The Samruk was a magic bird. She lived in Kazakhstan long ago. Every year, she
travelled to the Tree of Life out on the steppe. The Samruk had a nest high in the
branches of the tree. In spring, a golden egg appeared in the nest. Some people say,
the egg contained the happiness and wishes of all the people in the world. All
summer, the bird stayed in the tree, but the egg didn't hatch. Then, in winter,
the Samruk disappeared, leaving her egg in the nest.
A huge dragon lived in the underworld beneath the tree. He watched the
Samruk leave and then he climbed up the trunk of the tree to the Samruk's
nest. He swallowed the golden egg and crawled back down to the underworld,
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