Emelian set out. When he came to the square, there in the middle stood a new temple not quite finished. Emelian set to work to finish it and by the evening it was all done.
The King awoke and looking out of the palace window he saw a new temple in the square. Emelian \vas busy around, knocking a nail in here and there. The King was not pleased with the temple; he was annoyed that he had no pretext for cutting off Emelian's head and taking his wife for himself.
Again the King summoned his servants.
"Emelian has done this task too," he said, " and I have no reason for cutting off his head. This was not difficult enough; we must give him something more difficult still. You decide what it shall be, or else I'll have your heads cut off first."
And the servants bethought them to set Emelian to make a river that was to wind round the palace and have ships sailing on it.
The King summoned Emelian and set him the new task.
