grey fairy tale book

Chapter 3 The Adventures of Picking Flowers

Once upon a time there was a woman who had three beloved daughters in her family.One day, the eldest daughter was walking on the grass by the river, and suddenly found a pink flower blooming in the stream.She bent down to pick it up, but as soon as she reached it, the person disappeared without a trace.The next morning, the second daughter went out to the meadow again to see if she could find any clues about her missing sister.As a beautiful rose blocked the path, she stooped to remove it, but could not help picking one, and suddenly disappeared.Wondering what had happened to the two sisters, the youngest daughter followed their tracks, but she fell prey to a lovely white jasmine.As a result, the old woman didn't even have a daughter.

She cried, cried, shed tears day and night.I cried like this for a long time, crying so much that even the son who was still very young when the sisters disappeared grew into a tall young man.One night, the son asked his mother what was going on.

After hearing the whole story, the son said to his mother, "Bless me, dear mother. I will search all over the world until I find them."

So he set off, and after walking a few miles without incident, he came across three big boys fighting in the middle of the road.He stopped and asked why they were fighting, and one of the boys replied: "Sir, when my father died, he left us three brothers with a pair of boots, a key and a hat. Whoever wears these boots will be punished." You can go anywhere you want, whoever has this key can open any door in the world, and whoever wears this hat, no one can see. Now, my boss wants to monopolize these three treasures, and we hope to pass Draw lots to decide."

"Oh! Then it's easy," said the young man. "I will try my best to throw this stone as far away as possible. Whoever picks up the stone first will get the three treasures." After finishing speaking, he picked up the stone. He picked up a stone and threw it out.The three brothers ran towards the direction where the stone fell.The young man hurriedly put on his boots and said, "Boots, quickly take me to the place where I can find my eldest sister."

In a blink of an eye, the young man was standing on a steep hill, and in front of him was a strong castle locked with bars and chains.He opened the gates with the key he had just put in his pocket, and walked through countless halls and corridors until he met a gorgeously dressed beautiful woman.The woman turned to him, and asked in amazement, "Oh, sir, how did you come here?" The boy told her that he was her brother, and how he opened the doors to get here.She also told the boy that she had lived happily all these years, except for one thing, that was that her husband was under a spell which could only be broken by killing an immortal.

They talked for a long time, and the woman advised him to leave first, because she expected that her husband might return at any time.But the lad reassured her, for he had a hat which made him invisible.They were talking happily, when the door opened suddenly, and a bird flew in, and the boy put his hat on at the sound.The woman stood up suddenly and brought a huge golden basin, the bird flew in, and then appeared as a handsome man again.The man turned to his wife and said loudly: "I'm sure there are people in the house." The woman was terrified and claimed she was alone, but the husband insisted that there were others.The woman finally had to tell the truth.

"If he is really your brother, why did you hide him?" asked the husband. "I think you are lying. If he comes again, I will kill him!"

Upon hearing this, the young man took off his hat and stepped forward.Seeing that he looked very similar to his wife, the husband no longer doubted her explanation, but hugged his brother-in-law happily.He plucked a bird feather from his body, and said, "If you are in danger, say 'Come and help me, King Bird,' and you will be safe."

The boy thanked his brother-in-law and left, and when he came out of the castle, the boy ordered Boots to take him to where his second sister lived.

As last time, the young man came to a gate of a big castle again.The second sister in the castle is living a happy life with her husband who loves her deeply, but she still hopes that the spell on her husband can be broken.The spell turned half of his life into fish.When the husband came back, when he saw the brother-in-law introduced by his wife, he warmly welcomed him and gave him a piece of fish scale, saying: "If you are in danger, just call 'help me, fish king', and you will be safe and sound." gone."

The young man thanked his second brother-in-law and left.After walking out of the gate, he asked Boots to take him to the third sister's residence.This time, the boots led him to a dark cave paved with iron ladders.

The third sister sat inside, with nothing else to do but sob incessantly.The poor girl has become very emaciated.As soon as she saw a young man standing in front of her, she immediately stood up and begged loudly: "Whoever you are, please save me and take me away from this terrible place!"

