red fairy book

Chapter 7 The Mayflower Princess (2)
"Oh, well," she answered, "let's go to Squirrel Island. It's a deserted place, and no one will go there with us." She ordered the boatman to row to Squirrel Island.

Its daybreak.The king, queen, and courtiers all woke up, rubbed their eyes, and tried to finish their wedding preparations.

The queen looked for her scarf, for she would look radiant in it.They searched everywhere, including the wardrobe and the stove; the Queen herself searched from the garret to the basement, but found no scarf.

Just then the king remembered his short sword, and another search was started.They rummaged through boxes and cabinets, even cabinets that hadn't been touched for 100 years, and found countless weird things, but there was no dagger.

You know, these two things are the most precious things in the whole kingdom.The king pulled his beard desperately, and the queen began to pull her hair.

Seeing that there was no hope, the king said, "Never mind, let's hurry up and get the wedding done before the other things are lost." Then he asked where the princess was.At this time, the nanny came and said, "Your Majesty, I have been looking for the princess for two hours, but I can't find her anywhere."

Now, the queen couldn't take it anymore.She screamed, passed out, and poured two barrels of cologne before she woke up.The people were looking for the princess in terror and confusion, and the king said to his herald, "Go and fetch the messenger; he must be asleep somewhere. Tell him the sad news."

The herald searched and searched, but like the princess, the dagger, and the scarf, the messenger was gone!
The king summoned his advisers and guards, and entered the hall, accompanied by the queen.He had no time to prepare his speech, so he ordered silence for three hours.

Three hours later, the king said: "Listen, my dear daughter Mayflower is missing, and I don't know if she has been kidnapped or just disappeared.

The queen's shawl and my dagger, which were invaluable, were also missing.Worst of all, Mr. Messenger has also disappeared.I am afraid that if his master does not hear from him, and comes to us for him, he will suspect that we have killed him.If I had money, it might be easy to do, but the cost of the wedding has eaten me up.Please tell me, how can I find my daughter, Mr. Messenger, and other things? "

It was the most moving speech ever given by a king.After the Prime Minister praised him thus, he said: "Your Majesty, we are all sorry to see you so sad. We would rather use our dearest things to relieve your sorrow, but this should be another trick of Calabous. Princess 20 The bad luck of the year is not over yet, if I want to be honest, I have to say that the princess and Mr. Messenger are very sympathetic to each other. Perhaps this is a clue."

The queen interrupted him: "Be careful what you say, sir. Believe me, no one taught the Mayflower princess to love a messenger."

At this moment the nurse took a step forward, knelt down, and confessed that she had made a small hole in the tower, and the princess saw the messenger through the hole, and declared that she would marry no one but the messenger.

The queen was so angry that she scolded the nanny and maids severely, making them tremble with fright.But the High Hat Admiral interrupted her, saying: "Let us go to the hapless emissary. There is no doubt that he has run away with our princess!"

After a series of applause, everyone roared: "No matter what, find him!"

Someone searched at sea, someone walked from one country to another.They beat drums and trumpets and shouted in the place where the crowd gathered: "Who wants a beautiful doll, sweets of all kinds, a pair of little scissors, a gold robe, and a satin hat? Just say cowhide Wherever the envoy Wang hides Princess Mayflower, you will have everything."

But no matter where you go, the answer you get is: "Go further and try, we haven't seen them."

Those looking for it at sea are luckier.After driving for a while, they saw a bright light in the distance, and at night, this light was like a raging fire burning.At first they didn't know what it was, and they didn't dare to approach it, but the flame remained still on Squirrel Island.

You already guessed it?Yes, it's ruby ​​shine.After the princess and the Cowhide King went ashore, they gave the boatman a hundred gold coins and told him not to reveal their whereabouts.But unfortunately the boatman rowed the boat into the fleet, and before he could slip away, the admiral of the fleet saw him, and he sent a boat to follow the boatman.

When they searched the boatman, they found gold coins in his pocket, and they were new gold coins, engraved with the words commemorating the wedding of the princess.Now the commander of the fleet knew that the gold coins were paid by the princess to the boatman, and the boatman helped the princess escape.

