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Baba Yaga – A Scary Story for Halloween
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If you like SCARY STORIES, then this one is for you. We are putting it out for Halloween, but you can listen any time of year IF YOU DARE !
Baba Yaga is a famous witch of the East. She has spooked and scared little children across Eastern Europe for many a year. This is a her most famous story. A wicked Step-Mother sends Vasilisa to visit the witch in her hut in the woods to ask for some lights. She’s pretty sure that that will be the last she ever sees of her step-daughter -but is she right?
Read by Natasha. Version for Storynory by Bertie. Duration 30 min.
Somewhere in the Eastern part of Europe, where it gets bitterly cold in winter, there is a dark forest. If you are ever brave, foolish or ignorant enough to go wondering through that forest, there is a good chance that you might come across a peculiar house. It’s a wooden hut, but it’s like no other that you have ever seen, for it stands on giant chicken legs – and quite often it walks about, just like a monstrous farm-yard bird. This hut is the home of Baba Yaga. I don’t advise that you knock at the door of Baba Yaga’s hut, no matter how much you have lost your way through the forest. For Baba Yaga is a witch.
On the edge of Baba’s Yaga’s forest, there is a little village, and everyone who lives there knows about the strange hut and the lady who lives inside it. They know her, and they fear her, for it has long been rumored that she likes to eat children.
A long time ago, a man lived in this village with his beautiful daughter, who was called Vasilisa. The girl’s mother had sadly died some years before the start of this story. But before she died, she gave Vasilisa a wonderful gift. It was a little rag doll that did not look so different from any other. The girl’s mother told Vasilisa that she should take special care of the doll. Every night she must feed it a little milk and a little biscuit, and so long as she did so, the doll would always be ready to help her – no matter how much trouble she found herself in. Vasilisa did just as her mother bid her. And every night the little rag doll sat up and drank a little milk, and ate a little biscuit before smiling at Vasilisa and then going back to sleep.
As time went by, the girl’s father decided to marry again. His second wife had two daughters of her own, neither of whom could touch Vasilisa for beauty or sweetness of character. In fact, they were jealous of Vasilisa and they hated her terribly. So long as Vasilisa’s father remained at home, the step-mother and step-sisters had to pretend that they liked her, but every now and then one of the sisters would whisper in Vasilisa’s ear:
“Just you wait until your dear papa leaves us alone with you. Then you’ll see !”
When Vasilisa had recently passed her sixteenth birthday, her father said that he had to go away on a journey that would last at least a month. Vasilisa begged him to take her with him, but he just laughed and said he was traveling on business, and the girl would find the journey tiresome and dull.
The first night after the father had left, the step-mother gathered the three girls together in the parlor and spoke like this:
“Now my dears, I have a little task for each of you. Tanya” – that was the oldest ” – go in my room please my dear and sew a button on my red dress. Katya ” – that was the youngest – ” go to the kitchen table and roll some pastry so that it’s nice and flat. And Vasilissa dear, go to Baba Yaga’s hut in the forest and ask her to lend us some lights. Now run along sweetheart. Don’t waste any time. We don’t want you to get caught in the dark now do we.”
The stepmother shooed Vasilisa out of the house so fast that that she had hardly time to put on her hat and gloves. She walked forlornly to the corner of the street and took the little doll out of her coat pocket where it had been sleeping.
“Oh Little Doll,” she said. “My mother told me that if I fed and looked after you, you would be ready to help me if I was ever in trouble. Well I have fed and looked after you. And now I’m in terrible trouble. I must go to Baba Yaga. And every one knows that she is a dreadfully wicked witch. So please tell me – what am I to do?”
And the little doll looked up at Vasilisa and said:
“Be as brave as you are beautiful. Go to Baba Yaga’s hut and no harm will come to you.”
And so Vasilisa mustered all her courage and walked down the path that led through the woods to the hut of Baba Yaga.
After a while, the young girl heard the sound of galloping hooves coming up behind her, and she stepped off the road to let a hose ridden by a rider in a blazing red cloak shoot past her.
“I wonder who that was?” thought Vasilisa before setting off on a her way once more.
A little further on, she once again heard the sound of galloping hooves, and this time a rider in a cloak of dazzling white sped past her and down the road that led to Baba Yaga’s hut.
And some time later, a third horse shot by. Its rider wore a cloak that was as black as night.
After about an hour of walking Vasilisa came to a clearing on the forest. Although it was now getting quite dark, she had no trouble seeing, for this neck of the woods was lit by skulls with blazing eyes.
The skulls were mounted on stop of a high fence. And beyond the fence, She saw the strange hut that stood on chicken legs. It turned round to face her, and it seemed to Vasilisa that the hut was looking at her.
