The Tale of the Priest and of his Workman Balda

"The Tale of the Priest and of his Workman Balda" by A. S. Pushkin - is one of the most witty and ironical fairytales in the author`s oeuvre. The basis of the plot - is the story about the workman Balda, to whom the greedy and mercenary priest does not want to pay for work. In order not to pay to Balda, the priest gives him the unrealizable task, but the clever peasant overreaches the priest and e...