yellow fairy tale book

Chapter 12 The Cabbage That Turned into a Donkey
Once upon a time there was a young hunter who bravely walked into the forest.He was complacent, relaxed, and whistled all the way, but met an ugly old woman.The old woman said to him, "Good morning, young man! I can see that you are very happy now, but I am thirsty and hungry. Give me something to eat!" The young hunter took pity on the old woman and took out everything in his pocket. Gave it to the old woman.He was about to continue on his way when the old woman stopped him and said, "Dear hunter, listen to what I have to say. You are a kind man, and I want to give you a present. You will not go long before you will see the tree There are nine little birds fighting over a coat. You aim your gun at them, shoot one bird, and the others fly away, and the coat falls off. You take the coat, it's a 'wish coat' , put it on your shoulders, wherever you want to go, you will be there in the blink of an eye. Then take out the heart of a dead bird, swallow it whole, and every morning you will find a piece of gold under your pillow .”

The young hunter thanked the wise old woman, thinking, "These things she says are very good, and I don't know whether they are true or not." He advanced a hundred yards, heard chattering in the branches overhead, and looked up. When I looked around, I saw a group of small birds fighting for a piece of clothing with their beaks and claws, pulling it over and over, and it was very fierce. "Ah!" said the hunter, "that's interesting! It's just like what the old woman said." He unloaded the shotgun from his shoulder, aimed at the center, and pulled the trigger. The feathers fell, and the birds flew away screaming. , a bird was hit by a bullet and fell to the ground and died.The coat also fell down.The hunter did as the old woman had said, opened the bird's chest, took out the bird's heart, swallowed it alive, took his coat and went away.After waking up the next morning, thinking of the old woman's words, I stretched my hand under the pillow and touched a gleaming gold leaf.It was the same the next day, every morning tried and tested.He had accumulated a large pile of gold leaves, but he thought: "I have been staying at home, guarding this pile of gold leaves, what's the use? I must go out for a walk and see the outside world." In this way, he bid farewell I left my parents, took my shotgun and hunting bag, and went on a trip.

One day, he came to a plain through the forest and saw a large palace.At one of the windows stood an old woman and a very beautiful young lady, looking out of the window.The old woman was a witch, and she said to her daughter, "There comes a man who came out of the forest, and there is a treasure hidden in him. Dear daughter, we must try to get it, and we will compare He's more entitled to this treasure. He's got a bird's heart in him, and a piece of gold under his pillow every morning."

The witch told her daughter how to get it, and asked her to trick the hunter; finally, the witch angrily threatened her daughter: "If you don't obey me, I will punish you!"

The young huntsman came nearer to the palace, and seeing the beauty of the lady, he could not help thinking, "I have traveled too much, and it is time to rest. I will enter this palace, and I have money." And the real The reason was that he was fascinated by the lady's beauty.

He entered the palace and was received very politely and generously.It was not long before he fell in love with the Witch's daughter, and looked into her eyes without thinking of anything else.As long as the lady wants, he will find it for her.At this time, the old witch devised a plan. "We must have the bird's heart, and the young will not notice." She mixed a drink, poured it into a glass, and handed it to her daughter, to hold it to the hunter.

"Drink this for me, my dearest love," said Mademoiselle.The hunter took it and drank the drink in one gulp, and the bird's heart jumped out of his mouth.The young lady caught the bird's heart secretly, and swallowed it in her own mouth, just as the old witch made her do.From then on, there was no gold leaf under the hunter's pillow.But he was so fascinated that nothing else mattered as long as he had a lady for company.

The old witch said to her daughter: "We have got the bird's heart, and we still need that 'wish clothes'."

The daughter replied: "Leave the 'wish clothes' to him, he has already lost his wealth."

The old witch was furious, and said: "This dress is a treasure, it is hard to find in the world, I must have it." She even beat her daughter, and threatened that if she did not obey, she would suffer a serious illness.

The daughter had to obey.One day she stood at the window, looking into the distance, looking very sad.

"Why are you standing there looking so sad?" the hunter asked.

"Ah, my dear," replied the lady, "there is a great granite mountain with many precious stones on it. I have been thinking of going there, and it makes me sad to think about it. Who can take back these precious stones? Only birds can Fly over there. Don't even think about it, man."

"If nothing else," said the hunter, "I can easily settle this matter for you."

The hunter surrounded him and the lady with his coat, and wished to go to Granite Mountain, and in an instant, they arrived at Granite Mountain.The hillsides are full of sparkling gems that are a delight to look at.They collected a collection of the most beautiful and precious gems.At this time, the old witch cast a spell to make the hunter drowsy.

The hunter said to the lady, "Let's sit down and rest for a while. I feel so tired that I can't even stand."

So they sat down, and the hunter fell asleep with his head resting on the lady's lap.As soon as the hunter fell asleep, the lady took off the coat from his shoulders, put it on her own shoulders, left the granite mountain, and returned to her home.

When the hunter woke up, he found that his lover had betrayed him, abandoned him, and left him alone on the barren hill. "Oh," said he, "there's so much treachery in the world!" and he sat there very sad and disturbed, and didn't know what to do.

