Just as he was about to fall asleep, he seemed to feel someone calling him. He listened carefully, and it was obvious that a very light voice was saying to him, "Drummer, wake up!"
Drummer, wake up! "
It was dark at night and he couldn't see anyone at all, but he felt as if there was a shadow dangling in front of his bed. "What do you want?" He asked.
"Give me back the dress you took by the lake at night."
"Tell me who you are," replied the salesman, "and I'll give it back to you." "alas!" The voice said, "I am the daughter of a powerful king, but I fell into the clutches of a witch who imprisoned me on the glass mountain." I go to the lake to take a bath with my two sisters every day, but I can't fly back without that nightgown. My two sisters have left, but I have to stay. Please give it back to me. "
"Don't worry, little girl," said the salesman. "Of course I will pay you back."
Say that finish, he went over and took out a linen dress from his pocket and handed it to her. She grabbed the skirt and turned to leave.
"Wait a minute," said the salesman. "Maybe I can help you."
"You can only help me if you climb to the top of the glass mountain and save me from the witch's clutches. But you can't get to the glass mountain at all, even if you are near the mountain. "
"As long as I want to do it, there is nothing I can't do." The drummer replied, "I sympathize with you. I'm not afraid of anything." But I don't know the way to Glass Mountain. ""That road goes through the big forest where cannibals live, "she said." I can only tell you this. "Then he heard her fly away.
The drummer started at dawn. He hung the drum on his body and walked fearlessly to the big forest where cannibals lived. After a while, he looked around and didn't see a giant. He thought to himself, "I have to wake up these lazy guys." So he knocked on his big drum hard, and the sound of the drum frightened all the birds in the tree.
After a while, I saw a giant sleeping in the grass and stood up. He is as tall as a pine tree. "You bastard," he shouted to the drummer, "what are you knocking here to wake my dream?"
"I play drums because 1000 people support me," replied the drummer.
"They will find their way in my drums."
"What are they doing in my forest?" Asked the giant.
"They came here for only one purpose-to kill you and all monsters like you in the forest."
"Oh, really?" The giant asked, "I will crush them like ants." "Do you think you can catch them?" The drummer sneered, "You bend down to catch someone, and he quickly hides." But if you lie down and sleep, hundreds of people will run out of the bushes in all directions and climb on you. Because each of them has a hammer in his hand, they will break your head. "
The giant was deeply disturbed and thought, "It's not easy to deal with these cunning dwarfs!" " I can deal with wolves and bears easily, but I really can't do anything about those little earthworms. "Listen, little fellow," he said loudly, "if you leave here, I promise you I won't bother you and your friends again. If you have other wishes, just say so, maybe I can help you. "
"Your legs are longer and you can run faster than me," said the drummer. "You carry me on the glass mountain, and I'll signal my friends to retreat, so they won't bother you again."
"Well, little one," said the giant, "sit on my shoulder and I will take you anywhere you want."
So the giant picked him up. The drummer sat on the giant's shoulder and began to beat the drums happily again. The giant thought that this must be a signal that he was telling others to retreat.
After a while, another giant appeared on the road. I saw him take the drummer off the first giant's shoulder and put it in his buttonhole. The drummer gripped the button as big as the plate and sat firmly on it, in a very happy mood.
Then, they came to the third giant and saw him take the drummer out of the second giant's buttonhole and put it on his brim. The drummer walked around in his hat, kept crossing the top of the tree and looked into the distance. At this time, he saw a mountain under the blue sky in the distance and thought, "It must be a glass mountain." Indeed, the giants only took a few steps forward and they came to the foot of the mountain.
At this time, the giant put him down from his head, but the drummer asked him to send himself to the top of the mountain. But the giant shook his head, muttered a few words in his bearded mouth, and then turned back to the big forest without looking back. The poor drummer stood in front of the mountain and saw that the mountain seemed to be as high as three mountains combined and as smooth as a mirror. He didn't know what to do. He tried to climb up, but in vain, because he always rolled down from it again and again.
Just as he was standing there at a loss, he saw two people quarreling not far away, so he went over and learned that they were quarreling about a saddle on the ground.
"You are so stupid!" He said, "I actually quarreled over a saddle without a horse."
"This saddle is debatable." One of them replied, "Because whoever rides it, no matter where he wants to go, even at the end of the world, he can get there in the blink of an eye." This saddle belongs to both of us, and now it's my turn to ride it, and he won't. "
"I'll solve this problem for you two." The drummer walked forward for a while, stuck a white stick in the ground, and then turned back and said, "Now you run towards that stick at the same time, and whoever runs first will ride first."
The two started to run, but just after a few steps, the drummer jumped into the saddle and said that he would go to the top of the glass mountain. In a blink of an eye, he reached the top of the mountain.
