blue fairy tale book

Chapter 37 Snow White and Red Rose
There was once a poor widow who lived in a little farmhouse with a garden in front of it, and in the garden grew two rose trees, one with white flowers and the other with red flowers.She had two children who were like the two roses, one named Snow White and the other Red Rose.They are the sweetest and best children in the world, always hardworking and happy.But the white snow is more quiet and gentle than the red rose.Red Rose likes to run around in the fields and meadows, picking flowers and catching butterflies, while Bai Xue likes to stay at home with her mother, helping her with housework, and reading aloud to her when she has no work to do.Both children love each other and always hold hands whenever they go out together.When Bai Xue said "We should never abandon each other", Red Rose said "Yes, we will never be separated in this life".Mother added: "Whatever you both get, share it together." They often walked in the woods and picked strawberries, and the beasts never hurt them, but they came to them very trustingly.The little hares often eat the cabbage leaves in their hands, the deer graze beside them, the stags will jump happily in front of them, and the birds will stop on the branches and sing to them heartily.

No misfortune ever happened to them, and if they stayed too late in the woods, and did not leave after dark, they both lay on the moss and slept till dawn, and Mother knew they were safe and never worried about them.Once, when they had slept all night in the wood, and the rising sun woke them up, they saw a beautiful child in bright white robes sitting not far from their resting place.The child stood up and looked at them kindly, but disappeared into the wood without saying a word.When they looked around, they realized that they were sleeping on the edge of a cliff. If they took a few steps forward in the dark, they would surely fall.When they told their mother of their adventure, she said they must have seen the angel protecting the child.

White Snow and Red Rose cleaned the mother's cottage neatly and beautifully, and made it a pleasure to enter.In summer, the red rose looked after the house, and every morning, before her mother woke up, she would pick a bouquet from each rose tree and put it by her bedside.In winter, Bai Xue lit the brass pot on the fire shelf, which was polished and shone like gold.In the evening, when the snow flakes were flying, the mother said, "Snow White, go and close the shutters." spinning.

A lamb lay beside them, and behind them perched a young pigeon with its head under its wings.

One evening, when they were sitting together in this way, they heard someone knock on the door, as if the person wanted to come in.

The mother said: "Red Rose, go and open the door, it must be a traveler who is looking for a place to spend the night." Red Rose hastily unlatched the door, thinking that she would see a poor man standing outside the door in the darkness.But what she saw was not a man, but a bear with its heavy black head stuck through the door.Red Rose screamed in terror and took a step back, the lamb began to bray, the dove flapped its wings, and Snowy ran and hid behind mother's bed.But the bear began to say, "Don't be afraid, I won't hurt you. I'm freezing and I just want to warm myself." "Poor bear," said the mother, "get down by the fire, just Be careful not to burn your fur." ​​Then she called, "Snow White, Red Rose, come out, this bear will not hurt you, he is a kind and sincere animal.

So they came out of hiding, and the lamb and the dove approached slowly, and everyone forgot their fear. The bear asked the children to help him brush the snow off his fur, and they brought a brush , brushing its fur until it was dry. Then the beast stretched out in front of the fire and howled with joy and comfort. Before long the children were free with him and made the helpless guest suffer. It was all torture. They plucked it with their hands, put their little feet on its back, rolled it around, or beat it with a stick, and laughed when it snarled at them The bear bears it all, being as gentle as possible, and only cries when they go too far: "Oh!Children, spare my life!Snow White and Red Rose, please don't kill your lovers. "

When it was time to go to bed, and they all went to bed, the mother said to the bear, "For God's sake, you can lie on the hearth, so you won't get cold and wet anymore." Leading it out, it ran quickly across the snow and into the woods.The bear came here at the same hour every night after that, and lay there by the fire, letting the children play with him as much as he could.They are so used to its arrival that they never close the door until this black friend appears.

When spring came and everything outside the house was dressed in green, the Bear said to Snow White one morning, "Now I must go, and I won't come back all summer." "Where are you going, dear Black Bear?" asked Snow White. road. "I got to the forest to protect the treasure from the evil dwarves. In winter, when the ground was frozen hard, they were forced to stay underground, because they couldn't make a way out; but now, the sun is warm The earth melts the ice and snow, so they can get out, spy around, and steal whatever they can. Once something falls into their hands and is transported back to the cave, it will be very difficult to see." Bai Xue said for their friend It was very sad to leave, and when she opened the door for it, the bear went out, but dropped a tuft of fur on the knocker.Snow White thought she saw gleaming gold under the tuft of hair, but she couldn't be sure.The bear ran off in a hurry and soon disappeared into the bushes.

