blue fairy tale book

Chapter 5 Sleeping Beauty in the Woods
Once upon a time there was a king and queen who were always grieving for having no children.They were so sad that it is impossible to describe.They traveled all over the world, took oaths, made pilgrimages, tried everything, but to no avail.

But the queen was lucky enough to have a daughter in the end.They had a great christening for the princess, and they brought as godmothers as many fairies as they could from all over the country (six in all).According to the custom at the time, each of them would give the princess a gift, so that the princess would become flawless beyond imagination.

After the christening ceremony, all those present returned to the palace together.There the king and queen specially prepared a sumptuous dinner for these fairies.In the gold box on the tray in front of each fairy, there are pure gold spoons, knives and forks inlaid with diamond jewels.But when they took their seats at the table, they found an old fairy entering the hall.The reason people didn't invite her was because she had been away from her castle for at least 50 years.Everyone thought she was either dead or possessed by magic.

The king ordered a tray to be brought for her, but he could not have the same gold boxes as the other fairies, for he had only six ordered for six fairies.The old fairy felt that she was being slighted, so she muttered something.A young fairy who sat beside her heard her complaints, and concluded that she must bring some wicked gift to the princess.So when they rose to leave, she hastened to hide the princess behind the curtain, lest the old Fairy should have any evil designs.

At the same time, all the fairies began to give their presents to the princess.The youngest one wished that she would be the most beautiful person in the world.The second wished that she would have the wisdom of angels.The third wished that everything she did would be flawless.The fourth wished her the most beautiful dance.The fifth wished her to sing as sweetly as a nightingale.The sixth wished her perfect performance of various instruments.

Next came the old Fairy, whose head shook, evidently from malice rather than age; she said that the princess' hand would be wounded by a spindle, and she would die.

At this critical moment, the young fairy came out from behind the curtain and said loudly: "Your Majesties, please rest assured. The princess will not die because of this disaster. It is true, although I have no way to relieve her." The princess may be wounded by a spindle, but she will not die, but fall into a long sleep until a prince comes to wake her."

In order to avoid this misfortune, the king immediately announced that no one was allowed to use or hide spinning wheels and spindles at home, otherwise he would be executed.Fifteen or sixteen years have passed, once the king and queen went out to a place for vacation.One day the princess happened to be running up and down the palace to play.Wandering from room to room, she came to a small room on top of the castle.There was an old woman spinning on a spindle.The kind old man seemed never to have heard of the king's ban.

"What are you doing, old woman?" asked the princess.

"I am spinning, pretty girl," said the old woman, not knowing that she was a princess.

"Ah!" cried the Princess, "this is very pretty. How did you make it? Try it for me, and see if I can do it."

She immediately took it into her hand. She didn't know whether it was because she stretched out her hand too fast or it was inconvenient to hold it. The old fairy's curse came true.It literally hurt her hand and she fell asleep right after.

The kind old woman really didn't know what to do, so she called for help.People came from all directions, splashed water on the princess's face, unfastened her lace, slapped her palms, and rubbed Hungarian water on her temples, but they could not revive her.

At this time the king heard the noise of the crowd, and rushed over, remembering the prophecy of the fairies, and believed that all this would pass as they said.He had the princess carried to the best room in the palace, where she was placed on a bed embroidered with gold and silver thread.

People will definitely regard her as a little angel, because she is so beautiful.The sound sleep did not affect her beauty in the slightest: rosy cheeks, pink lips, although her eyes were closed, she could hear her soft breathing.It was all very satisfying—she wasn't dead.The king asked that no one should disturb her, and that she should sleep peacefully until it was time to wake her.

When this misfortune happened, the kind fairy who saved the princess by putting her to sleep for 100 years was in Matajin Kingdom thousands of kilometers away.But she got the news at once from a dwarf wearing hundred-mile boots—with these boots he could walk a hundred miles.Immediately the fairy mounted her dragon chariot, and arrived at the court in about an hour.

The king took her off the chariot with both hands, and she approved of every measure he took, but she had more foresight: she had already thought that the princess might not know what to do when she woke up and found herself alone in the ancient palace. What to do.That's why she came here.She touched all the people in the palace (except the king and queen) with her magic wand - nurses, maids of honor, chambermaids, footmen, officials, stewards, cooks, cooks, kitchen boys, guards, foot soldiers; She also ordered all the horses in the stables, and of course the big dog outside the court, and the cute little Maupus, the princess' puppy, who lay beside the princess on the bed.

