The Firebird and the Grey Wolf: Russian Folktale
In a distant Russian kingdom, surrounded by silver birch forests and wide golden plains, there lived a powerful Tsar who cherished his most prized possession, a splendid garden of golden apples. These apples shone like suns among emerald leaves, and their scent filled the air with warmth and sweetness. But one sorrow haunted the Tsar: each night, his precious apples