This barren mountain belongs to ferocious giants.It was not long before the young hunter saw three giants striding towards him.He quickly lay down and pretended that he accidentally fell into the deep valley.

Three giants approached, and the first one poked him with his toe and said, "What kind of insect is this?"

"Stamp it to death," said the second giant.

The third giant said in a contemptuous tone: "It's not worth the trouble! Let it go, it won't live long, and when it climbs a little higher, the white cloud will take it away."

So saying the three giants walked away.The hunter heard their conversation, and as soon as they were gone, he climbed up to the top of the hill.Not long after reaching the top of the mountain, a white cloud floated over, wrapped him up, and carried him away.After flying in the sky for a while, it landed and fell into a walled vegetable garden.He got up from the pile of vegetables.Said: "If only I could eat a la carte. I'm so hungry I can't bear it. There are no apples, no pears, no fruit of any kind—only vegetables." Then he thought: "If necessary, I'll just eat lettuce. Lettuce doesn't taste very good, but it can cheer me up." So he found a cabbage, and after a few bites, he felt a strange feeling that he was changing.He grew four legs, a big head, and two long ears. Looking in the mirror, he turned into a donkey.At this time he was still very hungry.As a donkey, he felt that the cabbage was extremely tender and delicious, so he ate it.Finally, he ate another kind of cabbage, and before he had finished devouring it, he felt that he was changing again, turning back into a human being.

The hunter felt tired now, and lay down and fell asleep.Waking up the next morning, picking a good cabbage and a spoiled cabbage, he thought, "This time I can get my stuff back. I will punish the treacherous." He took the cabbage Put it in a bag and climb over the wall to find the palace where your lover lives.After walking for a few days, it was easy to find the palace.He made himself so disheveled that even his own mother could not recognize him, so he entered the palace and begged permission to stay overnight.

"I'm so tired," he said, "I can't walk."

The witch said, "Country man, who are you? What do you do?"

The hunter replied: "I was sent by the king's envoy to find the best lettuce in the world. I was lucky to find it. But the sun was so strong that it wilted the cabbage. I don't know if I can take it back." Want to eat lettuce, say: "Dear country people, let me taste some of that good lettuce."

"What's wrong with that?" the hunter replied, "I have two with me, and I will give you one."

As he spoke, he opened the bag, and gave the old witch the spoiled cabbage.The old witch had no doubts, thinking of the delicious lettuce, her mouth watered.The lettuce was ready, and before it was served on the table, she couldn't wait, and immediately ate a few leaves, and instantly lost her human form and turned into a donkey, running to the courtyard.

A maid walked into the kitchen and saw that a plate of lettuce had been prepared, so she picked it up and sent it to the dining room. On the way, according to the old habit, she took a bite of the lettuce to taste.Immediately, the magic took effect, and it also became a donkey, and ran into the courtyard to join the old witch, and the plate of lettuce fell to the ground.At this time, the king's envoy was sitting with the beautiful lady, but no one brought the lettuce, and she wanted to taste it, so she asked, "Where is the lettuce?"

"The cabbage must have worked," thought the hunter, so he said, "I'll go into the kitchen and get it myself."

He went into the kitchen and saw two donkeys playing in the courtyard, and the lettuce was scattered all over the ground.

"That's right," he said, "these two deserve it!" He put the rest of the lettuce on a plate and gave it to the lady.

"I brought these delicious dishes to you myself," he said, "so you won't have to wait."

The young lady ate the lettuce, and like everyone else, she immediately lost her human form and turned into a donkey, running into the courtyard.

After the hunter washed his face, the three donkeys recognized him.He went into the courtyard and said, "Now, have you been rewarded for your treachery?"

He tied them together with a rope, and drove them into the mill.He knocked at the door, and the miller put his head out of the window to ask him what he wanted.

"I have three donkeys," he said, "and I don't want to keep any more. Stay and feed them if you like, and I'll give you money. But do with them as I tell you."

"How can that be done?" said the Miller. "What shall I do with them?"

The hunter said that the old donkey—that was the old witch—was fed once and thrice a day; the younger—that was the maid—fed three and one;He couldn't bear to see Miss being beaten.

Then he went back to the palace and found all the things he wanted.A few days later, the miller said that the old donkey who had been fed once a day and beaten three times died. "The other two," he said, "of course they are not dead. They were fed three times a day, but they are very sad and don't seem to live long."

Now the hunter sympathized, and put aside his anger, to let the miller drive them back.When they came back, the hunter fed them cabbages that had become better, and they immediately became human again.At this time, the beautiful lady knelt down before the hunter and said, "Oh dearest, please forgive me for my wrongdoing! My mother forced me to do it, it was not my intention, I really love you Yours. Your 'wish dress' is hanging in the closet, and as for the bird heart, I can return it to you after I make the drink."

The hunter had changed his mind and said, "Keep it, it's all the same anyway, and I want you to be my dearest wife."

The wedding was held grandly, and the two lived a happy life together for a lifetime.

(End of this chapter)