named Yegibikha, who wants her daughter, Beautiful Nastasya, to marry Ivan, acts as the new queen's midwife and replaces eight of her sons for animals. The last son and mother are thrown into the sea in a barrel and wash ashore on an island. The child grows up in days and asks his mother to prepare koluboks with her breastmilk. He rescues his brothers with the koluboks and takes them to the island. Finally, the son wishes that a bridge appears between the island and the continent, and that visitors come to their new home. As if granting his wish, an old beggar woman comes and visits the island, and later goes to Ivan-Tsarevich to tell him about it. Adaptations 1900 – The Tale of Tsar Saltan, opera by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov in which the popular piece Flight of the Bumblebee is found. 1943 – The Tale of Tsar Saltan, USSR, traditionally animated film directed by Brumberg sisters. 1966 – The Tale of Tsar Saltan, USSR, feature film directed by Aleksandr Ptushko. 1984 – The Tale of Tsar Saltan, USSR, traditionally animated film directed by Ivan Ivanov-Vano and Lev Milchin. 2012 - an Assyrian Aramaic poem by Malek Rama Lakhooma and Hannibal Alkhas, loosely based on the Pushkin fairy tale, was staged in San Jose, CA (USA). Edwin Elieh composed the music available on CD. Gallery of illustrations Ivan Bilibin made the following illustrations for Pushkin's tale in 1905: See also This basic folktale has variants from many lands. Compare: "The Dancing Water, the Singing Apple, and the Speaking Bird" "Princess Belle-Etoile" "The Three Little Birds" Ancilotto, King of Provino "The Bird of Truth" "The Water of Life" The Wicked Sisters The Boys with the Golden Stars A String of Pearls Twined with Golden Flowers The Boy with the Moon on his Forehead The Hedgehog, the Merchant, the King and the Poor Man Silver Hair and Golden Curls Sun, Moon and Morning Star The Golden-Haired Children Les Princes et la Princesse de Marinca Two Pieces of Nuts The Children with the Golden Locks (Georgian folktale) The Pretty Little Calf The Rich Khan Badma The Story of Arab-Zandiq The Bird that Spoke the Truth The Story of The Farmer's Three Daughters The Golden Fish, The Wonder-working Tree and the Golden Bird King Ravohimena and the Magic Grains Zarlik and Munglik (Uzbek folktale) The Child with a Moon on his Chest (Sotho) The