... She clapped her hands, the lizards ran in ..., and the Mistress gave them the routine: “Break the lesson here in half. Then ... he says: "Well, ..., let's go watch my dowry." And here we go. Where she goes - everything is open to her. Like large rooms, underground steel, and their walls are different. Now all green, then yellow with gold dots. On which the flowers are copper again. Blue, too, azure. In a word, adorned, which cannot be said. And the dress on her - on Mistressketo - is changing. Either it glitters, like glass, then it suddenly fades, or it flashes with a diamond scattering, or it becomes reddish copper, then again it casts green silk ...P.P. Bazhov, Mistress of the Copper Mountain
Do not count the wealth in the underground pantries. Do not count the masters who are able to see in the uncut stone the beauty of the future jewelry worthy of royalty. It was not for nothing that Pavel Petrovich Bazhov, a genius who practically predicted the incredible popularity of multi-colored gems and gems today, sang this pristine beauty in his tales. The gifts of the fabulous malachite box, if you recall the Bazhov tale, do not open to everyone and not everyone warm. Manage to see the beauty of the stone, and he will answer you with the warmth, so necessary in anticipation of a long and cold winter. Maybe you are lucky enough to meet your Mistress of the Copper Mountain, who knows ....
Yes, even after this incident, a note came out. They said that the Mistress of the Copper Mountain began to double: at once two girls in malachite dresses were seen by people ....
P.P. Bazhov, Malachite Box
