red fairy book

Chapter 24 The Cursed Pig (2)
Her husband was taken aback when he got up, and said: "Unhappy woman, what have you done, there were three days before the spell was broken, now, who knows how long. I will leave you immediately, unless you are looking for me , worn out three pairs of iron shoes and a steel crutch." After speaking, he disappeared.

The little princess was left there alone, and wept miserably.But she found that sorrow and tears were useless, and she decided to go and see where fate would take her.

She went to a city, where she ordered three pairs of iron shoes and a steel walking stick.Having made these preparations, she set out on the road to find her husband.She crossed nine seas, nine continents, passed through dense forests, stumbled among the branches all over the ground, fell down and continued to get up and walk.Branches hit her in the face, bushes cut her hands, but she kept walking, never looking back.

Finally, tiredness replaced sorrow, but her heart was full of hope, and she found a house.

Guess who lives in this room?moon.

The little princess knocked on the door and asked to let her in and rest for a while.Seeing her sad appearance, the moon's mother sympathized with her, took her in, and treated her very well.There, the little princess gave birth to a child.

One day, the moon's mother asked her: "How did you, a mortal, find the moon's home?"

The poor little princess told her story and said, "I thank God for having brought me here, and for your compassion for me and the child. I want to beg you one last time, does your daughter know where my husband is?"

"She doesn't know, my child," answered the Moon's mother, "but if you go on east and find the Sun's home, he may know."

She brought a roast chicken to the princess, and told her not to throw away the bones, which would be useful.The little princess thanked her for her kindness, threw away the worn-out pair of shoes, put on a second pair, put the chicken in the parcel, and set off again with the baby in her arms.

She walked through the desert, with so much sand, she almost took a step back every two steps forward, but she endured it.Then she climbed a high mountain, which was full of rocks, and she jumped from one rock to another.Sometimes she sits and rests for a while, then moves on.

She also had to cross swamps and climb flint-strewn mountain peaks, and her feet, elbows, and knees were all broken.Sometimes, when passing a cliff, she couldn't jump over it, so she had to climb over it.

Finally, she arrived at the Sun Palace.She knocked on the door, and Sun's mother opened it, looking in amazement at this mortal from the world.When she heard the little princess talking about the suffering along the way, she couldn't help wiping away her tears.She promised to help the little princess ask her son where the princess's husband was.

She hid the little princess in the basement so that the sun would not find it when she came home.Because when the sun comes home at night, his temper is always very bad.

The next morning the little princess felt that something was wrong, because the sun found that someone had come.However, his mother calmed him down in a soft voice, telling him that no one was there at all.

The little princess was grateful for her kindness, and asked, "Why is the sun angry? He is so beautiful, and he is so kind to people."

"That's how it is," said the sun's mother. "Every morning when he stood at the gate of heaven, he was very happy and smiled at the world. But when he saw all kinds of evil deeds of people, his temper became more and more bad-tempered. That's why he was always so angry when he came home. At night when he stood at death's door, he was sad and angry. Then, when his day's work was done, he went home."

Then she told the little princess that she asked for her, but the sun didn't know her husband's situation, so he could only ask the wind.

Before the little princess set off, the sun's mother gave her a roast chicken and told her not to throw away the bones, but to wrap them up.The princess threw away the second pair of worn out shoes, and set off again with the child in her arms.

This time the journey was more difficult.She climbed one flint mountain after another, and the flints kept blazing, and she walked through deserted woods and across snow-covered fields.

The poor little princess almost died, but she had a brave heart.She came to a cave where the wind lived.

There was a small door in the cave, and the little princess knocked on the door.Feng's mother sympathized with her and let her in.She also hid the little princess from the wind.

The next morning, Feng's mother told her that her husband lived in a dense forest.Because it is so thick that even an ax cannot cut a path.There he built a little house out of tree trunks and cane, and lived alone, away from humans.

Feng's mother gave her a roast chicken, told her to eat it on the way, and told her not to throw away the bones.Then, she suggested that the little princess walk from the Milky Way. At night, the Milky Way will be erected in the sky.

After thanking Feng's mother with tears, the little princess set off.She traveled day and night because she was so eager to see her husband again.Walking like this, her third pair of shoes also broke, she threw away the shoes, and walked on the ground barefoot, regardless of the mud, and regardless of the thorns that would prick her, and the stones that would scratch her.

At last she came to a green meadow.Her heart rejoiced when she saw the flowers and the green grass.She sat down to rest for a while, and when she heard pairs of birds singing to each other in the trees, she began to miss her husband.She cried sadly, hugged the child, picked up the package, and walked into the woods.

After walking for three days and three nights, she saw nothing.She was so tired and so hungry that not even the crutches could help her, which had grown dull after so long.She was so desperate that she almost gave up.

But she decided to try one last time.Suddenly she saw a house in the bushes, exactly as the wind's mother had described, this house had no windows, and the door opened to the roof.She walked around the house and found nothing.

What should she do?How to get into the house?She thought and thought, tried to climb to the door, but couldn't.At this time, she suddenly remembered those chicken bones, and she took the bones out of the bag and said to herself: "They won't tell me that these bones are useful for no reason, maybe they can be used now."

She held the bone and thought for a while, and then put the two bones together. The strange thing is that the two ends of the bones were tightly stuck together.So she glued the bones together one by one.

Now she had two long poles, each as high as a house.She swings the two poles a yard apart against the wall, and then swings the other bones sideways, one by one, like a ladder.After placing one, she stepped on it, and then placed the second one, almost reaching the roof.

This is the last step before you can enter the door.What should she do?Maybe, she lost some chicken bones along the way.she thinks.She took out the knife, cut off one of her fingers, and glued it on.Now, the ladder was complete, and she took the child through the door.

The room was tidy, she ate something, put the child to sleep on the floor, and sat down to rest herself.

When her husband came back, he was shocked.At first, he couldn't believe his eyes, staring at the bone ladder, he saw the little finger on the ladder.

He thought it was some kind of magic again, and almost ran away in fright.Later, he thought of a better idea.He turned into a pigeon, kept the magic away from it, and flew into the room.

He saw a woman shaking a child.As soon as he saw her, he knew how much she had suffered for him.Such love, such longing, such sympathy moved him, and he immediately became human.

The little princess stood up immediately when she saw him.Her heart was racing with fear, she didn't know this man, but when he told him who he was, she forgot all her suffering with joy.

He was a handsome man, tall and straight like a fir tree.They sat down and she told him her story, and he wept over it.Then he told her his story.

"I am the son of a king, and dragons are the source of disasters for our country. Once, when my father was at war with dragons, I killed a young dragon. Its mother was a witch, and she cursed me to turn me into a pig. That is her , let you wrap the thread around my foot, and just like that, I was cursed again and had to be pig-shaped for another three years before the spell was lifted. Now we both suffered for each other and met again, Just forget about the past."

They happily kiss each other.

The next morning they set off early for his father's country.People were so happy to see him and his wife.His parents embraced them and gave them three days and nights of feasting and celebration.

Then, they went to see her father.The old king was overjoyed to see his daughter, and when she told him all this, he said, "Didn't I tell you that this creature that wooed you was not born a pig, you see, my dear How wise, my child, to listen to me!"

Since the king was old and had no successor, he let this couple rule his country.If they are not dead, they are still living happily there!
(End of this chapter)