Then the chicken legs began to kneel and the hut lowered to the ground. The door creaked open.
Baba Yaga’s nose was so long and bony that it appeared through the door before the rest of her. A moment or two later the nose was followed by tall skinny old woman holding a broom stick.
Vasilissa was so frightened that her legs would not obey her when she told them to run. The old lady came towards her – but she did not walk – her feet flew just a few inches above the ground.
“Well child,” she said,”Did the cat get your tongue? Or are you just badly brought up? Speak Child ! Spit out your name and your business here ! I haven’t got all night to hover around while you tremble and gibber like an idiot !”
For a few moments Vasilisa’s lips quivered so much that no proper words would come out of her mouth, just a kind of “ah, ah ah,” but she then remembered the Doll’s words that no harm would come to her, and eventually she found courage to speak clearly.
“Good Ma’am,” she said. “It is only me, little Vasilisa. My step-mother sent me to the forest to borrow a light from Baba Yaga.”
“Did she now?” said Baba Yaga thoughtfully. “Well I am Baba Yaga, but you may call be Babushka.”
Vasilisa brightened a little at this, for Babushka is a kindly name that means “Grandma”. Baba Yaga went on:
“Now come with me into my hut. I will give you some simple tasks to do. If you are not lazy and you complete your work like a good girl, then I will give you the light that you ask for and let you go free. But if you do not manage these simple tasks then I shall cook you in my oven and eat you for my dinner ! Ha Ha Ha ! How do you like that for an offer?”
To tell you the truth, Vasilisa did not like it at all, but she had faith that all would be well, that she would complete the tasks, and return with the light, and so she curtsied and said:
“I like it well, dear Babushka”, and she followed the old lady as she floated back to the door of her hut and called out: “Locks ! Unlock!”
The doors creaked open, and then shut again behind Vasilisa as she stepped inside. The hut was surprisingly roomy, but a large part of it was taken up by a huge oven. Then Vasilisa had to hold in a scream, because the house started to rise up on its chicken legs and move about. She realised that there would be no escape unless Baba Yaga let her go. `
The witch sat down at the table and gestured to the larder. “Fetch me my supper, dear,” she said.
“Yes, Babushka,” replied Vasilisa, and she brought over some bread and cheese for the old lady.
“Ah well,” said Baba Yaga, “Soon I shall be enjoying a nice plate of roast meat, thinly sliced and pink in the middle.” and with those words she pinched Vasilisa’s arm.
“Now tomorrow my dear, you must complete my little task. When I am away from the hut, you must tidy the yard, clean the hut, and cook pumpkin soup for my supper. Can you manage that?”
“Why yes, Babushka, I can.” said Vasilisa, who was relieved that the task did not sound by any means beyond her ability.
“That is good,” said Baba Yaga, “And when you have finished doing that you can sort out all the kitchen pots and pans”.
Baba Yaga ate her bread and cheese and drank a tankard of frothy brown ale before falling asleep on top of a thick fur which was strewn above the stove, the warmest place in the hut.
The hut continued to move around and Vasilisa felt queasy. She certainly had no appetite herself, but before she lay down for the night, she did not forget to feed her Doll a few crumbs of bread and some drops of milk. When the rag Doll had finished her supper, Vasilisa asked her:
“Oh dear what have I done? How shall I ever get out of here?”
And the Doll replied. “Have courage and keep faith and all will be well, for Baba Yaga is unable to tell a lie and she is bound to keep her promise.”
The next morning, Baba Yaga arose from her bed on top of the stove, and drank another tankard of ale before flying up the chimney and onto the roof. Vasilisa looked out of the window and saw the witch flying away above the trees, but this time she she was riding what looked like a giant mortar. A mortar, by the way, is like a strong wooden bowl, and you can use it for cooking. You put some herbs or spices in there, and crush and grind them with a stick called a pestle. This is what the witch was flying in – only it was much bigger than a usual mortar. And a giant pestle was what the old lady was holding in her hand, and using as a rudder to guide her flight.
Vasilisa gazed at a the witch until she was out of site, and then she started to clean and to cook She managed to get everything spick an span, and get the soup on the cooker by mid day, but now she faced an impossible task. How could she possible pick the black peas out of a sack of white ones? Why, there must have been thousands, if not millions of peas in the sack.
She heard a noise outside the hut.
“Oh, Baba Yaga must be back early. Now I’m done for!” she exclaimed – but when she looked out of the window she saw not Baba Yaga, but the white horseman who had over taken her on her way to the hut. He galloped round the fence of the compound and then was off again into the woods. Vasilisa sighed and wished that he would only come and rescue her, whoever he might be. Then when she turned round from the window she saw that all the peas had been sorted into two piles – one black and one white. Her task was done.