Then, the young man told her his identity, and how he saw his other two sisters and brother-in-law controlled by spells and other misfortunes.She also narrated her experience: she was taken away from the meadow by the river by a monster, forced to marry, and she swore to die, so she has been locked here all these years.

The monster came every day to beg her to agree to his request, and reminded her that she had no chance of being released, because he was a loyal man and an immortal man.

Hearing this, the young man thought of his two brothers-in-law who were controlled by magic, so he suggested to his sister that he agree to marry the monster on the condition that he tell the secret of eternal life.

Suddenly, everything around began to shake, just like a whirlwind.Then an old man came in, flew up to the girl and asked, "You still won't marry me? If so, then sit there and cry till the end of the world, because I will always keep my promise to marry you. "

"Well then, I promise to marry you," said the girl, "if you will tell me the secret of your eternal life."

The old man burst out laughing and said, "Aha! Are you thinking how to kill me? Then I tell you, first you must go to the bottom of the sea and find an iron box with a white dove in it. Then you must find the white dove. Pigeon's egg, bring it here, and hit me on the head with it."

After speaking, he laughed, because he was sure that no one had ever been to the bottom of the sea, and even if he had been there, he would not be able to find the iron box, and even if he found the iron box, he would not be able to open it.Then he said to the girl, "You know all my secrets, and now you have to marry me."

The girl begged to postpone the wedding for three days, so he accepted the girl's request and left proudly.After the monster disappeared, the girl's younger brother took off the hat that kept him invisible, and comforted her not to lose heart, and he hoped to rescue her within three days.Then the lad put on his boots, wishing he was right by the sea, and there he was soon.

The young man took out the fish scales and shouted: "Come and help me, fish king!" His second brother-in-law swam out of the water and asked him what he could do for him.The young man told his brother-in-law about the experience of the third sister.After listening, the brother-in-law immediately summoned all the fish to him.

The last thing to arrive was a small sardine.The little sardine hurriedly apologized for being late, saying that his head was hurt by hitting an iron box in the bottom of the sea.The fish king ordered some of the largest and strongest fish to follow the little sardines to bring back the iron box.After a while, they returned to the fish king with the iron box on their backs.Then the young man took out the key and said: "Key, open this iron box." When the key opened the iron box, although everyone gathered around and prepared, the white pigeon inside flew away.

Chasing after him was futile, and for a while, the young man's heart became cold.He suddenly remembered that he still had a bird feather, so he took it out and shouted, "Come and help me, King Bird!" Shoulder, ask what it can do for you.

The brother-in-law told the whole story to the bird king.As soon as he finished speaking, the bird king ordered all his subjects to rush to him immediately.In an instant, the entire sky was filled with darkness, filled with birds of all sizes.The last to arrive was a little white dove, who apologized for being late, saying that she was hosting an old friend in her nest.

The King of Birds ordered some birds to take the young man to the dove's nest.Once they get there, the egg that breaks the spell and restores a few people to their freedom happens to be inside.After the young man carefully put the egg into his pocket, he ordered the boots to take him directly back to the cave, where the third sister was waiting anxiously for him.

The third day was the wedding date set by the old man, and many hours had passed.The young man rushed into the cave with his hat on, and found that the old man was urging the third sister to keep her promise and get married immediately.When the third sister saw the gesture made by her younger brother, she sat down as the younger brother said, and asked the old man to put her head in her arms.The old man did so happily, and the younger brother standing behind him quietly handed the egg to the third sister.After the third sister took the egg, she threw it at the old man's head.The old man uttered a deafening cry, which everyone thought was an earthquake, and then the old man fell to the ground and died.

As the breath left the old man's body, the two brothers-in-law returned to their original shapes.They took the mother-in-law over, and the old man who had been very sad suddenly turned from sadness to joy.The family held a feast.The youngest daughter found the treasure that the old demon hid in the cave, and she lived a prosperous life ever since.

(End of this chapter)