I saw an old stone house on the top of the hill. There is a big fish pond in front of the house, and behind it is a gloomy and dense forest. There are no people and no wild animals here. It was quiet all around, only the leaves rustled in the wind, and a few white clouds floated low over his head.
He came to the stone house and knocked on the door. When he knocked on the door for the third time, the door opened. The door was opened by an old woman with a brown face and red eyes. She has a pair of glasses on her long nose and sharp eyes staring at him. She asked him what he was doing here. He told her that he wanted to spend the night here. "If you want to do three things for me, you can stay here."
"Why not?" The drummer replied, "I'm not afraid of work, no matter how difficult it is."
So the old woman let him in, had a good meal and slept well.
The next morning, the old woman took a thimble from her thin finger and handed it to him, saying, "Take this thimble and use it to drain the water in the pond outside!" " All the fish in the pond should be fished out according to the size of the species and placed on the shore. All this work must be finished before dark. "
"What a strange job!" The drummer thought so, but he went to the pond and began to work. He has been scooping all morning, but he can't scoop out all the water in this big pond with a thimble! That will take at least a thousand years. At noon, he stopped his bad work and said to himself, "Whether you do it or not, it's all for nothing!"
At this moment, a beautiful girl came out of the room, handed him a basket of food and said, "You look worried. Is there any trouble? "
He looked at the beautiful girl and said, "well, I can't finish the first job she gave me." What can I do with the next two? " ! I came all the way to find a princess, but I haven't found it yet. "
"Wait here," said the girl. "Let me help you. You are tired, put your head on my lap and sleep for a while. When you wake up, the work will be finished. "
The drummer was overjoyed and agreed.
As soon as he closed his eyes, the girl turned a wishful ring and said:
"The water is coming, and the fish is coming out!"
In the blink of an eye, the water rose into the sky like white fog and floated away with other clouds. The fish also jumped to the shore, all arranged neatly according to size and color.
When the drummer woke up, he was surprised to find what had happened.
The girl said to him, "there is a fish. It is not lying next to its own kind, but placed alone." At night, when the old woman comes and sees that everything has been done as required, she will ask,' What happened to this fish?' Then you throw the fish in front of her and say, "This is for you, old witch." "In the evening, the old woman did come to ask this question, and the drummer threw the fish in her face. But she stood there without saying a word, as if she didn't mind his offense, just staring at him viciously. The next morning, she said, "You were so relaxed yesterday. I have to give you a more difficult job today. " . You must cut down the whole forest today, and then cut all the trees into firewood and make piles of firewood. The work must be finished before dark. "She gave him an axe, a sledgehammer and two saws, but those tools were all made of lead, heavy and soft, and could not be used at all.
He really doesn't know what to do. But at noon, the girl came again with food and said to him, "put your head on my lap and sleep for a while." When you wake up, the work will be finished. "
She turned the wishful ring on her finger again, and in a blink of an eye, the whole forest fell down. It's really scary. It seems that some invisible giant is cutting down these trees.
When the drummer woke up, the girl said to him, "Look, all the wood has been chopped and piled up into a pile of firewood." Only one branch was thrown aside. When the old witch comes to ask what's going on tonight, you can hit her hard with it and say,' This is for you, old witch.' "
When the old woman came, she said, "Look, how easy this job is! But what about that branch? "
At this moment, the drummer picked up the branch, gave her a good beating and said, "This is for you, old witch." But she seemed indifferent, just sneering.
"Tomorrow," said the old woman, "you pile up all the wood and set a fire!"
At dawn, the drummer got up and began to move wood, but how could he pile up a large forest by himself? He made no progress in his work. Fortunately, the girl didn't get him into trouble. She brought him lunch again. After eating, he put his head on her lap and fell asleep again. When he woke up, the wooden mountain had already ignited a flame, and the flame went straight into the sky.
"Listen," said the girl, "when the old witch comes, she will ask you to do one more thing. You should do everything she asks you to do without fear, so that she has no reason to blame you. If you show a little fear, she will catch you and throw you into the fire. Do whatever she tells you to do, just hold her tightly and throw her into the fire. "
No sooner had the girl left than the old woman came. She said, "What a big fire! I'm freezing, and this fire can just warm my old bones. Hey, look, there is a piece of wood in the fire that is not burning. Please take it out for me. If you can take it out, you are free to go anywhere you want. You must be happy to jump in anyway! "
The drummer jumped in without hesitation, but the flame didn't burn him at all, not even his hair. He took out the wood and put it on the ground. Before the wood landed, it became the beautiful girl who helped him in trouble. The girl was wearing a shiny dress, and he recognized her as the princess he was looking for at a glance.
At this time, the old witch smiled insidiously: "Do you think you have her? But I tell you, now is not the time. "
After that, she jumped on the girl and tried to drag her away. At this time, the drummer grasped the old witch with both hands and threw her into the fire.
