blue fairy tale book

Chapter 12 The Yellow Dwarf (1)
Once upon a time there was a queen who had many children, but of them only one daughter remained.But keeping her is worth a thousand dollars.

Since the king died, the queen felt that there was no one worthy of love in the world except the little princess.

The Queen was so afraid of losing her that she spoiled her and never corrected her in any way.This lovely little man is very beautiful and will inherit the throne in the future.Unexpectedly, when he grew up, he became very arrogant, only admiring his own beauty and looking down on anyone else in the world.

Under the queen's caress and praise, she gradually believed that no one in the world was more beautiful than her.She always put on her best clothes and went out hunting like a nymph or a queen, and all the ladies-in-waiting who followed her were dressed like country girls.

In order to satisfy her vanity, the queen also ordered the most dexterous painter to paint her portrait, and sent the painting to several good kings nearby.

When they saw the portrait, they all fell in love with the princess in the painting—no one could be an exception, but each reacted differently: one fell ill, one went crazy, and some were lucky enough to rush to see her.But these poor princes became her slaves as soon as they saw the princess.

Nothing could be more lively and cheerful than this palace. Twenty scrambling princes tried their best to make her happy.They spared no expense in providing her with entertainment of every kind, and they considered themselves lucky whenever the princess said, "That's beautiful."

The queen is very satisfied with the world's pursuit of the little princess.In less than a day, she received seven or eight thousand love poems from poets all over the world, as well as many odes and love songs.All the essays and poems are about Bellisma - the name of the little princess.The fire of their love kindled in these Psalms more than in any other furnace.

By the time Bellisma was 15 years old, every prince wanted to marry her, but no one dared to say so.How dare they speak when they know they have to have their heads cut off five or six times just to please her, and she doesn't care to say it's a trivial matter?You can imagine how hard-hearted her suitors thought her.

And what about the queen?Although I hope she can get married, I don't know how to persuade her to think about it.

"Belisma," she said, "I really hope you're not so self-willed. What on earth makes you look down on these fine princes so much? I hope you'd marry one of them willingly, not just To make me happy."

"I'm so happy now!" Bellisma replied, "Please let me live alone, Mom, I don't want to care too much about anyone."

"But you will be happier if you live with one of these princes," advised the Queen. "I will be very angry if you fall in love with someone who is not worthy of your love."

But the princess has only herself in mind, and she never considers whether the suitor is smart or handsome enough to match her.And her mother gradually became angry with her decision.

Finally, the queen didn't know what to do, so she decided to ask a witch named "Desert Fairy".But it was not easy to see her, for she was guarded by fierce lions.Fortunately the Queen had heard long ago that whoever wanted to pass by the Lions had only to throw them a cake of chestnut flour, sugar, and crocodile eggs.When she had finished making the cake with her own hands, she put it in a little basket, and went on her way to the witch.But she was not used to long walks, and soon became tired, so she rested under a tree, and soon fell asleep.She woke up sad to find that the basket was empty and the cake was gone!To make matters worse, just then she heard the roar of a big lion, hunting her ever closer.

"What shall I do?" she cried, "I shall be eaten." She was too frightened to move a step, but leaned against the tree under which she was sleeping and wept.Just then she heard someone say, "Hmmmmmm." So she looked around, and up the tree, and saw a dwarf eating an orange. "Oh, Your Majesty!" said he, "I know you well, and I understand that you are afraid of these lions. It is natural for you to be afraid of them, and they have eaten many people.

Since you don't have any cake for them, the consequences can be imagined. " "I have to be ready to die." said the poor Queen, "but if my daughter is married, I shall not be afraid. "

"Oh! you have a daughter," cried the Yellow Dwarf (so called because he was a little dwarf with a yellow face and lived in an orange tree), "I'm glad to hear that. I've been all over the world Looking for someone to be my wife. Now as long as you promise that she will marry me in the future, no lion, tiger or bear will touch you."

