orange fairy book

Chapter 39 A white shoe (2)

While everyone was out looking for shoes, the king could only lie in bed and suffer from his illness.One day he heard a quarrel in the front room, so he rang the golden bell beside him, and summoned a servant, and asked him what had happened.

"Your Majesty," replied the servant, "it was the noise of a young man from the town who had the impertinence to come up and ask if he could have your Majesty's feet measured, for he wanted to make you a shoe to replace the one that was lost. only."

"Then how did you cope?" asked the king.

"The servants pushed him out of the palace, and gave him a few more punches as a lesson, so that he won't be so reckless next time." He replied.

"What they did was reckless," said the king, frowning. "He came here out of good intentions. How could he be treated like this!"

"But, my God, he, an insignificant fellow, at best a shoemaker's apprentice, wants to see you, Your Holy Majesty! Even if he can make perfect shoes, if he has no painkiller ointment, then the It's no use either."

The king was silent for a moment, then said, "Never mind, go and bring him, and I will try all possible means of relieving the pain."

The servant had no choice but to go out and chase the young man back as the king ordered.Fortunately, he had not gone far from the palace, and was soon found, and then led into the palace, and brought before the king.

The young man was tall and handsome, and despite being a shoemaker, he was well behaved and modest.He bent down and bowed deeply, and asked the king to allow him to measure the king's feet and to apply a healing ointment to the king's wounds.

The king liked the young man's voice and appearance very much. It seemed that he knew what he was doing and didn't look like a daredevil. So he stretched out his foot, and after the young man examined him carefully, he applied it gently. plaster.

The ointment was very effective, and soon the king's foot pain was relieved, and the king trusted the young man more and more. He asked the young man's name and life experience.

"I had no parents, they died when I was six, my lord," replied the young man humbly, "everyone in town calls me Jill Grillo, which means cardinal, because despite my parentage It's unfortunate, but I love singing around, like the cardinals, so that's why they named me. I'm lucky, God gave me a happy and optimistic personality."

"You really think you can cure me?" asked the king.

"That's right, Your Majesty." Gilgriro replied.

"And how long do you think it takes to make a shoe?"

"It's not easy, but I'll try my best to finish it in two weeks," replied the young man.

Although the king felt that two weeks was a long time to make a shoe, he said nothing, but asked, "Do you need any help?"

"I want a good horse, if I may, Your Majesty," replied Gilgriro.This answer was unexpected, and the ministers nearby couldn't help laughing.The king looked at him silently, and seemed to doubt his ability a little bit.

"I will give you a horse," said the king, looking at him for a moment, "and I hope you will come back in a fortnight. If you do what you say, I will marry you the princess. If you cannot , you will be whipped and paid for your recklessness."

Gilgriro bowed, turned and left the palace, the ministers laughed behind him, but he didn't care.

He waited in front of the palace gate for a while, and a servant brought a gorgeous horse over.When people heard about him, they all came to watch. Amid the exclamation and ridicule of the people, he easily jumped on the saddle and ran out of the city.

While he's on the road, let's stop for a moment to tell his story.His parents died when he was six years old, and he lived with his uncle for many years.His uncle had been studying medicine all his life, and he had a son, so he had no money to leave to his nephew after his death, but he taught him everything he had learned in his life.After his uncle died, Jill Grillo took a job that required long hours in an office during the day.In his spare time, he seldom plays with friends, but spends his time poring over books.Because of his shy nature and his tendency to be alone, everyone thought he was a weirdo.When the people in the town learned that he threatened to cure the king's foot, everyone laughed at him disapprovingly!
If they knew what Jill Grillo was really thinking, they would think he was crazy!

The thing is this: Before the princess celebrated the king's birthday, Gilgriro was in the city one day, saw the princess through the window, and fell in love with her immediately.But you can imagine how the king could marry his daughter to the apothecary's nephew!So, he tried his best to forget about her and worked harder on his research.But the king's proclamation gave him hope again.When he was free, he no longer spent his precious time studying books, but wandered by the river like everyone else, and when he saw something gleaming in the clear water, he immediately dived into the water, But the result is either a white pebble or a piece of broken glass.At last he understood that the princess was not won by standing by the river.He went to books to find sustenance, and studied harder than before.Finally one day, inadvertently, an opportunity came to him.

One day, he read an old book with a history of hundreds of years, which recorded the methods of curing various diseases.As he was reading, he suddenly came across a place, sat up straight, and his eyes lit up.This is a description of an ointment.The ointment is distilled from a plant that heals all kinds of aches and wounds, and which grows in a country as far away as a two-month journey back and forth.

In order to be received by the king, he said that he was a shoemaker and asked the king to give him a good horse.

On the road, in order to save the horse's strength, Jill Grillo only rode when he needed it.In this way, he spent six days and came to the place where the plant grew.It was a dense forest, and he tied the reins firmly to a tree, and then he began to crawl on the ground looking for this treasure.He searched and searched, and many times mistook other grasses for this plant.Finally, when the sky was getting dark and he had almost given up hope, at this moment, he suddenly saw that kind of plant at his feet!He was so excited that he plucked every plant he saw, put them in a bag, and then rode on his horse and galloped back to the city.

It was already evening when he returned to the city.He didn't rest for a moment, and when he got home, he immediately lit the fire, filled a pot of water, threw the herbs in and boiled on the fire, and then he lay down and fell asleep.

When he woke up, the sun was already out.He jumped up and ran to the pot, and saw that the herb had been boiled all night, and now it had turned into a thick syrup, just as it was described in the book.He scooped out the juice with a spoon, let it dry in the sun, and poured it into a long crystal flask.He put on his best clothes, put the bottle in his pocket, and set out for the palace, begging to see the king at once.And King Balencien, whose feet were much better these days with Gilgriro's plaster, was counting the days until his return!When he heard that Gilgriro had returned, he immediately ordered to receive him.When Gilgriro walked in, the king eagerly sat up from the bed, but when he saw that Gilgriro didn't bring shoes at all, his expression immediately sank.

"You didn't make the shoes, did you?" said the King in despair.

"Your Majesty, I think I have lived up to your trust." Gilgriro replied.He took the bottle from his pocket, and poured two or three drops of the syrup on the King's wound.

"For three consecutive days, apply it once a night, and it will be fine." He said.

Before the king could thank him, Gilgriro bowed and went out.The news quickly spread throughout the city. People still didn't believe that Gilgriro could cure the king. They called him a liar and predicted that three days later he would either be sent to the gallows by the king or thrown into the palace. prison.But Gilgriro and the king didn't care about these disturbing rumors. The king obeyed Gilgriro's words and carefully kept the bottle of painkiller ointment, not letting others touch it at all.

On the morning of the fourth day, when the king awoke, he immediately stretched his wounded foot to see if Gilgriro's medicine had any effect.Well, look, the wound is healed, not even a scar!

How happy King Balensine was at this moment!

He jumped up from the bed, as light as a fawn, and began somersaulting, doing all kinds of antics, and when he was tired and convinced that his foot was really healed, he immediately called for his daughter , and ordered the ministers to bring the young man to his room.

The princess saw Jill Grillo for the first time, she breathed a sigh of relief, and thought: "He is really young and handsome." The servants took Jill Grillo to change clothes.He put on a fine suit of green velvet trimmed with gold, and a hat with three white feathers.Seeing him dressed like this, the princess fell in love with him at once.The king kept his promise, and the wedding took place eight days later.At the wedding ball, the king danced a long time, very lightly.

(End of this chapter)