That night at the feast, Pyotr finds this same man in the crowd. There is a man on a horse who snags Pyotr‘s attention.

Pyotr goes into the area of the merchants one day. He may not go back and see the monk again until he is ready to stay, and he must reflect on the decision for a year before he decides for sure. Pyotr says he will allow Sasha to do so on two conditions. Sasha meets a monk who invites him to stay and live with them. Sasha, who has always been holy-minded, wants to visit a church outside of the city. Ivan accepts them, provides a place to stay, and feeds them. Vasya is sad she doesn’t get to go with them. Pyotr decides to go to Moscow to visit the current leader, Ivan, his late wife’s half-brother. Even though Pyotr has not thought of another woman in the six years since his wife’s death, they know Vasya is going to need another woman’s presence when Olga is married off and Dunya passes away. Once she is warm, fed, and asleep, Sasha and Pyotr sit by the fire and talk. This time it’s her brother Sasha, who takes her safely home. She soon comes across another man on a horse. Then he puts the old man to sleep again, which makes her uneasy. Then another man on a white horse comes in to the clearing. She wakes him and asks him to help her find her way home. She finds a big oak tree with an old man sleeping under it. The forest changes on her somehow, and she can’t find her way home. She gets lost in the woods one evening and doesn’t make it home in time for dinner. Six years later, Vasya is now a mischievous young girl. Marina dies soon after Vasya is born the following November. Marina tells Pyotr they’re going to have another baby. It’s about Frost and the girl sent out in the frigid woods by her stepmother to find and marry him. ***** Everything below is a SPOILER ***** What happened in The Bear and the Nightingale?ĭunya tells the Petrovna family a fairytale they’ve heard many times before. Want to know what happened in The Bear and the Nightingale? Read a full summary right here! This page is full of spoilers, so beware! If you need a refresher on what happened in The Bear and the Nightingale, then you are in the right place!Īdd The Bear and the Nightingale at Goodreads.

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