red fairy book

Chapter 31 Wooden Robe Kali (1)
Long, long ago, there was a king who was a widower, and the queen who died left him a daughter, who was smart and beautiful, and no one was smarter and more beautiful than her.

For a long time the king mourned the loss of his wife, whom he loved dearly.But eventually he got tired of living alone and married a widow who also had a daughter and was spoiled.

The new queen and her daughter were very jealous of the king's daughter, but with the king around, they dared not do anything. The king loved his daughter very much.

Later, the two countries were at war, and the king went to the battlefield. The new queen felt that she could do whatever she wanted. She beat the king's daughter and chased her to hide everywhere.

Later, she sent the princess to take care of the cattle, and the princess took the cattle to the forest and the field.She ate only a little every day, was thin and pale, and always cried sadly.There was a strong blue bull in the herd, very beautiful and smooth, and he used to come to the king's daughter and let her caress him.

One day she sat there crying again.The bull came over and asked her why she was always so sad.She didn't answer and continued to cry.

"Well," said the bull, "I know it, and I know it even if you don't tell me. You cry because the queen is not good to you, because she wants to starve you to death. You don't have to cry, I have A piece of cloth, you take it out and spread it out, and you can eat whatever you want."

She did so, took out the cloth, and spread it out on the grass.There are so many delicious food, including wine and cakes, anyone who sees it will be envious.

She was lively again, and her face was rosy.The queen and her emaciated daughter turned green at this, and she wondered how her step-daughter could grow so well when she was so poorly fed.She sent a maid to follow her, because she thought a servant was secretly feeding the princess.

The maid saw her take the cloth out of the cow's ears, spread it out, and then there was so much good food that the princess enjoyed it all by herself.The maid went home and told the queen.

At this time, the king returned home, and he defeated the enemy.Everyone in the palace was very happy, but no one was happier than the princess.

The queen pretended to be sick and bribed the doctor.The doctor said that if the meat of the blue bull could not be eaten, the queen would not be able to recover.

The princess and the rest of the palace asked the doctor if there was any other way of saving the life of the bull, which was loved by all, and they lied that there was no such bull in the palace.

But it didn't work, the bull was going to be killed, there was no other way.When the princess heard about it, she was in great pain.She went to the bullpen to see the bull. The bull bowed his head and looked very sad. The princess hugged the bull and cried.

"Why are you crying?" asked the bull.

She told the bull that the king was back, and the queen pretended to be sick and wanted to eat its meat, so it was soon to be killed.

"They'll kill you shortly after they kill me," said the Bull. "If you think what I think, let's run away tonight."

The princess did not want to leave her father, but living with the queen would make things worse, so she agreed to go with the bull.

In the evening, when everyone was in bed, the princess went secretly to the bullpen to find the bull, who ran away carrying her.

The next day, after the rooster crowed, people came to kill the cow, but the cow was gone.The king got up and asked where his daughter was.The princess is gone too.

He sent four heralds to search for her all over the country, and announced her disappearance in the parish church, but no one knew anything about her.

At this time, the princess had ridden a long way on the bull, and came to a copper forest, where the trees and branches, leaves, and flowers were all copper.

Before he entered the forest, the Bull said, "When you enter the forest, you must be careful not to touch the leaves, or we will be ruined. Here lives a giant with three heads."

She said she must be careful not to touch anything.Along the way, she bent over carefully, avoiding the branches and pushing them aside with her hands.As they walked, they came to the depths of the forest, where the trees were so dense that they could not go any further. She did not know what happened, and tore off a leaf that fell in her hand.

"Oh, oh! Look what you've done?" said the Bull. "Now we're going to have a life-and-death fight. Remember, save this leaf."

After a while, they reached the end of the forest, and a giant with three heads rushed over.

"Who moved my tree?" asked the Giant.

"The woods are yours and mine!" replied the bull.

"Let's fight!" screamed the Giant.

The bull said: "Happy to accompany you!"

They fought.The Bull kicked and kicked, and the fight went on all day, and the Bull killed the Giant, and was so wounded that he could hardly move.They had to rest for a day, and the bull told the princess to bring the ointment which was hanging around the giant's waist, and apply it to him.He regained his energy immediately and was off the next day.

They walked and walked for many days, and they came to a silver forest.The trees, branches, leaves, and flowers are all silver.

Before entering the wood, the bull said to the princess: "We are going into the wood, thank God, you must not touch anything, do not pick a leaf, or we will all be ruined. Here lives a monster with six heads, that is The master of this forest, I can't beat him."

"Very well," said the princess, "I will be careful not to touch anything that you will not let me touch."

The forest is very dense, the trees are very crowded, and it is difficult to move forward.She carefully lowered her head to go around the branches, and pushed the branches away with her hands. Suddenly, a branch caught her eyes, and she accidentally pulled a leaf off.

"Oh! Oh! Look, what have you done?" said the Bull. "It's going to be a fight to the death again. This six-headed giant is twice as strong as a three-headed giant. Remember, take Leaves."

At this time, the giant came. "Who dares to touch my woods?" he said.

"The woods are mine too!"

"Then let's fight!" screamed the giant.

"Hit and hit." The bull charged at the giant and stabbed him in the eye, and the horns ripped out his guts, but the giant was also very strong, and it took three days of beating before the bull finished him off.

At this time, the bull was also exhausted, his body was covered with wounds, blood was pouring out, and he couldn't move.He asked the princess to anoint him with the ointment that was tied on the giant's belt, and after a while his spirits recovered, and they rested for a week, and went on their way again.

At this time the bull was still a little weak and began to walk more slowly.The princess wanted to save him some energy and said that she would come down and go.But he refused, so she had to sit on his back.

They walked for a long time, and the princess had no idea where the cow was taking her.After a long time, they came to a golden forest.

The golden light is shining, the gold is hanging down, the trunk, the branches, the flowers, and the leaves are all pure gold.Things are still the same.The bull told the princess not to touch the leaves.Because there is a nine-headed monster here, who is more powerful than the first two giants combined.The Bulls felt they couldn't beat him.The princess said that she would be very careful, but the forest was too dense, denser than the silver forest, and it grew denser as she went.

The woods became denser and denser, and finally she could not go any further. She was terrified that she would break the branch. She sat on the back of the bull and huddled up to avoid the branches, and pushed them away with her hands. Then a twig caught her eye, and out of sight she stretched out her hand, and caught a golden apple in her hand.

She wept with fear, and wanted to throw the apple away, but the Bull told her to keep it carefully, and comforted her, but he still said he did not know if he could beat the Giant.

The nine-headed giant came, and he was so terrible that the princess dared not look at him. "Who touched my tree?" he roared.

"The woods are not only yours, but mine," said the Bull.

"Let's fight!" said the giant.

"Just hit it." The bull rushed over.They started fighting.The scene was so dreadful that the princess almost fainted.The bull picked out the giant's eyes, but the giant was so powerful that one head died and the other died, and it took the bull a whole week to kill him.But the bull himself was exhausted, and his whole body was wounded, and he didn't even have the strength to ask the princess to get medicine.The princess went to get it herself, and the bull regained his strength, but he lay down and rested for three weeks before he had the strength to move around.

They continued on the road, and the bull said that it was not far away. They walked through mountains and woods, and then came to a wasteland.

"Did you see anything?" asked the Bull.

"I see nothing but the blue sky," said the princess.

As they went to higher ground, the waste became flatter and they could see better.

"What do you see?" asked the Bull.

"I see a little castle in the distance," said the princess.

(End of this chapter)