yellow fairy tale book

Chapter 10 The Invisible Prince (1)

Once upon a time there was a fairy who had power over land, sea, air and fire.She has four sons.The elder son was quick, lively, and imaginative, and she put him in charge of fire, which she considered the noblest of all elements.Although the second son is slower in action, he is wise and prudent, so he is appointed to manage the land.The third son is unrestrained and unrestrained. His mother, the fairy, is always ashamed of his flaws and wants to cover them up, so she makes him the king of the world.The fourth son was sentimental and emotionally unstable, so he was appointed as the prince of the sky for this reason.

Generally speaking, the youngest son is always the favorite of the mother.However, the mother did not turn a blind eye to the weak character of the youngest son. She foresaw that the youngest son would one day fall into pain because of a broken relationship.Therefore, the fairy mother thought it best to let the young son grow up with a sense of fear of women.Sure enough, she was happy to see that the younger her son grew up, the less he liked women.From childhood, the prince heard nothing but princesses who encountered all kinds of troubles because of love.The fairy mother painted a picture of Cupid, the god of love, and made her so ugly that she convinced the prince that Cupid was the root of all evil.

This clever mother spared no effort to instill in her youngest son a sense of hatred of women, and at the same time, instilled in her youngest son the joy of hunting, which became his greatest hobby.In order to please the youngest son, the fairy specially built a forest for him, planted the most luxurious trees in the world, and raised all kinds of animals in the forest. All the animals from the five continents on the earth were found.In the middle of the forest was built a royal palace, like no other palace in the world.Thus, the Fairy thought, these arrangements would be enough to make any Prince happy in the world.

It is easy to slander Cupid, but a man cannot resist his fate.In his heart, the prince was tired of his mother constantly talking about this topic.One day, the mother left the palace to deal with other matters, and asked the prince not to run around, and the prince immediately had the idea of ​​​​disobedience.

When he was left alone, the Prince, forgetting his mother's nagging, and growing weary of his company, commanded some air-spirits to take him to a neighboring kingdom.This kingdom is located on Rose Island, where the seasons are like spring, the grass is evergreen, and the flowers are always in bloom.The waves never hit the rocks, and the sea comes ashore quietly at high tide.The island is covered in clumps of golden bushes, laden with grapes, which hang the vines very low.

The king of the island had a daughter named Rosalie, who was more beautiful than the most beautiful girl in the world.As soon as the Sky Prince's eyes fell on her, he forgot all the warnings he'd been given since birth.He immediately began to think what would be the best way to make him happy, and the most convenient way at present was to let the elves bring Rosalie home.

It's easy to imagine how the king felt when he learned the news of his daughter's disappearance.He wept day and night for his missing daughter, and his only consolation was talking to a young, unknown prince who had just arrived at court.The king was unaware of the depth of the strange prince's affection for Rosalie, for the prince had seen her before, and was immediately captivated by her beauty.

One day the king was more sad than ever, and he walked sadly on the bank.After a long silence, the only unknown prince who accompanied the king suddenly said: "There is no bad thing that cannot be solved." He said to the unhappy king: "If you promise to marry your daughter to me, I You must go and get your daughter back."

"Comfort me with empty words," said the king, "did I not see that she was carried up into the sky? Weeping will not move the barbarian who stole her. The poor daughter must be somewhere Missing home bitterly, that place must be deserted, and I will never see her. But, good stranger, go, if you can get Rosalie back, I will let you be happy with her For the rest of my life, I now declare you heir to my throne."

Although Rosalie's father did not know the name and lineage of the young man from a foreign land, he was the son of the King of Golden Island.The Golden Isle was the capital of the kingdom, which stretched from one sea to the other.The walls of the city are covered with gold, reminiscent of yellow sand.There is a narrow bank of orange and lemon trees on the island.All the streets and pavements are paved with gold.

The king of this beautiful kingdom had only one son, and at his birth it was prophesied that his life would be full of adventure.This worried the king and queen very much.A Fairy happened to be present, and to comfort the King and Queen, she gave them a pebble, to keep it till the Prince grew up.Put this small pebble in your mouth, you can become invisible, but you can't speak. Once you speak, the pebble will lose its magic power of invisibility.The immortal hoped that by this method, the prince would be protected from various dangers.

When the prince grew up, he longed to go out to see the world, to see if there was a country as beautiful and rich as his motherland.He traveled abroad on the pretext of visiting another small island under the jurisdiction of his father.A terrible storm sent his ship to an unknown island, and most of his followers were killed by the local barbarians. The prince was spared because of the magic power of small pebbles.He hid himself, walked back to the shore, and boarded his boat.

Then the first kingdom he sailed to was the Isle of Roses.He immediately went to visit the king, Rosalie's father.When he saw Princess Rosalie for the first time, he immediately fell in love with her.All people will be like this.

Besides, it has been several months since the prince of the sky took Rosalie away, and everyone on the island is immersed in sorrow and despair.Although everyone was sad, none of them were more distraught than the Prince of Golden Island.

"My God!" said the Prince, "shall I never see my lovely princess again?" But who knows where she has been swept up?What kind of fairy would take her away for what?The prince said: "I am a man, I have a strong love, I will go all over the world to find her back."

