Andrew Lan's Twelve-Color Fairy Tale Series: Pink Fairy Tale Books

Chapter 39

Once upon a time, there was a couple who had two children, a son and a daughter.After the wife died, the man remarried.His new wife had an only daughter who was ugly and slovenly, but his own daughter was a very beautiful girl whom everyone called Bright Eyes.Because of this, the stepmother was very kind to the bright-eyed girl, making her do the most tiring work, but she had nothing to eat, but she was very kind to her daughter.That daughter never had to do any heavy work, and always had the nicest clothes to wear.

The bright-eyed girl also had to herd the sheep, and of course she didn't have time to play at all while she was doing it, for she had to gather heather while she was out tending the sheep.Her stepmother made her pancakes for lunch, but the flour had been mixed with ashes and the pancakes were as bad as they could be.

The little girl went out into the field and was picking heather by a small mound. After a while, a little figure in a red hat popped out of the mound, and said:

"Who's knocking off the roof of my house?"

"Oh, it's me, a poor little girl," she said, "my mother sent me out to pick heather. If you're kind to me, I'll give you some of my lunch."

The little man was very happy, so the girl gave him the biggest pancake.Pancakes are not good at all, but anything is good for a hungry person.The little man finished eating the pancakes and said to her: "Now, I want to give you three wishes, because you are a kind little girl. But I will choose these wishes for you. You are very beautiful, and you should grow Be more beautiful, well, there is no girl as beautiful as you in the world. The second wish is that every time you speak, a gold coin will come out of your mouth, and your voice is like the most beautiful music The third wish is that you want to marry the young king and become the queen of this country. At the same time, I will also give you a hat, which you must keep carefully. If you are in danger, you can wear this hat. It will save you."

The bright-eyed girl thanked the little man repeatedly, and drove the sheep home in the evening.By evening she was so much more beautiful that no one could recognize her.Her stepmother asked her what the hell was going on, how she was so beautiful.She never lied, just told the story honestly, that the little man came out of the mound, came to her, and made her so beautiful as she is now.She did not say, however, that she shared her lunch with the little man.

The stepmother thought to herself: "If going to that place makes her beautiful, then my own daughter will go too, so that she can become a little more beautiful."

The next day she baked the most exquisite cake for her daughter, and dressed her up to herd the sheep.But the girl was worried that something might happen, so she took a wooden club for self-defense.

She didn't know how to pick heather at all, because she never worked, but she only picked heather for a little while, and the little man in the red hat came and said, "Who's knocking off the roof of my house?" ?”

"What does it matter to you?" she said.

"Hey, share your lunch with me, I won't hurt you," he said.

"I'll give you something else for lunch," she said, "that's what I want to eat, but if you want to try something, I'd love to give you a stick." And she held up the stick , It's a blow to the little man.

"You're wicked, little girl!" he said. "You're not kind at all. I'll give you three wishes, and I'll choose which ones for you. First, I'll say, "You are ugly, but you should become uglier. There is no one uglier than you in the world." The second wish, every time you speak, a toad will jump out of your mouth Come out, and your voice is howling like a bull. One last wish, I wish you a good death."

When a girl comes home at night, her mother sees her sad face, of course she will be distressed, but what's worse is that when she sees a toad jump out of her mouth when she speaks, and she hears her voice is so ugly.

Now, we have to talk about the stepson.He left home early to make his fortune, and found a job at the palace.At this time, he was granted by the king to go home to visit his sister.He was so happy to see his sister so beautiful and charming, that when they got back to the palace everyone wondered how he was always so happy.He told people that he had a sister in his family, and she was so beautiful.

At last the boy's compliments on his sister reached the King's ears, whereupon the King summoned the young man, and asked him whether all the rumors about the girl were true.It was true, he said, because he had seen it with his own eyes, and he had heard her sweet singing, how sweet her voice was.

A strong desire to see the girl arose in the King's heart, and he ordered the girl's brother to come home and bring her, and he thought no one better suited to do this than her brother.The girl's brother got into a boat and took everything else he needed, and set off home to fetch his sister.As soon as the stepmother heard that he was coming back to pick up her sister, she immediately thought in her heart: "If I interfere, then this matter will never happen. She must not be allowed to enjoy such an honor."

