Once upon a time, there was an old queen whose husband had been dead for many years. She has a beautiful daughter. When her daughter grew up, she was engaged to the prince of a distant country. On the wedding day, she will leave for the country where the prince is located. The old queen packed many precious gold and silver utensils, gold and silver ornaments and jewels for her daughter. In short, the dowry that the royal family should prepare is ready, because the old queen loves her daughter wholeheartedly. She also arranged for a maid to accompany her and give her daughter to the groom. And equipped them with two horses as walking strength. The princess rode a horse named Falada. This horse can talk to people.

When it was time to leave, the old queen took out a knife in the bedroom, pricked her finger, dropped three drops of blood on a white handkerchief and gave it to her daughter, saying, "Take good care of it, my dear child. It can be used as your amulet to protect your safe journey. "

After they said goodbye to each other sadly, the princess put her handkerchief in her arms, mounted her horse and embarked on a journey to the groom's kingdom. After walking on the road for a while, the princess felt thirsty and said to the maid, "Please dismount and go to the stream and bring me some water from my golden cup with your luggage." I want to drink water. " The maid said, "if you are thirsty, go down and drink water." I didn't volunteer to be your maid. " The princess was so thirsty that she got off her horse and knelt by the stream to drink water, but she couldn't take out her own gold cup to use. She sighed. "Oh, my God!" Three drops of blood in her arms answered her:

"If your mother knew,

Her heart will break in two. "

The princess has always been very humble, saying nothing, just riding her horse quietly. After they walked a lot, the weather became very hot, the sun was burning and the princess felt thirsty. When she finally came to a river, she forgot the maid's rudeness to her and said, "Please go down and get me some water from my golden cup." But the maid said to her in a more arrogant tone than last time, "You can drink if you want. I'm not your maid." Thirst forced the princess to dismount, came to the river alone and bent down. Facing the river, she sighed, "Oh, dear!" " Three drops of blood in my arms answered her again:

"If your mother knew,

Her heart will break in two. "

When she leaned into the river to drink water, the handkerchief fell out of her arms. Being depressed, she didn't notice at all, and the handkerchief floated away with the river. But when her maid saw it, she was very excited because she knew that once the princess lost her amulet, she would become weak and the poor bride would fall into her own hands. So when the bride finished drinking water and was ready to go to Faradah again, the maid said, "I ride Falada and you ride my horse." The princess had to change horses with her. The maid was rude again and asked the princess to take off her princess costume and put on her maid costume. The maid threatened the princess to swear to heaven not to mention what happened to anyone, or she would be killed. But Farada saw everything in his eyes and kept it in his heart.

The maid rode Falada, but the real bride rode the maid's horse, along the road, and finally entered the palace compound. Everyone cheered for their arrival and the prince flew out to meet them. He helped the maid off the horse, thinking that she was his fiancee, and took her upstairs to the inner room of the palace, but left the real princess in the yard below.

However, the old king looked out of the window and found her standing in the yard below. She looks so beautiful and has such a refined temperament. She immediately went into the back room and asked the bride, "Who is the girl who came with you and stood in the yard below?" The young bride said, "She is my companion on the road. Please give her some work and don't let her be idle and bored. " The old king thought for a while and felt that there was nothing suitable for her to do. Finally, he said, "A teenager is herding geese for me. Please ask her to help him." In this way, the real bride was sent to help the boy feed the geese. The boy's name is Conrad.

Soon, the fake bride said to the prince, "Dear husband, please help me do something that makes me happy." The prince said, "I am very willing to help." "Tell your butcher to cut off the head of the horse I rode. Because it is difficult to control, it tortured me hard enough on the road. " But in fact, she was worried that Falada would tell the truth and said that she would replace the real princess, so she wanted to kill her. She succeeded in persuading the young king to allow her to kill Falada. When Zhen Fei heard the news, she took out a piece of gold and begged the butcher to nail Farada's head in the dark hole of the city gate, so that she could still see it when she drove the geese through the city gate every morning and evening. The butcher agreed to her request, cut off the horse's head and nailed it firmly in the dark doorway.

The next morning, when the princess and Conrad walked out of the gate, she said sadly:

"Alas, Falada,

Hang it here! "

The head replied:

"Ah, young queen,

You have a lot of luck,

If your mother finds out,

Her heart will break in two. "

They drove the geese out of the city and came to the country. When they came to the pasture, she sat on the ridge there and untied her curly hair which was all pure gold. Ke Dejin saw her hair shining in the sun, so she ran to pull some down, but she said:

"Blow, blow, gentle wind, listen to me,

Blow away Conrad's little hat,

Let him chase him everywhere,

Until I braid my hair.

