Elisha, or the Irritated Bacchus
Opposite the Semyonovskiye Sloboda stands the Zvezda drinking house, which is under the special care and patronage of Bacchus. His ladle and chariot are also kept here. But the evil and greedy tax farmers, having become proud beyond measure, raised the prices of alcohol so that Bacchus himself would dance to their tune. He, furious that because of the high cost of wine, beer and honey, people will drink less, and he will lose his “dearest inheritance,” is going to take revenge on the arrogant tax farmers. Bacchus goes to the Zvezda drinking house and sees there, among other drunkards, a resident of the Yamskaya Sloboda, young Elisha, a fist fighter, a brawler, a gambler and a drunkard, who immediately attracts his attention. Having drunk a cup of anise beer, Elisha breaks it on the forehead of the chumak (tavern owner, owner of a drinking establishment), so that ladles, bottles and bowls fall from the shelves, and the aisle breaks between the counter and the window. Bacchus joyfully watches the exploits of the stalwart young man and wants to make him an instrument of his revenge.
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A patrol corporal and a dragoon come to the noise, listen to the Chumak’s complaint and arrest Elisha, who does not dare to quarrel with the police. Concerned about the fate of Elisha, Bacchus flies on winged tigers to his father, Zeus. He sleeps, drunk on nectar. Juno, the wife of Zeus, wakes him up, and Bacchus, crying, asks his parent why he gave the wine into the hands of evil and stingy farmers, and reminds him of the promise once given to Bacchus: to make everyone in this world drunk. Why is Zeus now breaking his vow? He answers his son that he received a petition from Ceres: she complains that the peasants have become completely drunk and have stopped farming. Bacchus convinces Zeus to call all the gods to a council to judge between them and Ceres, and asks his father to help free Elisha from prison. Zeus calls Hermias (Hermes. - A.V.) to himself, tells him to gather all the inhabitants of Olympus, and after that - to free Elisha.
At night, Yermiy, under the guise of a corporal, sneaks into the police prison and unsuccessfully tries to wake up the drunken Elisha, next to whom a tipsy young woman in an unbuttoned dress is sleeping equally soundly. Then Hermias undresses both of them, dresses the girl in Elisha’s clothes, and him in a woman’s dress, flies out the window with the unconscious Elisha and takes him to Kalinka’s house, where dissolute women are languishing under guard.
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In the morning, the boss wakes up her charges and assigns each one some work. Elisha, having come to his senses, thinks that by some miracle he ended up in a nunnery, and mistakes the stern, elderly mistress for the abbess. She immediately guesses that the imaginary girl is the kindest fellow. Inflamed with passion for him, she takes him to her chambers and asks the young man to reveal everything to her.
He tells her in detail the story of his life: before becoming a coachman in St. Petersburg, he lived with his brother, wife and mother in Zimogorye. The Zimogorsk residents and the Valdai residents had a quarrel due to the fact that they could not draw a boundary between their pastures. It came to a bloody massacre: brother Ilyukha’s ear was completely chewed off, and mother, who stayed at home and prayed for her children to return alive, was so overcome with diarrhea from fear for them that she gave her soul to God. Elisha was sent to St. Petersburg and assigned as a coachman at the station.
After listening to Elisha's story, the boss invites him to share a bed with her and then he will not lack anything. At the same time, she demands that he be careful and not talk to any of the arrested libertines.
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Meanwhile, at the behest of Zeus, the gods gather in council to judge the dispute between Bacchus and Ceres. Ceres sets out the reasons for her dissatisfaction with the drunkenness of the ploughmen. Bacchus justifies himself by the fact that wine cheers the human heart: even the most unfortunate person, having drunk a glass, forgets about his troubles, and a drunken warrior becomes braver. Zeus, having listened to Ceres and Bacchus, says the following: he, Zeus, who overthrew Troy in order to erect Rome, is going to enthrone Wisdom. She will produce a “most useful law” that will pacify tax farmers, and then tax farmers and ploughmen will not interfere with each other.
