The Wizard’s Fairy Tale

Once upon a time a king had a tree that bore golden apples in his beautiful garden, and every day he counted the golden apples when they bore fruit. One year, when the golden apples were ripe, he found that there would be one less golden apple every night. The king was very angry and ordered the gardener to watch under the tree all night long. The gardener sent his eldest son to watch first. At twelve o'clock at midnight, the older son fell asleep, and the next morning found that another golden apple was missing. That night, the gardener sent his second son to guard, but in the middle of the night, the second son also fell asleep, and when he counted in the morning, he found that there was still one missing. So the third son asked to be guarded. At first the gardener didn't want him to go, fearing that it would be dangerous for him to go, but finally agreed to the son's request. At night, the young man lay under a tree and watched carefully. When the clock struck twelve, he heard a rustling sound in the air, and when he looked carefully, he saw a bird of pure gold flying from the tree, pecking at an apple with its beak. The gardener's son jumped up immediately, stretched his bow and shot an arrow at the golden bird, but the arrow missed, and only one of the golden feathers on the golden bird's tail was shot off, and the golden bird flew away. The next morning, the golden feather was sent to the king, and the king immediately summoned his ministers to confirm it. All the ministers agreed that it was a golden feather of great price, worth more than all the wealth in the kingdom. But the king said, A single feather is useless to me. What I want is the whole golden bird.

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When the gardener's eldest son heard this, he thought it was an easy task, so he set out to find the golden bird. After walking not far, he came to a forest and saw a fox sitting by the forest, so he immediately took down his bow and arrow to shoot it. But the fox actually spoke: Don't shoot me, I will give you a good advice. I know what the purpose of your trip is, you must want to find the golden bird. Tonight, you will go to In a village, when you arrive there, you will see two small hotels facing each other. One of them is very lively and looks very magnificent, so you must not go in. Although the small hotel on the opposite side is poor and simple, But you should go and spend the night in there. The gardener's eldest son thought, What does such a beast know? So he shot at the fox with his bow and arrow, but missed it, and the fox caught it. He raised his tail and ran into the woods. He put away his bow and arrow and continued on the road. In the evening, he came to the village, and there were indeed two small hotels in the village. In one of the inns, the guests were singing and dancing, enjoying themselves, while the other was a small hotel looking dirty and rundown. Seeing this, he said, Would I be a fool if I lived in this shabby house instead of enjoying that lovely and comfortable hotel. So he walked in without hesitation. He entered the bustling house, joined the ranks of guests who ate and drank, and finally stayed there, leading a depraved life of drinking and drinking. What kind of golden bird, family, he has long forgotten.

The eldest son never came back, and no news was heard from him. After some time, the gardener had to let the second son set out to find the golden bird. Like his brother, he also encountered the same thing: first he saw the fox, and the fox also gave him advice; then he came to the door of two small inns, and saw his brother standing there looking for pleasure. The window of the inn called him to go in. Unable to resist the temptation, he also went into that inn. In the end, like his brother, he also forgot about the golden bird and his family.

After a while, the gardener's youngest son also wanted to go out to look for the golden bird, but his father would not agree, because he loved the son very much, and was worried that if he went there, he would suffer misfortune and not return home. But his youngest son didn't want to stay at home, and his father finally agreed to let him go under his soft and hard words. When he came to the edge of the woods, he met the fox and listened to the fox's advice to him. Instead of shooting it with a bow and arrow like his two elder brothers, he thanked the fox.

So the Fox said, Come and sit on my tail, so you can go faster. He obeyed him and sat on it, and the Fox ran at once. Across the bushes, over the boulders, so fast that their hair was whistling in the wind.

When they came to the village, the young man jumped down. He kept the fox's advice in mind, walked into that ordinary hotel without thinking, and spent the night there in peace. The next morning, when he was about to go on the road, the fox came to him again and said, Go straight ahead, and you will see a castle. In front of the castle, there is a large group of soldiers lying on the ground snoring and sleeping. Don't disturb them, go into the castle. Then go straight ahead, and you will find a house. There is a wooden birdcage in the house, and the golden bird is locked in the cage. There is also a beautiful golden birdcage next to the wooden cage. Go from that ordinary cage to a beautiful cage! Otherwise you will regret it. Then the fox stretched out his tail again and let the young man sit on it. Over the bushes, over the boulders, their hair whizzed again in the wind.

When they came to the gate of the castle, everything was as the fox said. The gardener's son then went into the castle and found the house. The golden bird was locked in the wooden birdcage hanging in the house, and there was another golden birdcage under the wooden birdcage, and beside it were the three lost golden apples. He thought: It is absurd to take away such a beautiful bird in such an ordinary cage. So he opened the wooden cage and took out the golden bird to put in the golden cage. At that moment the golden bird raised its head and cried out so loudly that all the soldiers awoke, and they seized him at once, and brought him before their king. The next morning, the court held a trial for him. After all the statements were made, he was sentenced to death, but the king asked him to find the golden horse that ran like lightning. And let him take the golden bird away.

He was on the road again, moaning and looking desperate. At this time, his good friend the fox came again and said, Look, these things happened because you didn't listen to my advice. But if you do as I tell you, I will tell you how to get there. Find the golden horse. To find the horse, you have only to go straight and you will enter a castle. The golden horse is standing in a stable in the castle. The groom is sleeping next to the stable and snoring. You quietly Take the horse away, and put the old leather saddle next to the stable on the horse, don't put on the golden saddle! After speaking, the young man sat on the fox's tail. They stepped through the bushes and over the boulders, their hair whizzing in the wind.

