The life of the working people of pre-revolutionary Chuvashia was heavy and hopeless. But the people believed that sooner or later a happy life would come on the Chuvash land. Belief in the happiness, aspirations and hopes of the Chuvash people, their good humor, cheerfulness were reflected in national folklore." Etikkan and Selime" is a collection of folk tales of Chuvashia. Fairy tales are interesting and sharp in content, told juicy, mischievous. The compiler of the collection S. Grigoriev for many years was engaged in the collection and processing of native folklore.