"Dear children," says the stepmother to her stepson and daughter. A wicked thought has been growing like a poisonous plant within her. "The two of you must go to my grandmother who lives in the forest, and do everything she wants you to . . . and she will give you sweet things to eat, and you will be happy "

In the forest the obedient children find the hut -- and what a curious one it is It stands on tiny hen's feet, and at the top is a rooster's head. With their tiny voices they call out:

"Izboushka, Izboushka Turn thy back to the forest and thy front to us "

The hut does as...