Arthur Ransome
The Tale of Tsar Saltan is a poem by Alexander Pushkin:Three fair maidens, late one night,Sat and spun by candlelight."Were our tsar to marry me,"Said the eldest of the three,"I would cook and I would bake - Oh, what royal feasts I'd make."Said the second of the three:"Were our tsar to marry me,I would weave a cloth of goldFair and wondrous to behold."But the youngest of the threeMurmured: "If he married me - I would give our tsar an heirHandsome, brave, beyond compare."- Russian Fairy Tales
