grey fairy tale book

Chapter 4 Puzzled Magic (1)
Once upon a time there was a king who loved and loved his subjects.He lived a very happy life, but he was extremely disgusted with marriage, and had no intention of falling in love at all.His subjects begged him to marry, and he finally agreed to try.But so far, since he has not been interested in any women he has seen, he decides to travel, hoping to find a woman he will fall in love with.

He got his affairs in order, and set out, accompanied by a not-so-bright but well-informed squire.Usually, these two are the best traveling companions.

The king visited several countries and tried his best to fall in love, but in vain.After two years of traveling, he is ready to return to his country, feeling as relaxed as when he set out.

As he was riding through a dense forest, he heard the most horrific cat-meowing imaginable.The sound came closer and closer, and at last the master and servant saw a hundred Spanish cats running through the nearby woods.They were so close together, and following the same path, that they could be easily covered by a cloak, followed by two gigantic apes.These two apes were dressed in purple uniforms, and on their feet were the most beautiful and finely crafted boots that man had ever seen.

The apes rode on the backs of big, strong taming dogs, and while whipping them to chase them, they kept blowing ear-piercing little toy horns.

The king and his attendants stood silently watching the strange hunt, followed by more than two dozen dwarfs, some on the backs of wolves, others on the backs of cats on leashes.Like the apes, the dwarfs also wear purple uniforms.

After a while, a beautiful young girl appeared riding a tiger.She flitted past the king without noticing him, but the king fell in love with her at once, and his heart followed her immediately.

To the great delight of the king, he saw a dwarf who had fallen behind, and asked him at once.

The dwarf told him that the girl he had seen just now was Princess Muyu Nuosha, the princess of the country where the master and servant are now. At the same time, he added that the princess liked hunting very much and was chasing rabbits at the moment.

Then the king inquired about the way to the palace, and when he learned about it, he hurried over and arrived at the palace in two or three hours.

As soon as he arrived, he went to meet the king and queen.As soon as he announced his name and country, he received a warm reception.Not long after, the princess came back.Upon hearing that the hunt was successful, her father praised her, but the princess did not answer him a word.

Her silence astonished the king, who was fond of her, and he was still more astonished that she had not said a word during the whole dinner.At times, she seemed ready to talk, but her parents always took the conversation away.However, the silence did not lessen the king's affection for her.At night, when the king retired to his chambers, he confides his heart to his loyal squires.However, instead of showing any joy at the King's love affairs, the squire took pains to show his disappointment.

"But why are you disturbed?" asked the King. "Isn't the Princess beautiful enough to be loved?"

"She is very pretty," replied the squire, "but true love and happiness require more than beauty. In truth, Your Majesty," he added, "she looks very hard to me."

"That is pride and nobility," said the king, "and there is no one more fit for her."

"Great or cruel, as you like," replied the squire, "but it seems to me that she chooses to savagely injure creatures for entertainment, which seems to speak of a ferocious nature. I also think that, from her Judging by being cautiously prevented from speaking, there must be something suspicious in it."

The servant's words were full of insight, but disapproval only strengthened the love in a man's heart, especially a king who could not be contradicted.The next day, the king went to propose to the princess.His request was accepted, but with two conditions:
The first is that the wedding must take place the next day; the second is that he cannot speak to the princess until she becomes his wife.Although the attendants strongly objected, the king agreed to all of them. As a result, at the wedding, the first word the king heard from the bride was "yes".

As soon as the princess got married, she didn't behave herself anymore, and her maids often received some vulgar insults, even the king was not spared.Fortunately, he has a mild temper and loves her very much, so he endured it patiently.A few days after their wedding, the newlyweds set off for their home country.

The attendant's worries were finally confirmed, and the king discovered it after suffering.This young queen made everyone in the court hate her to the extreme.Her malice and ill-temper were beyond measure.In less than a month, she became a well-known wicked woman.

One day, as she was riding out, she came across a poor old woman walking by the side of the road.The old woman curtseyed and continued on, but the queen stopped her and said sharply, "You impolite man, don't you know that I am the queen? How dare you curtsey me carelessly?" thing?"

"Queen," replied the old woman, "I have never learned to curtsey properly, but I do not mean to disrespect you in the least."

"What!" screamed the Queen, "how dare she talk back! Tie her into my pony's tail, and I'll take her to the best dancer in town to learn to curtsy."

The old woman screamed for forgiveness, but the queen would not listen.The queen taunted the old woman when she told her that she was protected by fairies.Finally, the old woman was tied up.When the queen rode the horse forward, the horse turned into a bronze statue, motionless, and it was useless to fight.At the same time, the ropes that bound the old woman turned into garlands, and she herself became a tall and dignified woman.

She looked at the queen contemptuously, and said, "You wicked woman, you are not fit to be queen at all. I have heard about you long ago, but I don't know whether it is true, so I judge for myself. I have no doubts now." , you will soon know that fairies are not allowed to mock at will!"