All was as the fox had said, and the groom lay snoring and asleep, with one hand still on the golden saddle. When the gardener's son saw the golden horse, he thought it was too wronged to put the leather saddle on the golden horse, and thought: I will match the golden horse with the paid one, so that it will match well. When he moved the golden saddle, the groom awoke, and immediately cried out loudly. Hearing the cry, the guards rushed in and seized him. The next morning, he was brought to court again, and the result of the trial was that he was sentenced to death, but if he could bring a beautiful princess from afar, he would be spared the death penalty, and the golden horse would belong to him, so he had to agree.

With a heavy heart, he set off again. The familiar fox appeared in front of him again and said, Why didn't you listen to me? If you listened to me, you would have a golden bird and a golden horse by now. Well, let me give you another piece of advice. Go straight ahead and at night you will reach a castle. At twelve o'clock at night, the princess is going to the bathhouse, you jump on it, give her a kiss, and she will let you take her out of there. But be careful Don't promise her to say goodbye to her parents! After speaking, the fox stretched out its tail and let him sit on it. Through the bushes and over the rocks, their hair whizzed in the wind.

When he came to the castle, everything was as the fox said. At twelve o'clock in the evening, when the young man was waiting for the girl to go to her bath, he jumped up and kissed her, and she immediately said she would go with him, but begged him tearfully to let her go and say good-bye to her father. At first he refused, but after seeing her sad look, he still agreed to her. When she came to her father's room, the guards woke up, so that he became a prisoner again.

He was brought before the king, and the king said: You can't get my daughter at all, unless you can dig out the mountain in front of my window that blocks my sight within eight days. That mountain is really big. Well, even if people from all over the world were used to dig, it might not be possible to dig it out. After seven days of working, the mountain still seemed untouched. When he was in despair, the fox came again and said, Go to sleep, I will dig for you. When he woke up the next morning, the mountain was gone, and he came to the king happily and told him The mountain had been dug up, and he had to betroth the princess to him.

The king had to keep his promise, and let the young man and the princess go. On the way, the fox came to him and said, We will have all three treasures: the princess, the golden horse, and the golden bird. The young man heard this and said, Really! This is not an easy task. What do you do? where?

The fox said: As long as you obey my orders, you can do it. When you go to see the king, he will ask you for a beautiful princess. If you give him the princess, he will be very happy. He will give it to you on the horse. After the golden horse, you stretch out your hand to say goodbye to them, shake hands with the princess at the end, and then take this opportunity to quickly pull her on the horse and sit behind you, kick the golden horse hard, and gallop away at full speed.

All went well, and the boy rode on his horse and led the princess to join the fox. The fox said to him again, When you go to the castle where the golden bird is, the princess and I will stay at the gate, and you will go into the city on a golden horse and do business for the king. He sees that it is indeed what he wants. When you are on the horse, you will be asked to take the golden bird away. But you must sit still on the horse and say that you want to see the bird to verify whether it is the real golden bird. When you lift the golden bird in your hand When you do, fly away immediately.

Everything was as the fox ordered, he took the golden bird out of the castle, and after meeting the princess, they rode their horses to a large forest, at this moment, the fox said to him: Please kill me, cut off my Head and feet. But the young man refused, which he considered an act of ingratitude. The fox said again: It's fine if you don't kill me, but anyway, I will give you a piece of advice: There are two things you have to be careful of, never redeem anyone from the gallows, and never sit on the bank of the river. Side. After saying that, the fox left. The young man thought, Okay! It's not that hard to do that.

He and the princess rode on their way home. When they came to the village where the two brothers lived, they heard a great commotion and commotion, and he asked a man what had happened, and the man said, Two men are going to be hanged. Behold, those two were his brothers, and they have become robbers now. He immediately asked, Is there no way to save them? The man said, No way, unless someone is willing to pay all his money for these two villains, so that they can buy their freedom. Hearing this In a word, without thinking, he took out the ransom he wanted, saved the two brothers, and then walked home with the two brothers.

When they came to the forest where they met the fox for the first time, it was very cool, and the two elder brothers said happily: Let's sit by the river, have a rest, eat something, and drink some water! He immediately said : Okay! Completely forgetting the fox's advice, he came to the river and sat down, not expecting any unfortunate things to happen. The two older brothers, harboring a ulterior motive, crept up behind him, threw him off the bank of the river, and went home with the princess, the golden horse, and the golden bird. When they saw the king, they said, All this is due to our hard work. This made everyone very happy. But the horse stopped eating, the bird stopped singing, and the princess cried all day long.

The young son fell on the river bed. Fortunately, the river bed was almost dry, but his bones were almost broken, and he lay on the river bed for a long time before getting up. The edge of the river was very steep, and he could not find his way to the shore. The fox reappeared again, and it reproached him for not listening to its advice, otherwise this disaster would not have happened. At last the fox said again: I can't let you stay here, I will save you from danger one more time. Come! Grab my tail and hold on tight. Then he pulled him up to the river bank. After landing, the fox said to him: Your brother is still on guard against you. As long as you show up and are found by them, they will kill you. He had to dress himself up as a poor man and came quietly. King's yard. No sooner had he come in than the horses began to eat, and the birds began to sing, and the princess stopped crying. When he saw the king, he told him all the deceptions of his brother, and the king immediately sent for them to be arrested and punished. The princess returned to him, and when the king died, he became the heir to the kingdom.

A long time later, one day, he went for a walk in the woods and met the fox again. The fox begged him tearfully to kill it, and cut off its head and feet, which at last he was obliged to do. As soon as it was done, the fox immediately turned into a man. This man was actually the elder brother of the princess who had been missing for many years.