grey fairy tale book

Chapter 38 The Fairy Goes Wrong (1)
Once upon a time there lived a fairy named Tindenet.She was the nicest thing in the world, and the kindest heart, but she lacked a little sense, and often the things she wanted to do for others always ended in pain and sorrow.No one knows this better than the inhabitants of an island far away in the middle of the sea.According to the laws of the fairy world, the island was given her special protection.As the island was the most beautiful, she dreamed of making it the most pleasant place in the whole world.

The course of the matter is like this: the fairy visits door by door incognito.Everywhere you hear the moment when kids most long to grow up so they can do what they want to do, and old people talk about the past and wish they were young again.

"Isn't there a way to satisfy these poor people's wishes?" she thought. "Oh, of course there is. Someone has tried. But if there is an ancient 'fountain of youth' that makes people young, I'm better than them." Do better. I will cast spells on the bubbling spring in the middle of the orchard, and children who drink from it will grow to manhood at once, and old people will return to childhood."

Tindenet, if she had first consulted the other Fairy, might have been able to give suitable advice, but before she could do so, she hurried to the fountain to cast her spell.

As the only fresh water spring on the island, men, women and children gather here to drink water every morning.Excited at the idea that this plan would make the Islanders happy, the Fairy hid among the rose bushes, and looked out whenever she heard footsteps.After a while, she had enough evidence that her spell was successful.Almost before her eyes, the child took on the size and strength of an adult, while the old man and the old woman became helpless, weak babies.In fact, she was so pleased with her work that she stopped hiding and went around telling people what she was doing, enjoying their overwhelming gratitude.

However, after the first joy of wish fulfillment, people began to fear the miraculous effects of Shenshui.Being at the pinnacle of strength and beauty is a beautiful thing, but people want to keep them forever!This is exactly the trouble that the fairy has been busy with but can't solve.The speed of growing and aging is too fast!When the fairy realizes that she has made a mistake, it is too late to correct it.

When the islanders knew what happened to them, they despaired and tried every means to escape this terrible fate.They dug wells in their respective dwellings so that they would no longer fetch the holy water, but there was no water in the sand and the rainy season had long since passed.They stockpile dew, fruit juices, vegetable sap, but these are just a drop in the bucket in terms of demand.Some jumped into the sea, hoping the current would carry them to other beaches—they had no boats—and a few, impatient to wait, committed suicide on the spot.The rest are blindly resigned to fate.

Perhaps the worst part of spellcasting is that the transition from one age to another is so quick that one has no time to prepare.But in the National Assembly, it doesn't matter much if someone who rises up to make a personal proposal for peace or war looks like a baby, as long as he speaks with the insight of an adult.But alas!Neither the appearance of a baby, nor the helplessness and stupidity of a baby, but no one can teach him how to change things.The result of all this was that, within a month, the population gradually perished, and the Fairy Tindenet, deeply ashamed and saddened by the consequences of her folly, left the island forever.

Many centuries later, the fairy Serno Zola was weak, and the doctor ordered her to travel around the world twice a week to change the air.During one of these trips, she discovered this spring island.On all the trips, Serno Zola never went out alone, but always brought her two children she loved very much: one was a 14-year-old Cornishon bought from a slave market, and the other was a little Cornishon. A few months old Tupet, the child was entrusted to Cerno Zola by his guardian, the patron saint Krystopoto.Serno Zola intends to make Cornishon and Tupet a married couple when they come of age.Meanwhile, the two children traveled with her in a small spaceship that traveled through the air almost 950 times faster than today's spaceships.

Fascinated by the beauty of the island, Serno Zola landed the spaceship and placed it in the care of a dragon who had survived the journey.Then, went ashore with two companions.The fairy saw that all the streets and every house in such a big town were desolate. She was very surprised and decided to perform a spell to find out what happened.While she was busy, Cornishon and Tupet walked together, and soon came to the spring, whose bubbling water looked very cool and inviting on a hot day like this.They just took a sip when the fairy who had found out the reason rushed over.

Seeing the two children, she shouted: "Oh, be careful! Be careful! Drinking that deadly poisonous water will ruin your life!"

Tupet asked, "Poisonous water? It's the most refreshing water I've ever drunk, and Cornishon can attest to that."

