grey fairy tale book

Chapter 19 Yuti and Her Seven Brothers (1)
Long, long ago, there was a couple who had seven boys.The children lived in the wilderness since they were young, and gradually they grew tall and strong one by one.The six older children also spend some time each day trying to hunt, which the youngest doesn't care about.Instead, he spends every day with his mother.There is also an aunt who lives with them, and these children are all delivered by her.

One morning, the seven children were going to go out for an adventure together. They said to their aunt: "Dear aunt, if mother has a little sister today, please wave a white handkerchief, and we will come back immediately. But if mother It's still a boy, just wave a scythe, and we'll get on with our business."

When the eighth child was born, the aunt found out that she was really a girl.Because the aunt had had enough of the naughtiness of the boys, she thought this was a good time to get rid of them, so she waved the sickle vigorously, not wanting them to come home again.Seeing the sickle waving, the seven brothers lamented, "Now, we have no reason to go home." Then they walked towards the depths of the wilderness.

The little girl grew into a big girl in no time, and her friends called her (though she didn't know it) "Yuty who drove the seven brothers away."One day, Judy had a quarrel with her friends, and the oldest friend said to her: "Your mother should not have given birth to you! Don't you know that since you were born, your brothers have had to wander around .”

Judy ignored her, but ran home and asked her mother, "Do I really have brothers?" "Yes," said her mother, "seven! But they left home the day you were born. Since I haven’t heard from them since then.” Yuti said, “I’m going out to find them until I find them.” My mother said to her, “Good boy, they’ve been gone for 15 years and no one has seen them. They. How do you know where they went?" "Well, I will definitely find them, no matter how far it is, I will find them one day." In this way, her mother has nothing to say Having said that, she prepared a camel and some food for Youti, and arranged for a black couple to take care of Youti along the way.Mom also hung a shell around the camel's neck as a decoration.After everything was arranged properly, the mother let her daughter set off on a camel.

On the first day, everything was fine.However, the next morning, the black man said to Yuti: "Come down and let the black auntie ride your camel for a while!"

"Mom..." Judy burst into tears.

"What's wrong?" her mother asked.

"Balka won't let me ride a camel!"

"Balka, don't mess with her!" Mama said commandingly.Balka didn't dare anymore.

However, on the third day, he said to Yuti again: "Come down and let the black auntie ride your camel for a while!" This time, Yuti cried and called her mother again, but her mother was too far away to hear her cry.At this time, the black man grabbed Yuti roughly, threw it to the ground, and then said to his wife: "Come up!" So the black couple rode on the camel, and Yuti had to walk.Judi thought she could ride her camel all the time, but now she had to walk barefoot, and the stones quickly chafed her feet, bleeding profusely.What's worse, at night, when the black couple stopped to rest, Judy had to keep walking, because she walked so slowly that she was always left behind by the camel.

After daybreak, the situation was the same.Little Judy was exhausted and bleeding, and she couldn't help crying, begging the black man to let her ride for a while, just a little while.But the Negro paid no attention to her at all, and just kept telling her to hurry up.

Later, as they gradually caught up with a caravan, the negro stopped and asked the leader if he had seen the seven young men hunting nearby.The man replied, "Go straight ahead until noon, and you will see the castle where they live."

Hearing this, the Negro took some pitch, let the sun melt it, and put it on Judy's face and body, so that she looked Negro too.Then he got his wife off the hunchback and put Judy on it, and of course little Judy was grateful to the black man.

And so they came to her brother's castle.The Negro made the camel kneel at the door so Judy could come down.Then the black man yelled at the door.

It was Judy's youngest brother who came out to answer the door, and the others were all out hunting.Of course he didn't recognize Euty, but he knew the black couple, and he greeted them warmly, asking, "Who is this little black girl?"

"Oh, she's your sister!" replied the Negro couple.

"My sister? But why is she as black as charcoal?"

"Hei is a bit dark, but she is really your sister."

The young man led them into the castle without asking any further questions, while he himself waited outside for his brothers to come home.

Seeing that there was no one around, the black man threatened Yuti in a low voice: "If you dare to tell the brothers that I let you walk, and paint you black with asphalt, I will kill you!"

"Oh, I must say nothing," answered the little girl, trembling with fear.

Just then, the other six brothers came back. "I have good news for you," the youngest brother hurried to meet them, "our sister is here!"

