A mushroom (a melon) grows rapidly and thinks that it will not be long before it will become bigger than an oak. Soon the mushroom (the melon) is decayed but the oak is on its place
| Areal ID | Tradition |
| 4.1.2.4 | Rusyns, Hutsuls |
| 4.1.2.5 | Byelarusians |
| 4.2.4.2 | Estonians |
| 4.2.4.5 | Lutsi (Ludza) |
| 4.2.5.1 | Latvians |