blue fairy tale book

Chapter 1 Prince Hyacinth and the Lovely Little Princess
Once upon a time there was a king who was deeply in love with a princess.It's a pity that the princess can't marry anyone because she is under magic.So the king sent someone to find a fairy and asked how to win the princess's heart.The fairy said to him:

"Your Majesty, you know that the princess has a wonderful cat, which she likes very much. She will marry whoever can step on the cat's tail."

The king thought that this was not a difficult matter.So he left the fairy and decided to step on the cat's tail.

As you can imagine, the king soon went to the princess.And her cat, as usual, came stooping towards him.So the king strode up and stepped down, thinking that he had stepped on the cat's tail, but the cat turned around suddenly, and he could only step on the ground.It was like this for eight days in a row.

But very fortunately, at last the king found the cat sleeping soundly, with its tail stretched out so that it could be easily trampled on.He seized the opportunity and immediately stomped on it.

Meow—with a terrible cry, the cat jumped up like a spring, and immediately transformed into a tall man, staring fiercely at the king and shouting:

"Though you have broken the spell to marry the princess, I will come back for revenge. You will have a son who will never be happy—until he finds himself with a long nose. If you dare Tell someone about it and you'll disappear instantly and no one will see or hear about you again."

The king, though terribly afraid of the witch, could not help laughing at his threats.

So when the man disappeared, he started looking for the princess without thinking twice.Soon the princess agreed to marry him.Unfortunately, not long after they got married, the king died.The queen gave all her love and care to the young prince Hyacinth.The little prince has big blue eyes - the most beautiful eyes in the world and a sweet little mouth.Unfortunately, his nose is big enough to cover half of his face.The queen was very sad to see the huge nose, but the maids reassured her that the nose was not as big as it seemed--it was a Roman nose--just look at history to see that every hero grew With a big nose.The queen, who loved the prince very much, was very happy when she heard this. When she saw Hyacins again, she felt that his nose was really not too big.

Under the care of the queen, the little prince thrived.When he could talk, people told him all kinds of horrible stories about the short nose.Courtiers went so far as to pull the noses of their own children several times a day to please the queen, in the hope that they too would grow longer.Of course, no matter how hard they try, they can't grow longer than the prince's nose.

When the prince grew up and became sensible, he began to study history. As long as the teacher mentioned a certain great prince or beautiful princess, he would carefully tell him: They all have long noses.

The prince's room was filled with portraits of people with long noses.As a result, when the prince grew up, he really thought that a long nose was beautiful, and he was unwilling to shorten his nose, even a little bit!

After his 20th birthday, the Queen decided it was time for him to get married.So she ordered the waiter to send the portraits of several princesses to the prince for selection - one of them was the portrait of the "cute little princess"!

Behold, she is the daughter of a great king, and shall inherit several kingdoms.But Hyacinth didn't think about it at all, because he was already deeply moved by the beauty of the princess.The princess is so charming, he thought, though she has a small nose--which is probably the prettiest thing in her face--but it disturbs the courtiers a lot, for they have grown into the habit of laughing at small noses. As a result, he often ridiculed the little princess's nose without thinking.But they never dared to do this in front of the prince, because the prince didn't think it was just a joke, and he also exiled two courtiers who dared to disrespect the little princess by referring to her small nose.

So others got a warning from this incident and learned to think twice before "speaking".Someone even came all the way to tell the prince: Although a person without a long nose would be useless, but the beauty of a woman is another matter.And flatteringly said: A wise man who knew Greek once read a manuscript, which said that the beautiful Cleo also had an "upturned" nose.

When the prince heard the good news, he rewarded him with many things.Then immediately send messengers to propose to the lovely little princess.The old king agreed to the marriage.Prince Hyacinth traveled long distances, eager to see the princess.

But when he was about to go forward to kiss the princess, the wizard suddenly appeared like lightning, frightening everyone present.He grabbed the princess and disappeared without a trace.

The prince was very sad at this time, and decided that he would not return to the country until the princess was found and rescued, and he would not allow anyone to follow him.He mounted his horse, and was very sad, and let it find its way by itself.

He rode all day without seeing a house.Both he and the horse were hungry and thirsty.Then the night fell slowly, and at last the prince saw a light, which seemed to come from the cave.

He rode close and spotted a little old woman who looked at least a hundred years old.

She put on her spectacles and looked at Prince Hyacins.But it took her a long time to get her glasses on because her nose was so short.

The prince and the witch (she was actually a witch) stared at each other before quickly laughing together: "What a funny nose!"

"It's funny without your nose," said Prince Hyacinth to the witch, "but please don't worry about the length of our noses just now. Please give me something to eat. The horse and I are getting hungry." died."

"I will be of service to you," said the witch, "though your nose looks so funny. But you are my good nephew anyway. Because your father is like my brother. He is well, and now there is another Handsome son!"

