier not to leave, but he wants to go for a walk; if she does not return in an hour and a half, she will fly away to the faraway kingdom; he returned in an hour and a half; slept the night at a Jew's, went out to the pier in the morning; the girl sailed there on a ship, but the boy sent by the Jew stuck a pin in the soldier's coat and he fell asleep, the girl did not wake him up; this happened three times; after the third time she left a note: look for her in the faraway kingdom; the soldier sailed to the city, there was a princess in the tower, whoever gallops there will get her, otherwise they will be executed; three executed heroes are exhibited; where the soldier served at the tavern, his daughter gave an inexhaustible purse; the soldier filled three barrels with gold, the king allowed the heroes to be buried; horses jump out of the graves to the soldier one after another: in copper, in silver, in gold armor; the princess put a seal on his forehead with a ring; the heroes came to life, came out of the graves, all four go to the mountain, on which the soldier gets shoes, a dress, a carriage; [marries the princess]: Smirnov 1917, No. 9: 94-108; Russians (Samara) [a merchant's son is taken into the army; writes home that he has become an officer; then a general; each time he asks for money; the father arrives - the son serves as a soldier; he gives the horses he took with him to a real general, and asks his son to give him a wolf ticket; the son and two comrades come to the palace where the petrified people are; they eat, two fall asleep, and the guy begins to read a special book; at midnight three black maidens in wool come out, ask to suffer for two more nights; after the second night they are half white , after the third - completely white ; one of them is the empress of this kingdom, took the guy as a husband; one day he went in a carriage to his father, on the way he drank everything in a tavern, appeared as a beggar, hired himself out to herd goats; when he drives past the balcony, the guy plays the pipe, the goats dance; his wife came for him, a wedding, but they are beggars {then the transition to the plot of Kuzma Skorobogaty}; "today they were married, and tomorrow they rushed to Foma; and Foma has neither a stake, nor a yard"; the fox told the merchant that Foma had five herds and flocks ("a herd of horses, a herd of horned ones, there is a flock of sheep, and a flock of geese, and there is a flock of pyrinos, and there is a flock of chickens"); in the village where Foma lived, there lived the Serpent Gorynych with the Serpent Gorynovna; "these herds were theirs, and the fox bragged that they belonged to Thomas the Rich"; "the mountain ones are going to burn the furnace", and the fox ran to Zmey Gorynych and Zmeya Gorynovna, told them to get out of the house; Tsar Thunder and Tsarina Molonia are coming to your house! The Tsar will kill, and the Tsarina will burn! "The fox tells them to climb into a rotten log; tells the shepherds to say that the herds belong to Thomas the Rich, otherwise the Tsar will kill and the Tsarina will burn; when the merchant with his people arrived, the fox advised to shoot the log, Thomas got the estate; after the wedding, the fox comes and asks to give her a sheep, then a goose; so every day; Thomas set a dog on her, the fox into a hole; asks about her eyes, legs, how they helped to escape; asks about the tail; “And I dragged myself along the floor so that the dogs would catch the fox and catch him”; the fox gave its tail to Serka, who pulled it out by the tail and tore it apart; Foma Bogaty began to live poorly, but to acquire wealth]: Sadovnikov 1884, No. 14: 80-84.

Baltoscandia. Lithuanians [a fisherman wrote near his house: "I live without worries"; seeing this, the king ordered the fisherman to catch a fish with diamond eyes and golden scales in three days; on the second day the fisherman turned to God, and on the third asked the devil for help; the devil: then give me what you did not leave at home; the fisherman agreed, the devil let him catch a precious fish and promised to come in 12 years; and a son was born at home; when the boy was three years old, the king took him in and began to raise him as his own son; the fisherman met him and confessed that the devil would come that night; the king surrounded the palace with guards, and in the morning they were all dead; this happened several times; the fisherman's son took pity on the soldiers and went out into the yard in the evening; there was a table and a bench there; the fisherman's son circled the devil, lit a candle and opened the Holy Scripture; the confrontation with the devil ended with the young man finding himself in an enchanted castle; entered a room where there were three coal-black girls; They asked him to endure the tests for three nights; the devils tossed him around all night; in the morning it became lighter, and the girls' faces turned white; after the third night the girls turned completely white, collected the torn parts of the young man's body, revived him and he took the younger one as his wife; one day he decided to visit the house; his wife: he is beyond seven kingdoms; gave him a ring, which she allowed him to use only once; he instantly found himself in the castle of his adoptive father, the king; they did not believe that the young man was married; he turned the ring, calling his wife; when he fell asleep, his wife took the ring and disappeared, saying that if he did not return to her in 7 years, she would marry another; the time was approaching; the hermit said that there were 14 miles left to the young man's wife, and her wedding was in the morning; the young man took the seven-league boots from the hermit, put on a hat and cloak and, invisible, instantly found himself next to his wife; began to trip the groom, and he fell; wife after the third fall of the groom: now to wait another 7 years; here the young man threw off his cloak; all are happy]: Leskien, Brugman 1882, No. 22: 433-438.

Volga – Perm. Mordvins : Pomerantseva 1973 [Yaraska was born black; his mother put him in a well and told him to sit there until he turned white; every morning his mother calls him and asks if he has turned white; Ya. replies that he has turned white to the ankle, knees, and waist ; the bear hears and asks instead of his mother, Ya. replies that his voice is rough; the bear has his tongue reforged by the blacksmith twice; Ya. takes him for his mother and replies that he has turned white to the neck; the bear comes the next day, when Ya. has turned completely white, pulls him out, and carries him away; the people beat Ya. off and brought him to his mother]: 19–21; Tsygankin 1963 (Erzya; Parakino village, Bolshebereznikovsky district, Republic of Mordovia) [A husband and wife. They have three daughters, the youngest is the smartest and most beautiful. The elders envy the beauty of the youngest, Masha. A husband and wife send their daughters into the forest to pick strawberries: whoever fills their basket first will be given in marriage. M. is the first to fill her basket with strawberries. The older sisters take the berries from M., kill her, bury her, and divide the strawberries into two. At home, they say that M.'s baskets are not yet full, and that she stayed behind to pick strawberries. A beautiful willow grows in the place where M. was buried. Three brothers travel through this area, cut down a branch, and make a pipe. When they blow into it, a clear voice is heard: "Oh, brother, brother, don't touch me, don't touch me, I have a really bad headache." The brothers are surprised, and after a while they approach the village, stop near the house where M. lived, and begin to play. The sisters hear a song, snatch the pipe from the brothers, and throw it into the oven. The pipe does not burn, turns into a sparrow, flies up the chimney, falls into the well. Mother M. hears the song, sees the brothers rushing to the well. The mother comes to the well and sings: " Dark-haired, dark-haired, has it turned white or not ?" The girl from the well answers: "Only my head has turned white." The mother leaves. The bear hears the mother's voice, comes to the well, sings in a rough voice: "Dark-haired, dark-haired, has it turned white or not?" "Go away, stupid bear," answers Masha. The mother comes and asks Masha again. The mother and the bear come several times - they do not succeed in deceiving Masha. Finally, when Masha turns completely white , the mother pulls her out of the well. A few days later they celebrate a wedding: Masha is married off to one of the brothers who made the pipe, the older sisters are thrown out of the house]: 101-104.