red fairy book

Chapter 28 The Three Princesses of Bailu Kingdom
A long time ago, there was a fisherman who lived next to the palace and fished for the king.One day he went out to sea to fish, but he caught nothing, neither a rope nor a stick, nor a single herring.

At the end of the day, stick a head out of the water and say, "Give me what your wife showed you when you came home, so you can catch enough fish."

The fisherman agreed, and he caught many fish.When he came home in the evening, his wife asked him to see the newborn baby, and he burst into tears immediately, and told his wife about it, and the woman was very sad.

When the king heard about this and heard that the woman was very sad, he said that he would adopt the child and see if he could be saved.The child was a boy, and the King adopted him as his own, till he was a lad.

One day, the boy wanted to go fishing with his father. He said that he wanted to be a fisherman very much. Of course the king didn't want to, but finally he agreed.

The boy was happy with his father all day, and they went home together in the evening.The young man found that his handkerchief was lost, and wanted to take a boat to find it, but as soon as he got into the boat, the water quickly gathered and surged around him.

The boy tried to row back, but it was no use, and he rowed and rowed all night, and at last he saw a white land stretching far, far away.He went ashore, walked for a while, and met an old man with a white beard.

"What's the name of this country?" asked the young man.

"Bai Lu Country." The old man replied.He asked the young man where he came from and what he was going to do, and the young man answered him.

"Then, keep walking along the coast, and you will come across three princesses who are buried in the ground with only their heads sticking out. They will call you and beg you to help them. The first one is the Eldest Princess. You pass the first two For the first princess, just pretend not to hear or see, and walk over. But for the third one, you go and help her. She will bring you good luck."

The young man met the first princess, and she called him, and begged him to come and help him, but he passed by pretending not to see it, and so did the second.He went directly to the third princess.

"If you will listen to me, choose one of the three of us."

The young man said he would love to.She told him that the three giants had planted them here, and now they lived in a castle, which he could see from the wood.

"Then, go to the castle, and let the giants take turns beating you all night for each of us, and if you can take it, we'll be saved."

"Okay," said the boy, "I'll do my best."

"As soon as you go in," said the princess, "you will see two lions standing at the door, but they will not hurt you if you go straight in. Go into a little dark room and lie there, and the giant will come in and beat you You. You don't touch the bottle hanging on the wall, no matter how bad you hurt, don't apply ointment. Use it when it's over, and you'll be fine soon. Then take the dagger next to the bottle Get it, stab the giant to death."

He did as the princess commanded.He walked right past the lions, as if he hadn't seen them, and went into a small dark room, and lay down on the bed.

On the first night a giant with three heads came and brought three clubs, and beat the young man very hard.He endured until the giant finished beating him, then took a bottle to paint himself, and stabbed the giant to death with a dagger.

In the morning, he went to the beach and saw that the princess was lying on the ground from the waist up.

Same goes for the second night.Only the Giant had six heads, and brought six clubs, and beat him harder than he had the night before.When the young man went out in the morning, he saw that the princesses were above the ground above their knees.

On the third night the giant had nine heads and nine sticks, and he beat the young man so long that he fainted.The giant threw the young man against the wall, smashed the vial, and sprinkled the potion all over him, and he was as strong as ever again.

Then he seized the sword without wasting time and stabbed the giant to death.In the morning he went out of the castle and saw the princesses standing on the ground.He married the youngest princess as his queen, and lived happily here for a long time.

But then, he wanted to go home and see his parents.The Queen was not very happy about it, but he became more and more homesick, and when he told her he must go, she said, "You must promise me one thing. Do whatever your father tells you to do. But don't Listen to your mother." He agreed.

She gave him a ring that granted him two wishes.

He wished he was home right away.In the blink of an eye, he was home.His parents were amazed, they couldn't help being amazed by how gorgeous he was.

A few days after he came home, his mother wanted him to go to the palace and show the king what a man he had grown into.

The father said: "Don't do this, otherwise we can't get any happiness from him."

But it was useless for him to say that. His mother kept begging him, and finally he went.

After he got there, whether it was clothes or anything else, he was more expensive than the king. The king was not happy and said, "You have seen my queen, but I have not seen yours. I don't believe that your queen is as good as I am." Queen is beautiful."

"You would know it if Heaven had sent her here!" said the young King.Immediately, his wife stood in front of him.

But she is very sad.Say to him, "Why don't you remember my words? You should only listen to your father. I'm going back right now, you wasted two wishes!"

She then pulled a ring from her hair with her name written on it, saying she wanted to go back right away.

Now the young king was in pain.Day after day he wondered how to find his wife again.

"I'm going to try and see how to get to Bai Lu Country." After thinking about it, he set off.

After walking some distance, he came to a mountain, where he met the one who ruled over all the animals in the forest.As soon as the man blew the horn, the animals gathered together.The king asked him how to get to Bailu country.

"I don't know," he said, "I'll ask the animals." Then he blew the horn and asked them, but none of the animals knew.

The man gave him a pair of snowshoes and said, "Put on these shoes and go find my brother. He lives a hundred miles from here and he takes care of all the birds. Ask him, and when you get there you will Put the toe towards me and they'll come back by themselves."

When the king got there, he did as he was told, and the shoe went back by itself.

He asked how to get to Bailu country again. The bird king gathered all the birds and asked them, but no bird knew.After a long time, a very old eagle came. It hadn't come to the party for ten years, but it didn't know the country either.

"Well," said the bird king, "I'll lend you a pair of snowshoes. You go to my brother. He lives a hundred miles away from here. He manages all the sea fish. You ask him, don't forget to take this The shoe fell the other way."

The king thanked him and put on his shoes.When he saw the fish king, he turned the shoe in one direction, and the shoe went away by itself.He asked where Bai Luguo was.

The fish king summoned the fish with a horn, but they didn't know it either.Finally came a very old, very old pike.

When he asked the pike, it replied, "Yes, I have cooked there for ten years. Tomorrow morning I have to go back. The king is gone and the queen is remarrying."

"I'll give you a suggestion," said the Fish King. "Not far from here, there's a swamp where three brothers live. They've been there for a hundred years, fighting over a hat, a cloak, and a pair of boots. If Whoever has these three things can become invisible. And, you can go anywhere you want. You can tell them that you want to try these things, and then you help them decide who gets them.”

The king thanked him and went away.

"Are you going to stay here and fight and fight forever?" he said to the three brothers. "Let me try these things and make a decision for you."

They agreed.But after he got everything in his hands, he said: "Next time we meet, I will tell you my decision." Then he left immediately.

He traveled through the sky and met the north wind.

"Where are you going?" North Wind asked.

"Bailu Kingdom," said the king, and told him everything.

"Oh, so," said the north wind, "you can go faster than me, and I have to blow to every corner. When you get there, stand on the doorstep, and I'll blow like a hurricane. The whole palace is the same, when the prince who wants to marry your queen comes out, you grab him by the collar and throw him out, and I will blow him away."

The king did as North Wind said.He stood on the steps, and the north wind began to howl, clinging to the walls and roof of the castle and shaking him from side to side.The Prince came out, and as soon as he came out the King took him by the collar and threw him out, and then the North Wind caught him and carried him away.

After driving the guy away, the king entered the castle.At first the queen did not recognize him, for he was thin and pale with all the toil and sorrow, but when she saw the ring she was overjoyed, and they were married.The wedding was grand, and people talked about its magnificence long afterward.

(End of this chapter)