Published for the first time. The original manuscript is preserved at HMA, Er. Lalayan Fund, 93—41, n-47-44, FAVI: 8599—8738. Written by Er. Lalayan. The collector left the following information about the teller: “Narrated on August 4, 1915, in the village of Odzun, by the same villager Martiros Kharazyan". Some corrections have been made on the original fairy tale text in red ink, presumably by the folklorist. These corrections have been taken into account when preparing the final version—for example, tqavor has been corrected to taqavor, and so on.