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

Chapter 45 Sisu's Story (2)
Sisu didn't quite believe what he said, but he went on and rang the castle bell nervously. "I have some of the best figs for the king," said he. "It is such a small gift that your Majesty will accept it."

The servant told the king that there was another man outside with a basket of figs, and the king said, "Oh, let him in quickly, let him in quickly, let me play a bet!" In front of him was a basket full of delicious purple figs.The king was overjoyed, poured all these figs into a silver plate, rewarded Sisu with five gold coins, and asked Sisu to be his bodyguard.Sisu accepted gratefully, but said he had to go home first to give the five gold coins to his brothers.

When Sisu came home, Pep said, "Now, see what each of us has received from the king. I have received fifty lashes myself."

"I got 150 lashes," Alphen said.

"I got five gold coins and some sweets. You can share these. The king has let me enter the palace to serve him." After speaking, Sisu returned to the palace to serve the king. The king liked him very much.

When the two elder brothers heard that Sisu had become a big man, they were very jealous, and they planned to embarrass Sisu.At last they ran up to the King, and said, "Oh, Your Majesty! Your palace is magnificent, but to be worthy of you, one more thing is needed—the sword of the ogre."

"How can I get the sword?" asked the king.

"Oh, Sisu can get it for you, go and ask him."

So the king sent someone to find Sisu, and said to Sisu, "Sisu, you must get me the sword of the man-eating monster at all costs."

Sisu was shocked when he heard this sudden order. He went to the stable with a heavy heart, stroked his beloved horse, and said to himself: "Oh, my dear, we must part, the king sent me Take the man-eater's sword." The horse was not like other horses, he could talk and knew a lot of things, so he said, "Don't be afraid, do as I tell you. I beg the king to give you five Ten strips of gold, ride on my back, and the rest will be easy." Sisu believed what the horse said, and begged the king to give him what he needed.Then, Sisu and his horse set off, but the horse had the final say on which way to go, and he gave Sisu advice along the way.

After many days of trekking, they finally arrived at the hometown of the ogre.Then the horse told Sisu to stop a group of old women who were coming out of the woods talking and laughing, and Sisu gave them a shilling each to catch a lot of mosquitoes and put them in a bag .When the bag was full, Sisu slung the bag over his shoulder and sneaked into the ogre's house (the ogre had gone out for food), and Sisu let the mosquitoes out in his bedroom.He himself carefully hid under the bed and waited.It was very late when the Man-Eater came into the bedroom. Weary from many walks, he threw himself on the bed and fell asleep, with his gleaming sword beside him.But as soon as he lay down, the mosquitoes began to buzz around and bite him. He turned over and over, trying to hit the mosquitoes, but he couldn't hit them, and the mosquitoes kept flying close to his nose.He was busy beating mosquitoes, so he didn't hear Xisu sneaking out, and he didn't see him take his sword.But the horse heard the movement, and he was already waiting at the door, Sisu galloped down from the steps, jumped onto the horse's back, and the horse galloped like a gust of wind, without stopping at all, and finally returned to the palace .

In Sisu's absence, the king had trouble sleeping and eating, thinking that if the ogre ate Sisu, it would be his own fault.But he was so overjoyed to see Sisu come back safely that he almost forgot the sword he sent Sisu to fetch back.However, the two elder brothers still hated Xisu very much, because they had hoped that Xisu would fail, but Xisu succeeded.So, one day, they said to the king again: "Sisu took back the sword, which is very good, but if he catches the man-eating monster, that will add to your majesty's majesty." The king thought carefully After these words, at the end, he said to Sisu: "Sisu, you have to catch the man-eater for me so that I can feel at ease. If you need any help, just ask, but you must catch the man-eater no matter what." Sue was very depressed when he heard the king's order, and ran to the stable to ask his horse friend. "Don't be afraid," said the horse, "just say you want me and fifty pieces of gold." Sisu did as the horse said, and they set off.

When they reached the home of the ogre, Sisu rang all the church bells and issued a proclamation. "Sisu, the king's servant, is dead." Everyone was talking about it, and soon the man-eater heard about it, and he was very happy, thinking, "Hey, this is good news, the one who stole my sword." The thief is actually dead." Sisu, on the other hand, bought an ax and a saw, cut down a pine tree in the nearest forest, and chopped the pine tree into boards.

"What are you doing in my woods?" said the man-eater, coming up.

"My lord," Xisu replied, "Sisu is dead, and I am making his coffin."

"Don't be in such a hurry," said the ogre, of course, he didn't know the person who was talking to him at all, "maybe I can help you." So they set to work, sawing wood and nailing Planks, and soon the coffin will be ready.

Suddenly, Sisu scratched his ears thoughtfully, and shouted: "Oh, I'm so stupid! I haven't measured the size yet. How do I know if the coffin is big enough? But let me think about it, Sisu and you They are about the same size. I thought, would you do me a favor and try lying in the coffin to see if the coffin is big enough?"

"Oh, no problem!" said the ogre, and lay down on his back in the coffin.Sisu closed the lid with a snap, tied the coffin tightly again, tied the coffin firmly to the back of the horse, and rode back to the palace.When the king saw that he had indeed brought back the man-eater, he ordered the coffin to be locked in a large iron box.

At this moment, the queen died, and the king soon wanted to marry again.He searched everywhere, but couldn't find the princess he wanted.At this time, the two brothers who were jealous of Sisu came to the king and said, "Oh, Your Majesty! There is only one woman in the world who is worthy to be your wife, and she is the most beautiful princess in the world."

"But where shall I find her?" asked the King.

"Oh, Sisu knows, and he will bring her to you."

