"You are welcome. If you need more, come to me, and I will rub up some more,—there are plenty of leaves left."
Tarás the Paunch gathered a whole wagon-load of money, and went away to trade with it.
Both brothers left the home. And Semén went out to fight, and Tarás to trade. And Semén the Warrior conquered a whole kingdom for himself, while Tarás the Paunch made a big heap of money by trading.
The brothers met, and they revealed to one another where Semén got the soldiers, and Tarás the money.
Semén the Warrior said to his brother:
"I have conquered a kingdom for myself, and I lead a good life, only I have not enough money to feed my soldiers with."
And Tarás the Paunch said:
"And I have earned a whole mound of money, but here is the trouble: I have nobody to guard the money."
So Semén the Warrior said: