yellow fairy tale book

Chapter 9 The Giant and the Shepherd Boy

Once upon a time there was a poor child who lost both his father and his mother.In order to survive, he worked as a shepherd boy in the landlord's house.Day and night, he grazes and lives in the wilderness. Only when it rains or snowstorms, can he take refuge in a hut on the edge of the forest.One night, he was sitting on the grass next to the sheep when he heard a sound not far away, as if someone was crying.He got up and went towards the sound, and what he did not expect was his great surprise when he found a Giant lying weeping at the entrance to the forest.The giant seemed to be walking, but there was something wrong with his legs.The Giant said loudly to the Shepherd Boy, "Don't be afraid, I will not hurt you. On the contrary, if you will bandage my foot, I will pay you generously. I hurt my foot climbing an oak tree." The shepherd boy took off his shirt and bound the giant's foot.The giant stood up and said, "Now, I want to repay you. Today, we will go to a wedding together, and I promise you will be very interested.

You should take it easy.However, in order not to let my brothers see you, you put this belt around your waist, so that others will not see you. After speaking, the giant handed the shepherd boy a wide belt, and walked ahead, followed by the shepherd boy, to a water spring. Hundreds of giants and giants gathered by the spring, preparing for a wedding. They danced, Played until midnight. At this time one of the giants tore a tree down to the roots. All the giants and giants became very thin, and one by one went through the hole in the root and went into the ground. The wounded giant Walk at the end and say hello, "Shepherd boy, where are you? The shepherd boy replied: "I am here, right beside you." "The giant said: "You can hold my body and follow me to the ground. "The shepherd boy did as he said, and he couldn't believe it. He found himself in a hall, and the walls of the hall were made of gold. To his great surprise, he saw the table in the hall, The chairs belonged to his master. After a while the giants began to eat and drink.

The banquet was extremely rich, and the shepherd boy had never seen it before, so he opened his stomach and ate and drank.When he had had enough, he thought, "Why don't I put a loaf of bread in my pocket? I'll have something to eat tomorrow." So he grabbed a loaf of bread and tucked it into the waist of his tunic while no one else could see him. in.As soon as this was done, the wounded giant limped up to him and whispered softly, "Where are you, shepherd boy?" The shepherd boy replied, "Here I am." Go back to the ground." So the shepherd boy took the giant's clothes and found himself back on the ground after a while.And the giant has disappeared.The shepherd boy returned to the sheepfold, untied his invisible belt, and carefully hid it in a bag.

The next morning, the shepherd boy felt hungry and wanted to cut a piece of bread he had brought back from the giant's wedding feast, but he couldn't cut the bread with all his strength.In desperation, I had no choice but to eat without slicing.To his surprise, the piece of "bread" he gnawed fell from his mouth to his feet, but it turned out to be a piece of gold.He gnawed and gnawed again, and each time gold fell out without the bread actually being gnawed.The shepherd boy was overjoyed to meet such good luck.He hid the magic bread in his bag, ran to a nearby village to buy some food, and returned to the sheepfold.

The owner of the sheep flock had a very beautiful daughter, who would always smile and nod to the shepherd boy whenever she saw the shepherd boy walking along the field with her father.For a long time, the shepherd boy always wanted to give her a surprise gift on her birthday.The lady's birthday is approaching, the shepherd boy puts on the invisibility belt, takes a bag of gold, slips into the lady's bedroom at midnight, puts the bag of gold next to the lady's pillow, and then returns to the sheepfold.The lady was very happy to see the gold, and her father was also very happy to see the bag of gold.The shepherd boy imagined how happy the family would be, so he sent another sack of gold the next night.In the next few nights, I delivered several times in a row.The lady and her parents thought it must have been sent by a kind fairy.They decided to check it out.The lady's parents hid in their daughter's room and wanted to know who had given the gold.

It was the eighth night.The shepherd boy was about to deliver the gold when suddenly there was a frightening storm.When he arrived at the master's house, he found that he forgot to fasten the invisibility belt in his haste.He really didn't want to go back to the hut to get the invisibility belt in the wind and rain, so he ventured into the lady's bedroom, put a bag of gold next to her pillow, and was about to turn around and leave the bedroom when the owner of the flock stopped him and said, "You little rascal , So you want to steal the gold sent by the gods, don’t you?” Hearing what he said, the shepherd boy was really startled, and trembled in front of his master, not daring to make an excuse.The master said again: "You have been doing well with me, and I am not going to send you to prison. But get out of here at once, and never let me see you again." So the shepherd boy went back to the hut, took the bread With the invisibility belt, exodus went to the neighboring town.

He came to the town, bought some fine clothes, bought a carriage and four horses, hired two servants, and returned to his master.You can imagine how surprised the master would be when he saw his shepherd boy come back to meet him in such a manner.The shepherd boy told the master about the lucky bread, and asked the master to let his daughter marry him.Of course the master was very willing and married his daughter to him.They live a happy and peaceful life and grow old together.

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