A long, long time ago a princess who had been turned into a golden duck lived in the cellars of Ostrogski Castle. People said that anyone who found her would be rich.
One year, on Kupala’s night a young cobbler went down into cellars – he was lucky and he met the golden duck. She promised him riches. However, she said there was only one condition: she gave him a bag full of golden coins and said he had to spend them all within one day and not share his riches with anyone.
The boy tried spend his money in one day. He bought clothes for him, he bought full of meal for him, he drank full of beer and wine. He ale day remember of the condition of the golden duck.
It was almost the end of the day, when the boy broke the condition: he gave the last coin to a poor soldier. In a blink of an eye, he lost everything he had purchased with the gold coins.
In this moment he understood that money does not make you happy: true happiness comes from work and good health. From that time onwards, he lived the good life of a master cobbler and nobody ever heard about the Golden Duck again.
