The Bridegroom is about a women, Natasha, who comes home one night from the forest after she had been missing for

several days.  While she was away she got splashed by water by a handsome young man.  The next day the matchmaker tells

Natasha that she is to marry the same man who splashed the water on her.  When they are at their celebratory feast, Natasha

begins to tell a story as if it were a dream of what she saw her husband do.  Could she just be lying to get out of the marriage

or is her story really true?