Now, the king has long been used to relying on Sisu for everything. He really thought that Sisu could do everything.So he sent someone to find Xisu and said: "Sisu, you must bring me the most beautiful girl in the world within eight days, or I will chop you into meat paste." Said the task seemed a hundred times more difficult than any other, and he returned to the stable with tears in his eyes.

"Cheer up," said the horse, laughing, "tell the king that you want some bread and honey, and a bag of gold, and I will do the rest."

Xisu did as the horse said, and then rode on the horse and galloped away.

They had just walked a short distance when they saw a group of bees lying on the ground. They were too hungry and tired to fly. "Come down and get some honey for these poor little ones," said the horse.So Xisu got off the horse and gave some honey.Soon they came to a small river, and on the bank lay a fish, struggling feebly, trying to get back into the water. "Come down and put this fish in the water, we will need him in the future." Sisu did as the horse said.On a far hillside they saw an eagle whose leg got caught in a net. "Go, let the eagle go, we will need him in the future." After a while, the eagle flew into the sky.

At last they came to a castle where the most beautiful girl in the world lived with her parents.At this time, the horse said: "You must come down and stand on that rock, and I must go into the castle alone. As soon as you see the princess riding on my back, when I gallop out, jump up from behind." , hold her tight so she can't escape. If you fail, it's over for both of us." Sisu stood on that rock, and the horse went into the courtyard of the castle, and he was very graceful ran briskly.Soon a crowd gathered, and they came to see and stroke the horse, and the king, queen, and princess followed the others.When the most beautiful princess in the world saw the horse, her eyes lit up, and she jumped on it, sat on the saddle, and cried, "Oh, I must ride for a while!" But the horse jumped forward, and the princess was afraid of falling. When he got down, he had to hold on to the horse's mane tightly.They rushed towards the stone, and Sisu was standing there waiting, when the horse rushed, and he jumped up and put his arms around the princess' waist.While he was holding the princess in his arms, the princess tore off her veil, threw it on the ground, and threw the ring from her hand into the brook.But she didn't say anything, and they just ran all the way, running.

The king of Sisu, who was watching them from the top of his tower, saw a cloud of smoke in the distance, and hurried downstairs to meet them.He bowed deeply to the most beautiful princess in the world, and said, "Prestige princess, can you give me the honor to marry you as my wife?"

But the princess said, "I can only marry you if Sisu finds the veil I dropped on the road."

The king turned to Sisu and said, "Sisu, if you don't find the veil immediately, you will lose your head."

Xisu thought that peace would be peaceful now, but when he heard the king's new order, his heart sank. He went to the stable and complained to his loyal horse.

"Everything will be fine," the horse replied after listening to Sisu's story, "bring enough food for the two of us these days, then ride up, and we set off."

They retook the way they had traveled, and came to the place where they had found the eagle caught in the net.Then the horse told Sisu to call the king of birds three times, and the bird king answered, and Sisu asked him to bring back the lost veil of the most beautiful princess in the world.

"Wait," said a voice, which seemed to come from a very high place, "an eagle is playing with that veil, and he is coming soon." With the sound of wings, an eagle flew before them with the veil in its beak.When Xisu saw it, it turned out that this was the eagle he had rescued that day.He took the veil, and rode back to the king.

The king was overjoyed to see Sisu coming back so soon, took the veil from Sisu, handed it to the princess, and said loudly: "This is the veil you want, and now I declare that you are my wife. "

"Don't worry," she said, "I will marry you only if Sisu finds the ring I dropped in the river." , just nodded, and went straight to find the horse.

"Come on," said the horse, "it's easy this time." The horse led Sisu to the small river. "Now call the king of fishes three times, and beg him to give you back the ring that the princess lost."

Sisu did as the horse said, and as if a voice from far away said, "What do you want?" Sisu replied that he had been ordered to bring back the ring that the princess had thrown away while she was riding.

"A fish is playing with the ring," answered the voice, "but you can get it back in a moment."

Soon, a small fish surfaced with the ring in its mouth.Sisu recognized the fish he had saved, took the ring, mounted his horse, and went back to the king.

"It's not enough," the princess said loudly when she saw the ring. "Before we get married, we must burn a furnace for three days and three nights, and ask Sisu to jump into it." The king had long forgotten what Sisu had done for him. , can't wait to let him do what the princess said.

This time, Sisu felt that he was doomed. He went to the horse, put his hand on the horse's neck, and said, "This time, we must really meet again, and you can't help me anymore." The impending bad luck told the horse.

But the horse said: "Oh, don't be discouraged. Ride on, I will keep running, and when I am sweating profusely and covered with sweat, you will come down and scrape the sweat off my body with a knife. You must Put this sweat on your body, and after covering your whole body, you will not be afraid of being thrown into the furnace, the fire will not burn you, and nothing will hurt you." Sisu did as the horse ordered, and then went back to the king, He jumped into the stove in front of the most beautiful princess in the world.

The most beautiful princess in the world saw what Sisu had done, and love sprouted in her heart, so she said to the king: "One more thing, you must jump into the fire like Sisu, and I will marry you."

"I will be glad," replied the King.He leaned over the fire, but after a moment of hesitation, he called out to Xisu: "Sisu, tell me, how did you avoid the fire?"

At this time, Sisu could not forgive his master. He had served him so faithfully, but he did not hesitate to let himself die, so Sisu said: "I am covered with lard, so I won't be killed." Burnt."

The king's mind was full of princesses, and when he heard these words, he brought lard, spread it all over his body, and threw himself into the fire.In an instant, the fire engulfed him, and he was burned alive.

At this time, the most beautiful princess in the world stretched out her hand to take Xisu, and said with a smile, "Now, we are husband and wife." So Xisu married the most beautiful princess in the world and became the king of that country.

(End of this chapter)