But the boatman pretended to be deaf and dumb and didn't answer any questions.

The commander of the fleet said: "Oh? He is deaf and dumb? Give him a whip and let him taste the feeling of being out of his wits. This is the best cure for deaf and dumb!"

The boatman saw the seriousness of the matter, and told all he knew: he had sent a girl and a knight to Squirrel Island.So the commander ordered his fleet to surround the island.

Princess Mayflower is fast asleep.She found a patch of green grass under the shade of a tree, and slept soundly.The cowhide king was hungry and didn't fall asleep. He ran over and shook the princess awake, and said impatiently: "Please, girl, how long do you plan to stay here? There is nothing to eat here. Even if you are beautiful, I just admire you." I'm still going to starve to death!"

"What? Cowhide King!" The princess sat up and rubbed her eyes, "I'm with you, what else do you want? You should be thinking about how happy you are all the time."

"Happy?" he said sullenly. "I wish you had gone back to the dark tower!"

"My dear, don't be so rough," said the princess, "I'll get you some wild fruit to eat."

"I want you to find a wolf and eat you!" growled the Cowhide King.

The princess walked back and forth in the woods dejectedly, her clothes were all torn, and her white and tender hands were cut by thorns and barbs, but she couldn't find anything to eat, so she had to go back to the cowhide king sadly.When he saw her come back empty-handed, he turned and left, complaining all the time.

The next day, they looked everywhere again, but they still found nothing.

"Alas!" said the princess, "I will be all right if I am hungry, if I can find something for you to eat."

"Yeah, I don't mind either." Cowhide King replied.

"Then, don't you care if I die of starvation?" said the princess. "Oh, King Cowhide, you said you loved me!"

"We weren't here at the time, and I wasn't hungry," he said. "Being hungry and thirsty on this isolated island doesn't make a difference."

Now the princess is troubled.She sat down under a white rose bush and began to weep desolately.She thought to herself, "Happy roses bloom in the sun, expecting admiration, and no one does that to them."

Tears rolled down her cheeks and fell on the roots of the rose.To her surprise, the rosebushes rustled and wobbled.

One of the most beautiful roses said softly: "Poor princess! Look at these trunks, and you will see honey, but don't be a fool, and don't share it with the cowhide king."

Mayflower ran to the tree trunk and saw the honey, she took the honey without hesitation and ran to the Cowhide King, and cried happily: "Look, I found the honey! I could have eaten it all myself, but I I'd rather share it with you!"

The cowhide king didn't even look at her, grabbed the honey and stuffed it into his mouth, leaving the princess with nothing.The princess cautiously asked him for it, but the Cowhide King teased her hatefully, saying that honey is too sweet and it will damage your teeth.

Mayflower was even more depressed.She sadly walked away and sat down under an oak tree.So dreary were her sighs and tears, that the oak fanned her with its rustling leaves, and said, "Take courage, fair princess, the hour is not yet at hand. Drink this jug of milk, anyway. So, don’t give a drop to the Cowhide King.”

The princess looked around in surprise, and saw a jug full of milk.But before she picked up the jar, she remembered that the Cowhide King had eaten so much honey in one go, and she must be very thirsty now.So she ran back to him, and said, "Here is a jug of milk, drink it, you must be thirsty! But please leave some for me, for I am hungry and thirsty, and I am dying."

The Cowhide King grabbed the jug, drank the milk in one gulp, then threw the jug on the stone and smashed it into pieces, mockingly said: "You didn't eat anything, how could you be thirsty?"

"Ah!" the princess exclaimed, "I ran away with this messenger whom I didn't understand at all, and let my father and mother down, and I got my retribution!"

As she spoke, the princess went to the deepest part of the forest, and sat down under a great thorn tree.A nightingale was singing, and she heard it say, "Look under the bushes, Princess, and you'll find sugar, almonds, and biscuits. Don't be a fool, and don't give it to the Cowhide King."

This time, the princess, who was about to faint from starvation, followed Nightingale's advice and ate all the things she found.When the cowhide king saw that the princess found something and refused to give it to him, he chased and beat her angrily.She hastily took out the queen's scarf, which can help her become invisible in times of danger.