"Nonsense!" they said. "We don't have a sister, and you know my mother gave birth to a boy."

"But that's not true!" said the little brother, "Look, that's her! And the black couple." "It's just—she's too dark." He muttered again.

However, his brothers didn't hear what he was saying at all, and pushed him away half-jokingly.

"Hello, old Balka!" They greeted the blacks, "Why have we never heard that we have a sister?" Afterwards, they all greeted each other warmly with Judi.But at this time, Judy burst into tears, she was both happy and relieved.Because I finally found my brothers.

The next morning, the seven brothers unanimously decided not to go hunting.The eldest brother hugged Youti to his lap, and Yuti was there to help the eldest brother comb his hair, and told him about the family affairs. As he talked, the eldest brother cried, and tears dripped on her exposed arms.Where the tears fell, a piece of white skin appeared.The eldest brother took a cloth and wiped Youti's arm gently. He found that the skin on Youti's arm was very fair, which was different from the skin on his face.

"Tell me, who painted you like this?" the eldest brother asked angrily.

"I dare not say," the little girl sobbed, "that black servant will kill me."

"What are you afraid of! You have seven older brothers!"

"Well, then I will tell you," she answered, "that the black servant drove me off the camel, and let his wife ride the camel. The stones in the road cut my foot, and it was bleeding profusely. I had to bind my feet. Later, we learned that your castle is not far away, and he painted me all over with pitch."

Hearing this, the eldest brother ran out in a rage, drew his sword, and beheaded the Negro first, and then his wife.Then, he brought a lot of warm water and bathed his sister until her skin was white and bright.

"Ah! That's how we look like our sisters!" they all said. "The black servant must think we are all idiots and believe that we have a dark-skinned sister!"

For two days they stayed in the castle.

On the morning of the third day, the seven brothers said to their sister: "My dear sister, remember to lock the door of the castle, and only this old cat will be with you. Don't eat anything it has not eaten! Let it eat anything! Taste it first. In seven days, we will be back."

"Remember," she promised, and locked herself and the old cat in the castle.

On the eighth day, the brothers went home. "How is it?" they asked, "Are you in a hurry?"

"No, why should I be in a hurry? The gate is locked tightly, and there are seven gates in the castle, and the seventh gate is still made of iron. What is there to be afraid of?"

"No one will come to harm us," said the brothers, "because they are afraid of us. But, sister, for your own safety, we beg you, please remember to ask the old cat for advice before you do anything. I've stayed here since I was a child. Don't take its words as wind on your ears!"

"Okay," replied Judy, "I'll give half of whatever I eat."

"Very well! Whenever you are in any danger, the old cat will come and tell us--only the old elf cat and the pigeon that flies past the window of your room know where to find us."

"It's the first time I've heard of 'dove,'" said Judy. "How come I've never heard of it before?"

"We always give them enough water and food for seven days," the brothers replied.

"Ah," Yuti sighed, "If I had known earlier, I would have fed them fresh food and freshly brewed water. After seven days, even the most delicious things will go bad. I will feed them every day from now on. Aren't they better?"

"That's better of course," they said, "for we trust you to treat the old cat and the pigeon as well as you treat us."

"Don't worry!" the girl promised, "I will take good care of them like my brothers!"

That night, the seven brothers slept in the castle, but early in the morning, they carried their weapons on their backs, rode their horses, and galloped towards the hunting place. Don't let anyone in!"

"Good!" she cried back, and carefully locked the door, and kept it locked for seven whole days.On the eighth day, as usual, the brothers returned.They spent the evening with Judy and left after breakfast.

As soon as the brothers were gone, Judy was cleaning the house, and she saw a bean in the dust, and ate it.

"What are you eating?" the old cat asked her hurriedly.

"I haven't eaten anything!" said Judy.

"Open your mouth and let me see!"

Yuti opened his mouth, and the old cat asked, "Why didn't you give me half?"

"I forgot," she answered, "but there are so many beans here that you can eat as many as you want."

"No, that won't work! I want half of that bean!"

"But, how can I give it to you now? As I said, I have already swallowed it. I can help you bake many, many beans." Yuti said to the old cat.

"No! I want the half!" the old cat insisted.

"Ah! Do what you want. Get out!" cried Judy angrily.

(End of this chapter)