yellow-green fairy tale book

Chapter 1 Spell "Mads Chong"

Once upon a time there was a woman who lived with her son in a hut among several hills.What made this woman feel very sad was that her son was already in his early twenties, but his hair was very thin, just like the hair on a baby's head.Although he looks older than he is, he is very lazy.No matter what craft his mother asked him to learn, he always refused to study hard and ran home within a few days.

On a fine summer morning, he lay half asleep as usual in the small vegetable garden in front of his house.

At this moment, the sultan's daughter passed by on horseback, followed by a group of gorgeously dressed maids.The young man looked at her lazily, propping his head on his elbow, and it was this look that changed his nature completely.

"I must marry her, I don't want anyone but her!" He immediately jumped up and went to find his mother.

"You must go to the Sultan at once and tell him that I will marry his daughter!" he said.

"What?" His mother retreated into the corner in fright.How could one want to do such an unbelievable thing, unless one was insane?
"Don't you understand? Go to the Sultan and tell him that I want to marry his daughter!" the young man repeated impatiently.

"But...but, do you know what you're talking about?" stammered the mother, "you don't want to learn any trade except the five gold coins your father left you. You really expect the Sultan to take his daughter Betrothed to a penniless bald man like you?"

"It's none of your business, you just do what I tell you to do." She couldn't stand her son's entanglement day and night, she had no choice but to put on her best clothes, cover her veil, and climb over the mountains, to the palace.

This day happened to be the day that the sultan arranged to listen to the complaints and requests of his subjects, so the woman got permission to meet the sultan without much effort.

"Oh, my lord, you must not think me mad," she began, "though I know I must look so. I have a son who, since he saw the face of the veiled princess, Just don't let me have a moment's peace day and night. Until I promised him to come to the palace to ask Your Majesty to betroth the princess to him. I told him that I might lose my head for such a boldness, but it was useless to say anything, he Don't want to listen to me, so I have to come. You can do with me what you want."

The sultan had always been fond of the outlandish, and this one did indeed strike him as novel.

Therefore, instead of ordering the trembling woman to be flogged or thrown into a cell, as other princes have done, he simply said: "Call your son here."

The old woman was stunned to hear such a reply, and stared stupidly.The Sultan repeated what he had just said, in an even milder tone than before, without the slightest sign of displeasure on his face.Only then did she pluck up the courage, bowed again, and hurried home.

"Hey! Why did you come back so soon?" As soon as she stepped into the house, her son asked eagerly.

"Go to the palace at once and speak to the Sultan himself," replied the mother.When he heard the good news, his face immediately brightened.The mother couldn't help feeling a bit of regret. It would be great if her son had hair on his head. If so, he must be a handsome man.

"Oh, Lightning can't run faster than me!" he cried, and was gone for an instant.

When the sultan saw his daughter's suitor's bald head, he lost all mood for joking, and decided that he must somehow find a way to get rid of this unwelcome suitor.However, since he had brought the young man himself, there was no reason to drive him out immediately, so he said hastily:

"I heard you want to marry my daughter? Well, very good! But whoever wants to be my daughter's husband, he must first catch all the birds in the world and put them in the garden of the palace , and so far no bird has made its home there."

The young man was very disappointed when he heard the sultan's words.How can I catch all the birds?
Even if they were caught, it would take years to bring them to the palace!Nevertheless, his pride made him not want the sultan to think that he had given up the idea of ​​marrying the princess without any effort, so he walked out of the palace and walked aimlessly.

A week passed like this.Just then, he found himself walking into a desert full of big rocks.And in the shadow of one of the big rocks sat an ascetic monk. He waved to the young man and motioned him to sit beside him.

"Son, what troubles you?" said the ascetic. "Tell me what it is, and perhaps I can help you."

"Oh, my lord," answered the young man, "I want to marry the princess of our country, but the Sultan won't give me his daughter unless I catch all the birds in the world Go in the garden. How could I possibly do it? This matter is replaced by someone else, who would be able to do it?"

"Don't be discouraged," replied the ascetic monk, "this matter is not as difficult as you think. You start from here and walk for two days toward the place where the sun goes down. Any other cypress tree on earth grows taller. You sit near the trunk in the deepest shade and don't move. The next thing you will hear is a powerful flapping of wings, followed by All the birds in the world will fly to this tree to settle down. You have to be careful not to make a sound. When everything is calm, you can say 'Mades Chong'. At this time, all the birds The birds just stay where they are, and none of them can fly out of the tree; then you can put them on your head, arms, and torso, and bring them to to the Sultan's garden."

The young man happily thanked the ascetic monk, and followed his instructions meticulously.A few days later, a strange-looking man covered with soft feathers came to the Sultan.The princess' father was very surprised, because he had never seen such a scene.what!How cute are these little ones, and those bright, frightened eyes!With a slight commotion, countless pairs of wings flapped: blue wings, yellow wings, red wings, green wings!The young man said softly, "Go!" They circled around the Sultan's head first, and then flew out through the open window, and found a place to make their home in the Sultan's garden.

