Fairy's wish

Once upon a time, there was a king who had no children, so he was very sad. As the days passed, when he was really anxious, he ran to the big forest to find three fairies in the forest to tell his difficulties. The fairy sympathized with him. Just say that one year later, his queen will give him an heir.

That's true. A year later, the queen gave birth to a son. In the evening, after the little prince was born, three fairy godmothers appeared at his cradle and sent their blessings to him.

The first fairy said, "You will be the most handsome prince in the world."

The second fairy said, "You will be a wise and upright person."

The third fairy heard that the prince had all the advantages. After thinking for a moment, she said, "But you will grow a pair of donkey ears, so you won't be too proud at any time."

The three fairies said their wishes and disappeared.

What they said and how to cash it. The prince grows very fast. The more beautiful, clever and upright he is, the longer his donkey's ears will be.

The king and queen were frightened. Who has seen and heard that the prince has long donkey ears! How can we make him king one day? If he is known, how can he maintain the respect and admiration of his subjects? My dear prince has to wear a hat all the time.

In this way, the prince concealed his defects in front of all court officials, and no one thought of it. There is no doubt that their prince is the most handsome, intelligent and upright prince in the world, and everyone is looking forward to having such a good king in the future.

The prince grew up day by day and became a strong young man. When he was young, let him have long hair like a girl. But now I can't have such long hair. I have to hire a barber to cut my hair! Thinking of this, the king was very worried and spent the whole night thinking about how to find a barber for the prince. He could cut his hair and keep his terrible defect a secret. Finally, I decided to call the head waiter of the palace barber shop. The king received him secretly and said to him very seriously, "Barber, great honor is waiting for you." I have decided to appoint you as the court barber of my prince and heir, and your only task is to cut his hair once a week. Your work is not heavy, as long as you can faithfully complete it, you can become a rich man; But if you reveal to anyone at any time a word you see during a haircut, death awaits you! "

The respectable barber doesn't know whether he is awake or dreaming. He vowed happily that he would remain as silent as a grave. On this day, the king solemnly appointed him as the prince's special court barber.

Secret leakage

Barbers live in the king's palace, eat food cooked in the king's kitchen and often participate in the king's discussions. He has everything he wants. In short, he lives as happily as few people in the world. But his happiness and happiness didn't last long. Just over a month later, the barber of the prince's special court began to look pale and weak, as if something had happened. In fact, he is not ill, but he can't tell anyone the secret that the prince has donkey ears, which makes him really uncomfortable.

The situation of the barber in the prince's court is getting worse every day. Finally, when he was so weak that he could hardly hold scissors and razors, he went to the big forest to ask an old man who lived in seclusion for advice. The old man said after listening to the narrative of the court barber:

"Since this secret makes you feel so uncomfortable, then you go to the wild to find a small piece of wasteland, dig a pit there, and then tell your secret in this pit. This will eliminate your worries and the earth will not reveal your secrets. "

The barber thanked the clever old man and did it at once. Seclusion is a good idea for the old man. As soon as the barber told the pit in the valley the annoying secret he knew, he immediately felt much more relaxed. He happily filled the pit with soil and went home again.

Not long after, a reed grew on the pit dug by the barber to tell the secret. One day, several shepherds drove the sheep through here, and everyone cut off a stalk to make a whistle. Shit! Anything strange can happen! As soon as you blow this whistle, a strange, very strange sound comes out. "Our prince has donkey ears, and so does our prince."

The magic flute and this strange song spread all over the country in full swing, but Tuozai spread to the court and the king.

The donkey's ear is missing.

As soon as the king heard the terrible news, he sent a shepherd to blow his whistle. No matter how hard these poor shepherds try to blow out other things, it is in vain. The voice in the whistle will always be that terrible song: "Our prince has donkey ears, and our prince has donkey ears."

Even the king himself picked up a whistle and put it to his mouth to blow, and the situation did not improve. The king was very angry. Who but the prince's special court barber can reveal the secret? The king sent for him and sentenced him to death on the spot without a court.

But just as the king announced this terrible sentence, the prince stood up, took off his hat from his head and said:

"Can't do this, father! Why did you execute him? He is telling the truth! Let everyone see what I've hidden for so long! If God is interested, I can be a good king even with these donkey ears. "

The prince's court barber is protected.

But you know how surprised everyone in the court, especially the king and queen, was when they saw that the ears of a pair of donkeys on the prince's head suddenly disappeared!

It turned out that the third fairy saw that the prince's heart had not become proud, so she withdrew her magic.

Things ended so satisfactorily. Needless to say, everyone was happy, the people were happy, the people in the court were happy, the king was happy and the prince was happy. But the happiest thing was the unfortunate barber because he almost lost his head.

Of course, children sometimes quietly play the reed flute telling secrets, but they will never sing the song that the prince has donkey ears again.