Vasilisa the Brave and Baba Yaga
Classical Stories · No. 7 — A doll, a dark forest, and a house on chicken legs.
- Classical Stories
- 47 min
- Ages 8–13
- 8 chapters
About this audiobook
Before she dies, Vasilisa's mother leaves her a tiny doll with one instruction: feed it, and it will help you. Years later a scheming stepmother lets the last fire in the house go out on purpose and sends Vasilisa through the night forest to borrow a light from Baba Yaga — the iron-toothed witch whose hut walks on chicken legs and whose fence is crowned with glowing skulls. Nobody sent to Baba Yaga is expected to come back. Vasilisa comes back.
Why it's worth a listen
A proper shiver of a fairy tale: a hut that walks on chicken legs, a fence of glowing skulls, and a witch who is terrifying precisely because she keeps her word to the letter. Vasilisa walks in with nothing but a tiny doll and her own nerve — which is exactly why her courage counts for more than any hero's sword.
A question to keep
What does it mean to be brave when you are small and alone?
Chapters
- Introduction
- The Doll in the Pocket
- The Cold Hearth
- The Three Riders of the Night
- The Impossible Chores
- Questions at the Iron Table
- A Question to Keep
- A Question to Keep