Lukomorye. Red cat (in oak leaves). Painting

By the side of the sea, a green oak; Golden chain on tom oak: Day and night, the cat is a scientist Everything goes around in a chain; Goes to the right - the song starts To the left - he says a fairy tale. There are miracles: there the devil wanders, The mermaid sits on the branches; There on unknown paths Traces of unseen beasts; The hut is there on chicken legs Stands without windows, without doors; There the forest and the valley are full of visions; There the waves will rush about dawn On a sandy and empty shore, And thirty beautiful knights In succession, clear waters come out, And with them their uncle the sea; There the prince in passing Captivates the formidable king; There in the clouds before the people Through forests, across seas The sorcerer carries the hero; In the dungeon there the princess grieves, And the brown wolf serves her faithfully; There is a stupa with Baba Yaga It walks, walks by itself, There, Tsar Kashchei wasted away over gold; There is a Russian spirit ... there is a smell of Russia! And there I was, and I drank honey; By the sea I saw a green oak; He sat under him, and a scientist cat He told me his tales. Alexander Pushkin - Green oak near the sea: Verse