Safely hidden, she begins to complain about his inhumanity.

At this time, the high-hat fleet commander sent Jack to deliver a letter to the prime minister, telling the king and queen that the messenger and the princess were ashore on Squirrel Island.But Squirrel Island does not belong to their country, so he did not go ashore to follow them, fearing that they would be attacked by lurking enemies.

The king was very pleased with the news, and took a book to read, and each page was as long as eight ells.This book was written by a very clever fairy, and wrote about the geography of the entire earth.He soon discovered that Squirrel Island was uninhabited.

"Go ahead," he said to Jack, "tell the captain to land at once. I wonder why he didn't do it sooner." The word reached the fleet, and the fleet began to prepare for battle.The preparations were made so loudly that even the princess heard them, and she flew at once to protect her lover, who gladly accepted her protection, as he was not brave.

"You stand behind me," she said, "I hold the scarf, it will make us invisible, and I have a short sword to protect you." Sliding past them, they all fell unconscious on the sand. The commander felt strange and ordered to retreat quickly. His men returned to the ship in a mess.

The cowhide king left with the princess again. He wanted to get rid of the princess, got the scarf and dagger by himself and ran away.When they were walking over the cliff, he gave the princess a hard push, wishing her to fall into the sea.But she flashed so fast, he lost control of his balance, fell down, and sank to the bottom of the sea like a lead block, without any movement.

The princess looked for him anxiously, and suddenly heard a noise above her head. She looked up and saw two chariots flying towards each other.A brightly colored chariot was pulled by peacocks and swans, and a fairy sitting on it was as beautiful and bright as sunshine; Wearing a toadskin hat.

The chariots collided in the air.The princess held her breath as she watched the beautiful fairy with a golden javelin and the ugly dwarf with a rusty spear fighting in the air.

After a while, the fairy got the upper hand, and the dwarf turned the bat's head and ran away in a hurry.The Fairy landed beside the Princess and said with a smile: "See? Princess, I have defeated the evil Carabos. Because you left the tower four days early, she wants to control your life. But, no matter what , I defeated her. I hope you will be happy and enjoy the freedom I fought for you."

The princess thanked the fairy sincerely.The Fairy sent a peacock to the palace and brought back a beautiful gown for the princess, which was torn by thorns.

Another peacock was sent to inform the Admiral of the Fleet that he was safe to land.The commander immediately landed with all the horses, even Jack, who was having a barbecue dinner, went ashore together.

The high-hat commander was taken aback when he saw the golden chariot, and he was even more surprised when he saw two lovely girls walking under the tree not far ahead.He caught up with them and recognized one of them as the princess.He knelt down and kissed the princess's hand joyfully.The princess introduces the Fairy to him, telling him that Carabos has finally been defeated.He thanked the fairy and congratulated her on her success.

While they were talking, the fairy suddenly cried out: "I can smell the food!"

"Oh, yes, ma'am, here it is." Jack was holding a roasting pan, in which the pheasant and quail were sizzling, "would you like to try it?"

"You must try it, the princess must want to have a good meal." said the fairy.

The commander sent someone to the boat to get the tableware, and they sat happily under the tree to eat, and when they finished eating, the peacock came back with a robe.

The fairy helped the princess into the green gown, which was embroidered with gold and studded with pearls and rubies.The princess's hair was tied back with diamonds and emeralds, and she wore a crown of flowers.

The fairy helped the princess into the golden chariot, took her to the deck of the warship, said goodbye to her, asked her to greet the queen, and told the princess that she was the fifth fairy to be baptized.

Then the salute was fired, anchor was weighed, and soon they were in port.

The king and queen were waiting at the port, and they were so glad to greet the princess that the princess could not say that she was really sorry to run away with such a mean messenger.It must have been Calabous' fault, though.

At this moment, the son of King Morin arrived. The news of the messenger had not come for a long time. He waited very anxiously, so he brought thousands of knights and thirty bodyguards to see what happened.

The prince, in his gold and red uniform, was a hundred times braver and handsomer than the envoy.The princess liked him very much.So, they held the wedding immediately, and the scene was so spectacular and lively that people forgot all the previous unhappiness.

(End of this chapter)