That evening, after Baba Yaga flew back home from whatever business she had been on, the old witch could not hide her surprise at all that her guest had managed to achieve in one day.
“I see that you are good little worker my dear,” she said. “Well in that case, tomorrow you can make pea soup and fetch water from the stream to fill up the tank. Here, use this bucket”
But what she handed to Vasilisa was not a bucket, but a sieve, and the poor girl wondered how she would ever manage to use it to fetch water. Still that night, when the little rag Doll urged her not to feel despair, she knew in her heart that something wonderful might happen to help her.
And it did. For as she stood by the stream holding the sieve in her hand, the red horseman rode by, took it from her and swept over to the hut where he hurled it through the open window. When Vasilisa returned she found that the tank was filled with fresh water.
That evening Baba Yaga dipped her bony finger in the tank, and tasted a drop of the fresh water. She said:
“Indeed you are a hard working girl. Let’s see if you are clever too. Tonight you can stay up and count the number of stars in the sky. If you tell me the right number in the morning, you can take your light and go free, but if your answer is wrong, even if you tell me one star too many or too few, then I shall have you for my breakfast.”
That night Vasilisa gazed out of the window at the sky and tried to count the stars – 1,2,3, 5.. but by the time she reached 100 stars she was no longer sure whether or not she was counting the same ones again, and she had to start all over again. It did not help that the hut kept moving around so that the view kept on changing.
Eventually, Vasilisa began to sob quietly. She took out her Doll and said: “Oh dear little Doll, who will come to the aid of poor little Vasilisa this time? I cannot guest the number of stars in the sky, and in the morning the witch shall surely eat me.”
“Do not worry said the Doll. Have courage, and keep faith, and all will be well.”
And it was. For at the mid night hour, the black horseman came riding up to the window where Vasilisa was sitting and he whisper a number to her as if in a dream. It was a very big number, but I cannot tell you what it was, for it is a secret. But it was the exact number of stars in the sky that he told her, and in the morning, when Baba Yaga stepped with her bony legs onto the floor, Vasilisa said.
“Good morning Babushka, shall I tell you the number of stars now?”
And Baba Yaga yawned and said:
“Go on child. Tell me. But you had better not be wrong, for if you are, I shall eat you.”
And Vasilisa told the number to Baba Yaga. And Baba Yaga let out a terrible cry like
“Ha !”
And her eyes blazed like those of the skulls on the fence surrounding her hut.
“Who told you that?” she demanded so fiercely that Vasilisa shank back. Baba Yaga picked up plate and threw it across the room so that it smashed against the wall. Then she picked up a knife and Vasilisa was sure she meant to kill her:
“But Babushka,” she said, “You promised that if I told you the number correctly I could take a light and go free.”
And the Baba Yaga froze for a moment, and the fierce glare of her eyes lessened somewhat.
“Ah yes,” she said more calmly “So I did. And I suppose it was morning and day that helped you with the other tasks I set you?”
And Vasilisa nodded, for she now understood that the three horsemen were morning day and night.
“Then you are a good girl,” said Baba Yaga, “For if Morning Day and Night choose to help you, that means that your spirit is in harmony with the universe. I will do you no harm. Wait here while I go on my business. I have no tasks for you today. And tonight you shall return home with a light.”
And that evening, after Baba Yaga flew home on her mortar, she took Vasilisa out into the courtyard and gave her one of the skulls with blazing eyes.
“Take this,” she said, “And it will light up your step-mother and your two step-sisters very well.”
Vasilisa took the skull and returned back down the path to her village. She expected that her step-mother would have found a light by now, but in fact the house was not lit. Instead her relatives were sitting in complete darkness.
She stepped into the house. The skull lit up the inside as bright as day.
“I’m home,” called out Vasilisa
But she received no reply, for as soon as the light fell on her step-mother and sisters, they turned to dust.
And Vasilisa went to live with a kindly old lady in the village until her father returned from his business. When he came back, he thought that his wife and step-daughters must have run away. He did not miss them much. He lived happily with his beautiful daughter, Vasilisa, until one day a Prince came riding by and caught sight of her. She was the most beautiful girl he had ever seen, and he had no hesitation in asking her to marry him, which she did, and they lived happily ever after.
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The nay music when the doll talks is nay!!!
Awesome! I enjoyed reading HALF of the story. When I started reading I thought it was ’bout BABA YAGA and the stolen baby
Wonderful
I had a different version of Baba Yaga when I was growing up. The little girl went to borrow a cup of milk or something, and the house always turns to you, whatever direction you approach it from. Baba Yaga had a cat who helped the little girl. The little girl was told to carry on weaving the loom while Baba yaga went to fetch the milk. The cat warned her that Baba Yaga intended on eating her, but she couldn’t leave the loom because it made a noise, and baba yaga would hear that she wasn’t there. So the Cat told her that it would carry on weaving for her, while she ran away. The cat gave her three things, a towel, a comb and something else, and said if she got into to trouble, she should drop one behind her. The towel turned into a big river that Baba Yaga couldn’t get over, and the comb turned into a thick forest that she couldn’t get through. i can’t remember the last thing.
