The Wizard’s Fairy Tale

(Why it is said that the devil is Cadmus who turned into a dragon in Greek mythology? It is related to another fairy tale "The Devil and His Grandmother". There is a devil who turned into a fire dragon and his kind grandmother, so here it is Combine the two fairy tales!)

Once upon a time, there was a poor man who gave birth to only one son. When the son was born, auspicious stars were shining in the sky, and everyone who saw him said that his son was lucky and would marry the king's daughter when he was fourteen. It just so happened that the king of this kingdom made a private visit shortly after the child was born. When he passed by the village, he asked if there were any news topics here. Someone said, "Yes, a child has just been born here. People say that this is a very lucky child. They also said that when he was fourteen, he was destined to marry the king's daughter." The king heard it very much. Not happy, so I found the child’s parents and asked if they would sell their son to him. They resolutely said: "Not for sale!" But the stranger pleaded in every possible way and gave a large sum of money. Since they were so poor that they had almost no bread to eat, they finally agreed. They think that since this kid is a lucky kid, he will definitely come back safely.

The king held the child, put him in a box, and rode away with him. When he came to a very deep river, he threw the box into the stream and said to himself: "This little gentleman will never be my daughter's husband." However, God blessed him. For this child, the box did not sink into the water, but floated on the surface of the water, and no water leaked into the box. Finally, the box floated two miles away from the king and stopped on the dam of a mill. Soon, the owner of the mill saw the box and brought a long pole to salvage the box to the shore. He found that the box was heavy, thinking that there would be gold in it, and when he opened the box, he found that it was a beautiful little boy. The child smiled happily at him, as if he had seen a relative. Because he and his wife happened to have no children, they were very happy and proud to say: "This is a gift from God." They nursed the children very carefully and patiently nurtured him.

The child grows up slowly, and looks really cute.

Thirteen years passed in a blink of an eye. Once, the king came to the mill by chance. He saw this lovely child and asked the miller if he was their son. The miller replied: "No, I was in a child when he was a baby. Found in a box floating on the barrage.” The king quickly asked, “How long has it been?” The miller replied, “About thirteen years.” The king immediately understood that this boy was the one who had packed the box into the box. , The child who threw into the river again. Recalling the previous rumors, he was not reconciled, and came up with an idea. He said: "What a lovely boy he is, can you ask him to send me a letter to the queen? If you are happy, I will give two yuan The gold ingot is his hard work." The miller replied: "I must follow your majesty's instructions."

The king wrote a letter to the queen, in which it said: "As soon as the messenger arrives, he will be killed and buried. Everything will be done before I return."

The young man set off with the letter, but he lost his way on the road and crashed into a large forest at night. He had to fumble in the dark to find a way out. Through the night, he saw a light fluttering not far away, following the light, he came to a small cottage. There was an old woman in the house. When she saw him, the old woman was very scared and said, "Why are you here? Where are you going?" "I'm going to see the queen and send her a letter, but I'm lost. I really want to spend the night here and take a rest." "You are so unlucky that you ran into this robber den. If the band of robbers come back and see you here, they will kill you." He replied, "I am too tired. No matter what, I can’t walk anymore. I’ll rest before talking.” After finishing speaking, he put the letter on the table, lying on a bench, and fell asleep.

When the robbers came back to see him, they asked the old woman who this strange boy was. She replied, "He was the one who delivered the letter to the queen, and he got lost halfway." The robbers picked up the letter and opened it. It said that the queen was to kill the messenger. I don't know if it was out of sympathy with the young man or he wanted to fight against the king. The robber tore the letter and wrote another letter asking the queen to marry the princess immediately after the young man arrived. They didn't alarm him, until the next morning when he got up, the old woman showed him the right way to the palace.

The boy arrived at the palace and gave the letter to the queen. After reading the letter, the queen immediately made preparations for the wedding as thoughtful as possible. Seeing that the boy is so handsome, the princess is very willing to marry him as his wife. After a while, the king returned to the palace. When he saw that the prophecy became reality, this lucky child not only did not die in his trickery, but also married his daughter. He wanted to know how things changed to the way it is now. The order he issued was completely different. That's it! The queen said, "My dear, your letter is here. You can read it yourself!" The king read the letter and knew that the letter had been exchanged, so he asked the son-in-law that he did something with the letter he wanted him to send. whats the matter. He replied: "I didn't do anything. It must be when I was sleeping at night when the letter was tampered with." The king was furious and exclaimed: "Anyone who wants to marry my daughter must do so. Go to **** and fetch me the three golden hairs from the devil's head. Only in this way can I approve him to be my son-in-law." The boy said, "I will do it soon." So he bid farewell to his wife, Embarked on a road of adventure.

When he passed the first city, the city guard stopped him and asked him what he was doing. He replied, "I can do anything!" They said, "If this is the case, you are the person we want to find. Please. Tell us why in our city, there is a fountain in the market that dries up, and no spring water comes out? If you find out why, we will give you two donkeys full of gold." He said: "When I come back, I will know everything." Soon, he came to another city, where the guards also asked him what his skills were and what he knew. He replied: "I can do anything!" They said, "Then please do one thing for us, tell us why the tree that used to bear golden apples for us, now does not even grow a leaf." He said: "I am very willing to serve you. I will know when I come back."