When she touched them, they all immediately fell into a deep sleep, and would not wake up until their mistress awakened.That way they can serve her when she needs it.The flame in the stove seemed to be still beating, as if it was going to devour the quail and pheasant above, but it also fell asleep.Everyone fell asleep in an instant.The women stopped what they were doing.

The King and Queen, kissing their lovely child one after the other without waking her, went out of the palace, announcing that no one was allowed to enter the palace.

Then, in less than a quarter of an hour, countless high and low trees, shrubs and thorns appeared around the royal garden, intertwined with each other.Neither people nor animals can get in, only the tall spire of the palace can be seen.There is no doubt that the fairy has created a masterpiece here: when the princess sleeps peacefully, she will not be disturbed by curious people.

100 years have finally passed, and a prince happened to be hunting and passed by the palace of the sleeping princess.He asked what the castle he saw in the middle of the great forest.

Some replied that they had heard someone mention that it was an old ruined castle that was often haunted.Others say that the witches of this country often meet there in the middle of the night.

The more common opinion is that there lives a man-eating monster who takes all the children he can get his hands on and eats them one by one when he can.No one can catch it, because it has the magic power to go through the woods.

After hearing this, the prince fell into confusion and didn't know whose explanation to believe.At this time, a kind villager came up to him and said, "Please allow me to tell you, my dear prince. I heard this from my father 50 years ago, and my father heard it from his father." Come. There once lived the most beautiful princess in the world, but she must sleep for 100 years, until a prince she was waiting for awakened her."

After hearing these words, the young prince's blood boiled with enthusiasm, he no longer considered whether it was true or false, and was inspired by love and honor, determined to venture through the dense forest to see what happened.

When he walked forward to the woods, all the big trees, bushes, and thorns immediately gave way for him.He walked through the long avenue and entered the castle, but was surprised to find that there was no attendant following him.It turned out that when he passed through the dense forest, the trees immediately blocked the road again.But he didn't give up because of this. A young and passionate prince must be very brave.

He came to a very large courtyard outside the palace, and saw a scene that would frighten even the most fearless person.There was an appalling silence, and everywhere was a scene of death: only people and animals lying on their backs, as if they were all dead.But he could tell from the flushed faces and breathing noses of the soldiers that they were just asleep.There were still a few drops of wine on the rim of their glasses, and it was obvious that they were drunk.

Then he went up the stairs through a marble-paved courtyard and came to the guardhouse, where he saw the guards lined up by rank, with muskets on their shoulders, and snoring loudly.Then he went through the houses and found men and women standing or sitting, but all asleep.At last he came to a golden room, the curtains were all drawn, and there was a bed in it.He saw the most beautiful princess, she looked only fifteen or sixteen years old, she was simply beautiful.

His whole body trembled with excitement, and with a heart of admiration, he knelt down in front of her.

Finally the magic was broken.The princess woke up, looked at him tenderly, and asked, "Is that you, my prince? Did you keep me waiting so long?"

The prince was completely fascinated by her words, and even more so by her voice, and he didn't know how to express his joy and excitement.He repeatedly confesses that he loves her more than he loves himself.They talked intermittently, and sometimes wept out of great love.

Neither the princess nor we need to suspect that he will be dazed with excitement time and time again.She had time enough to think what she was going to say to him (though we don't know the content), for our good fairy sent her many pleasant dreams in her long sleep.As a result, they talked together for four full hours, but they didn't even finish half of what they wanted to say.

At the same time, everyone in the palace woke up.Everyone was thinking about their own business again, and they didn't want to be friends with death because they were hungry.The old lady-in-waiting, like the others, set to work at once, and presently called out to the princess that supper was ready.

The Prince and Princess then dined in the Hall of Mirrors where they dined, served by the Princess's attendants.The violins and oboes now played old and beautiful tunes, although the musicians hadn't played them for a hundred years.

Immediately after dinner, the priest of the palace held a wedding ceremony for them in the church.The old maid drew the curtains, and they took a short rest together.The next morning the prince left the princess and went back to the city, where his father was desperate to see him, and the prince really had no choice.He told his father that he got lost in a big forest while hunting and had to sleep in a woodcutter's cabin.The kind woodcutter also gave him cheese and black bread.

The king was a kind man, so he believed the prince's story.But the queen is not so easy to coax through.Think about it, the prince has to go hunting almost every day, and he always has one or another excuse when he comes home every night, and sometimes he lives outside for three or four days.The queen began to wonder if the prince was married.In this way, the prince and princess lived together for two full years and had two children.The eldest is a daughter named Qingchen; the youngest is a son named Liming because he is very handsome and even prettier than his sister.

