red fairy book

Chapter 25 Noka's Story

Long, long ago, there was a king and a queen.They had three sons, two were very clever, and one was a fool.The king has a deer farm, where all kinds of wild animals are raised.There is a big beast who often comes to the deer farm. The name of this animal is Noka.When it comes, it destroys and eats some animals every night.

The king tried various methods, but he still couldn't kill it.So he called his sons together and said, whoever kills Noka, give half of the land to him.

The eldest prince accepted the task.In the evening, he set out with arms.But before he got there, he passed a small hotel, where he spent a night of partying.By the time he realized it, it was too late, it was already dawn.He felt ashamed, but it didn't help.The next day, the second prince went, and the result was the same.Their father scolded them and it was over.

On the third day, the little prince accepted the task.They all made fun of him because he was too stupid to do anything.But he took his weapon and went straight away.He sits on the grass and puts the weapon so that if he falls asleep the weapon will poke him so he doesn't fall asleep.

The clock struck midnight, the ground began to shake, and Noka ran in through the fence.This guy is so big!The little prince jumped up, crossed himself, and rushed towards Noka.Norca ran back, and the little prince continued to follow it, but realizing at once that he could not overtake it, he ran to the stables, jumped on the best horse, and continued the pursuit.

After a while, he caught up with Noka, and they started a fierce battle.The little prince wounded Noka in three places.Finally, they were all exhausted and lay down to rest.

As soon as the little prince closed his eyes, Noka ran away.The little prince's horse called the little prince up, and they started the chase again.The little prince wounded Noka three more times, and they lay down to rest again.The guy ran off again.

The little prince chased it again and wounded it three more times.When chasing it for the fourth time, Nuoka suddenly ran on top of a white stone, and the stone lifted up, and Nuoka ran into another world. The little prince only heard it say: "If you can come in, you can come in." Beat me."

When the little prince got home, he told his father about it, and asked him to find someone to weave a leather rope, long enough to go to another world.His father ordered it to be done.When the rope was finished, the little prince took his brother, his servants, and enough things to live for a year, and went to the stone where the beast disappeared.They built a palace there and lived there for a while, and then the little prince asked his brother, "Who lifted this stone?"

The two brothers couldn't let the stone shake.But as soon as the little prince touched the stone, it rolled away.The stone is as big as a hill.After the stone rolled away, he asked his brothers again: "Who will go to that world to play Noka?"

They would not go, and he made fun of them for being cowards, and said, "Well, boys, farewell! Put me down, and don't go away, and if the rope wobbles, pull me up!"

His brothers let him down, into the Underworld, and hit the road.He walked, walked, and saw a horse dressed in luxurious horse ornaments, and the horse greeted him: "Long live, Prince Ivan! I have been waiting for a long time!"

He got on his horse and went on.He walked, walked, until he came to a palace made of copper.He went into the yard, hitched the horse, and went through the gate.There was food in one room, and he sat down to eat, then went into the bedroom, saw the bed, and lay down again to rest.

After a while, a girl came in, a girl so beautiful that she could only be seen in legends.The girl said:

"Who are you? Why are you in my bed? Say your name. If you are old, you are my father; if you are middle-aged, you are my brother; if you are young, you are my dear husband. If you are a woman, if you are older, it is my grandmother; if you are middle-aged, it is my mother; if you are young, it is my sister."

He got up.She looked very glad to see him, and said, "Oh, Prince Ivan, you are my husband!

What are you doing here? "

He told her everything, and she said: "Norka you want to catch is my elder brother. He lives with my second sister in the silver palace not far away. Last time I Help him pack three wounds."

They drank and played for a while, and talked sweetly together, and then the little prince left her to go to her second sister who lived in the silver palace.He also stayed with the second sister for a while, and she told the little prince that Noka was with the younger sister now, living in the Golden Palace.She also said that his brother was sleeping in the blue sea at the moment, and gave the prince a short sword and a strong fishing net, and told him that he had to cut off Noka's head with one knife.The little prince was on his way again.