Finally, he came to a big lake, and he had to cross it. After the young man found a ferry, the ferryman soon asked him what he did and what he knew. He said: "I know everything!" said the boatman: "Then, please tell me why I always ferry on this water, and I can't get out of my body to do other things. If you can tell me, I will do everything. Thank you." The young man said, "When I return, I will tell you about the method."

After crossing the lake, he came to hell. Hell looks both eerie and terrifying, but the devil is not at home at the moment, and his grandma is sitting in an easy chair. After seeing him, she asked, "What are you looking for?" He replied, "The three golden hairs on the head of the devil." Then, he told her what had happened. "You really dare to take risks!" She sympathized and appreciated the young man very much, and decided to help him, so she said: "I will do my best to help you." After all, he turned a young man into a young man. I found an ant and told him to hide in the folds of her coat. He said gratefully, "It's great, but I still want to know why the fountain in that city dries up? Why does the tree with golden apples now don't even grow leaves? What is the reason that the boatman keeps ferrying there. "The grandmother listened and said: "That is indeed three puzzling questions, but when I pulled the devil's golden hair, you stayed quietly on your stomach. Be sure to listen to what the devil said."

Soon after dark, the devil came home. As soon as he came in, he started to sniff the air with his nose and shouted, "It's not right here, I smell the smell of human flesh." After looking around, he found nothing. The grandmother scolded, "I just Clean up, why are you messing up the house again?" After this tossing, he was also tired, so he put his head on his grandma's lap, fell asleep quickly, and soon snored. At this time, the old grandma grabbed a golden hair on his head and pulled it out. The devil "Oh!" yelled and jumped up, "What are you doing?" She replied, "I had a nightmare, and in a hurry, I grabbed your hair. I dreamed that there was a market in the city. There is a fountain that dries up and there is no water coming out. I don’t know why?” The devil said, “Hey! If they could know, they would have cheered. In fact, it was just a toad squatting under a stone in the fountain. , As long as the toad is killed, the spring water will flow out again."

After saying this, he fell asleep again. The old grandma took the opportunity to pull out another piece of his hair. He woke up and shouted angrily: "What the **** are you going to do?" She said, "Don't get angry. When I just slept, I dreamed that there was a beautiful tree in a big kingdom. , This tree used to bear golden apples, but now there is no leaf on the tree. What is the reason?" The devil said: "Hey! If they know this secret, they must be very happy. At the root of a tree, a mouse is constantly gnawing at the root. They must kill it before the tree can reproduce golden apples. If you don’t do this, the tree will die soon. Let’s let it now I will sleep peacefully, if you wake me up again, you will regret it."

Then he fell asleep again, and when he heard his snore, the old woman pulled out the third golden hair again. The devil jumped up and shouted sternly that it was about to happen, but she calmed him down and said: "I had another strange dream. In the dream, a boatman seemed destined to ferry back and forth on a lake. I can’t get away. Is there some magic trapping him?” The demon lord listened and said, “What a stupid thing! If he stuffed the boat into the hands of another ferry, wouldn’t he just get away? Will the passenger take his place to ferry? Let me sleep well and don't disturb me again."

By the next morning, the demon king went out after he got up. After turning the ant back into a young adult, the old lady gave him three blond hairs and told him to remember the answers to those three questions. After thanking the young man sincerely, he embarked on a journey home.

Soon, he returned to the ferry. The boatman saw him coming back and asked him the answer to his question. The young man said, "You will cross me over first, and I will tell you how to get out." When the boat reached the other side, he told the boatman that he just put his hands in his hands. When his boat was stuffed into the hands of other passengers, he could leave and stay at will. Then, he went to the city where the non-golden apple tree was located, and he told them: "Just kill the mouse that bites the root of the tree, and you will reap golden apples again." They gave him many treasures as gifts. Finally, he returned to the city where the fountain was depleted, and the guards asked him to give them an answer. He told them that the toad under the stone had to be killed before the water would flow out. They were very grateful to him and gave him two donkeys full of gold.

Finally, the lucky guy returned home, and his wife was very happy when he saw him and heard that he had done everything. The young man gave three golden hairs to the king, and the king could no longer object to his marriage to his daughter. When he saw all the gold and silver treasures, he said with great excitement: "My dear son-in-law, where did you find the gold?" The young man said: "In a lake, there are so many gold and silver treasures. "The king quickly asked, "Please tell me, can I go there and get some?" The young man replied, "Whatever you want. You will see a boatman on that lake and let him carry you across the lake. , You will see as much gold as sand on the shore."

The greedy king hurriedly set off. When he came to the lake, he called the boatman and said he was going to cross the lake, and the boatman asked him to get on the boat. As soon as he got on the boat, the boatman immediately stuffed the boat into his hands, then jumped ashore and left, leaving the old king ferrying there. This is the retribution for his sins.

If someone asks: "Is that king still ferrying there now?" You might say: "Yes! Because no one will take the boat from him and trouble himself."