The queen looked at his ugly little face, just like seeing a lion before her, and was too frightened to say a word. "Hey! Ma'am, why are you still hesitating?" cried the dwarf. "It seems that you are very happy to be eaten alive?"

While he was speaking, the Queen saw the Lion running towards her from the hill.Each lion has two heads, eight legs, and four rows of teeth, and their fur is as hard as tortoise shells, and their bodies are red.

The poor Queen shuddered at this dreadful spectacle, like a dove at the sight of a falcon.She cried out as loud as she could: "Oh! Mr. Dwarf, Bellisma will marry you!"

"Oh! is it true?" he asked contemptuously. "Although Bellesma is very pretty, I don't really want to marry her—you can keep her to yourself."

"Oh, my lord," the queen begged sadly, "please don't refuse. She is the most charming princess in the world."

"Well, well," he replied, "I agreed to marry her out of kindness. You have to remember that she is already mine."

No sooner had he finished speaking than a little door opened in the trunk of the orange tree, and the queen hurried in through it.Just as the small door closed with a bang, the group of lions just rushed up—it was dangerous!

At first the queen was so flustered that she did not notice the other little door in the orange tree.Now it was opened, and the queen went in, and found herself in a field of nettles, surrounded by ditches.There is a small hut not far away, and the yellow dwarf is coming out of it triumphantly.He had on a pair of wooden shoes and a little yellow coat, and had two long ears on his bald head, and he looked really frightening.

"It is a pleasure to have you as my mother-in-law," he said to the queen. "You should come and see the little house where your precious daughter Bellisma will live with me. With these thistles and nettles, she will The donkey can be fed so that she can ride it wherever she wants. In this humble house she doesn't have to worry about any bad weather. When she's thirsty she can drink from the stream, and when she's hungry she can eat the big, fat donkey. Frog. She will always be with my handsome and pleasant husband. Now you can see how happy I am. I will never let her live alone."

The wretched queen, seeing such a miserable life for her daughter and the dwarf, could no longer imagine it, and fell fainting without a word.

When Selan woke up again, she was surprised to find that she was lying on her own bed in the palace.What was even more amazing was that she also found herself wearing the most beautiful lace nightcap she had ever seen.At first she thought all the adventures, the scary lion, and her promise to marry Bellisma to the yellow dwarf were just a dream.But the nightcap with its beautiful ribbons and lace reminded her that it was all true.She felt sad when she thought about it, and she couldn't sleep well.

Although the princess is willful, she loves her mother wholeheartedly.Seeing her mother so sad, the princess was also very sad, and often asked her what was the matter.But the queen didn't want her daughter to know the truth, and she just lied about feeling unwell or worried that her neighbors were threatening war.

Bellisma knew in her heart that her mother must be hiding something from her—neither disease nor war was the real cause of the uneasiness.So the princess decided to ask the "Desert Fairy" as well, because she was often heard to be very smart, so she could ask herself whether she should get married or not.

She also carefully prepared some delicious cakes to calm the lions down.She went back to her room very early that night, as if she was going to bed early.In fact she put on a long white veil, and set out from a secret passage in search of the witch.

But when she also walked a long way to the orange tree, she saw that it was full of flowers and fruits, so she stopped and picked some oranges.Then she put down the basket, sat down by the tree and ate the oranges.When she was about to continue on the road, she found that the basket was gone.She looked around, but couldn't even see the shadow.The longer she searched, the more frightened she became, and finally she burst into tears.Suddenly she found a yellow dwarf standing in front of her.

"What's the matter, my beautiful girl?" he asked. "Why are you crying?"

"Oh!" she replied. "If you knew I lost a basket of cakes and I couldn't get safely to the 'Desert Fairy' cave without them, you'd know why I cried."

"Yes, my pretty girl, why do you want to see her?" asked the Dwarf again, "I am a friend of hers, and as wise as she is."

