yellow fairy tale book

Chapter 5 The Dragon of the North (2)

One day, the girl took him into a secret room, and on a silver table, there was a gold box.Pointing to the gold box, she said, "This is my most precious treasure. There is no more precious treasure in the world. This is a precious gold ring. When you marry me, I will give it to you." This ring is given to you as a wedding present. It will make you the happiest person in the world. However, in order to keep our love alive, you must cut three drops of blood from the little finger of your left hand and drip it on the ring."

When the young man heard this, he couldn't help shivering.He was in danger of selling his soul.But he was also smart enough, he didn't show his face, he didn't give a direct answer, he just pretended to ask her casually: "What's so special about this ring."

She replied: "No mortal in the world can fully understand the power of this ring. Because no one can fully understand the mysterious inscriptions engraved on the ring. I only have a half-knowledge, but I can do earth-shattering things. If I put Wearing the ring on the little finger of my left hand, I can fly in the sky like a bird, and fly wherever I want. If I wear it on the ring finger of my left hand, I can hide my body, and others cannot see me, but I can see it to everything around. If I wear it on my middle finger, no matter water, fire or any sharp weapon can hurt me. If I wear it on my left index finger, I can make whatever I want. I can make it in 1 minute build a house or whatever I want. Finally, as soon as I put the ring on the thumb of my left hand, the hand becomes extremely strong and can smash stones and bring down great walls. Also, the ring on There are other secret symbols, which no one understands. There is no doubt that they are of great importance. This ring once belonged to King Solomon--the wisest king who ever lived, and in his time, there were many. A wise man. But no one knows whether this ring was made by a mortal. It is said that it was given to King Solomon by an angel."

When the young man heard this, he resolved to try and get the ring, though he was not yet quite convinced of its magical powers.He really hoped that the girl would give him the ring for him to wear, but he dared not ask for it.After a while, the girl put the ring back into the gold box.A few days later, they talked about the ring again, and the young man said, "I don't believe this ring will be as powerful as you say."

The maiden opened the gold box and took out the ring, which shone with such intensity as the brightest sun.The girl put it on the middle finger of her left hand, and asked the young man to get a knife to try to hurt her body.The young man was reluctant at first, but the girl insisted that he try.In this way, he went to get the knife, at first he was trying to play, and then he really tried to cut the girl with all his strength, however, there seemed to be an invisible iron wall between the two, and the girl stood in front of him completely unscathed, laughing loudly .Then, she put the ring on her ring finger again, and immediately disappeared in front of the young man without a trace.Presently she reappeared beside the young man with the ring between her fingers.

"Let me try," said the young man, "and see if I can do such wonderful things."

The girl handed him the ring without hesitation.

The young man pretended to have forgotten what the girl said, and asked, "Which finger can you wear on to avoid the damage of sharp weapons?"

"Left middle finger." The girl replied with a smile.

First the girl took up the knife and slashed the young man, and then the young man took the knife to slash himself, and they were all unharmed.Then the young man asked the girl to teach him how to break the stone.The girl led him into the courtyard, where a huge boulder stood.The girl said, "Now put the ring on your left thumb, and you will know how powerful you are." The young man did as she said, and with a single blow of his fist, he smashed the huge boulder into countless pieces. Thousands of fragments amazed him.The young man thought to himself: "You would be a fool if you don't take advantage of such a good opportunity. This is a rare opportunity!" So when the two of them laughed when they saw the boulder being crushed, he pretended to say it casually. Put the ring on your left ring finger.

"Now, until you take the ring off, I can't see you," said the maiden.

Of course the young man didn't want her to see him, so he put the ring on the little finger of his left hand and flew into the sky like a bird.

Seeing him flying into the sky, the girl thought he was joking at first, so she called out to him, "Come back quickly, my friend. You should understand by now that I am telling the truth." But the young man never left. returned.

The girl regrets deeply when she finds out that she has been cheated.

The young man flew non-stop until he arrived at the residence of the magician who had taught him the language of birds. The magician was very happy to see that he had got the magic ring, and immediately set about deciphering the mysterious symbols carved on it. It took him seven weeks to fully understand.So he told the young man the following words, instructing him how to slay the dragon of the north: "You must have a horse made of iron, with little wheels under its hooves. You must also have a horse twelve feet long. The spear must be as thick as the trunk of a great tree in the middle and very sharp at both ends. In the center of the spear there must be two large iron chains sixty feet long. Once the dragon comes to you, you Put the spear into its jaw. At this time, you must quickly jump off the iron horse and fasten one end of the iron chain to the iron post on the ground to prevent the dragon from escaping. After two or three days , the strength of the beast will be exhausted before you can approach it. After this, put the ring of King Solomon on the thumb of your left hand and give it a fatal blow. But before approaching it, you must put The ring is always worn on the ring finger of the left hand, so that it cannot see you, otherwise it will beat you to death with its tail. When doing these things, you must be very careful not to lose the ring, and not to be deceived by others."

