yellow fairy tale book

Chapter 24 Snow Daughter and Fire Son

Once upon a time there was a couple who had no children and were very anxious.On a sunny day in winter, the couple stood outside their hut. The wife looked at the row of small icicles hanging from the eaves, sighed, turned to her husband and said, "If only I could give birth to as many children as the icicles That's all." "That would be the thing that would please me the most," replied her husband.At this time, a small icicle fell off the eaves and fell into the woman's mouth. She swallowed it with a smile and said, "Maybe I will give birth to a snow child!" The husband laughed at the wife for having such a bizarre behavior. thought, and they went back inside.

But soon his wife gave birth to a little girl who was as white as snow and as cold as ice.If the parents took the baby near the fire, she would cry loudly until they put her back in a cooler place.The little girl is growing up healthily, and in a few months she can run and talk.But bringing her up was not easy, and the parents had a lot of trouble and worry because she had to stay in the basement all summer and sleep in the snow in winter, and she seemed to be happier the colder it was.So her parents simply called her "Snow Girl", which became her lifelong name.

One day the parents were sitting by the fire, talking about the unusual behavior of their daughter, who was having fun outside in a snowstorm.The mother sighed deeply, and said: "It would be great if I gave birth to a fire son!" When she said this, a little spark flew into her arms from the raging firewood, and she smiled and said: "Maybe I want to give birth to a son!" I gave birth to a son of fire!" The man laughed at what his wife said, thinking it was a good joke.But not long after his wife really gave birth to a boy, he stopped thinking it was a joke.This child is just the opposite of "Snow Girl". If he is put in a cooler place, he will cry loudly until he is put close to the fire. Shouting and almost fainting.Xue'er herself tried her best to avoid him, always hiding in a corner as far as possible.The parents also simply called the boy "Fire Son", which became his lifelong name.They also had a lot of troubles and worries, but he grew up so fast that he could run and talk before he was a year old.He was as red as fire, and hot to the touch; he always sat near the fire, and complained of the cold, so long as his sister was in the room he almost plunged into the flames; Nearby, the girl always complained that it was too hot.In the summer the boy always lay in the sun, while the girl hid in the basement, so that the siblings had little contact—in fact, they carefully avoided it.

Just as the little girl grew into a beautiful young girl, her parents died one after another.Then the son of fire (who had also grown into a handsome and strong boy) said to his sister, "I'm going out into the world—what's the use of staying like this?"

"I will go with you," she said, "because I have no one in the world but you. I feel we shall have good luck if we go out together."

The son of fire said: "I love you with all my heart, but at the same time, as long as you are close to me, I will freeze, and if I am close to you, you will almost die of heat! How can we travel together without hating each other?"

"Don't worry," answered the girl, "I've thought of a way to make us bear each other! Look, I've made us two fur coats, and I won't feel too hot in them." , and you won’t feel too cold.” So they put on their fur coats and happily set out on the road, and they were so happy together for the first time in their lives.

The Fire Son and the Snow Daughter had roamed the world for a long time, and when winter came they came to a great forest and decided to stay there until spring.The son of the fire built himself a hut, and kept a great fire inside, while the elder sister stayed outside day and night, wearing very little clothes.It so happened that one day the king of the country was hunting in the forest, and he saw Xue NvNv walking up and down outdoors.The king wondered who this strangely dressed and beautiful girl was, so he stopped to talk to her.He soon learned that she could not stand the heat, and her brother could not stand the cold.The king was deeply moved by Snow's daughter's beauty, so he proposed to her.The girl agreed, and they had a very grand wedding.The king sent someone to build a huge ice house in the basement for the queen so that it would not melt even in summer.He also built a house for his wife and uncle, surrounded by large ovens, which baked continuously day and night.The fire son was very happy, but because he had been in the hot oven all the time, his body became very hot, and anyone who got too close to him would be in danger.

One day the king held a grand banquet and invited his wife and uncle to attend.The son of fire did not appear until all the guests had arrived, and as soon as he arrived everyone hurried outside because the heat he radiated was too great.The king was very angry and said, "If I had known that you would cause such trouble, I would never have invited you to my house." The son of fire replied with a smile, "Don't be angry, dear brother-in-law! I like heat, My sister likes the cold—come, let me give you a hug, and then I'll go home right away." But before the king could answer, the fire son hugged him tightly.The king screamed in agony, and when Queen Snow, who was in the next room to escape her brother, hurried up, the king was on the ground and burned to ashes.Seeing this, Xue'er turned to her younger brother and rushed at him. The siblings started a fight that had never been seen in the world.People heard the sound of fighting and rushed to the scene, only to find that the snow daughter had melted into a pool of water, and the fire son had also been burned to ashes.The unfortunate siblings ended their lives in this way.

(End of this chapter)