"My mother is a queen," said the princess, "but she has been very sad lately, and I am afraid she will leave me. I think maybe she is like that because of me, because she wants me to marry so badly." .I must tell you frankly that I haven't met anyone worth considering. That's why I wish to talk to the witch."

"Princess, don't cause any more trouble for yourself." The dwarf advised her, "I can tell you everything you want to know better than her. Your mother has promised to marry you to me..."

"Promise me to marry you?" interrupted the princess. "Oh! I'm sure my mother wouldn't do it! Otherwise she would have told me. I wish she would have promised something without first consulting me." The thing—you must be mistaken."

"My beautiful princess," cried the Dwarf suddenly, and knelt down before her, "I am sure I will make you very happy, but knowing that having you as my wife will bring me great happiness."

"You?!" Bellisma cried too, starting to back away. "Mother wants me to marry you? How stupid are you to think that?"

"Oh! What I care about is not the glory and wealth."

The dwarf got angry. "Those lions will come at you in no time, and they will eat you in a few bites. You and your pride are going to hell!"

Then the poor Princess did hear the terrible roar of the Lions--they were coming nearer.

"What should I do?" she cried. "Is this really the end of the happy days?"

The vicious dwarf looked at her and laughed wildly with resentment: "At least you can still fulfill your wish to die before you get married."

He said, "A princess as beautiful as you would rather die than marry a dwarf as ugly as me."

"Oh, please don't be angry with me," cried the princess, hiding her face. "I would marry any dwarf in the world, and I would not die so horribly."

"Princess, you must see me clearly before you give me an answer." He said, "I don't want you to promise me so soon."

"Oh!" she cried, "the lion is coming. I can see it clearly. I am terribly frightened. Help me, or I will die of fright."

She literally fell to the ground after speaking.When she woke up, she found herself lying on a small bed at home, and she didn't know how she got back.But she also had on her head the most beautiful nightcap with lace braid, and on her finger was a little ring made of a piece of red hair, which was so tight that she could not take it off.

The princess saw all this and remembered what had happened.Like her mother, she was in deep grief.This incident shocked the whole palace, and the queen was no exception.No matter how many times she asked Bellisma what was the matter, the princess always said it was nothing.

The elders of the kingdom who also wanted to see the princess get married finally had to send someone to ask the queen to persuade the princess to choose a groom as soon as possible.The queen replied that there was nothing she could do, since the princess did not seem to want to marry at all.But she suggested that they go and speak to the princess about it themselves.They went to ask the princess.Bellisma is no longer as proud as before after meeting the yellow dwarf.She couldn't get rid of that little monster, and she couldn't think of any good way of not marrying some great king.So she unexpectedly agreed with their proposal, saying that although she is very happy now, she is willing to marry the prince of Jinshan Kingdom in order to make them happy.He was a very handsome and powerful prince, and had been in love with the princess for years, never knowing of course that she didn't care about him at all.So you can imagine how excited he was when he heard the news, and of course the other princes were very angry because they had no hope of ever marrying the princess again.But after all, Bellisma can't marry 20 princes at the same time-in fact, the princess finds it really difficult to choose one of them, because vanity has long made her feel that there is no one worthy of her in the world.

Immediately the palace began preparations for an unprecedented grand wedding.The prince of the Jinshan Kingdom sent countless treasures—the whole sea was full of ships carrying treasures.

Messengers traveled to all the most magnificent courts, especially the French courts, hoping to find all the best treasures to adorn the princess.Of course, the princess is already beautiful and flawless even without any decorations.At least our Prince Jinshan thinks so: As long as he is with her, he will be happy forever.

For the princess, the more she looked at the prince, the more she liked him.He is so generous, so handsome, and so smart.When she was with him, she almost fell in love with him too.How happy they are when they walk together in the beautiful royal gardens and sometimes listen to beautiful music together!The prince often wrote hymns to Bellesma.And she likes the following one best:
How merry all is in the forest, for my princess walks by.