The boss, having sent her charges to bed, dresses up and preens herself, hoping with the help of whitewash and blush to “excite to fun” Elisha, who liked her. He does not deceive her expectations. But they are unable to sleep: the chief of the guard, no longer a young man, secretly in love with the boss, patrols all the rooms and discovers Elisha, who barely has time to put on a woman’s dress. Seeing a girl who is not on his register, the head of the guard gets angry and, despite the entreaties of the boss, orders the unknown woman to be taken under arrest.
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Ermiy, this time taking the form of a petimeter (a dandy, a fashionista - A.V.), again helps Elisha out: he gives him an invisible cap, in which he again enters the boss’s room and spends the rest of the night with her in lovemaking. In the morning, the chief of the guard, having discovered that the arrested woman is missing, punishes the sergeant who missed the fugitive. Elisha lives a happy life, not knowing the need for anything, and delights the old woman with love, without taking off his invisibility cap. However, after a few months, Bacchus instills in Elisha the desire to leave the Kalinkino house in order to inflict harm on the tax farmers. One morning, when the boss is sleeping, Elisha, wearing an invisibility hat, leaves, leaving her his trousers and camisole. The chief of the guard discovers men's clothes in her room and is going to flog the old woman, but she, with affectionate treatment, seeks forgiveness.
Elisha goes to St. Petersburg through the forest and, tired, falls asleep. He is awakened by the screams of a woman who is being pursued by two villains. Elisha, wearing an invisible hat, beats up the villains, but they cannot understand what is going on: since everyone thinks that one of them started the fight, they begin to push each other as hard as they can until they both fall unconscious. The woman turns out to be Elisha's wife. She tells him about her adventures: after Elisha was separated from her, she followed him to St. Petersburg. Having an extreme need for money, she got a job as a worker at a brick factory for a German, but one night the owner’s wife found her husband in her bed and was inflamed with such fierce hatred for her that she had to leave, having suffered severe beatings from a jealous German woman.
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Elisha's wife ended up in police custody, where she spent the night, and in the morning she discovered that someone had dressed her in men's clothing. When she was released, she went to live with the secretary, who was stealing government money. But, fearing that he would be exposed, he decided to leave, and she had to look for a place again. Elisha does not reproach his wife for not being modest in behavior, and sends her to the Yamskaya Sloboda to wait for him there.
Elisha himself remains in the forest. Here Silyon appears to him, who takes him to the house of a rich tax farmer from the schismatics. Elisha is looking for wine cellars and enters a bathhouse, where an old tax farmer is steaming with his young wife. Elisha, wearing an invisibility hat, makes the bathhouse so hot that the tax farmer and his wife run away, not understanding what is happening. And Elisha steams for his own pleasure, after which he comes to the tax farmer’s chambers and hides under his bed.
A severe thunderstorm begins, and the frightened tax farmer gets out of bed to light a candle and pray to God. Elisha, in his invisible cap, lies in his place and takes possession of his sleeping wife. The farmer goes to bed and notices that something wrong is happening with his wife. But Elisha manages to jump off the bed. The worried tax farmer wakes up his wife, and she tells him that in a dream she imagined that someone was lying on her. The tax farmer thinks that there are devils in his house and is going to call the fortune teller.
Elisha finds a wine cellar, knocks down the locks with his fist and drinks to his heart's content. The old woman of the fortune teller comes to the farmer and boasts to him: they say, she is an expert in various sorcery and conspiracies and can easily remove the addiction to wine from any drunkard. The tax farmer is alarmed by her last statement, and he demands that she not wean off wine, but, on the contrary, attract people to alcohol. She refuses, and he sends her away. Elisha has been carousing all this time. It begins to seem to him that Bacchus himself and his retinue come to his aid and they wreak havoc in the cellar, after which they set off to empty the cellars of other tax farmers.