"Unfortunate child, it seems that I am late! Why did you go away? Listen, let me tell you what happened to the islanders, and what will happen to you two. The power of the gods is great Incomparable." After finishing speaking, she added, "However, there is another immortal work that they cannot destroy. After a while, you will enter the weak and demented state of the elderly, and all I can do is try to make it easier for you. Take it a little bit so you don't end up being left alone and dying like they did."

The spellcasting is starting to work!Cornishon was taller and more manly than he had been an hour ago, Tupet was no longer a girl.

Sure enough, but the reality is that the two young people are not as uncomfortable as Serno Zola said.

"Don't pity us," advised Cornishon, "if we are destined to grow old soon, then we should not delay the wedding. We are expecting happiness as well as death, so what does it matter?" ?”

The fairy felt that Cornishon's words were reasonable. She looked at Tupet and saw that she had no fear, so she replied: "That's it, but it will not be held in this terrible place. Let's go back to Baghta immediately, each Every celebration has to be the most spectacular."

They returned to the ship, and in a few hours the forty-five hundred miles between the island and Baghta had passed.Everyone was amazed at the change that had taken place in the young pair after only a few days' absence.As the fairy promised to say nothing of the adventure, the others, ignorant of what had happened, were busy making clothes for the couple for the wedding which took place the next day.

Early the next morning, Kristopus, the patron saint, came to the court, who was in the habit of visiting his wards whenever he visited.Like everyone else, he was shocked by the child's sudden change.He had always liked her, and now he was madly in love with her.Impatiently, he asked to meet the fairy, and made her a marriage proposal, without any doubt that the other party would not fulfill this beautiful thing.It is impossible, however, for Cerno Zola to agree, while thinking of Cristoppo, and even hinting that he has other plans.The patron saint apparently agreed, but went straight to Tupet's house, even leading her through the broken window while the bridegroom was waiting downstairs.

When the fairy found out about this, she was very angry, and sent envoys to Latibouf's patron saint's palace one after another, asking him to send Tupet back without any mistakes, otherwise he would start a war against him.

To the emissary of the fairy, Krystopo did not give a clear answer, but locked Tupet in a closely guarded tower.There, the poor girl tried her best to persuade him to postpone the marriage.However, within a few days, grief, and the magic of the water, changed her appearance so completely that even Cristoppo was astonished, without which all efforts would have been in vain.She demanded entertainment and fresh air, and was left alone because his presence annoyed her.But there was one thing the Patronus did not agree to do, and that was to send her back to Baghta.

At the same time, both sides were busy raising armies, Cristopo handed over the command to a famous general, and Serno Zola made Cornishon the commander-in-chief of the army.Before officially declaring war, Tupet's parents came to Latibouf under the order of the patron saint.Their parents had not seen their daughter since she was a baby, but travelers to and from Baghta mentioned her beauty to them from time to time.However, what surprised the parents was that the daughter in front of them was not a cute little girl, but a middle-aged woman. Although she looked good, she looked rather haggard and older than herself.Faced with this sudden change, Cristoppo was equally astonished, thinking that it was a joke made by a courtier who deliberately hid Tupet and replaced it with an elderly woman.In a fit of anger, he immediately called all the servants and guards in the city to ask who dared to tease him unreasonably, and what happened to the captured girl.It was said that Tupet had never left the house since she had been placed in their charge, and that during her walks in the surrounding gardens her meals were brought and placed on the table, because she liked to eat alone , no one has seen her face, or what she looks like.

Cristoppo had to believe what the servants said was so obvious. "But," he thought, "if they have nothing to do with it, it must be the work of the fairies." In a fit of anger, he ordered his army to march.

As far as Cerno Zola was concerned, she naturally knew what the Patronus would think.When she heard that it was her dirty trick, she was very angry.Her original intention was to go to war with Cristopo immediately, but she was persuaded by the ministers after much trouble, so she sent an ambassador to Cristoppo to try to settle various matters.

Prince Zeprati, therefore, was ordered to go to the palace of Latibouf, and on the way he met Cornishon who had stationed his troops outside the gates of Baghta.The prince showed him the order to keep peace for the time being.Cornishon was eager to see Tupet again, and asked to accompany Prince Zeprati on the Latibouf mission.

By this time the Patronus, in the face of all the troubles he had caused, had lost all passion for Tupet, and was willing to accept Zepra, though he told the prince that he still believed it was the work of fairies that caused the terrible changes in the girl. Prince Tee's peace terms.To this, the prince immediately replied that someone could prove that it was Tupet, and demanded that Cornishon be called to the scene.

(End of this chapter)