Yes, a glorious feat, agreed Ull. But you and I will be glorious warriors, Gun.
Exactly, Ull. The most glorious.
Soon it was lunch time, then they were instructed in the struggle and reading the runes, then there was dinner, and went to sleep in their cell, opened a tightly worked door, so that the animals would not climb until they were there. The youths entered their cave, passing the corridor closed by fur curtains, inflated the hearth and flooded the stove, trying to keep warm, after a long time the cell was warm, and the students were able to take off their fur clothes. Ull looked at how his new friends looked and they were dressed like him the same linen coarse pants and trousers, fur or knitted sleeveless jackets for warmth, and soft boots on his feet.
You Ull, you hold on a chariot perfectly, and you fight a fist fight, and you understand the letter, all three kinds. And here we are, Tal added, for two years here, Tal was tall and blond, like everyone here, and the head was childishly trimmed, so that only a curl of hair remained, and he had a razor after another.
And you wont cut your hair, added Sirac, playing with a bronze razor.
Mara does not tell me, found Ull, smiling broadly.
Do not meddle with him, said Gun, he has a sister in front.
The guys faces immediately stretched out, Sirac hurriedly put the razor under the fur blanket.
You dont know here, scratching his shaven head, said Pret, to envy you or to feel sorry for your sister, and he came up and patted Ulla on the shoulder. -Maybe you will see who knows. But on the chariot you are great.It seems the cell was warm, you can go to bed.
And youre the twin Ull, everyone is afraid of the twins. They used to say, they even killed, everyone is afraid of prophecies.
Why are they afraid of me? Said the boy, shrugging his shoulders.
The prophecy says that: The twins will be born from a dead mother, they will take the chosen people into the lands unknown, and will give the laws born by the mountain to other people
Tell me something else, Pret, asked Ull.
Okay, listen. Its about dactyls, fingers, there are such little people, they live in Alatyr-mountain
I didnt see, Ull interjected, and I lived there.
I didnt see it, because small ones, just a finger wide, Lada spawned them in grief, when she leaned on her palm, fingerprints, fingers are still called krts, because nobody sees them, they are notable rounders, everyone knows. Help the elect if Lada orders.
Ull lay, and looked at his fingers, and thought, what small people are, live where Ale, I wonder, does she see them?
Lets go to sleep, said Tal, will rise early, run to breakfast from morning until breakfast, then shoot from a bow, and we will jump over the bull.
Ull lay down comfortably, covered with a fur blanket, it was warm and good in the cell, and he soon fell asleep.
He was awakened by the crash of a fist on a wooden door, and Sirac hurriedly went to open the door, which was closed for the night.
Wash, its time for classes, lessons are waiting for you and a vigil, said the boy, the warrior Gnur, told them, of those with whom he sailed in the same boat. Two more teenagers were standing next to him.
Get acquainted, this is Arius, and this is Vour, he first pointed to one and then another teenager Gnur. Arius was taller than Vour, and Vours jacket was almost black, and Aria had light brown.
You are all here and gathered, Gunur laughed, all the sons of the leaders here, as Arpad ordered and Seven sentenced. Gunas-Gun from the guns, Syrac from the Sindi, Knut from the Scolts, Vour from the Parsis, and Mansa Pret from the Dan, Tal from the Svei, Arius from the Van.
In turn, six teenagers called their names, lazy voices from a sleep. They all got dressed, covered the embers of the hearth with a stone pot, so that there would be no fire, quickly washing up, youths, now there were seven of them, went to run. We ran for a long time, drowning in snow with soft boots, at first it was cold, but soon Ull got warm, and everyone, too, ran with flushed faces. The youngsters were led by the gun, and set the pace, returned to the cell, rubbed with snow, got dressed, and went to the shooting range. They took their bows and arrows, shooting gloves and shields to protect their left hand from the bowstring. Ahead was the deliberate knight, Gnur, and after him, two by two, marched militarily, which was followed at this time by Sirac, the young students, walking in such a way that they did not break the order, even stepping on crisp snow.
Stand in a row, between each of three steps, demanded Gnur dexterously.
Remove the bows from the irradiation, bend the bow under your foot, he said, and did what he said, and the youths repeated after him, now cling the string to the hook first from the bottom, and hooked the string itself, and then from above, and in his hands was already a mighty reinforced bow.
They all stood holding bows in their left hands with a stretched string in fifty steps from the targets. Gnur looked sternly at the youths, walked over to the two, Ullue and Talu, straightening their legs in a rack with a bow.
Get ready, and when ready shoot, three arrows each.
Ull straightened the shield on his left hand, pulled the arrow out of the quiver, pulled the string to the ear, and sent it to the target, a wooden pole, then the second arrow and the third, lowered the bow and hid it in the beam. Gun and Knut were shot next to him. They held the bow quite cleverly.
Druzhinnik waited until the students finished shooting, and went to inspect the target, or rather all were Ull and Arius.
Ull and Arius shoot further. Get off another fifty paces, and all the youths, move aside the shooters.
Ull stood next to Arius, he grinned caustically at him, he took off the hood, so that the wind waved his curls on his shaved head, but without knowing it, he helped Ullü aim.
Well, kid, now we will find out who is who, Arius joked bitterly and fired the first. The arrow, painted red, hit the center of the pillar, and the boys roared with delight.
Ary! Arius! pupils shouted in delight.
Ull clenched his teeth, estimated the wind, took out an arrow, aimed and fired. At first, the audience did not believe what they saw. Then the crowd rushed through the snow, overtaking each other. Gnur, as a senior, walked behind in a hurry, and Ull walked behind, sighing beforehand as he went. Gun and Tal, not believing their eyes, felt the arrow of Ulle, which split the arrow of Aria with her bronze tip.
I have never seen such a thing, said Gnur in surprise, just a great archer, you, an islander. Youre on the deer brains of all overtaken.
The youths approached, and each, considered it his duty to feel the arrow, the one that Aria slipped off soon fell on the already trampled snow. The wind was not strong, but as if mocked, snowflakes began to fall from the sky, covering the traces of the guns and mans, and a small detachment discussing archery went for lunch. After eating, letting the fat inside the still-childish bodies solidify, Gnur led the boys to a wooden bull, located nearby. Three people with Ulls at the head dragged a large armful of straw, so that the unfortunate jumper would not suffer.
Placing the pupils next to him, the tutor stood right in front of the bull at ten paces, took off his jacket and gave it to Aria, ran away with fast jumps, and carrying the weight on his right leg jumped carrying his hands far ahead, and flying, he jumped his hands easily over the wooden figure and got up on his feet in three steps from the simulator and raised his hands up. Taking the jacket back and smiling, Gnur got dressed and threw a hood over his head and stood without saying a word. The youths were silent in admiration.