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Zeus from Olympus observes the exploits of Elisha and decides to call the gods to advise him on what to do with such a daring and daring drunkard. The gods are divided in opinion, but most of them want to execute Elisha. Zeus, having listened to their opinion, announces to the meeting that he has found the right solution. He notifies the gods that soon people will gather at the Ruka drinking house for a fist fight. There Elisha will show the wonders of his valiant prowess, after which his fate will be decided: the dashing fist fighter must turn into an excellent warrior.
On the appointed day, the merchants and coachmen go wall to wall, and Elisha, in his invisibility cap, causes a rout in the enemy’s camp, but someone knocks off his magic hat, the bully is grabbed and shaved into a soldier.
Summary of Elisha, or the Irritated Bacchus Mike
Elisha, or Irritated Bacchus
Opposite the Semyonovskiye Sloboda stands the Zvezda drinking house, which is under the special care and patronage of Bacchus. His ladle and chariot are also kept here. But the evil and greedy tax farmers, having become proud beyond measure, raised the prices of alcohol so that Bacchus himself would dance to their tune. He, furious that because of the high cost of wine, beer and honey, people will drink less, and he will lose his “dearest inheritance,” is going to take revenge on the arrogant tax farmers. Bacchus goes to the Zvezda drinking house and sees there, among other drunkards, a resident of the Yamskaya Sloboda, young Elisha, a fist fighter, a brawler, a gambler and a drunkard, who immediately attracts his attention.
Having drunk a cup of anise beer, Elisha breaks it on the forehead of the chumak (tavern owner, owner of a drinking establishment), so that ladles, bottles and bowls fall from the shelves, and the aisle breaks between the counter and the window. Bacchus joyfully watches the exploits of the stalwart young man and wants to make him an instrument of his revenge.
A detour corporal and a dragoon come to the noise, listen to the complaint of the Chumak and arrest Elisha, who
dare not quarrel with the police. Concerned about the fate of Elisha, Bacchus flies on winged tigers to his father, Zeus. He sleeps, drunk on nectar. Juno, the wife of Zeus, wakes him up, and Bacchus, crying, asks his parent why he gave the wine into the hands of evil and stingy farmers, and reminds him of the promise once given to Bacchus: to make everyone in this world drunk.
Why is Zeus now breaking his vow? He answers his son that he received a petition from Ceres: she complains that the peasants have become completely drunk and have stopped farming. Bacchus convinces Zeus to call all the gods to a council to judge between them and Ceres, and asks his father to help free Elisha from prison.
Zeus calls Hermias (Hermes. - A.V.) to himself, tells him to gather all the inhabitants of Olympus, and after that - to free Elisha.
At night, Yermiy, under the guise of a corporal, sneaks into the police prison and unsuccessfully tries to wake up the drunken Elisha, next to whom a tipsy young woman in an unbuttoned dress is sleeping equally soundly. Then Ermiy undresses them both, dresses the girl in Elisha’s clothes, and him in a woman’s dress, flies out the window with the unconscious Elisha and takes him to Kalinka’s house, where dissolute women are languishing under guard.
In the morning, the boss wakes up her charges and assigns each one some work. Elisha, having come to his senses, thinks that by some miracle he ended up in a nunnery, and mistakes the stern, elderly mistress for the abbess. She immediately guesses that the imaginary girl is the kindest fellow.
Inflamed with passion for him, she takes him to her chambers and asks the young man to reveal himself to her in everything.
He tells her in detail the story of his life: before becoming a coachman in St. Petersburg, he lived with his brother, wife and mother in Zimogorye. The Zimogorsk residents and the Valdai residents had a quarrel due to the fact that they could not draw a boundary between their pastures. It came to a bloody massacre: brother Ilyukha’s ear was completely chewed off, and mother, who stayed at home and prayed for her children to return alive, was so overcome with diarrhea from fear for them that she gave her soul to God.
Elisha was sent to St. Petersburg and assigned as a coachman at the station.
