1001 Fairy Tales
Fairytale 5
The Rose and Golden Bird Princess
A long time ago, in a very distant land lived a beautiful princess named the Rose Princess. He was called so because he had long red hair that resembled a rose.
Every night, he stood in front of the palace balcony and clapped his hands. Then came the little golden bird and perched on his shoulder. Every time the bird came, the Rose Princess' hair miraculously gave off a beautiful reddish glow.
The golden bird then hummed beautiful tones, the Rose Princess followed him and sang along. Their singing makes one work of deep sleep, sound sleep, and beautiful dreaming. They do that every night.
The song of the princess that gave a beautiful dream made the evil witch envious. He then gave the princess a curse spell, “Bim salabim abracadabra....Lost the rose color!” the spell made the princess' red hair turn dark black.
The next night, the princess and the golden bird sang again. But this time, one kingdom had a terrible nightmare. The princess is very sad, “O golden bird, say, what should I do to get my people back to dream good dreams?” the next night, the princess and the golden bird sang again. But this time, one kingdom had a terrible nightmare. The princess is very sad, “O golden bird, say, what should I do to get my people back to dream good dreams?” she replied, “Princess, soak your hair in rose water.”
The Rose Princess obeyed the words of the golden bird. Miraculously, her hair turned red again! People can dream beautiful dreams again.
This made the witch even more angry. He again bounces the princess but this time, he simultaneously eliminates all the rose petals in the country.
The Rose Princess returned confused. He could no longer soak in the rose water like the golden bird suggested. He walked to the balcony of the palace and cried.
Unexpectedly, a handsome prince came carrying a box of red hair. Unintentionally, the box was hit by the falling tears of the princess. Miraculously, the princess' tears turned the contents of the box into beautiful rose petals.
The Rose Princess immediately soaked her hair with rose water and she was able to return to provide a beautiful dream for the whole work.
EXPIRE
The Arrogant Rabbit and the Tortoise
The story tells of the arrogant Rabbit, who feels himself to be the animal with the ability to run the fastest. Because of his arrogance, one day he challenged his friend's turtle to a running race.
The humble tortoise, accepting the call of the Rabbit, did not know the ugly intent behind it.
The Rabbit, who was sure to win, was very excited and reported to the whole forest if he would run a race with turtles. He arrogantly told the whole forest to see his victory.
On the day of the race, as one would have imagined, the Rabbit darted quickly at the beginning. While the tortoise who walked slowly with leisure continued to run as much as possible chasing the rabbit.
Approaching the finish line, the arrogant Rabbit decides to fall asleep for a moment under the tree, believing that the turtle will never catch up with him.
But apparently, Rabbit fell asleep longer than he planned and the tortoise followed and won the race.
The message of this story is not to underestimate the ability of anyone, also must be diligent if you want to win.