Saying so, he bid farewell to the court and set off immediately.

He walked far, far, exhausted, and still could not hear any news about Princess Rosalie.Until one morning, when he was walking through a dense forest, he suddenly saw a huge palace standing at the end of a pine tree-lined road.His heart beat faster, could Rosalie be imprisoned in this palace?He quickened his pace, and soon came to the gate of the palace, which was made of agate.The door opened automatically and let him in.He passed through three palaces in succession, and all three palaces were surrounded by rolling water, and many birds with very bright feathers sang by the water.There were many precious and beautiful things around, but the prince had no heart to look at them.He only thought of the princess and where he could find her.When he opened the palace doors one by one and searched every corner, there was still no trace of the princess, nor anyone else.In the end, all the houses were searched except one log cabin.The cabin is surrounded by orange trees, and there is a small room in each corner of the cabin.There were statues and rare treasures in three of the small rooms, but there was no one there.In the fourth small room, the invisible prince met Rosalie.However, the joy of seeing the princess again is tempered by the sight of the Sky Prince kneeling at Rosalie's feet to woo her.The princess was shaking her head and saying "no", she said: "You have taken me away from my dear father, and no glory and wealth in the world can touch my heart. Let's go! I only hate and despise you." Said After finishing these words, she turned and went back to her room.

The Invisible Prince followed her quietly, but fearing that he should not be seen by the Princess when anyone was around, he decided to wait patiently for the dark.Using this time, he wrote a poem for the princess while he was lying beside her on the bed.After writing the poem, he pondered what would be the best way to save Rosalie.The result of deliberation is that the "Prince of the Sky" should take advantage of the opportunity to go back to visit his mother and brother once a year.

That day, Rosalie was worrying in the room when she suddenly saw a pen standing up on the table, automatically writing on a piece of white paper.She didn't know that an invisible person was holding a pen and writing, so she was very surprised.When the pen stopped moving, she immediately went to the table and found some lovely poems written on the paper, telling her that someone was sharing her sorrow, no matter what happened, this person would love her wholeheartedly, She will not rest until she is rescued from her enemies.Encouraged, Rosalie told the whole story to the young man from her father's court.At this time, the invisible prince didn't need to cover himself anymore, so he took out the pebble in his mouth, showed his original shape, and knelt at Rosalie's feet.This young man was so handsome, and there was no other place in Rosalie's heart since then.

After the initial ecstasy, they planned how to get rid of the "Prince of the Sky".It won't be easy.Because the magic pebble can only serve one person at a time.In order to save Rosalie, the prince of the Golden Island had to show himself, which would inevitably anger the prince of the sky.Rosalie did not want to hear these words.

"No, Prince," she said, "you have come here, and this island is no longer a prison to me. Besides, you are under the protection of a fairy, who often visits my father the king at this season." Go to her court and ask her to give you another stone with the same magical power. With the stone, it will be easy to escape."

A few days later, the Sky Prince returned from his mother's palace.At this time, the invisible prince had left, but he completely forgot the way he came, and got lost in the forest.After a long delay, when he finally returned to the palace, the fairy had gone, and no matter how much he mourned, he had to wait for the next visit of the fairy, and Rosalie had to suffer for another three months.Thinking of this, he was almost desperate, so he decided to return to the place where Rosalie was imprisoned.One day, as he was walking along a path in the forest, he saw an oak tree with its mouth open, and two princes came out of the hole, talking warmly.The Invisible Prince has invisibility, so these two princes cannot see him and are talking loudly.

"What!" said one of the princes, "how can you allow yourself to be tormented with the idea that nothing can have a happy ending, that there is nothing in all the kingdom that will please you."

Another prince replied: "Even if you are the prince of the land god kingdom, and you have a mighty queen, if you can't win the love of Princess Atherine, what's the use? From what I saw she was sitting in the forest From the first minute in the flowers, I have not missed her for a moment day and night. I love her so much, but I know she will never talk to me. You know, there are three time cabins in my palace. A large mirror in one cabin reflects the past; a large mirror in the second cabin shows the present; a large mirror in the third cabin predicts the future. I saw in the mirror that Princess Atherine had only ridicule and contempt for me, but no love. , that's why I flew here. Think about how unlucky I am."

The Prince of Gold Island was overjoyed to hear this conversation.Because, Princess Acetin is his sister.It is hoped that she can exert influence on the prince of the Land God Kingdom and get the help of the prince's brother to release Rosalie.So he happily returned to his father's palace, and met his good friend the fairy, who immediately gave him a magic pebble.One can imagine how impatiently he returned to Rosalie quickly.However, when he arrived at the palace in the middle of the forest, Rosalie disappeared.He looked everywhere, but couldn't find it.He was so desperate that he almost wanted to kill himself.Finally, he remembered that the two princes had talked about three great mirrors.If he could find the big oak tree, he would know what had happened to Rosalie.Sure enough, he was lucky enough to find the secret passage and enter the second hut, where he saw from the big mirror that the unfortunate Rosalie was sitting on the ground crying bitterly, surrounded by patron saints guarding her day and night.

(End of this chapter)