Then the princess looked at the handsome drummer carefully. At the thought that he risked his life to save himself, the princess was deeply moved and held out her hand and said to him, "since you are willing to give everything for me, I will marry you."
Promise me that we will be loyal to each other and love each other forever. "
Then, she took the drummer into the stone house and showed him the boxes and cabinets full of treasures hidden by the old witch. They didn't touch the gold and silver inside, only took some precious stones.
They don't want to stay on the glass mountain anymore, so the princess said to the drummer, "I just need to turn my wishful ring and we can go home."
"Great," said the salesman. "Then let's go to the city gate."
In the blink of an eye, they were outside the city. At this time, the drummer said, "I want to go back and see my parents first and tell them what happened." Just wait for me in the field. I'll be back soon. "
"Well," said the princess, "I beg you never to kiss your parents' right cheek, or you will forget everything. "
"How could I forget you?" As he spoke, he extended his right hand to assure her that he would come back soon.
When he returned home, he found that no one recognized him, because his three days on the glass mountain were actually three years on the earth, so his appearance changed a lot.
After he said who he was, his parents hugged his neck with joy. He was so excited that he couldn't help kissing his parents' cheeks and completely forgot the princess's warning. Then, he emptied his pockets and grabbed the pearls and jewels on the table one by one. Faced with so many treasures, his parents don't know what to do at all.
Later, his father built a luxurious castle for them, surrounded by gardens, forests and grasslands, just like a prince's palace. After the castle was built, mother said to the drummer, "Son, I have chosen a girl for you, and you are going to have a wedding today next week." The son is also very satisfied with his parents' arrangement.
Besides, the poor princess waited outside the city for a long time. As night falls, he hasn't come back yet. She knows he must have kissed his parents on the right cheek and forgotten her! The princess is very sad. She doesn't want to go back to her father's palace. She just lives alone in a lonely hut in the forest. Every evening, she goes to town and deliberately passes by the drummer's house. Although he has seen her many times, she has not recognized her. Finally, she heard someone say, "Tomorrow, the drummer is getting married." So she said to herself, "I must try my best to win back his heart."
On the first day of the wedding, she turned her wishful ring and said, "I want a dress that shines like the sun." In an instant, a beautiful dress like sunshine appeared in front of her eyes.
When all the guests were here, she walked into the hall. Everyone present was surprised by her beautiful clothes, especially the bride. She is the kind of woman who likes beautiful clothes best, so she went up to a strange woman and asked her if she would like to sell her clothes.
"I don't want money," she replied, "but if I am allowed to stand outside the groom's bedroom door all night, I will be happy to give it to you."
The bride could not resist the temptation and agreed to her request. But she secretly put an antipsychotic in the wine the groom drank before going to bed at night, which made him fall asleep quickly.
When everything was quiet, the princess quietly came to his bedroom door, gently pushed the door open a crack and shouted to it:
"Drummer, drummer, please listen to me.
Have you really completely forgotten me?
Aren't you sitting next to me on the glass mountain?
Didn't I save you from the old witch?
Didn't you take an oath and show your loyalty with a smile?
Drummer, drummer, you answer me. "
But all this was in vain, because the drummer didn't wake up at all. The next morning, the princess had to go home disappointed.
The next night, she turned her wishful ring again and said, "I want a dress as silver as the moon."
She made the bride jealous when she appeared at the party in a dress as soft as moonlight. On the condition of this dress, she got the consent of the bride and let her stand in front of the groom's bedroom for another night.
In the dead of night, she still calls the drummer. But he still didn't wake up, because antipsychotic drugs made him unconscious. In the morning, the princess went back to her cabin in the forest in frustration.
But the servants in the castle heard the strange girl crying, and they told the groom about it. They also told him that if he didn't drink alcohol mixed with amphetamines before going to bed, he would certainly hear it.
On the third night, the princess turned her ring again and said, "I want a dress that shines like a star."
When the bride appeared at the party, she fell madly in love with this dress. She said, "I must get it, and I will get it." So the princess agreed to exchange this dress for her on the same terms.
This time, the groom didn't drink before going to bed, but all fell under the bed. When everything was quiet, he heard a gentle voice calling:
"Drummer, drummer, please listen to me.
Have you really completely forgotten me?
Aren't you sitting next to me on the glass mountain?
Didn't I save you from the old witch?
Didn't you take an oath and show your loyalty with a smile?
Drummer, drummer, you answer me. "
At this time, the drummer suddenly regained his memory. "Alas," he cried, "how disloyal and cruel I am! I was just so happy that I kissed my parents on the right cheek. " With that, he jumped up, took the princess by the hand and came to his parents' bed. "This is my real bride," he said. "If I marry someone else, I'm so sorry for her!"
So another wedding banquet was held in the castle. The first bride was satisfied with those three beautiful clothes as compensation.