yellow fairy tale book

Chapter 18 Glass Mountain

In ancient times, there was a glass mountain, and on the top of the mountain was a castle made of pure gold. In front of the castle was an apple tree, and the apples that grew were golden apples.

Whoever picks the golden apple can enter the golden castle.There was a silver room in the castle, and in it sat a princess of astonishing beauty who was enchanted.The princess is not only extremely beautiful, but also extremely rich.The rooms of the castle were full of precious stones, and the walls of the rooms were inlaid with large gold plates.

Many warriors had come from far away to try their luck, but none could climb the Glass Mountain.Although they nailed spikes on the horseshoes, they could not climb halfway up the mountain, but they slid down the steep slope and fell at the foot of the mountain.Some have broken arms, others broken legs, and many brave men have had their necks broken.

The beautiful princess sat at the window watching some brave knights on magnificent horses trying to climb up to her.Seeing the image of the princess is a new encouragement. Many knights from the four continents of the earth tried to save the princess, but they all failed.The princess has been trapped for seven years and is still waiting for someone to climb the Glass Mountain.

Heaps of dead men and horses were piled up around the hill, and many mutilated people lay there moaning.The whole area has become almost a cemetery.It was only three days and seven full years, when a knight in gold armor and a gallant steed appeared, marching towards the murderous mountain of glass.He drove the horse with spurs so that it could run quickly to the foot of the mountain, and began to climb the mountain. Halfway up the mountain, he turned the horse's head and went down the mountain without slipping a step.The next day, he repeated it.This steed walked on the glass hillside as if walking on flat ground, and sparks flew out from under the horse's hooves.The other knights were dumbfounded.The knight had almost reached the top of the hill, and was at the apple tree in a moment.However, in an instant, a big eagle flew out, spread out a pair of strong wings, and pecked the horse's eyes.

The horse is frightened, its nostrils are wide open, its mane is erected, and then it stands on its hind legs and its front is raised high.At this moment, his back foot slipped and he fell down, rolling down the mountain together with the knight on his back.Men, horses, are gone, and all that remains are bones clinking and clinking in golden armor, like soybeans rolling in a pot.

Now, there is one day left in the seven-year deadline.What appeared there was a schoolboy—a carefree, happy teenager, but a tough guy who had grown up healthy.He has seen countless knights break their necks, but he is still unafraid.He walked to the foot of the hill and began to climb the steep slope.

He had long heard rumors from his parents about the beautiful princess trapped on top of the Glass Mountain, and decided to try his luck.Beforehand, he went to the forest, caught a lynx, chopped off the lynx's sharp claws, and tied them to his hands and feet.

Armed thus, he bravely set out to climb the Glass Mountain.

The sun was about to set, and the young man had not yet climbed halfway up the mountain.He was so tired that he couldn't breathe, his mouth was scorched with thirst.A dark cloud came and hung over his head, and he begged for a few drops of rain, but to no avail.He opened his mouth and waited, but the cloud drifted away, not even a drop of rain fell to wet his lips.

Both feet were split and bleeding, and now had to be held on with both hands.As night fell, he tried to open his eyes to see if he could still climb to the top of the mountain.He looked down and saw below!It's a hell on earth with a big grin!The bottom of the valley was littered with corpses, and half-rotting knights and steeds gave off an unpleasant stench.These were all warriors like him once!
It was almost pitch black now, and it was only recognizable by the light of the stars.The poor boy was still struggling to climb, and it seemed that his bleeding hands were glued to the glass to keep him from slipping.Now, he was too exhausted to continue climbing.He saw that there was no hope, and he could only wait for death.Suddenly, he fell into a deep sleep, forgot about the dangerous environment he was in, and slept soundly and sweetly.Although asleep, the sharp claws on his hands and feet were still firmly planted in the glass, so he was quite safe.

The golden apple tree is guarded by a goshawk.It was this eagle that pecked blind the handsome knight's steed, causing tragedy.Every night, it flies around and observes carefully.At this moment, as soon as the moon came out of the clouds, the goshawk got up from the apple tree, flew into the air, and looked around. It saw the sleeping child.Eagle likes to eat tender meat the most. Now that he saw the child, he thought it must be a dead body, so he swooped down.At this time, the child woke up, saw the eagle, and planned to let the eagle rescue him from danger.

The eagle pierced its sharp claws into the child's soft flesh, and the child was in unbearable pain, but he didn't make a sound, and instead held the eagle's feet tightly with both hands.The eagle was taken aback, jumped back to the sky, and took the boy in circles over the castle.The young man held on bravely.He saw the glittering palace, illuminated by the moonlight.He saw tall windows, and one of them had a balcony around it, where the beautiful princess was sitting mournfully, lost.At this moment, when the boy saw that he was close to the apple tree, he drew a small knife from his belt, and cut off both the eagle's feet.The eagle sprang up in pain and disappeared in the clouds, and the child fell down on the thick branches of the apple tree.

Now, the child pulled out the eagle's talons that had been embedded in his flesh, and at the same time sliced ​​off a piece of golden apple and applied it to the wound. The wound healed immediately, and the flesh was as good as before.He picked some golden apples, put them in his pocket, and went into the palace.The palace gate is guarded by a giant dragon.But when the child threw a golden apple at the dragon, the dragon disappeared.

At the same moment the palace doors were opened, and the young man saw a courtyard full of flowers and beautiful trees, and on the balcony sat the lovely enchanted princess with her entourage.

When the princess saw the young man, she ran to him, and greeted him as her husband and master.She gave him all her treasures, and the youth became a rich and powerful ruler.But he could not return to the world since then, because only the big eagle guarding the princess and the castle could use its wings to send the huge wealth back to the world, and the big eagle died shortly after his feet were cut off.Its body was later found in a wooded area in the Glass Mountains.

One day the young man was walking in the palace garden with the princess, his wife, when he looked down from the edge of the Glass Mountain and was surprised to see a crowd gathered below.He blew his silver whistle and summoned the swallow as a messenger.

"Fly down the mountain and ask what's going on." He instructed Yanzi.The swallow flew down like lightning, and soon came back to report:
"The blood of the eagle brought back to life all the dead below. All those who were punished on this mountain woke up today as if they had slept. They mounted their horses and went home. The whole country The people were all overjoyed to see this unheard-of miracle!"

(End of this chapter)