After listening to Elisha's story, the boss invites him to share a bed with her and then he will not lack anything. At the same time, she demands that he be careful and not talk to any of the arrested libertines.
Meanwhile, at the behest of Zeus, the gods gather in council to judge the dispute between Bacchus and Ceres. Ceres sets out the reasons for her dissatisfaction with the drunkenness of the ploughmen. Bacchus justifies himself by the fact that wine cheers the human heart: even the most unfortunate person, having drunk a glass, forgets about his troubles, and a drunken warrior becomes braver.
Zeus, having listened to Ceres and Bacchus, says the following: he, Zeus, who overthrew Troy in order to erect Rome, is going to enthrone Wisdom. She will produce a “most useful law” that will pacify tax farmers, and then tax farmers and ploughmen will not interfere with each other.
The boss, having sent her charges to bed, dresses up and preens herself, hoping, with the help of whitewash and blush, to “excite to fun” Elisha, who has taken a fancy to her. He does not deceive her expectations. But they cannot fall asleep: the chief of the guard, no longer a young man, secretly in love with the boss, patrols all the rooms and discovers Elisha, who barely has time to put on a woman’s dress.
Seeing a girl who is not on his register, the head of the guard gets angry and, despite the entreaties of the boss, orders the unknown woman to be taken under arrest.
Yermiy, this time taking the form of a petimeter (dandy, fashionable - A.V.), again helps Elisha out: he gives him an invisible cap, in which he again enters the boss’s room and spends the rest of the night with her in lovemaking. In the morning, the chief of the guard, having discovered that the arrested woman is missing, punishes the sergeant who missed the fugitive. Elisha lives happily, not knowing the need for anything, and delights the old woman with love, without taking off his invisible cap.
However, after a few months, Bacchus instills in Elisha the desire to leave the Kalinkino house in order to inflict harm on the tax farmers. One morning, when the boss is sleeping, Elisha, wearing an invisibility hat, leaves, leaving her his trousers and camisole. The chief of the guard discovers men's clothes in her room and is going to flog the old woman, but she, with affectionate treatment, seeks forgiveness.
Elisha goes to St. Petersburg through the forest and, tired, falls asleep. He is awakened by the screams of a woman who is being pursued by two villains. Elisha, wearing an invisible hat, beats up the villains, but they cannot understand what is going on: since everyone thinks that one of them started the fight, they begin to push each other as hard as they can until they both fall unconscious. The woman turns out to be Elisha's wife. She tells him about her adventures: after Elisha was separated from her, she followed him to St. Petersburg.
Having an extreme need for money, she got a job as a worker at a brick factory for a German, but one night the owner’s wife found her husband in her bed and was inflamed with such fierce hatred for her that she had to leave, having suffered severe beatings from a jealous German woman.
Elisha's wife ended up in police custody, where she spent the night, and in the morning she discovered that someone had dressed her in men's clothing. When she was released, she went to live with the secretary, who was stealing government money. But, fearing that he would be exposed, he decided to leave, and she had to look for a place again.
Elisha does not reproach his wife for not being modest in behavior, and sends her to the Yamskaya Sloboda to wait for him there.
Elisha himself remains in the forest. Here Silenus appears to him, who takes him to the house of a rich tax farmer from the schismatics. Elisha is looking for wine cellars and enters a bathhouse, where an old tax farmer is steaming with his young wife. Elisha, wearing an invisibility hat, makes the bathhouse so hot that the tax farmer and his wife run away, not understanding what is happening.
And Elisha steams for his own pleasure, after which he comes to the tax farmer’s chambers and hides under his bed.
A severe thunderstorm begins, and the frightened tax farmer gets out of bed to light a candle and pray to God. Elisha, in his invisible cap, lies in his place and takes possession of his sleeping wife. The farmer goes to bed and notices that something wrong is happening with his wife. But Elisha manages to jump off the bed. The worried tax farmer wakes up his wife, and she tells him that in a dream she imagined that someone was lying on her.
