yellow fairy tale book

Chapter 39 Blue Mountain Country (2)

Soon the princess arrived in a carriage drawn by four horses.She asked the man if the master had woken up, but he said no. "It's too bad," said the princess, frowning. "It seems that one night is not enough for him to sleep. You tell him that if he doesn't come and wait for me on time tomorrow, he will never see me again!"

As soon as the hostess left, the blond guy immediately pulled the pin out from the hostess' back.The soldier woke up suddenly, and the first thing he asked the man was: "Has she been here?"

"Of course," said the man, "and the hostess asked me to convey: If you don't wait for her at nine o'clock tomorrow morning, you will never see her again!"

Hearing that the soldier felt guilty, but he still couldn't understand why he fell asleep just as she was about to come.So he decided to go to bed early so he could wake up in time the next day.He did go to bed early.At nine o'clock the soldiers came again to the garden and waited for the princess.The nasty blond fella was hanging around him again, and soon he saw his chance again and stuck the pin into the soldier's back—and the soldier fell asleep again.At nine o'clock the princess came in a carriage and asked the boy if the soldier was awake.He lied and said, "Not yet! Still sleeping, he's as sleepy as yesterday." "Oh! Oh!" exclaimed the princess, "I'm so sorry for him. Didn't he sleep enough last night? Tell He, he will never see me again; give him this sword with my blessing."

So the princess left.As soon as the hostess left, the blond man pulled out the pin from the soldier's body, and the soldier immediately came to life.The first thing he said when he woke up was: "Has she been here?" The man said of course she had, and the princess had left him a sword.Angrily, the soldier prepares to kill the blond fellow, only to find that he has long since disappeared.

Now he's really the only one left.So the soldier came to the room where people were sleeping soundly, where he found two comrades who had abandoned him.Then he remembered what the princess had said to him: just touch them with the stick, and they would wake up.So he first roused his comrades with a stick—and they rose immediately.When they left, the Irish soldiers also gave them a lot of gold, silver and jewels.It would take a long time for the soldiers to wake up all the sleeping people.

However, the matter of the princess's departure haunted his mind all day.Finally, he finally decided to set off, even if he searched all over the world, he wanted to find out about her.So the soldier mounted the best horse in the stable and set off.For three full years, he traveled through the forest and the wilderness, but he met no one who knew the whereabouts of the princess.Until one day he was really desperate and was about to end his life, but when he pulled out the sword from the scabbard that the princess entrusted to him by the blond man, he found something engraved on the sword.He took a closer look, and it turned out that it said: "You can find me in the Blue Mountain Country!" This sentence rekindled hope for the soldier. He gave up the idea of ​​suicide, thinking that there must be hope to find someone who knows the Blue Mountain Country.The soldier searched aimlessly for a long time, and finally saw a light in the distance.He ran to the light.When he got there, he found that the light was coming from a small room.When the old man in the house heard the sound of the horse's hooves, he immediately came out to see who it was.Seeing a stranger riding a horse, the old man asked the soldier why he came here and where he wanted to go.

"I have lived here for 300 years," said the old man, "I have never seen anyone else except you."

"I've been searching for three years." The Irish soldier explained, "Unfortunately, I have never met anyone who knows the Blue Mountains."

"Come in, boy," said the old man, "stay with me tonight. I have a book about the history of the world. Let's look through it tonight and see if we can find the Blue Mountains you speak of; if If there is such a place, it will definitely be found.”

The Irish soldiers stayed for the night, and it was soon dawn.The old man told him that he hadn't slept all night, but he couldn't find a single word about the Blue Mountain Kingdom after searching the whole book. "But don't be discouraged," the old man reassured him. "If there is such a place in the world, my brother will know it. He lives nine hundred miles away. Whatever happens in the world, he will know." to my heart's content." But the Irish soldier sighed that he might not be able to travel that far, for his horse was already worn out. "That's all right, young man," said the old man. "My whistle will help. I only need to blow a couple of times, and you'll be at my brother's place before dark."

So the old man blew his whistle.Before the Irish soldier knew what was going on, he found himself at the door of another old man.The old man also told him that he had not seen anyone else for 300 years, and asked him where he was going.