All the blooming flowers are falling to the ground, I hope she can step on them.

The fresh flowers on the twigs were swaying, watching how easily she walked through the grass.

what!Princess, the bird in the sky, it's so good to sing a love song with us.

In this enchanted land we walked arm in arm with ecstasy in our hearts.

The happy day finally came, and Bellisma's wedding was about to begin.The band played, all the streets were decorated with colorful flags, and the ground was strewn with flowers.People crowded into the square of the palace.The queen was so happy that she didn't sleep all night, and she got up before dawn to choose the ring for the princess's wedding.Everything is studded with diamonds, even her shoes.The princess' brocade wedding dress was embroidered with strands of gold thread, so you can imagine how expensive it was.There really is nothing so dazzling but the beauty of the princess.The princess wears a glorious laurel wreath on her head, and her charming long hair almost falls to her heels. Her majestic and magnificent figure stands out especially among her maids.

Prince Jinshan also looked very noble and gorgeous at this time. You can see how happy he is from the smile on his face.Every guest who came forward to congratulate him would receive his gift-a thousand barrels in the banquet hall, filled with gold and countless velvet bags inlaid with pearls.There are at least a thousand gold coins in each bag, as long as the guests are willing to stretch out their hands, they can get them.Crowds of people rushed forward to congratulate him, and one thing's for sure—some still think it's the funniest thing to happen at a wedding pageant.

Just as the queen and princess were about to set off with the young prince, they saw two huge lizards crawling across the corridor, dragging a very rough box.They were followed by an old woman whose ugliness was more surprising than her age.She wore a taffeta T-shirt, a red velvet cap, and a ragged hoop skirt, and she was so bent that she had to use a cane.The strange old woman, without saying a word, staggered three times round the corridor, followed by her two lizards.Then she stopped in the middle and said only one word: "Ah! my queen! ah! my princess! Do you really think you can get away with breaking your promise to my friend the yellow dwarf? I am' Fairy of the desert', without the yellow dwarf and his orange tree you would have been eaten by lions. I can tell you that in fairyland we simply cannot bear this insult.

Now you decide what to do.I must marry the princess to the yellow dwarf.If not, don't blame my crutch for throwing a tantrum. "

"Ah! my princess!" cried the Queen, "is it true what I have heard? What have you promised?"

"Ah! My queen mother!" Bellisma replied, "What kind of promise did you make yourself?" And the prince of Jinshan Kingdom?Fearing that his happiness would be delayed by this evil old woman, he rushed forward, drew his sword and threatened her, saying, "Get out of our country at once, and never come back, poor old thing, lest I take it." Your life has stained my sword."

Before he could finish these words, the lid of the box flipped open and fell to the ground with a bang.To people's horror, it was a yellow dwarf who jumped out of the box, riding on the back of a big Spanish cat. "Young man, don't be too reckless!" He said and hurriedly rushed between the "Desert Fairy" and the prince, "If you dare to move a finger of the great 'Desert Blue Fairy Fairy', I will treat you badly." You are welcome! Your quarrel is all because of me. I am your rival and rival. The princess who broke her promise and married you was going to marry me. See if she has a A ring made of my hair, try to see if you can take it off, then you will find that I am much stronger than you!"

"Dirty monster!" the prince roared. "You dare to pretend to be the princess' fiancé and want to marry a wife like her? Do you know that you are just a dwarf—so ugly that no one can bear to look at you?" One look? If you were worth dying for, I would have killed you long ago!"