It’s always run to read different variations on a story! Thanks.
Hello, how
My full name is Mindy Ng all the mindy means me are their any vampire story’s if there isn’t can you make some
What is the next story called Bertie?????
Bertie make more story’s what is the next one called I believe that it is about Colin right?????????????????????
this story is sooooooooooooooooooo awsome
ps.
this story is nooooot scary not ok
pps. it’s still good
FACT: Did you know that no one below the rank of Prince ever marries in a fairy tale?
Could you please post some Edgar Allan Poe stories?
I really like them.
Bertie, this is a very good story. But Bertie, why did people ask for the number? What is a number anyway?
p.s It’s not scary.
p.s.s Please reply soon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Awesome story for children
It was the most beutiful story ever
FIRST OF ALL, I think dogluver1234567890 is my friend in canada but I haven’t met her yet.
Anyways, brilliant story! i used to have a potty break every time i hear or read it. :D
i like the story when i had first seen it on lost girl it was completely different then this one because before i had started reading it i had thought it had something to do with mirrors and revenge on men. it is a very good story i really enjoyed it both yours and lost girl had caught my eye i hope to read many more stories like this thank you.
Dear Kara, “scary” is always a matter of opinion of course. Most stories end happily, and you have to remember that not to be scared. I think her stepmom and sisters were the only ones to turn to dust.
I sent a comment a few months ago and I take it back it is scary but i don’t think Baba Yaga as scary as she sounds you just have to know the knights to outwit her. Is that right or wrong Bertie? P.S. did her stepmom and stepsisters were they the only ones that turned to dust because she did not like them?
this is a brillant story but not scary but my brother will just about wet is pants and he is 5 LOL
Soooooooo ta nay awesome
i love scary stories
why don,t you show with pictures
the story was nice
it wasnt scary a lot but GOOD
great it was not that scary
Best book ever yayah lol the best if all ill kill you baga yoga you mean witch!uzi style!
This story freaks my kids out everytime I read them this. awsome…!!!!!!
ggggggggggggggggggggggreat story
Splended
This is my favorite story! How did BAba Yaga have chicken legs on her hut?!!
Dear Natasha
Do you think Baba Yaga is Vaselisa’s mother?
At school I am learning about this story in literacy I think it is really good.It’s not really that scary but I really like the name Vasilissa I think it is a really gorgeous name.By the way cool story mate:D.
dear story nory
i loved this awsome story
hope that everyone else likes it:)
cool
p.s i come from south korea
dear natasha
I want more Haloween stories
Can you try to get a sierece called “SCARY STORIES” please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Why dosn’t she eat the chicken legs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i love this story because its really scary!
thank you very much for such a lovely story to make my sons halloween party that little bit spookier!
I love the story so much!
ghost are scary BADDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dear Marsha you are most welcome !
Dear Bertie will you be geting the story dragon dragon soon if so pleace Wright back
It dosent have to be scary its still a nice story
Thank you for bringing back happy memories of reading about Baba Yaga and her house with chicken feet with my Grandma
not scary :(
hiiiiii!!!!
still not scary
I love this story when I was in third grade my class did a play on Baba yaga its a really great story.
wow i love this story it is very scary thank you bertie xxx
u said it was
i thought this was supposed to be scary
this story is not good
this story hurts my head
oh! i never thought baba yaga would be soooooooooo nice.
Baga yaga?Your kidding,right?Right?RIGHT????
hello this story is very beautiful.
I love baba Yaga story’s ! This was amazing!!! Ya;)
Amazing I love baba Yaga story’s . I was intrudeuced by readind the sisters grimm series ,for baba Yaga and other story tale characters are In the series ;)
I live in solvakia
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I loved the story. I first read a Baba Yaga story in Jack and Jill mag. in 1948. I think it was almost the same except she had a cat named Stinka. thanks for the good story.
Dear Abbey, We should have Pinocchio by the end of the year.
I love this story is there a story about pinnociho
this was the most exciting thing i have ever read i meen this was so scarrrrrryyyyyy!!!!!
why you not talking to me !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
what the lesson of the story ?
Privyet Evegeniya and greetings to your class !