"I hope I don't lack anything?" asked the Prince.

"Oh! of course. You have nothing lacking," replied the witch, "on the contrary, you have something more. But that's all right, though a man's nose may be longer, he will still be very distinguished. I said Your father was a friend of mine, and he used to come to see me. You know I was very handsome then, at least that's what he told me. I can tell you the last time I saw him."

"Really?" asked the Prince. "I shall be delighted to hear you tell about it after supper, but I beg you to think that I haven't eaten a morsel today."

"Poor boy, yes, I forgot about that," said the witch. "Come in, and I'll get you some supper right away. While you're eating, I'll briefly tell you my story—I I don't like rambling stories myself either. You know a long tongue is much worse than a long nose. I remember when I was a kid I was admired for never chirping. They used to tell the queen-my mother about it. And it is. You Don't look at me now, I am the daughter of a great king. My father..."

"Your father, I bet he eats when he's hungry!" the prince interrupted the witch.

"Oh, of course. You can also have dinner soon." The witch replied, "I just want to tell you..."

"But I really don't have the strength to listen to any more stories, unless I have something to eat," cried the prince angrily.But thinking how much he needed the witch's help, he thought he'd better be polite, so he said patiently, "I know it makes me happy to hear your stories, and makes me forget my hunger, but my horse is I can’t understand it, I have to feed it first!”

She was overjoyed at his compliment, and called to the servant, "Go and prepare supper. My child, you are very polite, and besides the fact that your nose is a little longer, you make me very happy."

"Damn it! Why is she always having trouble with my nose!" the prince muttered to himself, "She must feel that the part of her nose that is missing has grown onto my nose! If it wasn't for being too hungry, I would have already Can't stand this nagging woman. Foolish people who can't see their own faults. It must be because she was a princess - flattering servants must praise her so much that she really thinks she doesn't talk much. Less is just right."

Meanwhile the servants began laying supper on the table.The prince noticed that the witch was asking countless questions to the servants just to have fun listening to her.He thought it was great fun.Especially one of the maids, no matter what the witch asked her, she kept praising the wisdom of the mistress.

"That's great!" he thought, eating his dinner. "It's a pleasure to be here. At least it proves that I'm wise not to listen to flattery. Those fellows flatter their masters shamelessly, turning black and white, and making good points out of bad things. Fortunately, I have never been deceived by them. I know my shortcomings."

Poor Prince Hyacinth!He really believed in himself so much that he didn't know that the courtiers were laughing at him when they praised him, just as he saw the maid secretly laughing at the witch.

However, he didn't say anything about it.And now he doesn't feel hungry anymore.Then the witch said, "My dear prince, would you please move a little? Your nose blocks the light and I can't see my saucer. Oh! Thank you so much! Let's talk about your father now. I It was 40 years ago when I got to his palace. He was just a kid. I've been living in this desolate place ever since. Tell me what's going on in your place now. The girls are still the same Do you like to play? When I was there, they went to parties, theatres, dances and walks every day.

My dear, your nose is really long!I can't get used to it! "

"Really, mother-in-law?" asked the prince, "please stop staring at my nose. I'm afraid it won't matter to you what it looks like. Don't want it to be any shorter. One should learn to accept what God gives." "So, my poor Hyacinth, are you angry with me?"

The witch said, "But I promise I didn't mean to make you angry. On the contrary, I hope I can do something for you.

It's just that I'm unfortunately stunned by your nose.I'll try not to mention it again.To tell you the truth, it was three times as long as a normal nose. "

After filling his stomach, the prince didn't have the patience to listen to the witch nagging at his nose.At last he mounted his horse and rode off in a swift motion.But wherever he went, people were talking about his nose like crazy.

But he still couldn't accept the fact that his nose was too long, because he had only heard compliments before.

The old witch hoped to make him happy, so she thought of a way.She shut up the little princess in a crystal palace, and then set up the palace where the prince could find it.When he saw the princess here, he was so happy.He tried his best to break the princess's crystal prison, but no matter how hard he tried, the palace remained motionless.In desperation, he felt that he should try to get closer, at least he could talk to the cute little princess.The princess extended her hand so that the prince could kiss it.But no matter which direction he came from, he could not kiss the princess' hand, because his nose was always in the way.Only then did he realize that his nose was really too long.So he sighed: "Oh! I have to admit that my nose is too long!"

Suddenly, the crystal prison shattered into pieces.The old Fairy took the princess by the hand, and said to him, "Now you don't have to thank me any more. Now you know how easy it is for self-pity to make one forget one's faults. Reason can't keep us awake then. Only when we Only when our interests are threatened by our shortcomings can we see our own shortcomings."

Prince Hyacinth, not only brought his nose back to its normal size, but also learned a lot from the lesson.He married the lovely princess and they lived happily ever after.

(End of this chapter)