with Jane Asher
Tales from the Russian Mountains
'Don't go chasing after gold,' Grannie Fedosya told Yuri. 'The only lasting treasure you'll get is from the Blue Baba when she changes to a pretty maid and gives it with her own hands.'
Today: 'The Blue Baba of the Marsh' from Mistress of the Copper Mountain and other tales from the Urals by PAVEL BAZHOV
Translated by JAMES RIORDAN
Pictures by COLIN MCNAUGHTON