Hello, Bertie! Thank you for your great reading. But it was rather funny to listen a Russian fairytale in English. I must say that it is a fairytale for little children (about 1 year old and up). Baba Yaga is a Russian character. “Baba” means “an old woman”; and “yaga” comes from the verb “yagat” that means “sout and sware very loudly”. In some fairytales Baba Yaga is bad and in others she is good. She can help people or she can fry them and eat. There are a lot of Russian fairytales with this character. And one again? Bertie, thank you greatly. I think my students will also like listening this story.
thank you for your nice stories,they worth listening
do not like this story, too much like my nan.!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It is awesome
Awesome story
I liked this realllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllly nice it is a really good one for halloween so keep it up
i do like it and soooooooooooo scary
Awsome story, but not scary though. Hry Bertie, do u think you can give me a really scary story? Because I want to see if it can spook out my family! I also liked the part where the stepmother and sisters turned into dust, more dust and vanishing please. OO! also u can do haunted stuff by putting up witches, vampires, ghost and much more
soooooooooooooo scary
I love chicken legs, but this is friedly wierd!
i remember reading this story in 3rd grade and seeing the house with chicken feet
BORING
he is an nosy boy
I Love This Story… <3 <3 :D
:)this is a cool story!
^.^
i like thiz like when i heard that weard sound i tout that waz my class room
THE BEAST
the beast
I LIKE THIS SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH IT HELPS ME IN MY ENGLISH ASSIGNMENTS AND MY HISTORY ONE SO YOU SHOULD KEEP IT UP!
yo this book is goo
this is a good story bceauseit had a lot of exsiment in it
Wow all those comments u ppl must love this story Baba Yaga, but u no to me the story was thrilling and awesome and i liked the part where the stepmother turned to dust and it was nice of Morning , Day and Night to help Vasilisa out.
Even though i couldnt hear this yesterday and i fhinshed it today in school it was a very nice story. I love it, and for the person who read it too. her voice was so perfect i thought it went with the story very well!!!!!!
this story wuzzz soo booty checkssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss sike naw im might get in trouble if they know who i am so this story wuzz the shiz nitz!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! luv u guys
Cool and scarey
cool dued that was cool
cool dude
Great story this is very funny and but it’s not scary.
cool
COOL :D
lov it
woow you guys pick the best storys specally this one.
Hello
Baba Yaga is a scary story indeed and a very unsual fairytale in the Storynory collection
Thanks for listening
Bye Bye
N*
I liked this story cos its fun and scary!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That is scary man
scarrryy!….Who’s there? ahhhhh! baba yagaaaaaaaa! help!!!!!
i am chinese i do not undestand this story will someone explain it to me? and i can speack english
ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhso scaryyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
Hello
Baba Yaga is a scary story and like many dark fairytales it takes place in a deep dark Wood
Thanks for listening
Bye Bye
N *
i made very spookey story once but i think it would be to old for the younger viewers bertie and everyone reply to me if you wish to here this tale
Davin
p.s i would love to hear more spooky storyies but do some older ones seeing that i am 14 so i can feel the tingle on my spine manny thanks davin
Scary music at the begining makes it all the better
rubish
A mouse helps her and he tells her to pick up things along the way that will help her get away. A towel that turns into a river, a comb that turns into a forest that can’t be gotten through, a loaf of old bread for the cat, an can of oil for the squeaky gate, and a meaty bone for the dog.
In Russia people say “Beware of the woods.”
So did you make this up? I didn’t read it–because… Well it looked kind of LONG but Thanks anyway.
Wonderful story !
I think it is a very scary and bad story. I hate it and please don’t dare listen to that horrible story. I worn you if you hear it you will faint and die soon. It is a dum,stupid,idiot,bloody and crazy story really sour story.
cool u should upload more horror stories
Andrei, Is Baba Yaga real? Lots of people believe that she is, but you don’t have to .
Caleb, Sorry, the number is a real secret.
Bertie you made it up i bet. tell me the number
hi bertie this story is not very scary but was she real? were did she live? was she a human? its a mystery! please bertie reply
your sincerely
Andrei
Hi Milly I have replied to your Dragon and the Grandmother comment.
please reply me bertie please.
it is a quit scary storiey but do you know i am going to go visit baba yaga’s houseon 1st of july, i am felling a little scared.bertie.and can you tell me the no. of the srars please i promise i will keep it secret.
i like this story ver much i’m just 11 and i love this site very much do you think you could put on some storys from Tim Burton i think he is a very spooky but fun man and i know the perfect song for this book it’s called unclean by Tura satana but it’s heavy metal so if you like pop i do not recomand this song and it doesn’t curse so kids from all ages can listen to it! but anyways thank you very much for the amazing story!
I like this story. Thank you Natasha.
SCARY P.S I AM TWO SO MY BROTHER ANDREW IS TYPING THIS FOR ME!
I have met baby yaga!
