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

Chapter 46 Don Giovanni Lafortuna
Once upon a time, there was a man named Tang?Giovanni Lafortuna, who lived in a splendid house built by his father.He spent money like water, and quickly spent it all, leaving nothing behind.Don now?Giovanni was no longer a rich man who had everything he wanted. He had to put on the clothes of a vagabond and wander from place to place, begging for a living.

One day, as he was walking along a road, he was suddenly stopped by a handsome man, whom he had never seen before, but Don Giovanni, who had never seen him, saw that he was the devil.

"Do you want to be rich?" said the devil, "do you want to live a comfortable life?"

"I think so, of course I do," Tang replied.

"Well, here's a purse, and you take it, and say to it, 'My dear purse, give me some money.' You can have as much money as you want. But you have to promise that in these three years For three months and three days, don't bathe, comb your hair, trim your beard, and don't change your clothes. This magic will work. If you do it honestly, when the time comes, this wallet will be yours, no strings attached restricted."

Don Giovanni at this time was a man who never used his brain to plan the future.He didn't think about how uncomfortable the past three years would be. He just thought that with this wallet, he would have everything he wanted, and in fact, he could make do if he didn't have those things.So he happily put the wallet in his pocket and left.After a while, as he pleased, he would ask this purse for money, and he would always get as much as he wanted.For a while he completely forgot how dirty he had become, but his joy did not last long, for his hair was matted with ashes and dirt, and hung down over his eyes, while his Clothes, too, had become a mess of tattered, sloppy rags.

That's what he looks like now.One morning, he happened to pass by a mansion, the sun was bright and warm, and he sat on the steps, ready to brush off the dust from his body along the way.But after a while, a maid saw him and reported to the master, saying: "My lord, please drive that beggar who is sitting on the steps away, or the house will be full of dust from him."

So the master came out, and he was really afraid of approaching Tang, so he stood far away and shouted loudly: "You sloppy beggar, get out of my door!"

"You don't have to be so violent," said Don Giovanni, "I'm not a beggar, and if I like, I can drive you and your wife out of this house of yours!"

"Only you?" said the gentleman, laughing.

"Will you sell me this house?" said Don Giovanni. "I can buy it now."

"Ah, the filth is crazy!" thought the gentleman, "and I can take his offer and play with him." So he said aloud, "Okay, come with me, we'll get a lawyer, Ask him to make a deed." Don Giovanni followed him, and they made a deed, according to which the house was to be sold immediately to Don, and Don was to pay a large sum within eight days.So Don went to a hotel and asked for two rooms. He stood in one room and said to his wallet, "Dear wallet, fill this room with gold." Eight days later, the room was full of gold. It is full of gold, and it will not work to put one more gold coin.

The landlord came to get the money, and Don Giovanni led him into the room, saying, "Here, take whatever you want." The gentleman was speechless from ear to ear at the astonishing sight, but he had promised to take the money. After selling the house, he had no choice but to take the money and take his wife to find shelter elsewhere.Don Giovanni left the hotel and lived in this luxurious mansion, but his shabby appearance did not match the mansion at all.Moreover, he is getting dirtier every day.

Soon the reputation of his wealth reached the king, who was always short of money.He sent for Don Giovanni to borrow a large sum of money from him.Don Giovanni was more than happy to lend it to the king, and the next day sent a great carriage full of sacks of gold.

"Who is he?" the king murmured in his heart, "Hey, why is he richer than me!"

The king took what he needed, and ordered the rest of the gold to be returned to Don Giovanni.But the Don refused to take back the gold, and said, "Tell Your Majesty, I feel sorry for him doing this. I will certainly not take back this little gold. If he doesn't want it, you can take it yourself."

The servant went back and reported his words to the king. The king was even more surprised. He wondered how a person could be so rich.Finally, he said to the queen: "Dear queen, this man has helped me a lot, and he is very gentlemanly, and I am not allowed to return the money. I think we should marry our eldest daughter to him." .”

The Queen was so pleased with this idea that the King sent another envoy to Don Giovanni to tell him that the King wanted to marry the eldest daughter to him.

"Your Majesty is too merciful," he answered, "and I must obey."

The embassy reported his answer to the king, but the embassy came again and asked Don Giovanni to give them a portrait of him, so that they could see what kind of person he was.When the portrait came, the princess saw the filthy man and screamed, "My God! Want me to marry this dirty beggar? No, never!"

"Alas, boy," said the king, "how could I have thought of this rich Don? Would Giovanni have such a character? But I have made a decree, and I can't go back, so I can't help you." gone."

"No, father, I'd rather you cut off my head if you could, than marry that dreadful beggar—never marry him!"

The queen also intervened, and berated her husband for wishing his daughter to marry such an ugly creature.

Then the youngest daughter said: "My dear father, don't be sad. Now that you have spoken, let me marry Don Giovanni." The king bent down, thanked her, and kissed her.But the queen and princess just laughed at her.

The matter was thus settled, and the king sent a count to Don Giovanni to ask him when the wedding was to be held, so that the princess might be ready.

"Only two months later." Don Giovanni said, the deadline set by the devil was approaching, and he hoped to spend a whole month to wash off the dust on his body from the past three years.

His pact with the devil expired, and from that moment on he shaved, cut his hair, burned his rags, and bathed all day in clean, lukewarm water.Finally, he felt that he was clean again, so he put on gorgeous clothes, rented a luxurious boat, and solemnly came to the palace.

All the royal staff came to greet him.Along the way, the queen and princess laughed at the little sister, laughing that she would marry a sloppy husband.But when they saw him, they realized how handsome he was, and they were so jealous and angry that they lost their eyesight, and fell into the sea and were drowned.The little princess was very happy to see the good fortune come, and after the funeral for her mother and sister, they held a grand wedding ceremony.

Soon the old king died too, and Don Giovanni became king.He loved his wife, and his wallet always gave him enough money, and he lived a rich and happy life until his death.

(End of this chapter)