The queen questioned the prince several times to find out how he spent his days, and she felt she had a right to know all this.The prince never dared to tell his secret to the queen. Although he loved his mother, he was afraid of her because she was a descendant of ogres.Had it not been for her great wealth, the king would never have wanted to marry her.And there are signs that she cannibalize in the palace.Whenever she saw a child passing by, she couldn't help herself and would pounce on it.So the prince couldn't tell her a word at all.Two years later, the old king died, and the prince succeeded to the throne and became the ruler.He finally made his marriage public and held a grand coronation ceremony for the new queen in the palace.The new queen entered the capital with great ceremony, sitting between the two children.

Soon the young king was at war with his neighbor Kontarabute.He handed over the country to the old queen, and solemnly entrusted his wife and children to the mother.He had to travel all over the summer.But as soon as the young king set off, the old queen shut up her daughter-in-law in a house in the woods, so that she might more easily gratify her terrible desire.

A few days later, she came to the hut in the forest alone, and said to the cook in the kitchen: "I will eat the little 'morning' for dinner tomorrow."

"Ah! Your Majesty the Queen!" the cook exclaimed.

"I will arrange it like this, and I will also have Robert as a seasoning." The old queen repeated.

The poor cook, knowing full well that it was better not to play tricks with this ogre, took the knife and went to the room of "Morning". "Early Morning" was only four years old, and he jumped up and down to meet him and asked him if he had any candy.Seeing this, the chef couldn't help crying, and the knife fell from his hand.He hastened to the back yard, killed a lamb, and mixed it with the best sauce, so that the old queen would think that she had never eaten anything so delicious.At the same time, he hurriedly sent the little "Qingchen" to his wife, and then hid her in the cellar under the yard.

About eight days later, the wicked old queen told the cook again: "I'm going to have little 'Dawn' for dinner." Without saying a word, he had already made up his mind to deceive her as before.The chef ran to find the little "Liming", who was only three years old, and saw him playing around on a big donkey.He came to his wife again with little "Dawn" in his arms, so that he could also hide the little one in the cellar where his sister stayed.Then he pretended to cook a very tender and tender children's dish again in the little "Dawn" room, and the cannibal old woman ate it very happily.

As if everything should be over.Unexpectedly, one night, the evil old queen said to the cook again: "I want the new queen to mix the same seasoning for dinner."

This time the poor cook was in despair, and he could not deceive the old hag again.The young queen is in her twenties even without counting the 100 years of her sleepiness.What animal in the yard would serve as a substitute for getting away with it?Finally, in order to save his own life, he had to decide to cut the throat of the new queen.On the way to the cottage, he tried to get his temper as bad as possible, thinking of getting the business over with at once.But when he rushed into the young queen's room, he found that it was impossible, so he had to respectfully tell her the shocking fact: all this was the old queen's order.

"Kill me! Quick! Start your mission! This way I can see my poor children. I love them so much." Saying this, the young queen stretched out her neck.

She thought the children had been killed since they were inexplicably taken away.

"Don't! Don't!" cried the cook, with tears in his eyes. "You must not die, and you may see the children again. But you must go with me to the cellar, where I hid them. I wish to be able to Lie to the old queen one more time, and I'll satisfy her by killing a doe."

After speaking, he immediately led her to his home and let her embrace and reunite with her children.And what about myself?Started to prepare dinner for the old queen with a doe.The old queen ate with great appetite, thinking it was really the young queen's meat.She was so pleased with her cruelty that, when the new king returned, she made up a story that many wild wolves had eaten the young queen and his children.

One night, the old queen was wandering around the palace as usual, hoping to smell some raw flesh, when suddenly she heard the cry of a child in the basement.It turned out that the young queen was spanking little Dawn for his mischief.At the same time, the old queen also heard little "Morning" begging her mother for forgiveness on behalf of her younger brother.

The cannibal old woman immediately heard clearly that they were the new queen and the children, and she became even more crazy when she thought that she had been deceived.At dawn the next day she ordered her servants in a voice that would have horrified anyone to hear them to place a large basin in the great yard, and filled it with toads, poisonous snakes, and all kinds of wicked animals.So she could throw the young queen and her children and the cook and his wife with their hands behind their backs, and throw them inside.

They were brought by the old hag's orders.Just when the executioner was about to throw them into the basin, the young king came unexpectedly.He quickly came to the palace on a horse, and asked in amazement why there was such a horrific scene.

No one dared to tell the king.Unexpectedly, the frantic old hag jumped into the basin by herself, and was immediately crushed and eaten by the ugly animals she used to harm others.The young king was not particularly grieved at this, though she was his own mother—for he soon took comfort from his fair wife and fair child.

(End of this chapter)