The tax farmer thinks that there are devils in his house and is going to call the fortune teller.
Elisha finds a wine cellar, knocks down the locks with his fist and drinks to his heart's content. The old woman of the fortune teller comes to the farmer and boasts to him: they say, she is an expert in various sorcery and conspiracies and can easily remove the addiction to wine from any drunkard. The tax farmer is alarmed by her last statement, and he demands that she not wean off wine, but, on the contrary, attract people to alcohol. She refuses, and he sends her away.
Elisha has been carousing all this time. It begins to seem to him that Bacchus himself and his retinue come to his aid and they wreak havoc in the cellar, after which they set off to empty the cellars of other tax farmers.
Zeus from Olympus observes the exploits of Elisha and decides to call the gods to advise him on what to do with such a daring and daring drunkard. The gods are divided in opinion, but most of them want to execute Elisha. Zeus, after listening to their opinion, announces to the meeting that he has found the right solution.
He notifies the gods that soon people will gather at the Ruka drinking house for a fist fight. There Elisha will show the wonders of his valiant prowess, after which his fate will be decided: the dashing fist fighter must turn into an excellent warrior.
On the appointed day, the merchants and coachmen go wall to wall, and Elisha, in his invisibility cap, causes a rout in the enemy’s camp, but someone knocks off his magic hat, the bully is grabbed and shaved into a soldier.
Option 2
The drinking house “Star” is under the patronage of Bacchus. In order for Bacchus to submit to the stingy and greedy tax farmers, they raised the price of alcohol. The offended and angry young man decided to take revenge on them.
Having crossed the threshold of the “Star”, he met among the drunken visitors Elisha - a gambler, a drunkard and a fist fighter. He behaves quite violently, attracting the attention of others: he drinks a lot, and breaks an empty cup on the Chumak’s forehead, causing complete chaos on the shelves. Looking at the young fighter’s feat, Bacchus decides to use him to commit an act of revenge.
The police appear at the establishment and take Elisha away. Bacchus, frightened by the disappearance of his weapon of vengeance, goes to Zeus, his father. Having awakened the sleeping Zeus, the guy begins to complain to him about the farmers and remembers the promise made by his father: to make the whole world drunk.
The Great God informed his son that Ceres complained about the peasants who stopped working because of drinking wine. Then Bacchus suggests that his father gather a council of the gods and resolve the issue with Ceres, and release Elisha.
At night, Yermiy organizes the escape of the sleeping Elisha and takes him to Kalinka’s house with dissolute ladies. The next morning, seeing Elisha, the head of the house felt a passion for the young man. In her chambers, the guy talked about his life.
Elisha is from Zimogorye. A bloody conflict arose in his homeland, as a result of which the guy lost his mother and brother, and became a coachman in St. Petersburg. The touched boss invites the fighter to become her lover.
At this time, the dispute between Zeus and Ceres is resolved at the council of the gods. The solution was the installation of Wisdom on the throne in order to produce the “most useful law” and judge tax farmers and ploughmen.
In the house of the crossroads, the chief of the guard finds Elisha in a woman's dress and orders him to be taken under arrest. But Yermiy comes to the rescue again and gives the guy an invisibility cap. After some time, Bacchus asks the fighter for help and he leaves the pleasure house.
On the way to St. Petersburg, Elisha strangely meets his wife, who tells her husband about her difficult adventures. After listening to the girl, the young man sends her to Yamskaya Sloboda to wait for him, while he himself remains in the forest. Afterwards he goes to the tax farmer’s house to find wine cellars.
Wearing an invisibility hat, he steams in his bathhouse, takes possession of his wife, finds wine and gets drunk.
Zeus, who observed the daring actions of Elisha, again gathers the council of the gods. They want to execute the guy, but the king of Olympus decides to send him to a fist fight. Here Elisha's magic cap is knocked off and he is taken to serve in the army.