Then roll up my hair. "

As soon as her words fell, a strong wind really blew Conrad's hat far away, and Conrad had to chase it. By the time he found the hat, the princess had combed her hair and curled it neatly. He could never pull out her hair again. He is very angry and never talks to her with a straight face. They just watched the geese and didn't drive them back until dark at night.

On the third morning, when they were driving the geese through the dark door, the poor girl looked up at Falada's head and said:

"Alas, Falada,

Hang it here! "

The head replied:

"Ah, young queen,

You have a lot of luck,

If your mother finds out,

Her heart will break in two. "

Then, she drove the goose to the pasture, sat down on the grass again and began to comb her hair as the day before. Conrad saw it and ran to pull out her hair, but she quickly said:

"Blow, blow, gentle wind, listen to me,

Blow away Conrad's little hat,

Let him chase him everywhere,

Until I braid my hair.

Then roll up my hair. "

The wind blew up at once, blew off his hat and went far away, so Conrad had to follow. When he came back, she had curled her hair and he could never pull it out again. Like the day before, they watched the geese together until it was dark.

In the evening, when they came back, Conrad went to the old king and said, "I will never be with this girl again!" " "the king asked," why? " "Because she teased me all day. The old king asked the boy to tell what she had done. Conrad said, "When we drove the goose through the dark gate in the morning, she said to a horse's head hanging on the wall:

"Alas, Falada,

Hang it here! "

The person in charge will answer:

"Ah, young queen,

You have a lot of luck,

If your mother finds out,

Her heart will break in two. "

Conrad told the king everything that happened, including how his hat was blown away in the pasture where the geese were kept, and he was forced to leave the geese to chase the hat. But the king asked him to feed the geese with her as usual the next day.

When the morning came, the king hid behind the dark door and listened to how she spoke to Falada and how Falada answered her. Then he followed him to the field, hid in the bushes next to the pasture, and witnessed how they set the geese. After a while, how did she shine her hair in the sun, and then heard her say:

"Blow, blow, gentle wind, listen to me,

Blow away Conrad's little hat,

Let him chase him everywhere,

Until I braid my hair.

Then roll up my hair. "

Just as the voice fell, a gust of wind blew Conrad's hat away, and the girl combed her hair in time and curled it neatly. Everything, the old king saw in his eyes. After reading it, he quietly returned to the palace, and neither of them saw him.

In the evening, Goose Girl came back. He took her aside and asked her why she did it. She said, "I can't tell you, and I can't tell anyone about my sadness, because I have sworn to heaven to keep my mouth shut, or I will be killed."

But the old king kept asking her questions, which made her fidgety, but she still refused to say. The old king said, "Then climb into the stove over there and tell your story to the stove!" " "Then he left. She got into the iron furnace, began to cry, poured out everything in her heart, and finally said, "I am here, abandoned by the whole world, but I am the daughter of the king;" "A fake maid threatened me, so I had to take off my royal costume. She took my place and married my groom, so I had to be a goose girl and do some bottom-level service work. If my mother knew, her heart would break in two. "

The old king actually stood by the chimney of the stove and heard everything she said. He asked her to climb out of the oven and put on a royal dress. She is so beautiful! The old king called his son and told him that his wife was a fake bride, but she was actually just a maid. The real bride, a girl who used to herd geese, stood beside him. The young king was overjoyed to see the real princess so beautiful and to hear that she was so humble and tolerant. Order a grand banquet and invite all relatives and friends. The groom sits at the top of the table, with a fake princess on one side and a real princess on the other. The maid was blinded by the brilliance of the real princess and didn't recognize it.

The guests were very happy when they were eating and drinking. The old king told everyone everything he heard as a riddle. She also asked the real maid what she thought the maid in the story should be punished. The fake bride said, "The best way to deal with it is to put her in a wooden bucket full of spikes and drag it around the street with two white horses until she dies in pain." The old king said, "This is what I want to do to you! Because you have obviously treated your sin, you should be punished like this. "

The young king married his real fiancee and they lived a happy life together. * * * Governing the country and keeping the country safe, the people live and work in peace and contentment.