So she made a gown for her daughter, like the most beautiful gown for a queen.She also ordered a mask to be worn on her daughter's face, so that the daughter looked very beautiful.She also sternly warned her daughter that the mask could only be taken off after the king promised to marry her.

Now, the younger brother is leaving with the two older sisters. Before leaving, the stepmother hypocritically said that the ugly daughter is going to give the bright-eyed girl a ride.But when they went out to sea, the bright-eyed girl went to the deck, and the other sister followed her mother's instructions, gave the bright-eyed girl a push, and pushed her into the sea.When his younger brother learned what had happened, he was devastated and didn't know what to do.He couldn't muster up the courage to tell the king the truth, and he didn't expect the king to believe him.In the end, he decided to just take it one step at a time, and let everything take its course.It happened as he had imagined it to be--the King accepted his sister and married her right away, but he regretted it after the wedding night, because in the morning he had nowhere to stay and the room was full of toads .Moreover, when he saw her true face, he was furious at his younger brother, and immediately threw him into a hole full of poisonous snakes.The king was so angry, not only because he was cheated, but because he couldn't get rid of this stinky woman, and he was trapped by her all his life.

Now, we have to hear what's going on with the bright-eyed girl.The moment she fell into the water, she was lucky enough to put the little man's hat on her head, and now she was in danger and immediately turned into a duck.The duck traveled with the boat and arrived at the palace on the second night.It waddled up the drainpipe until it came to the kitchen, where her puppy was lying by the stove in the kitchen. He couldn't bear to stay in the exquisite bedroom with that ugly sister, but he would rather Hide here.The duck jumped forward and talked to the dog.

"Good evening," said Duck.

"Thank you, bright-eyed girl," said the dog.

"Where's my brother?"

"He's in the snake's den."

"Where's my bad sister?"

"She is at the noble king's side."

"Alas! alas! I come here to-night, and I shall come two nights more, and then never again."

After the duck finished speaking, it waddled away.The little girls were very surprised when they heard their conversation, and thought they should catch the duck the next night and see what happened.They heard the ducks say they would come again.

The next night, the duck arrived as scheduled, and many people came to see it.The duck waddled in down the drainpipe and came up to the dog, who was lying by the stove.

"Good evening," said Duck.

"Thank you, bright-eyed girl," said the dog.

"Where is my brother?"

"He's in the snake's den."

"Where's my bad sister?"

"She is at the noble king's side."

"Alas! alas! I came this evening, and another night, and then never again."

After speaking, she slipped away.No one can catch her.But the king's cook thought, "I'll see if I can catch you to-morrow night."

On the third night, the ducks came waddling down the drainpipe again, and she went up to the dog lying by the stove.

"Good evening," said Duck.

"Thank you, bright-eyed girl," said the dog.

"Where is my brother?"

"He's in the snake's den."

"Where's my bad sister?"

"She is at the noble king's side."

"Alas! alas! I shall never come again."

After speaking, she left again, but at this moment, the chef held a net at one end of the drainpipe, and when the duck came out, he immediately covered the duck's head with the net.So he caught the duck, and carried her in, the most beautiful duck ever seen, and the golden feathers on her body made people admire.However, no one knew what to do with her, but they had heard the conversation between the duck and the dog, and they knew that the duck was unusual, so they took care of her.

At this time, the younger brother in the snake cave dreamed that his own sister turned into a duck and swam to the palace. Only by cutting off the duck's beak can she return to human form.He told others about the dream, and the King heard of it at last, and sent him to be released from the snake's den.He was taken to the king, who asked him if he could bring his sister who was so beautiful as he had described earlier.The brother said if they would give him that duck and give him a knife, he would be fine.

They gave him the duck and a knife, and he said, "I don't know what will become of you if I cut your lips off."

As he said that, he cut off a piece of the duck's beak, and a voice said: "Ouch, ouch, you cut my little finger!" In the blink of an eye, the duck turned into a girl with bright eyes. As beautiful and lovely as I saw.This is his own sister, he said.He told the whole thing, exposing how the other sister framed this sister.The bad sister was put into a vat full of long nails pulled by six wild horses, and got what she deserved.As for the king, he was very happy to see the bright-eyed girl, and immediately made her his queen, and her brother became his prime minister.

(End of this chapter)