Look on you-tube for scary videos type in scary grandma or the night Santa went crazy or the duck song!!!!!!!!!!!!!
this is a cool story listen to it carefully.
p.s it was NOT scary
This story popped into my head today. I can remember it from my childhood, on an LP so you can tell how long ago it was. Loved it then and enjoyed it once again. Thank you for bringing back some good memories.
I love all the versions of baba yaga there are!!
I liked it but a bit more scary would be better xx
I thought this story waz supposed 2b scary I mean I liked it but it wasn’t scary at all
dude this story was too cinderalaa an i dint lik it
iwas sort of scared
wow that was gggggggggggggooooooooooooooooooooooddddddddddddddddddddd
BORRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRING
i am telling to alexa dunno who u r though hahaha.. i am random pig lol
whatever it is the real baba yaga dummi lol jokes i think it is a bit too fairytale type need to be more realistic okay :(
i love it love it love it…..>_< yayaya..lol:)
IT’S COOL COOL COOL COOL BOOK
i like this as much as i love noah my bf Kiss kiss
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bouring i need a real baba yaga story
I love this story.
i like ther story
cute my sister and i listen to this all the time
she calls it babby yaga instead ;)
my 5 year brother and i loved this story keep up the good work
loved this story.it is awesome
I know the number, too. If anyone wants to know, I’m sorry. Bertie doesn’t want me to tell it!!!!
Scary but adventurous- Cinderella/creepy story. Nice mix, I like this story.
Great story!!!!! I told it to my little cousin with you know ” Baby Language ” she loved it. But I did’nt want to fill her head with a handsome price thing. But great she enjoyed it .Shes 2
intresting, creativity and scary,just wonderful.
What was the number
It’s a great story. It is my favuorite scairy story
it was good:)
im sorry but this is the mosssssssssssst boring thing ever
Are you real or are you fake???Please answer quickly!
P.S I know the number!
it was good ;)
it was a good story but it was not my fravite
this is cool and i heard that it was like cinderalla i hate cinderalla but i like scary story thay are cool do not open the door to a log caben she love to eat children.it was cool.
i love it soooooo scary
Dear Born in Japan, it’s a very secret number, and dangerous to know !
PS Glad you like the story !
this is such an awsome story love it!!!!!!!!!!!! what was the number?
lovely story
that was a good story i love it
i love it love it love it sooooo much im teling my bffs and bfs and it is soo scary
i love it is so scary i got the chils i love it love it love it love it love itit is coll vary cool so coll im teling my bfs and bffs
Hi
Russian fairy-tales are the best ones.
I loved them very much when I was a child,particularly
when they were turned into films.
soooooo asomely scary
cool
cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11
man this is not skery but its good
Wonderful and legendary folk tale. I love it!
I LOVE THIS BOOK SO MUCH I GOING LET ALL MY FRIENDS LISTEN TO THIS STORY IT IS SO SCARY LOL…….
I love it!
this is an amaszing story wow i l ove this story
NOT SCARY BUT A GOOD STORY
oooooooooh scary
This is my favourite story because it is scary.
The witch is amazing.
that was so cool and scary
the doll should take the credit
it was the one who did all the work
I LOVE THIS STORY SO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It’s one of my FAVORITES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The character is not only Bulgarian, but Russian also as well as other Slavic Countries culture!!!
i mean the character is bulgarian :)
the story is bulgarian :)))
that story was awsome
When will Bertie marry Princess Bertrice?
i like this book
I’m Vietnamese. I’ve been learning English for 7 years but I cant hear or speak English clearly!!! Because in VN, grammar is the most important skill we must learn. I really wanna hear E clearly, so thanks for all stories :)
this is so scary…lol….jkjk…it makes no sence…weird lolololololololo…..
i like the pics. In this story!I 1 other reason i like halloween!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
kool
I like baba yaga she was soooo! scary and I like starting song Im nine years old oyeah!!!!!
i love spookey stories wooooooooooooo please read me more scsry stories
reallly cool plz add other baba-yaga stories
It wasn’t scary at all but it was creativy and good.
cool story bro
Natasha does a wonderful job reading all the stories on Storynory. Thank-you, Natasha!
It not cooooooooooooooooool
its sooooooooooooooo coooooooool
this is a good site to be at to learn spooky tales
this story is sooooo cool thats so wierd how it walks
i love this story i would not like to live like her
Hello, I am Na-Yeon KIM. You can call me Clair. I’m from Korea and I’m 12. In anyways, I really like this Storynory and I’m really like this story too. Also, narrator Natasha is a good narrator too. Thank you for a good story and nice pictures too. Bye~
I love Baba Yaga it was so fun to read and listen to I also like the pictures.
i like the person that reads it she good at reading!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i like it…
wow that’s was scary but i liked it
I have 35 webkinz!
thanks so much Natasha, love ur stories so much!
