grey fairy tale book

Chapter 24 White Wolf
Once upon a time, there was a king who had three daughters, and among the three daughters, the youngest was the prettiest.One day, the king happened to be going to a very distant place in the country, and he had to travel a long way.Before the king set off, the younger daughter asked him to promise to bring her back a garland of wild flowers.Then the king set off.

When the king was about to go back to the palace, he thought he should bring some gifts back to each of his daughters.So he went to a jewelry store and bought a beautiful necklace for his elder daughter; then he went to a luxury shop and bought a dress made of gold and silver silk for his second daughter; The daughter bought it, but the king searched all the flower shops, but couldn't find the wild wreath she wanted.

The garland was not bought, and the king had to go home.On the way, the king passed through a thick wood, which was only four miles away from the palace.Suddenly, the king saw a white wolf squatting on the side of the road, and the white wolf had a garland of wild flowers on its head.

So the King called to the coachman, ordering him to get down from the chariot and fetch back the wreath on the head of the White Wolf.Unfortunately, the white wolf heard the king's order, and it said: "Your Majesty, I can give you the garland. But you should exchange something with me."

"What do you want?" replied the King, "I will give you something of value in exchange."

"I don't want gold, silver, or treasure," said the wolf. "I want the first living thing you see on your way back to the palace. Of course, it's not a plant. I'll come and get it in three days."

The king thought to himself: "I am quite far away from home. I will definitely meet wild animals and birds along the way. If you promise it, there should be no problem." So the king agreed and continued on his way with the wreath.However, he encountered nothing alive along the way, until he entered the gate of the palace, and the little daughter was waiting to welcome him back.

That night, the king was very unhappy, and he kept thinking about promising the white wolf.The queen knew it, and kept crying.Seeing their appearance, the younger daughter asked them why they were so sad and why they were crying.The king had no choice, so he told her the matter: how much they would have to pay to bring back the wild wreath; after three days, a white wolf would come to claim her and take her away, so that they would never Can't see her anymore.That's why they are so sad.

However, after much deliberation, the queen finally came up with a solution.In the palace, there was a maid who was as old and tall as the princess.The queen took out the beautiful dress of the little princess and put it on the maid, making up her mind that if she was given to the white wolf, he would not be able to see it.

On the third day the white wolf strode into the palace yard, and climbed the high stairs to the room where the king and his wife sat.

"I have come to keep your promise," said the Wolf, "give me your little daughter!"

So they brought the maid to it, and the white wolf said to her: "Climb on my back, and I will take you back to my castle." After speaking, he threw her on his back and left the palace.

The white wolf carried the maid on his back to the place where he met the king last time, and stopped. It was here that he exchanged garlands with the king.White Wolf asked the maid to come down, take a breath before leaving.So they sat down on the side of the road.

"I wonder," said the Wolf, "what would your father do if he had owned this wood?"

"My father is very poor, so he will cut down all the trees and saw them into planks. By selling the planks, we won't have to be poor and have enough to eat."

Hearing this, the white wolf knew that what he got was not the real princess at all, so he threw the maid on her back and carried her back to the palace.It ran to the king's room in a rage and said to him, "Hand over the real princess! If you try to lie to me again, I'll make a storm here, and I'll knock down all the walls and bury you all." In the ruins!"

The King and Queen had nothing to do but to wipe their tears, so they had to send for the little princess.The king said to the princess: "Daughter, I have to wrong you to go with the white wolf. The father promised it, and you can't break your promise!"

The princess had no choice but to prepare to leave home.But before she left, she went to her room, found the wreath, and put it on her head.Then the white wolf threw the princess on his back and led her away.

After a while, they came to the same place as last time, and the white wolf asked the princess to come down so that they could rest by the roadside.The white wolf asked the princess, "If your father owned this forest, what would he do?"

The princess replied: "My father will cut down these trees and make it into a beautiful garden. Then in summer he can take his ministers for a walk."

"She's a real princess!" thought the white wolf, but he didn't say it. "Climb on my back, and I'll take you back to my castle." As soon as she settled down, the white wolf ran through the woods, It ran and ran until it came to a great castle with many big doors.

"It's a beautiful castle!" said the princess, and the gate opened and the princess went in. "It's a pity that it's so far away from my father and the king!"

The white wolf replied: "At the end of each year, we will go back to visit your father and queen." After speaking, the white fur on its body slipped off.The one standing in front of the princess was not a wolf at all, but a handsome young man, tall and heroic.He took the princess' hand and walked up the steps.

After half a year, one day he walked into the princess's room and said to her, "My dear, get ready to go to a wedding! Your elder sister is getting married soon, and I will take you home. As soon as the wedding is over, I will fetch you back again. When the time comes, I will whistle outside the gate. When you hear it, come out to me immediately. Don’t care what the father and queen say, and don’t miss the ball and the meal. Because, if I If you are not received, you will never find your way back alone."