Soon after this, the mother sent the children into the woods to gather firewood.They wandered up to a great felled tree, and on the trunk in the tall grass they noticed something jumping up and down, but they could not make out what it was.As they came nearer, they saw that it was a dwarf with a haggard face and a beard a yard long.The end of the beard got caught between trees, and the dwarf hopped around like a dog on a leash, not seeming to know what to do.He glared at the two girls with fiery red eyes, and screamed:

"What are you standing there for? Can't you come and help me?" "What are you doing, little man?" asked the red rose. "You stupid, meddling goose!" replied the dwarf. "I wanted to split the tree and take the small pieces back into the kitchen for firewood. The big logs that were taken to start the fire by people as vulgar and greedy as you are, completely burned up the food we needed. I would have Drove the wedge into the wood and all was well, but the damn wood was so slippery that the wedge popped out and the wood came together so fast I didn't have time to pull my beautiful mustache out of it, so got caught It's stuck in here so hard you can't get it off. You two stupid, bare-cheeked, feeble girls just stand there laughing! Ah! You're vile bastards!"

All the children could not pull out his beard with all their strength, it was stuck too tightly. "I'll run back and ask someone to come over," said Red Rose. "Crazy fools!" snapped the dwarf. "What's the use of calling others? You two are too much for me. Haven't you thought of a better way?" "Don't be so hasty," Bai Xue said, "I will be responsible for helping you." She took out the scissors from her pocket and cut off the root of the beard.As soon as the dwarf was free, he seized a sack full of gold, lifted it up, and muttered loudly, "These damned rudes have cut off my fine beard!" and he carried the sack on his back. , and disappeared without even looking at the children.

Soon Snow White and Red Rose went out to get some fish to eat.When they approached the stream, they saw something like a big grasshopper jumping towards the stream, as if about to jump into the water.They ran and recognized their old friend the dwarf. "What are you going to do?" asked the red rose. "Surely you don't want to jump into the water?" "I'm not that stupid," screamed the dwarf. Shall I pull it into the water?" It turned out that the little man was sitting on the bank fishing, but unfortunately the wind blew his beard around the fishing line, and at this moment a big fish took the bait again.The fish was stronger and pulled the dwarf into the water.He clings to every rush and every blade of grass with all his strength, but it doesn't help much, because every time the fish moves he has to move with him, and he is in danger of being dragged into the water by the fish inside.The girls came at just the right moment and took hold of him and tried with all their might to untie his beard from the line but in vain for the beard and line were so tangled up that there was no hope of untying it.There was nothing to do but take out the scissors and cut off the beard, so they cut off a small part of it.

When the dwarf realized what they were doing, he yelled: "You two toadstools, is it polite to break someone's face like that? You didn't cut my beard short enough last time, and now you must cut me off again!" The best beard. How can I show up in front of my own people like this. I wish you guys would fuck off in the first place!"

Then he took out a bag of pearls which had been lying in the rushes, and without a word dragged it and disappeared behind a stone.

Before long the mother sent the two girls into town to sell needles, thread, trimmings, and ribbons.The way they walked passed through a thicket of heather, where huge boulders were strewn here and there.While they were trekking all the way, they saw a big bird soaring in the sky, slowly circling over them, and it flew lower and lower, and finally landed on a rock not far away.Then they heard a piercing scream, and ran forward, and were terrified to see the eagle swoop down and seize their old friend the dwarf, and was about to carry him away.The two kind-hearted children immediately caught the dwarf and started a protracted struggle with the big bird. At last the eagle had to give up the prey.When the dwarf recovered from his fright, he cried shrilly:

"Couldn't you be more careful with me? You've ripped my thin little coat to shreds, you two useless, clumsy, brutish women!" Then he took a bag of gems and disappeared under the rock , went into his hole.The girls, accustomed to his ingratitude, went on to the town to attend to their own business.On their way home they passed the heather again, and were surprised to find the Dwarf dumping his jewels into a clearing, for he thought no one would pass by so late.The setting sun glistened on the brilliant gems, and they shone so beautifully that the two little children stood motionless watching. "What are you standing there gaping at?" screamed the dwarf, his pale face flushed with anger.Just as he was about to walk away after saying these angry words, there was a sudden growl, and a black bear ran out of the forest.The dwarf jumped up in great horror, but it was too late for him to go back to his hiding place, for the bear was already at him.Then he cried out in terror: "My dear Mr. Bear, spare me! I give you all my treasures. Look at the beautiful gems piled there. Spare my life! How can you save me from a man like me?" What good do you get from a weak poor fellow? I can't even fill your teeth. Look, grab those two wicked girls, they're tender and fat as young quails. Eat 'em, For God's sake." But the bear didn't listen to him, but slapped the wretched little man with his hand, and he never moved again.

The girls had run away, but the Bear called after him, "Snow White and Red Rose, don't be afraid, wait a moment, and I will come with you." Then they recognized his voice, and stopped.As the bear got very close to them, its fur suddenly fell off, and a handsome lad all in jewels stood beside them. "I am a prince," said he, "that wicked little dwarf ruined me, and stole my treasure, so that I had to roam the woods in the disguise of a wild bear, until he put me to death. Now he's getting what he deserves."

Snow-white married him, and Red Rose to his brother, and they divided equally the great treasure which the dwarf had stolen and hid in the cave.The old mother and children have lived in peace for many years.She took the two rose trees with her, and planted them in front of her window, and every year they produced the most beautiful red and white roses.

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