REPLY BERTIE,REPLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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i have lots of webkinz
Also, he going to say hi for you.
My artificial twin brother is from Ukraine and he had seen a movie of it. He got scared I think it was the music.
fun story, but (for me) not scary, but i really really really enjoyed it.
do you have any other story’s like Baba Yaga?
um, like not scary, just silly.
for me it was just a fun fairy tail: i enjoyed it, but it wasn’t scary (for me, any way).
I am like baba yaga, I feel so mean!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am only like
# baba yaga
# colin
# the wicked stepmother
#(from the cat and mouse in partnership) The cat
its not scary
Sogood, I’m really glad you like Bab Yag so much – it is one of our favourites. Sorry it didn’t scare you enough – but I do hope it had lots of atmosphere.
omg this is AWESOME but it needs to be WAY WAY WAY WAY WAY WAY WAY WAY WAY WAY WAY WAY WAY WAY SCARIER it rocks u rock this was my first story by u it rocks
this story is not scary at all.
This story is scary but I still like it. Is this a true story would you answer Yes or No.
Hello Georgina, is very dangerous but I’m not sure that she is evil. You probably have to be human to be evil, and I don’ t think that Baba Yaga is fully human.
why is baba yaga so evil
long
thankyou natasha poor vassaleesa nononononononononononononononononononononononnononononononononononononoonononononononononononononononononononononono
Dear Jen, glad is scared someone – but I hope not too much Q
i liked the story even though its not that scary
but it did scare by little brother
great story Bettie
i lik3 the story even though its not all dat scary ut it did scare my lil brother
great job Bettie
I thought it was a good story but i like mystery and spine tingling stories.
love Baba yaga she is so sacry I love her ararararararararar
Bertie i like it it is so cool
i think it was not scary at all
sara
I think that Baba Yaga wasn’t very scary…….. try to make 1 more scaryer :):0:(;);0;(
its a great story i loved it
Hi Maggie and Abbie Baba Yaga is also one of our favourites – you have good taste in fairy tales. This one is different because although it’s a traditional story, it’s our version of it. I think you will also like A Christmas Nutcracker if you haven’t heard it yet. Keep listening !
OOOOOOOO I just loved that story I think it was or might be a little better than THE SNOW QUEEN and I just loved THE SNOW QUEEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Also I just love scary stories but I don’t really think that was very a scary story!
cool story!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This story is kind of scary, but I liked it. It is WAY better than Cinderella.
this story is very boring of the Baba Yaga
it was a bit spoockey and freeky.
YYYYYYYIIIIIIIKKKKKKKEEEEEEESSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!I can’t take it any more!I want my ma-ma!!!
Dear storynory.
This story was some deficult and scary.
But it was fantastic and interesting.
Baba Yaga is terrible witch,I don’t like her.
I like this story ^^*.
Wow~!
It was scary…
But I love this story!
I have heard this story before but the girl’s name was not Vasilissa,it was Natasha.Any way,it wa great.THANKS
EEEEEEEEEEEEks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!I am scared!!!
I want to go home!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I don’t like BaBa Yaga.
This story is the most wonderful story ??? this story and it was funny too thank you for makeing this commenting place thank you love ya
I liked it, but it was not scary as you said.
Hi Storynory
i don’t like this story that much
story was boreing
Wonderfuly written, kind of like the movie once kissed, and cinderella rolled in to one. I enjoyed it and was happy that it was a little scary. Just enough for my little cousin and I to enjoy with out causing nightmares.
i loved the story of BABA YAGA IT WAS INCRDABLE I WOULD GIVE IT *****STARS
Dear Storynory,
Your “Baba Yaga” story was scary and I want to give you some tips:
1.Add something spooky into the story e.g. skeletons…
2.Change how they think e.g. Vasilissa doesn’t believe that Baba Yaga is a witch who likes to eat children
3.Try to put Vasilissa in a different situation
4.Put magic into stories that suit best to Halloween = All Hallows Eve
I wish that you can make some more stories which are longer.
Your He Zhu Huang
[...] did my presentation – and the voice of our narrator – Natasha – filled the room with our atmospheric Baba Yaga story – and the advertisement for AudibleKids to show how we pay for Storynory’s [...]
good
Baba Yaga is a cool story
I thought it was very sily of Baba Yaga
to say to vasilissa count all the
stars in the sky.
idont have web site but i think that the stories are to long and you must say that they have to be long for them to be intresting but then i dont want to read them ok
it was kind of scary when she had the knife.
Interest Story!!!!
I luv it was a very good story!!!!!!!!!!!!
that was a very good story!!! I hope you make more, and if you do I want to read them
That was a very good story!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I liked the story, and I liked how you read the story!
