yellow fairy tale book

Chapter 8 The Dragon's Grandmother
Once upon a time, somewhere, there was a war.The king had a large army, but he paid the sergeants too little to live on, so three sergeants decided to desert.One of them said to the other two: "If we are caught, we will be hanged to the guillotine, what should we do?" The other said: "Don't you see there is a big cornfield over there? As long as we drill Go in, and you won't be found. The army is going out early tomorrow morning."

The three sneaked into the cornfield, but the army did not leave the next day, but camped nearby.The three sat in the cornfield for two days and two nights, almost starving to death.But if they dared to step out of the cornfield, they would die.

The three regretted it and said, "Why did we desert? Now we are going to die a miserable death."

While they were talking, a grumpy dragon flew across the sky.It swooped down and asked why they were hiding here.

They answered: "We are three soldiers who deserted for so little pay. Now, if we stay here, we shall starve to death, and if we go out, we shall die on the scaffold."

"If you will serve me for seven years," said the dragon, "I can lead you past the army, and no one can catch you." The three said, "We have no choice but to do as you say. ” So the dragon grabbed the three men with his claws and flew over the army, and then let them down, far away from the army.

The dragon gave them a small whip and said, "Slap the whip on the ground, and you will have as much money as you want. You can live like princes, with horses and carriages. But after seven years, you will belong to the Me." As he spoke, he put a ledger in front of them and asked them to sign it. "When the time comes, I will let you guess a riddle," Long said. "If you guess correctly, you will be free." After speaking, Long Fei left.The three of them set out on the road with whips.They became very rich, wore fine clothes, rode in carriages, wandered about, ate and drank, and had everything they wanted.

Time passed quickly, and it was almost the end of the seven years. Two of them were very worried, while the other was relaxed and said, "Don't be afraid, brothers, I am not a newborn baby. I will solve the riddle."

The three of them walked into a field and sat down, and the two men stretched their faces.An old woman passed by and asked them why they were so sad? "Ah! Don't ask, you can't help us." The old woman replied, "Who knows, just trust me, I can help you relieve your troubles."

So they told her everything, saying that unless they could solve the riddle he had created, they would never be able to turn over after seven years.The old woman said, "If you want to save yourselves, one of you must go into the forest, where there is a small stone house that is mostly collapsed. He must go in, and he will be helped."

"That's not going to save us!" thought the two frowning men, and stayed where they were.The third one, who was in good spirits, jumped up and went straight into the forest, where he found the little stone house.There is an old lady sitting in the small stone house, she is the grandmother of the dragon.The old lady asked him how he found it and what happened.He told the old lady everything.The old lady liked the young man very much and sympathized with him, so she agreed to help him.

Long's grandmother removed a big stone that was pressing on the cellar and said, "Hide down below so that you can hear the people in the house clearly. Sit quietly and don't make a sound. When Long comes back, I will ask him what is it?" Mystery, he will tell me everything. You must listen carefully to his answer."

At midnight, Long Fei came in and asked for dinner.His grandmother put away the cups and plates, brought out the wine and food, and the dragon brought out as much as he wanted.The grandpa and grandson sat down to eat and drink.During the conversation, the grandmother asked the grandson what he did during the day and how many people he conquered in total.

"Today is not very lucky," Long said, "but I held on to the three soldiers tightly."

"Really? Three soldiers!" said the grandmother. "Aren't they going to run away?"

"They are mine now," said the dragon triumphantly. "I have but one riddle to solve, and they will never be able to solve it."

"What is the riddle?" asked the grandmother.

"I'll tell you. There was a dead sea catfish in the North Sea for their barbecue; the rib of a whale was their silver spoon; the high arched foot of a dead horse was their wine glass."

Dragon went to bed.His grandmother moved the stones and the soldiers crawled out of the cellar.

"Did you pay attention to hear everything?"

"Understood." The soldier quietly went out through another window, and rushed back to find his two companions.He told them how the dragon's grandmother had solved all the riddles.

At this time, the three of them were all elated and excited, and took out their whips to whip the ground, and a lot of money gushed out from the ground.When the seven-year period expired, the devil (dragon) took the account book, pointed to the signatures of the three people, and said, "I want to take you all underground, and you can go there to have a meal. If you can tell me, you What kind of barbecue will you eat, I will set you free, and even let you keep the whip."

The first soldier said: "There is a dead sea catfish in the North Sea, that is barbecue."

Annoyed, the dragon groaned and roared, and asked the second soldier, "What is your spoon?"

"The rib of the whale will be our silver spoon."

The dragon made a face, roared three times, and asked the third soldier, "Do you know what your wine glass is?"

"The high-legged feet of a dead horse shall be our wineglass."

The dragon flew away with a scream, unable to control them any more.The three soldiers took whips and whipped out money at any time, and lived a life of wealth all their lives.

(End of this chapter)