The young man thanked the magician for his teaching, and once again promised to reward him generously if he succeeds.But the magician replied to him, "I have benefited a lot from the wisdom the ring has given me, and I don't need other rewards." After the two parted, the young man flew home quickly.After resting at home for several weeks, he heard that the northern dragon was not far away and would soon come to this country.The king announced publicly: "Whoever can kill this evil beast and save the country will marry his daughter to him and give him a lot of property." The young man went to the king and said that he was very hopeful to subdue the dragon. All that is required is for the king to provide him with all the necessities.The king happily agreed to him, and the iron horse, spear, and iron chain were all prepared according to the young man's request.Everything was ready, but it was found that the iron horse was too heavy for even a hundred men to move it.The young man knew that he had to borrow the magic of the ring in order to actuate.At this time, the giant dragon is very close, and it only needs to jump a few times, and it will jump to the front.

The young man began to think about how to act, how to push the iron horse forward from behind after he got on the iron horse?Suddenly, a raven flew up and said to him, "Get on the horseback and poke the ground back with a spear, just like sailing a boat with a pole." The young man did so, and he could go forward easily.The dragon is waiting with its jaws wide open for an uninvited victim.Just a few steps closer, and the man and the horse will be swallowed.The young man trembled with fright when he saw the dragon, and his blood ran cold, but he did not lose his courage.He held his spear upright, then lowered it and thrust it into the dragon's chin with all his might.He dismounted as fast as lightning, not allowing the dragon to shut its mouth.A loud bang, like thunder, could be heard for miles.This is the sound of the dragon.The young man turned around and saw that the end of the spear had penetrated the dragon's upper jaw, and he knew that the other end of the spear was firmly inserted into the ground.The dragon's teeth bit the iron horse, but it didn't move.At this moment, the young man quickly fastened the iron chain to the big iron bolt that had been prepared on the ground.For three days and three nights the beast struggled, and shook its tail so violently that an earthquake was thought ten miles away.Finally, the beast could no longer shake its tail.Relying on the magic power of the ring, the young man raised a huge boulder that twenty ordinary people could not lift, and smashed it on the dragon, killing the dragon to the ground.

You can imagine the ecstasy of the people when the news spread that this terrible beast had been killed!The conqueror was received into the city, and was received with the most magnificence, as if he were the king of kings.The old king didn't need to do any persuasion work, his daughter had already voluntarily married the hero.In a few days, a grand wedding was held, and the joyful days lasted for a whole month, because the kings of neighboring countries came to thank this great hero who had saved all countries in the world.But no one thought to bury the dragon's body, and now the stench of the carrion was spreading, the air was poisoned, and a plague broke out, killing many people.In order to solve this disaster, the king's son-in-law decided to seek advice from an oriental magician.As the saying goes, "good fortune and misfortune depend on each other", and the king's son-in-law knew that the stolen ring finally brought him bad luck.Since the witch girl lost the ring, she has been tracking its whereabouts day and night.As soon as she noticed that the young man was turning into a bird and flying to the Eastern magician, she immediately transformed herself into an eagle and waited in the air.She recognized the young man at once, for there was a ring hanging around the little bird's neck.The eagle sprang at the bird, and without waiting for the bird to guard him, snatched the ring with his talons, and at the same time grabbed the bird and dropped it to the ground.The eagle and the bird became men and stood there face to face.

"Well, villain, you are now in my hands!" cried the witch. "I gave you love, and you repaid me with betrayal and theft. You stole my most precious treasure, and you want to hurry Happy to be the son-in-law of the king! Now, Feng Shui has turned around, and you are under my control, and I will punish you severely."

"Forgive me! Forgive me!" said the young man. "I know I have wronged you, and I do regret it very much."

The girl replied, "It's too late for your repentance. If I let you go, everyone will think me a fool. You have done twice as wrong. First, you failed my love; second, You stole my ring. For this you must be punished."

After she finished speaking, she put the ring on her left thumb, supported the young man with one hand, held him under her armpit, and carried him away.This time he was not taken to a gorgeous palace, but to a cave on the mountain, with some iron chains tied to the cave wall.The witch bound the young man's hands and feet with chains to prevent him from escaping.She said to him in a very angry tone: "You are chained here until you die. I will bring food every day so that you will not starve to death, but you must never try to be free again." Said Bi Yang and left.

The old king and his daughter waited anxiously for the return of the son-in-law, but there was still no news after several weeks.The princess often dreamed that her husband was suffering, and she asked her father to call all the wizards and magicians, so that they might know where the son-in-law was and how to set him free.The sorcerers and conjurers exhausted all kinds of magic and sorcery, but they could only find out that the son-in-law was alive and suffering, and nothing else.Finally, a famous magician from Finland was invited to the court. He found out that the king's son-in-law was now imprisoned in the East, and he was not imprisoned by ordinary people, but by someone more powerful than ordinary people.So the king sent messengers to the east to find his son-in-law.Fortunately, the messenger met the oriental magician who could interpret the inscription on King Solomon's ring, and he is now wiser for the experience.The magician quickly answered the messenger's questions and showed the way to the cave.But he said: "The son-in-law is trapped there by magic. Without my help, you can't rescue him. I'd better go with you myself."

In this way, they set off immediately, walked for several days, and came to the cave.The son-in-law has been imprisoned here for nearly seven years, but he recognized the magician at a glance, but the magician didn't recognize him at once, because the son-in-law was much thinner than before.The magician performed magic tricks to rescue the son-in-law, and took good care of him until his strength recovered, and then he went home.When the son-in-law returned to the country, he found that the old king had passed away that morning.In this way, he inherited the throne.After experiencing catastrophe and catastrophe, he finally ushered in great wealth and great honor.King Solomon's ring has never been seen by any mortal since.

(End of this chapter)