hold pleasant converse together."
Thus it was. During the night Ivanouchka went and lay down with Machoutka.
"Camest thou by the threshing-floor?" asked she.
"Yea. Hast thou seen the heap of dung?"
"I have seen it."
"What shall we do now?"[1]
"I must see if thou hast a good instrument."
"Come, look," said he, and undid his drawers. "Behold my riches!"
"Tis too big for me! See how small is mine!"
"Let me see if mine will go in."
And the youth set himself to make the trial; his yard rose up erect like a stake, and when he thrust it in, the young girl cried with all her might:
"Ah! that hurteth me! How it biteth!"
"Have no fear. My yard hath not sufficient room; for that reason it is so angry."
"I told thee that there was not sufficient space for it."
"Wait—it will stretch."
Anon, when he made her to feel much pleasure, she said to him:
"Ah! my little heart! Thy riches are indeed worth much money."
They performed and fell asleep.
But the girl awoke during the night, and kissed the backside of the young man, which she took for his face. He let her do this to satiety, and the girl said to him:
"Knowest thou, Vania, that thou smellest most scurvily!"
- ↑ The young people are obviously nervous, and are making conversation.
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