No wonder the word “kabak” (tavern) reads and is written the same both ways: it’s easy to get in, but not so easy to get out. The warrior Zhikhar returned to his native town of Mnogoborye when they were harvesting the crop, making mead, and holding weddings.
Ahead of him ran the fearsome fame of the winner, the plunderer, and commander. But the hero took a quick glance into the tavern—and drank away everything he owned, including that dreadful fame. Now he has to set off on a new journey, so that the rumor about his great exploits and dazzling adventures will go through the land again.