"I want to find someone who can tell me where the Blue Mountains are." The soldier replied.

"It would be nice if you stayed here tonight," said the old man. "I have a book on the history of the world, and if there is a place, I can look it up before daylight."

The soldiers stayed for one night, but there was still not a single word about the Blue Mountain Kingdom in the book.At this time, the soldier was a little depressed.So the old man comforted him and said that he had an elder brother who lived nine hundred miles away and knew everything, and the soldiers could get any information from him. "I will help you, young man," said the old man, "you can get to him before dark." And he blew his whistle too.Sure enough, Irish soldiers arrived at his brother's house before dark.

When the old man saw the soldier, he also said that he hadn't seen anyone else for 300 years, so he was very surprised that anyone would visit him.

"Where are you going, young man?" he asked.

"I want to ask someone how to get to the Blue Mountains." The Irish soldier replied.

"Blue Mountain?" the old man asked.

"Yes." The soldier replied.

"Although I have never heard of this place name, if there is such a place, I can definitely find it. As the owner of birds all over the world, as long as I blow the whistle, all birds will fly here. In this way, I can Ask them one by one where they come from, so we can find out where the Blue Mountains are."

So the old man blew his whistle.Birds from all over the world flocked at once from all directions.The old man asked where they came from one by one, but none of them came from the Blue Mountains.It wasn't until he had asked almost all the birds that he had missed a giant eagle.He thought it wouldn't come.Soon the old man saw a black spot flying towards him in the sky, getting closer and getting darker.When it fell, the soldiers saw clearly that it was a giant eagle.When the old man waited for it to stand still, he asked why it had taken so long.

"I was forced to," it explained, "Today I flew 10 minutes longer than the others."

"Then where did you fly from?" the old man asked it.

"From Blue Mountain Country." Giant Eagle replied.

"Really! Then what are the people doing there?" asked the old man.

"They are preparing for the wedding of the Princess of the Blue Mountains today!" Giant Eagle described. "For three whole years she has refused anyone's marriage proposal. Until today she gave up hope and no longer thinks that it will free her from the spell." The soldiers will come to her again. Now she can't delay any longer, because she promised her father that she will marry in three years."

The Irish soldier finally knew that the princess had waited so long for himself, but it didn't help, because he had no hope of rushing to the Blue Mountains in his life.The old man noticed that the soldier was very sad, so he asked the giant eagle why he was willing to carry the soldier and fly to the Blue Mountain Country.

"I wish to have sixty cows," said the Eagle, "and they must be killed and divided into four parts. Every time I turn my head, he will throw a part into my mouth."

As soon as the Irish soldiers and the old man heard the request of the giant eagle, they went out to hunt immediately, and finally they brought in sixty bison before dark.Then they quartered the beef as the eagle had asked, and the old man let the eagle down so that the beef could be put on its back.Of course, they first had to find a fourteen-step ladder so that they could climb onto the back of the giant eagle.Then the old man asked the soldier to climb on the back of the giant eagle, and let him remember that every time the giant eagle turned around, he must throw the beef into its mouth.Seeing the soldier sitting on the eagle's back, the old man ordered the eagle to go.Immediately the giant eagle flew into the air, and every time it turned its head, the soldiers had to throw exactly one portion of beef into its mouth.

Unexpectedly, when they were about to approach the border of the Blue Mountain Country, they ran out of beef.As a result, the giant eagle turned a somersault and threw the soldier into the sea.Fortunately, he just landed in the bay in front of the palace, and his feet just touched the ground, so he went ashore smoothly.

He came to the castle and found that all the streets were ablaze with colored lights - the princess's wedding was about to begin.He hurried into the first house he saw, which happened to be where the king's hen-wife lived.So he asked her why the whole castle was so lively.

"The princess is about to marry someone else against her will. Every day she looks forward to the return of the soldier who lifted the spell for her."

"Here is a gold coin for you," said the soldier. "Go, take me to see her quickly."

The old woman led the soldiers, and soon found the princess.She immediately recognized the soldier she had longed for, and they had a grand wedding that lasted for a year.

(End of this chapter)