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

Chapter 6 Death of the Magic Beaver

A long time ago, there was a big river flowing between two high mountains. A farmer and his wife lived in a thatched hut beside the big river.The thatched cottage is surrounded by a lush forest.Farmers have been very, very familiar with the flowers, trees, trails and paths of the big forest since they were very young.He also became very good friends with a hare, who was always by his side every time the farmer rested and ate by the road after finishing his work.

A magic raccoon noticed their friendship. He was a very nasty guy who loved to do bad things. He didn't like the farmer very much and always tried to play tricks on him.He sneaked into the thatched hut again and again, found the food that the farmer had specially reserved for the little hare, and ate it if he thought it was good, or stomped it to pieces with his feet, so that no one would eat it.Finally, the farmer was annoyed, and he made up his mind to skin the magic raccoon.

The farmer lay in ambush for many days, waiting for the arrival of the magic raccoon.Finally, one morning, he came, and he was preoccupied with crawling into the hut and stealing something to eat.The farmer swooped on him, grabbed him, and bound his legs together so he couldn't move.The farmer was very glad to drag the wretch into the house, thinking that the wretch had done so many bad things that he had finally caught him. "He should pay for what he did, and I'll skin him," the farmer said to his wife. "We'll kill him first, and then we'll stew him." Then he hung the magic raccoon upside down. On the beam of the house, I went out to find firewood.

At this time, the farmer's wife was pounding rice with a pestle in a large mortar to prepare their week's grain. The pestle was too heavy, and the old lady's arms were a little sore.Suddenly she heard crying in the corner, she stopped what she was doing, and wanted to see what happened.This was what the rascal expected, and he quickly put on a pitiful look, said in a low voice that he was bound so painfully, and begged the old lady to untie him.The old lady was full of sympathy for him, but she didn't dare to let him go. She knew that her husband would be very angry.The magic raccoon was not in despair. Seeing that the old lady had softened his heart, he began to beg her again. "I just ask you to untie the rope," he said, "I swear I will never run, as long as you untie me, I will help you pound the rice right away, so you can rest for a while." He continued , "Pounding rice is a very tiring job, and it should not be done by a weak lady." These last words moved this kind woman very much, and she completely softened her heart, so she let him loose the rope.This stupid and poor woman!The vicious magic raccoon immediately grabbed her, stripped her naked, and threw her into the mortar with a snap.In a few minutes, she was pounded into meat slag.But he didn't let go of his hatred, so he put the pot on the stove, and prepared to cook him a dinner with the meat of the farmer's wife.

When everything was finished, he saw outside the door the old farmer coming back from the forest, carrying a large bundle of firewood.The magic raccoon put on the clothes of the old woman in a flash, and cast a spell to transform himself into her appearance.Then he took the firewood, lit a fire, and soon brought a table of food to the farmer.The farmer is very hungry and temporarily forgets all the enemies he has caught.Seeing that he was full, the magic raccoon would definitely think of himself, so he hid behind the door, took off his clothes, and recovered his original shape.Then he said to the farmer: "You are really good at catching animals and trying to kill them. But you fell into a trap you set! You just ate your own wife's meat and wanted hers." Bones, let’s go downstairs and have a look.” After speaking, he turned and ran towards the forest.

Hearing all this, the old farmer was so frightened that his whole body became cold, and he stood there motionless for a long time.When he got better, he went to find his wife's bones and buried them in the garden. He swore to his wife's grave that he would avenge her.After doing this, the old man sat alone in the hut, weeping and weeping in grief. What made him most heartbroken was that he actually ate his wife.He couldn't accept such a cruel fact.

At this time, the old farmer's friend Hare happened to pass by. He heard some movement in the house, so he stopped, pricked up his ears and listened carefully, and he heard the sound of the old man crying.What happened?He stuck his head into the house and asked the old man what was wrong.The farmer choked with tears and told him all this terrible thing.The hare was very angry and sympathized with the old man. He tried his best to comfort the old man and promised to avenge him. "This wicked villain, he must be punished," said the hare angrily.

The first thing the hare did was to find raw materials in the house to make some ointment, and sprinkled a lot of chili powder in the ointment. He put the ointment in his pocket, then took an ax, bid farewell to the old farmer and set off went to the forest.He walked lightly to the residence of the magic raccoon and knocked on the door.The magic raccoon had no reason to doubt the hare at all, and was very happy to see him, because he saw the ax in the hare's hand at a glance, and began to think about how to get the ax in his heart.

In order to achieve this goal, the magic raccoon offered to accompany him to cut firewood.This was exactly what the hare wanted, for he knew all about the tricks and tricks of the magic raccoon.So he gladly accepted the wretch's offer, pretending to be having a good time along the way.The hare took the ax at random and chopped down some big branches that got in the way, and then, after a while, felled another big tree.He said it was too heavy and he couldn't get it home, so he just put it there.The insatiable magic raccoon was very happy when he heard it, and quickly said that this weight is nothing to him.So they got the big and heavy branches together, and the hare tied them all fast to the back of the magic raccoon.The magic raccoon walked home happily with the big bundle of firewood on his back, and the hare followed behind him with only a little bit on his back.

At this time, the hare had already thought about what to do, and as soon as they got home, he lit the firewood on the back of the magic raccoon.The magic raccoon was busy with other things, didn't notice at all, just asked what the crackling sound was. "The rolling stones are ringing," replied the hare.So he didn't ask any more questions, and he didn't realize that it was the firewood on his back that lit up, and he didn't know that the crackling sound came from his back.Until finally his fur also caught fire, but it was too late and there was no way to put it out.The magic raccoon screamed in pain, stomped its feet in a panic, struggled and howled in pain while knocking off the burning firewood on its back.The hare comforted him and said that he had always carried a miraculous ointment on his body, just in case he needed it, and once applied, the ointment would relieve the pain.Then he took out the ointment and spread it on the bamboo leaves, and applied it to the burned area. As soon as it touched the wound, the magic raccoon jumped up in pain and howled in pain.The hare smiled happily, and ran to tell his good friend the old farmer the good news, and told him how he had played tricks on their enemies.But the old man shook his head sadly, because he knew that the villain was only temporarily defeated, and he would come to seek revenge on them soon.

Yes, there is only one way to truly achieve peace, and that is to get rid of the scourge of the magic raccoon forever.But as to how to get rid of him, the old man and the hare discussed for a long time, and finally they decided to make two boats, a small one made of wood and a big one made of clay.They started to do it immediately, and after the two boats were finished, they also carefully painted them.Then the hare ran to the magic raccoon, who was still very badly wounded, and invited him to go fishing.The magic raccoon was still very angry at being teased by the hare, but now he was very weak and hungry.So he accepted the invitation, and went with the hare to the river, where the two boats lay anchored, and the water lapped against them.The two boats look exactly the same, but one is bigger and the other is smaller.The magic raccoon thought that the big boat could hold more fish, so he jumped into the big boat, and the hare got into the small wooden boat.They untied their tethers and rowed toward the middle of the river.When he was far away from the river bank, the hare picked up the oar and hit the boat where the magic raccoon was sitting.The boat was broken in two, and the Magic Beaver fell into the river, and the Hare pinned him under the water with his oars until he died.Then he put the magic raccoon's body into the wooden boat, rowed back to the shore, and told the old man that the enemy was finally killed.The wife's revenge was finally avenged, and the old man felt a little comforted.He took the hare home, and the two of them lived together in a thatched hut in the mountains, living a peaceful and happy life.

(End of this chapter)