Enraged by these words, the yellow dwarf kicked the cat with both feet.It howled horribly, and jumped around--scaring everyone present.Only the brave prince chased after him closely, until the dwarf drew out his sword, challenged the prince one-on-one, and rushed into the garden of the palace screaming.The prince was completely enraged, and followed him quickly.But before they stood face to face, people from the entire palace rushed out from the balcony to see what was going on.At this moment, the sun suddenly became blood red, and then the sky was so dark that people could not see anything.Thunder roared, and lightning seemed to set everything on fire.Two lizards appeared on either side of the wicked dwarf like two great mountains, and from their mouths and ears spewed flames like great furnaces burning.All this could not frighten the young and brave prince.

His heroic look and behavior comforted the onlookers, and probably shocked the provocative yellow dwarf.But when the prince saw an accident happened to his beloved princess, his courage suddenly disappeared. The "Desert Fairy" looked more terrifying than before, riding on a griffin monster with many long poisonous snakes wrapped around its neck.She shot the princess in the arm with the spear she brought, and Bellisma bled profusely and fell unconscious.The queen, who loved her deeply, seemed to have been severely stabbed by the spear, screaming and crying and singing dirges.After hearing this, the king completely lost his courage and will.He gave up the fight and ran to the princess, hoping to save her.But the little yellow dwarf moved too fast - he jumped onto the balcony on the big cat, grabbed Bellisma's arm, jumped on the roof of the palace before being stopped by the other ladies of the palace, and disappeared without a trace with his prize. disappeared.

The prince, expressionless in horror, watched in despair as the dreadful thing happened.There was nothing he could do to stop it, and to make matters worse his eyes weren't working either.His eyes were dark, and then he was caught in the air by a strong hand.

This tragedy is the work of the evil "Desert God".She came to help the yellow dwarf snatch the princess, but fell in love with Prince Jinshan at the first sight.She thought he would obey her if she locked him up in a terrible cave, chained to a big rock, and threatened with death to make him forget Bellisma.So when she reached his destination, she restored him to his sight, but did not undo his chains.She magically transformed herself into a young and beautiful fairy, and pretended to be passing there by chance.

"Look, who have I met?" she cried. "Is it you? My dear Prince. Who brought you into this dark place? Misfortune."

The prince was deceived by her fairy, and replied: "Alas, beautiful fairy, the witch who brought me here first made me lose my light, but just by hearing her voice, I know she is the fairy of the desert." '. But I really don't know why she brought me here."

"Ah!" cried the Pretend Fairy, "if you fall into her hands, you will be free only by marrying her. She has captured more than one prince like you, and she can have all she wants."

While she was pretending to express sympathy for the prince, he suddenly noticed her feet, the ones that were riding on the griffin-headed monster, and immediately realized that the fairy in front of him was the "Spirit of the Desert".Because no matter how beautiful her face becomes, her feet cannot be changed.But he still pretended not to find anything, but said in a mysterious tone: "Actually, it's not that I don't like 'Desert Fairy', it's just that I really can't stand her protecting that little dwarf and locking me up like a prisoner." it's here."

"Is it true what you say, Prince?" asked the pretended Fairy eagerly.

"Of course," replied the prince, "what am I lying to you for? You know that being liked by a fairy makes me far more different than being liked by an ordinary princess. But even if I die loving her, Pretend to hate her, unless she can let me go."

The "Desert Fairy" really believed the prince's words, and decided to take him to a more comfortable place.So she put him on the chariot, and substituted the bat for the swan, and flew away with him.Just think of the prince's grief - the rapid flight at high altitude made him dizzy.He also witnessed that his beloved princess was locked in a castle made of smooth steel, and the walls reflected the blazing sun's rays, making anyone outside turn to ashes before they got close.The princess was sitting in a bush beside the brook, and was weeping sadly with her face covered.As they passed, the princess looked up just in time to see the prince and the fairy of the desert.But the cunning witch became not only the prince thought she was beautiful, but even the poor princess thought she was the most beautiful woman he had ever seen.

"What!" cried the princess, "is it not enough for me that the dreadful yellow dwarf has brought me to this lonely castle? To show me that my rival is the one who is more beautiful than I am?" Too many people!"

(End of this chapter)