In the village of Zaburovo, a sorcerer died for a long, painfully long time. He was old and wanted death himself, but she still did not go.
Why? The whole village whispered about this in those days: the sorcerer cannot die until he gives someone his gift. To do this, it is enough for him to touch a person … But none of his relatives wanted such a “gift”. So the old man toiled.
Finally, he gave up, stopped begging his sons to come closer to him. And soon he pointed with his eyes at the ceiling above him and ordered to disassemble it …
There is a popular belief that when a witch or sorcerer dies and cannot die in any way, it is necessary to dismantle the roof or at least the corner of the house above the place where the dying person's bed stands. And you also need to unlock all locks and locks in the house, open the door. This seems to help the sorcerer move away.
The sons obeyed, called the neighbors, began to dismantle the roof. We were almost done when we heard the old man laugh from the house. Sensing something was wrong, we went down from the roof. And the sorcerer's granddaughter Masha comes out of the entrance. She admitted that she felt sorry for her grandfather, who moaned and kept asking for water. So she brought him a cup. And the old man in the hut was laughing …
Relatives then took the girl to church, chastised with prayers. But it didn't help. She accepted the gift. And now the sorceress Masha is well known not only in the surrounding villages, people come to her from the city, and even from the region.
Not everyone will be chosen by the sorcerer as his successor. But even if the choice is made, this does not mean that this person is able to cope with the unusual "gift". For others, this turns into a real disaster.