Silly Ivan

Author: Tolstoy
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Publish Date: 2004-05-01
Features: Stupid Ivan, as his name suggests, is incredibly foolish. He shows no interest in his ancestors' property and willingly gives it to his two older brothers, ensuring the entire family remains harmonious. The mountain demon, envious of this, orders his three subordinates to cause trouble. The two older brothers, one boastful and competitive, the other greedy, fall into the schemes of two of the subordinates. Stupid Ivan, however, uses his foolishness to conquer the third subordinate and, with his strong and resolute character, defeats the other two. In the end, he takes in his two destitute brothers. The mountain demon, seeing his subordinates' failure, decides to take matters into his own hands. At this point, the three brothers have each become kings. The demon exploits the weaknesses of the two older brothers, the kings, and defeats them again. However, when he attacks Stupid Ivan's foolish kingdom, he suffers repeated failures, and in the end, he only ends up hurting himself by lifting a stone to smash his own feet.