When the little prince arrived at the blue sea, he saw Noka sleeping on a stone in the middle of the sea. When it was snoring, the sea was lifted several miles away. The little prince made a sign of the cross, walked over, and cut off its neck head.The head fell off and said: "This is a dead end." Then, it rolled into the sea.

After killing Noka, the little prince walked back, taking the three sisters with him along the way, intending to take them all to the upper world.All three of them fell in love with him and were unwilling to leave him.Their palaces are turned into eggs.

They were witches, and they taught the little prince how to turn an egg into a palace and back again.They gave the egg to the little prince, and went to the entrance together.

The little prince seized the rope, let them hold on tightly, and shook it, while the brothers pulled it up with all their strength.After pulling it up, they looked at these beautiful girls in surprise, went to the side to discuss and said: "Cut the rope halfway through the pull and kill him, otherwise he can't let us marry these girls."

After they agreed, lower the rope.Their brother was no fool. He had already guessed what they were going to do, so he tied the rope to the stone and gave it a pull.The brothers lifted the stone with great force, then cut the rope, and the stone fell to pieces.

The little prince walked away with tears in his eyes.He was crying and crying, and the storm came, with lightning and thunder, and rain pouring down.

He climbed to the tree to take shelter from the rain, and saw some little birds on the tree were already soaked, so he took off his clothes to cover them, and sat under the tree by himself.

After a while, a very large bird flew over, and the shadow blocked the light.The sky was already very dark, but it was even darker now.This is the mother of the little birds. When she saw that the little birds were covered, she asked, "Who covered it?"

It suddenly saw the little prince, and asked again: "Is that you? Thank you, I want to repay you. Tell me what you want most, and I will do anything for you."

"Take me to another world," he said.

"Make a big container, divide it into two partitions, catch some prey and put half of it, and pour water into the other half. This way we will have food and drink on the way."

The little prince did so.The big bird carried the container on its back, let the little prince sit on it, set off, flew for a while, sent him to the destination, and flew back by itself.

The little prince went to a tailor's house and became a tailor's assistant.His clothes were torn and torn, and no one knew he had ever been a prince.

Working in a tailor's house, the little prince asked, is there anything going on in this country recently?His master replied: "Our two princes, there used to be three, and now one is missing. The princes brought brides back from other worlds and wanted to get married, but the girls refused. They wanted to make clothes first. Clothes Like the clothes they wore in the world before them. The king called all the tailors, but no one would do it."

The little prince said: "Go to the king, master, and tell him you can do it."

"How can I do it? I only make clothes for ordinary people," said his master.

"Go, master. I will tell you," said the little prince.

The tailor went.The king was very happy, finally found a good tailor, and gave him a lot of money.When the tailor came home, the little prince said, "Now, pray to God and go to bed. Tomorrow will be all right." And the tailor went to bed.

The clock struck midnight.The little prince got up, went out of the town, and went out into the fields, and took out the eggs from his pocket.

When the girls gave it to him, they had already told him how to become a palace.He went into the palace, took out the gowns of the girls, came out again, turned the eggs back into them again, went home, hung the clothes on the wall, and went to sleep.

Early in the morning his master awoke and saw hanging there a robe he had never seen before, studded with gold, silver, and diamonds.He happily ran to the king with his clothes in his arms.When the girls saw the clothes, they knew that Prince Ivan was back. They glanced at each other, but said nothing.

The master handed over the clothes and went home, but Xiao Gong was nowhere to be seen.The little prince went to the shoemaker again and told him to go to the king.In this way he went to all the artisans, who were very grateful to him for making them rich.

When he searched all the technicians, the girls got everything they wanted.They wept bitterly, for the prince had not yet come, and they could not wait any longer, and were getting married.

When the wedding was ready, the youngest bride said to the king, "Dear father, allow me to give alms to the beggar."

He agreed.She went to give alms to the beggars and looked at them carefully. She walked up to a person and was about to give him money. She saw the ring she gave the little prince and the ring her sister gave the little prince.She took him by the hand, took him to the palace, and said to the king, "This is the one who brought us into this world. His brothers kept us from telling the fact that he was alive, and threatened to kill him." Get rid of us."

The king was enraged and punished the two sons.Then, three grand weddings took place.

(End of this chapter)