Saying this, Fairy Prasda (that was her name) blew a little golden whistle, and a trailer appeared, drawn by six beautiful ostriches.Inside sat the fairy queen, escorted by twelve other fairies riding dragons.

Fairy Prasda told them what had happened to them, and the Fairy Queen agreed with what she had done, and proposed to turn Muginosa into a bronze statue, like her horse.

However, Prasda, who is very kind and gentle by nature, begged the Fairy Queen to give him a lighter punishment.In the end, it was decided to punish Muyunuosha to be Prasda's servant for life, unless she gave birth to a child to replace him.

When the king learned of his wife's fate, he had to obey, because there was nothing he could do about it, and so it was.

The fairies then left one by one, and Prasda took his servants back.After returning to the palace, she said to Mu Yunuosha: "It stands to reason that you have to do dirty work, but considering that you were brought up spoiled and spoiled, this sudden change is too big for you, so I just Just let you clean my room seriously, just wash and comb my puppy."

Mu Yunuosha knew that it was useless to disobey, so without saying a word, she went to do things as ordered.

After some time she gave birth to a very lovely girl, and when she was well again, the fairy taught her a lesson for her past ways, and made her promise to behave herself, and sent her back to her husband.

Prasda now devoted himself to the guardianship of the little princess, and anxiously considered which fairies he should invite as godmothers to the little princess, so as to obtain the best gifts for his adopted daughter.

Finally, she identified two very kind and cheerful fairies, and invited them to the little princess's baptism banquet.As soon as the banquet was over, the baby in the small crystal cradle with the red silk curtain in Phnom Penh was sent to them.

The little one smiled sweetly at the two fairies, and they decided to help her as best they could.They started calling her Graziera.Prasda said: "My dear sisters, as you both know, the forms of malice and punishment that are very common among us include changing beauty into ugliness, cleverness into ignorance, and more often, complete changes in a person's appearance. Now , because each of us can only give one gift, I think the best solution is that one of you will give her beauty, and the other will give her good discernment, and I will guarantee that she will never be changed into another."

The two godmothers were very appreciative of this.After they gave the little princess presents, they went home.Plasta devoted herself to the education of children, and she was very successful. Little Graziera was also very cute. She was already famous when she was a child.One day, to Prasda's surprise, the fairy queen came to visit unexpectedly, accompanied by a solemn and serious fairy.

The queen asked the crime: "I am very surprised by your treatment of Muyunosha. She insulted our entire race, so she deserves it. If you want, you can forgive her for the mistakes she made to you, but you cannot forgive her. Crimes committed against others. You treated her too kindly when she was with you. I am here to avenge her daughter. You have promised that she is cute and smart and will not be anything else, but I Put her in a law-enforced prison and not leave until she is in the arms of the person she loves. I will try my best to prevent this from happening."

This magic prison is a tall tower in the sea, built from shells of various colors and shapes.The ground floor is like a huge bathroom, and sea water can come in and out at will.The first floor is the luxuriously decorated princess accommodation area.On the second floor there are studies, great wardrobes full of fine clothes and all kinds of linen, music rooms, kitchens and pantries full of cases of the best wines--preserved fruits, bonbons, cookies and cakes, Everything is fresh as if just out of the oven.

The top of the tower is designed like a garden with the loveliest flower-filled planters, quality fruit trees, shade trees and shrubs, and countless birds singing in the branches.

The fairies escorted Graziera and her governess Bonita to the tower, and rode off on a dolphin that was waiting for them.Not far from the tower, the Fairy Queen summoned two thousand ferocious big sharks with a wave of her magic wand, ordering them to guard the tower closely and forbid anyone to enter.

The dedicated female governess worked tirelessly to educate Graziera carefully.Graziera, who is about to grow up, is not only academically successful, but also a very gentle and kind girl.

One day, the princess was standing on the balcony, and suddenly she saw an extraordinary figure appearing in the sea.She quickly called Bonita and asked her what it was.Looks like a human being, with a light blue face and long sea green hair.He was swimming towards the tower, but the shark paid him no attention.

"That must be a merman," Bonita replied.

"You mean it's a man?" cried Graziera. "Then let's go down to the door and get a closer look at him."

When they stood at the door, the merman stopped and looked at the princess, and made many gestures of admiration.His voice was very hoarse, and seeing that the princess didn't understand what he meant, he simply gestured.He brought to the princess a not too large wicker basket full of various rare shells.

She made a "thank you" gesture and took the basket.As the sky grew darker, the mermaid jumped back into the sea as the princess turned to go to bed.

When they were alone, Graziera said to Bonita: "What a horrible creature! Why did those nasty sharks let him near the tower? I wonder if all men look like him?"

"No, it's not," Bonita replied. "I think the shark probably thought he was a relative and didn't attack him."

(End of this chapter)