The princess was ready to go, when she saw him put on the white wolf's skin again, and become the same wolf again.The white wolf threw the princess on his back and set off towards the king's palace.After that, he let the princess stay, and he went home.At dusk, however, he came again to the palace to fetch the princess home.He stood outside the palace gates, and whistled, so long and loud that the dancing princess heard it at once, and she came out at once.The white wolf threw her on his back again, and carried her home.

After another half a year, one day, the prince, that is, White Wolf, walked into the princess's room and said to her, "Honey, you should get ready to attend your second sister's wedding. I will send you to the princess's wedding today. to the palace, where we shall remain until tomorrow morning."

So they went to the wedding together.At night, when they were alone together, he took off the wolf's skin and became a prince again.However, they did not know that the princess's queen mother was hiding in this room.The queen saw the white wolf fur falling on the ground, and walked out of the room crying.Immediately she sent someone to steal the wolf skin and put it on the stove in the kitchen and burned it.The moment the flame touched the wolf's skin, thunder exploded in the sky, and the prince rushed out of the palace gate like a whirlwind, and went home alone.

But the little princess was so sad that she cried all night.Early the next morning, she set off, trying to find her way back to the castle by herself, but she couldn't find any trace of the castle after walking around in the woods.For fourteen days, she walked aimlessly in the woods, slept under the trees when she was sleepy, and ate some wild fruits and grass roots when she was hungry.

One day, she finally found a small house.The princess opened the door and walked in.She saw Fengshen sitting alone in the room, so she asked, "Fengshen, Fengshen, have you ever seen a white wolf?"

Fengshen replied: "Every day from morning to night, I am busy blowing the wind everywhere, and I have just arrived home! I didn't see him." However, he took out a pair of shoes and told her that as long as you put on these shoes, you can take one step. You can go a hundred miles.

So the princess put on those shoes as if she were flying.Soon, she came to a star, "Star, star, please tell me, have you ever seen a white wolf?"

The star answered, "I blinked all night, and I didn't see him!" But the star also took out a pair of shoes, and told the princess that in them she could cover two hundred miles in one stride.

So the princess put on those shoes, and soon came to the moon.The princess asked: "Dear Mother Moon, have you ever seen a white wolf?"

Mother Moon replied: "I have been busy walking from one side of the sky to the other all night. I just came home. I didn't see him!" However, the moon also took out a pair of shoes and said to wear them. With a pair of shoes, one stride can cover four hundred miles.

Afterwards, the princess came to Eunuch Sun, "Dear Eunuch Sun, have you ever seen a white wolf?"

Father Sun replied, "Yes, I saw him. He thought you wouldn't come back to him, and he has chosen another bride. They are getting ready for the wedding! But I can help you. Here are some shoes , after wearing it, you can walk on glass or ice, and climb the steepest places. I also have a spinning wheel here, which can weave moss into silk. From me, you will reach a glass Mountain, put on the shoes I just gave you, and you can climb up without any difficulty. The palace of the white wolf is on the top of the mountain."

The princess set off again.Soon, she arrived at the glass mountain. On the top of the mountain, she saw the palace of the white wolf, which was exactly the same as what Grandpa Sun said.

But no one knew her, because she dressed herself up as an old woman with a kerchief on her head.The wedding will be held the next day, and the palace is busy with preparations inside and out.So the princess, who was an old woman now, took out the spinning wheel that Father Sun had given her, and began to spin silk out of moss.At this time, the bride of the white wolf passed by her, and seeing the princess turning the moss into silk, she said to her, "Mother, can you give me your spinning wheel?"

The princess replied: "I can give it to you, but on one condition, please allow me to sleep on the mat outside the prince's gate tonight."

The bride agreed: "Okay, you can sleep on the mat outside the door."

The princess gave her the spinning wheel.That night the princess wrapped herself up so tightly that no one could recognize her.She lay on the mat outside the White Wolf Gate, and when everyone was asleep, she began to tell her own story.She said that she was one of three sisters, the youngest and most beautiful, and that her father married her to a white wolf; The wedding of the second sister; she also talked about how her mother had the white wolf skin thrown into the fire, how she got lost in the woods, how she searched for the white wolf with tears in her eyes; How to be your own friend, how to help her come to the palace of the white wolf.

After hearing everything the princess said, the white wolf knew that his wife was outside the door. She had been looking for him, and after all the hard work, he finally found it.But he didn't speak.Until the next day, many guests came to his wedding, including kings and princes from various countries.When all the guests gathered in the banquet hall, the white wolf said to them: "Kings and princes, please listen to me. I have a treasure chest, and I lost the key. So I ordered someone to beat me up." A new key, but then I found the old one. Which one is better, you say?"

At this time, all the distinguished guests said in unison: "Of course it's the old one!"

"In this way," White Wolf said, "as everyone says, my ex-wife is better than my current bride." So he sent someone to invite the bride, betrothed her to one of the princes present, and then , he said to everyone: "This is my ex-wife." Our beautiful princess was brought in and sat down on the throne next to the white wolf.White Wolf said: "I thought she had forgotten me long ago; I thought she would never come back to me again. But the fact is that she is looking for my whereabouts everywhere. Now we are reunited, We will never be apart again!"

(End of this chapter)