"Your Majesty, I have done as you asked, and now you will marry me the princess!" said the young man, and the Sultan replied hastily: "Ah! Yes! Yes! You really make me feel so happy But there's one more thing you'd need to be the husband of the princess, as any girl would. And that's your head, you know—you're so bald. Let It grows a thick and beautiful curly hair. Then I will marry my daughter to you. You are so clever, and I am sure it will not be difficult for you at all."

The young man listened to the sultan's words in silence, and then he sat silently in his mother's kitchen for many days, until one morning, he heard the news that the sultan had betrothed the princess to the son of the prime minister, and was about to The wedding was held in the palace.Hearing this news, he stood up angrily.Soon he came to the side entrance of the palace for construction maintenance workers to enter and exit, and slipped in quietly.He then sneaked into the mosque without anyone noticing.Here the bride and groom, accompanied by two or three friends, wait for the Sultan to come and sign the marriage contract.

"Mads Chong." The young man called softly.In an instant, everyone seemed to be rooted under their feet, unable to move a step, even the envoy sent by the sultan to know whether everything was ready was not spared.

Afterwards the Sultan grew impatient with waiting, and was very angry, so he ran to see what had happened, but no one could tell him what was going on.So he had to send one of his attendants to a magician who lived near the city gate, and asked the magician to lift the spell cast on them by the elf.

"It is your fault," said the magician, when the Sultan told him what had happened. "If you had not broken your promise to the young man, no disaster would have befallen the princess. There is only one The only way to save your daughter is that the bridegroom you have chosen must give way to the bald young man."

Although the sultan was very reluctant, he knew that the magician was smarter than him.Without delaying a moment, he immediately sent his most trusted servant to find the young man, and bring him back to the palace.The young man, who had been hiding behind a pillar, was secretly delighted at hearing the Sultan's words.He hurried home and said to his mother: "If the envoys sent by the Sultan come to me, you must remember to tell them that I have been away from home for a long time, and you don't know where I have gone. However, Because you are poor, if they will give you enough money for traveling expenses, then you will try to find me." Then he hid himself in the attic to hear what was going to happen next.

After a while, someone knocked hard on the door, and the old woman jumped up and opened the door.

"Is your bald son here?" the visitor asked standing outside the door. "If he is, let him come with me. The Sultan wants to speak to him face to face."

"My lord," answered the old woman, covering her eyes with a corner of her veil, "he has been away from home for a long time, and I have heard nothing from him since he left."

"Ah! Honorable lady, can you think about where he might go? The sultan intends to marry his daughter to him. If anyone can bring him back, the sultan will definitely reward him a lot."

"He never told me where he was going," answered the wrinkled old woman, shaking her head, "but the Sultan has given him such honor that it is worth the trouble to get him back. There are several places , maybe, maybe we can find him, but only I know these places. But I am a poor old woman, and I don't have the money to travel so far to find him."

"Oh! That's not a problem," the visitor said loudly. "There are 1000 gold coins in this purse. You can spend it as you like. Tell me where to find him, and you can get another 1000 gold coins."

"That's great," she said, "and it's settled. Good-bye, I have some preparations to make. You'll hear from me in a few days."

During the next week or so, the old woman and her son carefully stayed in their house, only coming out after dark so as not to be seen by the neighbors.They didn't light a fire or light a lamp, and everyone thought the hut was deserted.Finally, on a fine morning, the young man got up early, put on his clothes, put on the most beautiful scarf, hurriedly finished his breakfast, and set foot on the road to the palace.

The tall black man standing at the door was obviously waiting for his arrival, and let him in without saying a word.Another attendant who was waiting at the gate led him directly to the Sultan, who received him with joy.

"Oh, my boy, where have you been hiding these days?" he said.The bald young man replied, "O Sultan! I won your daughter fairly, but you broke your promise and did not want her to be married to me. So I got tired of home and went away Wandering! But now that you have repented and stopped breaking your promise, then I will marry the bride who should belong to me. So, tell your prime minister to prepare the marriage contract."

Thus, a new marriage contract was prepared.At the request of the new groom, the sultan and the prime minister had to sign the marriage contract.When all this was done, the young man begged the Sultan to take him to the princess, and they went into the hall together.Each of them had stood there motionless since the young man had uttered the curse that brought disaster.

"Can you lift the spell?" asked the Sultan anxiously.

"I suppose so," replied the young man (to tell the truth, he wasn't quite sure himself).He stepped forward and yelled, "Let anyone under the 'Mads Chong' spell be set free."

As soon as the words fell, those "statues" came to life, and the bride happily put one of her hands into the hands of the new groom.As for the original groom, he disappeared without a trace, and no one knows what became of him.

(End of this chapter)