The story was very cool! I wished you could have vampire stories and other scary stories.
The story was sort of scarey, but could have been a lot more scary! Baba Yaga should have not kept her word beacuase she was an evil witch. Maybe before the step-mother and
step-sisters turned to dust they could have turned to skulls and then dust.
this was not that kewl sorry… it was boring the voiced was boring
I LIKE THE STORY IT WAS REALLY SCARY SHE TOOK KIDS I WONDER IF IT IS REAL?
very good
cool story but not that scary. Interesting ideas though…
Tanseem
Yes I agree that it’s a bit boring the way that Prince Charming gets all the nice girls. I’m still waiting for my fairy tale ending
Bertie
Liked it but not so scary.I liked the creative idea but why does the prince charming always find the beautiful girl in the end?
that was not scary at all but i am writing a scary halloween story do you have any tips or ideas for me
i didnt think it was scary
but the story was cool
who has webkinz?
plese give a comment about if u have 1 or not
I HAVE 9 WEBKINZ!
W O W ! I W O N T B E A B L E T O S L E E P F O R Y E A R S S S S S ! ! ! ! !
Sweet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I loved it so much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I read it five times!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
O M G !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
she suold have ben etan but it is a good story
it was a good story but i didn’t spook me at all. try getting a good story that can really spook me ! i would be very interested to read it ^^
Wonderful story!!! I will always remember to have courage and faith!!!
I THINK THAT STORY TELLERS WHO THEIR ACCENT ARE AMERICAN IS SOMETIMES NECESSARY. AS YOU KNOW THERE IS TOO MANY AUDIENCES WHO IT IS DIFFICULT FOR HIM TO COPE WITH SUCH EXCELENT BUT DIFFICULT BRITISH ACCENT.
it was a nice story thanks bertie
This was so so scary!
Really creative. However it would be nice if there were more illustrations or a video included that would be more motivating for children.
Hi Pearl
Happy Birthday !
okay,I see that you guys want to scare somebody, but a doll? here’s a tip: next time try to make it a little more scary, like a little dog, or something that can eat. add something that scares you. to-morrow is my birthday . make a story by the 17th. till next time, chow!
this is awesome!!!!!!!!!
wow scary story GOOD ONE
it was rubbish
I do love Mussorgsky’s music Pictures in an Exhibition
Dear Sarah
That’s a very good suggestion to use Tchaikovsky.
I did consider it, and although it’s quite dramatic, it’s not very spooky .
I really wanted to use the Mussorgsky Baba Yaga from Pictures in an Exhibition, because it’s very atmospheric, but I could not find a royalty free version.
Anyway, we are planning some Christmas stories with some Tchaikovsky…. a bit hint there … so look out fo that.
You should use the music by Tchaikovsky called Baba Yaga as background music to this stories.Why not try it??
how old is baaga yaga ?????????????????????????? did baga yaga die ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
bertie you have any sssssssssssssssssssuper ssssssssscary stories????????? baga yaga was not that scary but funnyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! did you every read it or in other words listen to it ?????????????????????????????????? from dum65
ya if it was scarier it would be cool i like really scary stories.
Hi dum65
In answer to your questions, Vasilissa was 16 when she visited Baba Yaga. Her mother gave her the doll because she knew she was dying and that the girl would be alone, and she wanted the doll to protect her, and to give her courage and faith to face what danger she might come up agains.
I love scare movies and storys
ilove this story.
I LOVED the sto
I loved that story called Baga Yaga. It was FANTASTIC!!!!!!!!!I love scary movies,scary stories, and I love SUPER,SUPER,SUPER Scary Things. I love SUPER SCARY things because they Freak ME OUT!!!!!!!!.Baga Yaga Was like the best story I have ever heard. The best part about this story was when it said that Baga Yaga ate kids. then when I read that part it FREAKED ME OUT!!!!!!!!
asome story but it was not scary . do guys have any thing scary i think eva was right
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hi new jersey girl
I thought that Baga Yaga was really scary.But it was AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!The best thing I liked about the story was the sound efcects!!LOVED THE STORY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i loved this . it was totley scary it was so fun . it was exiting and i loved the music it was also scary . i have two? how old was the girl ? why did her mom give her the doll ?
Hi Eva
Well you certainly don’t scare easily. Glad you liked it though. We have Bertie and the Ghost coming up – but that’s not really that scary. Maybe you should try and Edgar Allan Poe? He’s really frightening.
Awesome story, but not that scary though. Hey Bertie,do you think you can give me a really spooky story? Because I want to see if it can spook out my family! I also liked the part where the step mother and sisters turned to dust, more dust and vanishing please. Oo! Also you can do stories about haunted stuff, like The Haunted Mansion or The Trap Door!
Anyway, Thanks for the story Bertie!