ABSTRACT

This Mordvinian was walking about the forest looking for his pigs. He walked for one whole day but he couldn't find his piggies! Things were so bad that there was nothing left for the Mordvinian to do but cry. And then he made this little speech: "Oh, if only my pigs can be found, I'll light a candle to Kuz'ma-Demian."t He hadn't managed to utter all these words