grey fairy tale book

Chapter 30 Buck Eatonsuch's Daughter (1)
Once upon a time there was a man who had seven daughters.For a long time, they lived happily together at home.One morning, my father called them all to him and said to them, "Your mother and I are going on a journey, but we don't know how long it will take, so we have prepared some food for you, which will last you three years. However, You can't open this door for anyone until we come back."

"Yes, dear father," replied the girls.

Two years passed, and they never left the house, or opened the door.But one day, when they finished washing their clothes and were drying them on the roof, the girls saw people coming and going in the street below, and the shops in the market opposite were displaying fresh meat, vegetables and other delicious things.

"Come here," cried one of them, "that stuff makes me hungry! Why don't we have a share? Let one of us go to the market and buy some meat and vegetables."

"Oh, we can't do that," said the youngest girl, "you know we can't open the door until Papa comes back."

Immediately afterwards, the eldest sister rushed towards her and beat her up.The second sister spat at her, the third sister scolded her, the fourth sister pushed her, the fifth sister threw her to the ground, and the sixth sister tore her clothes.Several sisters let her lie on the ground, and then, carrying a basket, they went out together.

About an hour later the sisters came back with a basket full of meat and vegetables, and they put their fresh purchases in the pot, and built a fire, quite forgetting that the door was open.However, the younger sister had no part in all this.When dinner was ready and the table was set, she slipped quietly into the hall and hid behind a large barrel in the corner.

The sisters were enjoying their supper when a witch happened to pass by, and seeing the door was open, she went in.She walked up to the eldest sister and said, "Where do you think I should start to eat, my fat group?"

"You start with—" she answered, "the hand that hit my sister."

So the witch devoured her.After eating the last piece of meat, she walked up to the second sister and asked, "Where do you think I should start eating, my fat group?"

The second sister replied: "You start with the mouth that scolded my sister."

In this way, she ate the next few in turn.After a while, all six sisters disappeared.Just as the witch ate the last piece of Sixth Sister's meat, the little girl who was squatting behind the barrel, who was petrified, immediately ran out of the open gate into the street.She didn't even look back, she kept running forward and running like flying, until a monster's castle appeared in front of her eyes.She found a cauldron in the corner of the door, and quietly crept in, closed the lid, and soon fell asleep.

Soon, the monster returned home. "Hey, ho, ha," he cried, "I smell strangers. What bad luck has brought you here?" He searched all the rooms, but found no one. "Where are you?" he asked. "Don't be afraid, I won't hurt you."

But the girl remained silent.

"Come out! I tell you," repeated the monster, "you are safe. If you are an old man, I will treat you as a father. If you are a little boy, I will treat you as a son. If you are my age Same, I see you as a brother. If you're an old woman, I'll see you as a mother. If you're a little girl, I'll see you as a daughter. If you're a middle-aged woman, I'll see you as a wife. So come out , nothing to be afraid of."

So the girl came out of her hiding place and stood in front of him.

"Don't be afraid," said the monster again.Later, when he went hunting, he let the girl look after the house.In the evening he brought back hares, partridges and gazelles to make dinner for the girl.For him, all he likes is the human flesh she cooks.He also let the girl keep the keys to six rooms, but kept the key to the seventh house.

Time passed day by day, and the girl and the monster lived together.

She called him "Papa" and he called her "Daughter" and he never spoke harshly to her.

One day, the girl said to him, "Dad, give me the key to the seventh room."

"No, daughter," replied the monster, "there is nothing there for you."

"But I just want the key," the girl repeated.

However, the monster ignored her and pretended not to hear her.The girl began to cry, thinking, "Tonight, after he thinks I'm asleep, go and see where he hides the key." After dinner with the monster, she said good night to him and left the place. Room.After a few minutes she sneaked back again, peeping behind the curtains.After a while, she saw him take out the key from his pocket, hide it in a hole in the ground, and then fell asleep.In the dead of night, she took the key and went back to her room.

The next morning, the monster woke up with the first rays of sunlight. The first thing he did was to look for the key, but he found that the key was missing, and he immediately guessed what was going on.

He didn't lose his temper like most goblins, and thought, "I'll only frighten the girl if I wake her up, let her keep the day, and come back in the evening with time to get the key." So he went hunting.

As soon as he was gone, the girl ran upstairs and opened the door of that room, but it was empty.The only window was also closed, and she pushed open the pane to look out, and there was a garden belonging to the prince below.There was a bull in the garden, drawing water from the well alone - because there was no sign of anyone around.At the sound of the girl pushing the pane, the Bull looked up and said to her, "Good morning, Buck? Etonsage girl! Your father wants to fatten you up and put you on a barbecue Grilled on a spit."

These words frightened the little girl, and she ran out of the room crying, and cried all day.When the monster came back at night, she didn't even make him dinner.

"What are you crying for?" asked the monster. "Where's my supper? Did you open the top room?"

"Yes, I opened it," the girl replied.

"What did the bull say to you?"

"He said: 'Morning, Buck? Eaton Thatches girl! Your father wants to fatten you up and roast you on a spit.'"

"Then you can go to that window tomorrow and say to him: 'My father has raised me to be fat and fat, and he doesn't intend to eat me. If I get one of your eyes, I'll use it as a mirror and look in front of me. And back again. This time your girdle will loosen and your eyes will go blind—for seven days and seven nights.'”

"Okay." The girl replied.When the Bull spoke to him next morning, she answered him as his father had taught him.As a result, the bull immediately fell to the ground and lay there for seven days and seven nights.

The flowers in the garden withered and withered because there was no one to water them.

The prince came to the garden, and found nothing but some yellowed stalks.The bull was lying among the peduncles.The prince killed the bull with a sword, and turned to his followers and said, "Find another bull!" So the followers found another strong bull.The bull brought water from the well to water the flowers, and soon the flowers came to life, and the grass turned green.At this time, the prince called his followers and left.The next morning the girl heard the waterwheel.She pushed back the pane and looked out.

"Good morning, Buck? Etonsage girl!" said the new bull. "Your father wants to fatten you up and roast you on a spit."

The girl replied: "My father has raised me fat and fat, and he doesn't intend to eat me. If I get one of your eyes, I will use it as a mirror, looking at the front and back. Now, your The girdle will loosen and the eyes will go blind—for seven days and seven nights."

As soon as the girl had said these words, the bull fell to the ground, and lay there seven days and nights.

After seven days, the bull stood up and continued to water the flowers from the well.But he had only turned the wheel once or twice, when it occurred to the Prince to come into the garden and see how the new bull was doing with his work.The bull was busy working when he came in.Even so, the flowers and plants in the garden withered.The prince drew his sword, and rushed at the bull, to kill him as he had killed the bull above.At this time the bull knelt down and begged for mercy: "Master, please forgive me. Let me tell you what happened."

"What happened?" asked the prince.

"Master, a girl looked out of that window and said something to me, and then I fell to the ground. I lay there for seven days and seven nights, unable to move. But master, to see her beauty , a rare second time in a lifetime!"

"You are lying!" said the Prince. "There is a monster living there. Does he have a girl hiding in the attic?"

(End of this chapter)