blue fairy tale book

Chapter 10 East of the Sun and West of the Moon (1)
Once upon a time there was a poor father who had many children but did not have enough food or clothing for them.They were all beautiful, especially the youngest daughter, who was beyond description.

One fall, late on a Thursday night, the weather was terrible, it was raining heavily, and it was dark.

The cabin trembled from the wind.The whole family is busy with their own affairs around the fire.Suddenly someone tapped three times on the windowpane.Father went out of the house to see who it was, but found a big white bear standing there.

"Good evening." Ice Bear greeted him.

"Good evening," he replied.

"Would you like to give me your little daughter?" asked Ice Bear. "If you would, you would not be so poor as you are now, but would become very rich."

The father wasn't against getting rich, but he thought to himself, "I've got to ask my little girl first." So he went in and told everyone that there was a great pyrenes outside who really wanted to make them rich, but with one request: I want to take my little daughter away.

The younger daughter disagreed because she didn't believe it.So my father had to go out to discuss with the great pyrenes, hoping that it would come back next Thursday night to hear his answer.

Later, the father persuaded the daughter and told her that everyone would get a lot of wealth, and it might not be a bad thing for her.In the end she decided to go with Ice Bear.So she washed and mended all her old clothes, and made herself beautiful, and got ready to pack.In fact she didn't have much to take away either.

The next Thursday night, Pyrenees came to fetch her.She sat on the bear's back with a package and said goodbye to her family.After walking a long way, the big white bear asked her, "Are you afraid?"

"No, I'm not afraid," she said.

"Hold on to me, and there will be no danger," it said.

Then they walked a long way, until they came to a big mountain.Big Pyrenees knocked on the mountain, and a door opened.They entered a castle: all the rooms were brightly lit and resplendent, and the tables in the hall were filled with feasts, all of which were too beautiful to believe.Ice Bear gave her a silver bell and told her that if she needed anything she could just ring the bell and get it.After dinner, as night fell, she was so sleepy after the journey that she thought she should go to bed and sleep.She had hardly rung the bell when she found herself standing in a room covered with beds.That bed is so gorgeous that whoever looks at it will want to sleep for a while.The pillows were of silk, the curtains were trimmed with gold, and everything in the room was either gold or silver.But as soon as she lay down after turning off the lights, a man came into the room and lay beside her.He is the big pyrenes who can only shed their hides at night.She never got a good look at him, but he came every time the lights were out and left before dawn.

At first everything was fine and she was very happy.But it didn't take long for her to feel sad, because no one was with her every day, and she wanted to go back to her parents, brothers and sisters.When Polar Bear asked her what she wanted, she told him that he was bored up in the mountains, alone all the time, and at home with his brothers and sisters.She is very sad that there is no way to be with them now.

"There may be a solution to the problem," said Ice Bear, "as long as you promise not to talk to your mother alone, because she will control you." It went on to say, "She will take you to a room to talk to alone." You talk. You must not do it, or it will bring misfortune to both of us."

So on a Sunday, Big Pyrenees came to tell her that she could go to see her parents, and then she sat on the back of the big Pyrenees and drove home together.After a long, long time, and walking a long, long way, at last they came to a big white house.Her siblings are chasing and playing.She thought it was all beautiful, it looked so good.

"Your parents live here," said Ice Bear, "but don't forget what I told you, or bad luck will come to you and me."

"Absolutely not," she said, "I will never forget." Ice Bear saw her back home, turned around and walked away.

After the youngest daughter returned to her parents, there was a long celebration at home.Everyone felt they owed a big thank you to her for everything she had done for them.Now they have everything they want - as good as it gets.They all asked how she was doing on the mountain.She said everything was fine and had everything she wanted.Then, after lunch, things happened exactly as Ice Bear had predicted.Her mother wanted to talk to her alone in her room.But the youngest daughter still remembered what Bai Xiong told her, so she didn't go no matter what.

"We can talk anytime," she declined.But no matter how she refused, in the end Selan was persuaded by her mother and had to tell the whole story.She said that every night after all the lights went out, there was always a man lying beside her, but she never saw him clearly, because every morning he left again before dawn.She also talked about how sad she was every day, how happy she would be to see him, how boring and lonely she was alone every day. "Oh!" exclaimed the mother. "You must have slept with the Rumpster! But I'll show you how to see him. You'll take some candles and keep them in your bosom. When he is asleep you light a candle to see his face, but be careful not to drip the oil on him."

So she took the candles and hid them in her bosom.After nightfall, Ice Bear came to pick her up.After walking for a while, Ice Bear asked her if the thing he said earlier happened.She had no choice but to admit it. "Well, if you do what your mother says," he said, "you've done us both a misfortune."

"No," she explained, "I didn't do anything." At the castle, she went to bed to find that everything was as before, with a man lying down beside her.In the middle of the night, she felt that he had fallen asleep, so she got up and lit a match, lit a candle, and let the candle light shine on his face.She saw his face clearly: he was certainly a handsome prince.look!How beautiful his eyes are!She fell deeply in love with him, and felt that she would die if she did not kiss him at this moment.So she actually kissed him.But when she kissed him, she accidentally dripped three drops of candle oil on his shirt.He was woken up. "You see what you have done?" he said. "You have brought misfortune to both of us. If you can hold out another year, I will be free. My stepmother has made me Ice Bear, you can only change back at night. But now you and I are finished, and I must leave you and go to her. She lives in a castle east of the sun and west of the moon. There also lives a long The princess with the long nose, now I must marry her."

She wept and regretted, but it was no use, because he had to go.So she asked him again if he could take her with him.Of course not. "Then can you tell me the way to get there? I'll go find you—I think I should be able to do that."

"Well, you can do that," he said, "but there's no way to get there. The castle is east of the sun and west of the moon, and you'll never find your way there."

When she awoke next morning, the prince and the castle were gone.She was lying on a piece of green cloth over a thick black board, and beside her was a bundle of old clothes from her own home.So after she rubbed her eyes to get rid of sleepiness, she cried and cried until she was too tired to cry.Then she decided to leave here to find the prince.After walking for many days, she finally came to a big mountain.

An old woman sat outside the mountain, playing with a golden apple.The girl went up to her and asked her if she knew how to get to the castle. There lived a prince and his stepmother in that castle. long princess. "How do you know him?" asked the old woman. "Are you the one who should marry him?" "Yes, I am," she said. "So it was you?" said the old woman again. "All I know is that he lives in a castle east of the sun and west of the moon.

You have to walk a long way to get there, and it's no use even if you get there.But you can ride my horse and go find one of my old neighbors.Maybe she'll tell you something about him.When you get there, just tap the horse under the left ear to tell it to come back.You can also take this golden apple with you. "

So the girl got on the horse and rode a long, long way, and finally came to another big mountain.There is also an old woman sitting outside the mountain, she is playing with a golden comb.When the girl asked her if she knew the castle that was east of the sun and west of the moon, she said the same thing as the old woman before: "I only know that he lives in a castle that is east of the sun and west of the moon. You have to go a long way to get there, and even if you got there, it would be useless. But you can ride my horse and go to one of my nearest neighbors. Maybe she will tell you something about him. A pat under the left ear will tell it to come back." Then she gave the girl the golden comb, thinking it might come in handy.

(End of this chapter)