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 The poor little Kid lamented and went back home. At noon he again asked the Tsar: "Tsar, let me go down to the lake and get a drink of water and bathe myself."

The Tsar let him go. The poor little Kid ran down to the lake again, and began to lament piteously:

She answered him:

The poor little Kid lamented and went home.

But the Tsar began to think: What can this mean? The little Kid keeps going down to the lake."

Then for the third time the poor little Kid asked: "Tsar, let me go down to the lake and get a drink of water and bathe myself."

The Tsar let him go, but this time followed him.