Retold by Arthur Ransome, Uri Shulevitz
The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship, a Russian Tale
Hardcover
(Sunburst Aug. 16, 1987)
, A Sunburst Book edition
The Czar announced that whoever brought him a flying ship could marry his daughter. The Fool of the World, the youngest son of a peasant couple, set out to marry the Princess. His mother gave him "some crusts of dry black bread and a flask of water" in a bag for his trip.