red fairy book

Chapter 13 Black the Thief and Sir Canyon (2)
"When I was young, I was very crazy and experienced all kinds of misfortunes and pains. Once when I was wandering, I rushed until dark and couldn't find a place to stay. Later, I found a kiln. I really I was exhausted and fell asleep. It was not long before I saw three witches come in with three purses of gold. They put the purses under their heads and went to sleep. I heard them say that if Blake the Thief came, they would I just lost a penny. From their conversation, I knew that everyone was talking about me, and I kept silent. Later, when they fell asleep, I stole the bag and moved them to sleep on each other's pillows , ran off with their gold."

"I haven't gone far," continued Sloane the Thief, "and I saw a greyhound, a hare, and an eagle chasing me. I knew it must be the three witches, and they came after me like this, I just hope I don't recognize them, whether in the water or in the sky. However, since they haven't turned into some terrible beasts, I think I can fight them. My dagger is too easy to kill them Well. But come to think of it, they can still change. I climbed up the tree with a short sword and gold. They found me when they came, and one became a blacksmith's anvil, and the other a piece of iron, With these two things, the third man has a hatchet with which to chop the tree.

For about an hour or so, she shook the tree, and finally it bent, and a gust or two of wind brought it down.Now, I suspect that I am going to die, these guys are so powerful, it is not easy to kill me.But just as they were about to strike, the rooster crowed, and they immediately changed into their original form and disappeared, leaving me and my gold safe. "

"Now, sir, if this story is not as good as the adventures you've heard, hit me with the axe.

Hack me, or let him go, you decide. "

"Well, that's a curious story," said Sir. "I pardon the young man. Come, stir the fire, and boil the second."

"Honestly," said Black the Thief, "I don't think he'll die either."

"How?" said the sergeant. "He can't escape."

"I've run away myself in worse circumstances than this," said Sloane the Thief. "Since you're going to throw him in the furnace, I hope he'll run away, like me."

"Oh, have you been through such perils?" asked Sir. "I want to hear it, and if it's as good as the one just now, I'll forgive him."

"My life was not going so well," said Blake the Thief. "I told you it was hard for a while with no money and nothing to do. Then the bishop of the neighboring community died, and I heard there were quite a few Jewels and fine clothes were buried with him, and I wanted to get them quickly. One night, I went. His tomb was at the end of a long arcade, and I entered slowly, hearing footsteps coming towards me I hadn't gone very far when I was born. Although I was naturally courageous, when I thought that the man who died was a bishop, and I had committed a great crime, my courage disappeared at once, and I ran towards the entrance. Then, I Hearing footsteps, a tall black man was standing at the entrance. I was so frightened that I didn’t know how to get there, so I shot him, and he fell down. He was dead and still looked human, and I understood that he It wasn't the bishop's ghost, so I wasn't so scared. I took courage and ran to the other end of the arcade, and there was a big bag. I checked the body, the man was shot, it was a priest personnel.

I'm so sorry I killed him, but there's nothing I can do now.I picked up the big bag, which contained many valuable things, and then I wanted to leave that gloomy place.But when I got to the entrance, I saw the guards coming towards me. They said to go to the arcade, but they also said that even if Black the thief was there, he would not rob the dead.I don't know what to do, if they see me, they will kill me.No one would dare to charge forward, and I knew that if they saw me, they would just kill me like a dog.I ran out of time, so I had to lift the man I had killed as if he were standing, and I would shrink behind him, the only thing the soldiers could see as they walked toward the arcade.Seeing the man's black clothes, one of the soldiers said he was Black the Thief, and aiming his gun, I let him fall, and crawled myself into a dark corner by the entrance.When they saw the man fall, they ran into the arcade, and did not stop until they reached the end, for they must have feared that he had accomplices.Then, while they were checking the arcade, I ran away, and now they'll never catch me. "

"Well, brave man," said Sir Grant, "you have been in many dangers, and your story has saved the two princes, but the little prince has had to suffer. If you can tell a good story story, I let him go. I sympathize with him and want to help him."

"What a coincidence," said Sloan the Thief, "I like him the most, too, and leave the best stories to him."

"Well, let's hear it," said Sir.

"One day, I was on my way," said Blake the Thief, "and I went into a big forest, and wandered a long way, and couldn't get out. At last I found a big castle, and I was so tired that I went in, I saw a young woman with a child on her lap, and she was crying. I asked her why she was crying, and where was the castle. It was so strange that there were not even a servant in the castle."

"You have come by coincidence," said the young woman. "The owner of the castle is not here now. He is a fierce monster with an eye on his forehead and eats human flesh. He brought this child to me. I don't know where he brought it. Yes. I couldn't help crying when he told me to make babies into pies."

I told her that if she could show me a safe place, I would take the baby, which would be better than a monster eating me.

She told me there was a house far away where a woman would take care of the children. "But what about the pie?" she asked.

"Chop off one of his fingers," I said, "and I'll bring you a young boar from the woods, and you dress him up like a child, and put the finger on it, and if the monster suspects you turn it Show him, and he won't suspect that the pie isn't made of children's meat."

She agreed.I chopped off the child's finger, and soon found the house she had told me about, and found her a piglet.

She finished the pie.When I had eaten and drank myself enough, I bid her farewell when I saw the monster come in through the gate.

"Bless me!" she said, "where are you going? Go into that room, and lie among the dead, and take off your clothes, so that he won't recognize you."

I listened to her and lay down and played dead.I first heard the giant ask for pie, and he smelled pork, but because she showed him her finger, he believed it.

The pie whetted his appetite, and I heard him sharpen his knife, saying he hadn't had enough, and wanted some sliced ​​meat.It was scary howling among the corpses.Half of my butt was cut off and he took it to roast. As you can imagine, I was in pain, but I was afraid of being killed by him, so I held back and didn't move.

After eating, he drank so much hot wine that he couldn't even lift his head, so he lay down in a big basket and fell asleep.After I heard him snoring, I crawled out and asked the woman to heal me, and then I threw the monster's roasting pan into the stove, which burned red, and hit him in the eye, but he didn't die.

I ran and he chased me and he threw a magic ring on me and put it on my toe.

The monster called it the ring, and to my surprise, my feet answered, and he jumped over at once, but thanks to my sharp eyes, I got out of the way.I had this ring on my foot, it was useless to run away, the ring always told him where I was, so I just took out a pocket knife, cut off my toe, and threw it into the pond.

The monster called the ring again, and the ring answered again, and he didn't know that I had chopped off my toe, and he rushed to catch me, and drowned.

"Well, now," said Sloane the Thief, "you know how many dangers I've been through, and escaped, but I've been lame ever since."

"My lord," said an old woman who had been listening, "the story is true. I am the woman in the monster's castle, and my lord, you, are the one who was almost made into a pie." This is the person who saved you, look at your fingers, he is right, it is to deceive the monster."

Sir Grant was taken aback.Ever since he was a child, he had wondered where his fingers had gone, and now he finally knew, the story was true.

"Are you the one who saved me?" he asked. "I will not only forgive you, brave man, but I will entertain you as princes."

They knelt down to thank him, and Black the thief told him why the princes came to steal the horse.

"Well," said Sir Grant, "then I'd rather give you the horse than see such brave men die. Go away if you like, and don't forget to come back and see me."

They agreed, and returned happily, with Blake the Thief with them.

The evil queen had been standing on the tower, and when she heard the bell ringing from afar, knowing that the princes had returned with their horses, she was so angry and anxious that she fell off the tower and died.

When their father was on the throne, the three princes lived happily together, and Black the thief stayed by their side.But after the king died, no one knew what became of them.

(End of this chapter)