Na krayu Nechistogo Lesa zhili lyudi Devyati dereven'. Zhili tak, kak zhili do nikh vekami ikh predki, predstaviteli udivitel'nogo naroda ibo, i pochitali svoikh prichudlivykh, po-chelovecheski kapriznykh bogov i strogikh, no dobrykh dukhov. Ispolnyali obryady, na vzglyad chuzhezemtsev - strannyye i zhestokiye. Voyevali, mirilis', rastili detey. Trudilis' na polyakh i sobirali urozhay. Pili domashneye pal'movoye vino i veselilis' na prazdnikakh.A potom prishli yevropeytsy - s namereniyem nauchit ...