Chapter 20 Kling King

King Kling & Italian Fairy Tales Once upon a time, there was a king who adopted a pig as his son, and people called him "King Kling".King Kelin came and went in and out of the royal palace, and he usually seemed very well-bred, really like a royal figure, but he also made troubles on purpose and lost his temper from time to time.The father patted its buttocks and said to him: "What's the matter, you are making such a mess, what's the matter?" King Kling murmured, "Uh, uh, I want a wife, uh, uh, the baker's daughter!" So the king sent for the baker.The baker had three daughters, and the king asked the baker if his eldest daughter would marry his pig son.The baker's eldest daughter wanted to marry the king's son very much, but she didn't want to marry a pig. She was in a dilemma, and finally agreed.

On the night of the wedding, King Kelin ran around the street full of joy, and came back dirty all over.The bride was waiting for it in the room, and it gestured to the bride to caress it, and it also arched straight up the bride's skirt.The bride felt very bored, not only did not caress it, but also kicked it, "Go away, dirty pig!" King Kelin muttered: "Uh! I will settle this account with you sooner or later!" and left. That night, the bride was found dead in her bed. The old king was very troubled by this matter.After a few months, King Kling lost his temper again, and brought up the matter of marrying a wife again, muttering, "Uh! Uh! Uh! I want the baker's daughter as a wife!" Call the baker's second daughter, and she agrees.

On the night of the wedding, King Kling came back all dirty from the streets, and as soon as he got back he rubbed himself on the bride, who said, "Go away, dirty pig!" and drove him away.She too was found dead in bed the next morning.Two brides died on the wedding night in a row, which had a very bad influence on the court. After a while, King Kelin made trouble in the palace again.The king said, "Why, do you still want to marry the baker's third daughter?" King Kling said: "Uh! Uh! I want to marry her! Uh! Uh! I want to marry her!" The king tried to send for the third daughter, and asked her if she would marry King Kling.Unexpectedly, she was very happy to hear that.On the night of the wedding, King Kling, as before, went to the street and ran back to the room with his body dirty, letting his bride touch him.While stroking it, the bride wiped the muddy water on King Kling with a soft linen handkerchief, and said: "My good King Kling, my beloved King Kling, I have fallen in love with you a long time ago." Lin Wang was very happy.

In the morning, all the people in the court were waiting for the news that the third bride had died, but she looked more generous and happier than when she came.That day became a day of royal celebration, and the king held a grand banquet. At night, out of curiosity, the bride wanted to see how King Kling slept.She lit a long candle, and beheld a handsome lad, too handsome to be imagined.While she was staring at the young man, the candle fell from her hand and landed on the young man's arm.The boy woke up with a start, jumped out of bed in a rage, and shouted: "You have broken the spell, you will never see me again! Oh, if you want to see me again, you must fill your seven bottles." Tears, seven pairs of iron shoes, seven iron coats, and seven iron hats." After speaking, he disappeared.

The bride was so distraught that she couldn't just wait at home and decided to go out and look for him.She found a blacksmith, asked him to make seven pairs of iron shoes, seven iron coats and seven iron hats, and set off. Go, go, when she came to a mountain, it was getting dark.She saw a hut and knocked on the door.An old woman said: "Poor girl, I can't keep you overnight, because my son is the wind, and every time he comes to the house, he throws everything in a mess, and if he finds you, you will be in trouble! " But the girl begged again and again, so the old woman had to hide her in the house. When the wind came back, he sniffed around and said:

"huh, huh I smell people. " The old woman gave him something to eat, and he calmed down.In the morning, Feng's mother got up early and gently woke the young girl up, saying: "Run away, hurry up and get on the road before my son wakes up, take this chestnut as a souvenir, don't open it unless you need it urgently." The girl walked, walked, and came to another mountain, and it was dark again.She saw a hut, and an old woman stood at the door and said to her, "Well, I really want to keep you overnight, but my son is Lightning, and if he comes back and finds you, you will be in trouble." Poor, just hide her in the house.Lightning is back:

"Humph, hum, I smell people. " But he didn't notice her, and went to bed after eating something. In the morning, Lightning's mother said to the girl, "Run away before my son wakes up, and take this walnut, it will be of great use to you." The girl walked, walked, and when she reached another mountain, it was dark again.This was Ray's mother's house, and she finally kept the girl overnight and hid her, and as soon as Ray got home he said: "Humph, hum, I smell people" But he didn't see her.In the morning, the girl got a hazelnut as a present from Ray's mother, and set off again.

After a long journey, she came to a city-state.It is said that the princess here is going to marry a very handsome young man, and they are staying together in the castle now.The girl guessed that this young man must be her own groom.But how to stop their marriage?How can I get into the castle? She opened the chestnut and out came out a lot of jewels and diamonds.So she brought these things to sell under the palace where the princess lived.The princess let her come up when she saw it from the window.The girl said to the princess: "I can give you all these things for free, just ask you to let me sleep overnight in that young man's room. I heard that he is in this palace."

The princess was worried about letting the girl talk to the boy alone, and even worried that the girl would run away with the boy, but her maid said to her, "Leave this to me, and we will give him a sleeping pill so that he won't wake up. So they did, and when the maid accompanied the girl to the room, the young man was already asleep, and the maid left the girl and went out.The girl took a closer look and found that this was indeed her bridegroom, so she said to him: "Wake up, my husband, wake up. I have traveled a long way here, and I have worn out seven pairs of iron shoes and worn out seven pieces of iron. Clothes, seven iron hats torn, and seven bottles filled with tears. Now I finally found you, but you fell asleep and couldn't hear what I said!"

The girl cried like this until dawn.In the morning, she smashed the walnuts in despair.From it fell out a lot of beautiful clothes and all kinds of silk and satin, each one more beautiful than the other.When the maid saw these wonderful things, she ran to tell the princess, and the princess naturally left all these things, so she promised her to stay with the young man one more night, but she let the girl go in late and come out early, so that Shorten the time. This night was also fruitless, and the young man never woke up.The poor girl cracked open the hazelnut again, and out of it came some carriages and some fine horses.In order to get these things, the princess once again promised her to spend the night with the boy.

But this time, the lad didn't want to drink the glass of stuff they brought every night, but just pretended to drink it, and actually poured it out on the floor.When the girl was talking, he pretended to sleep for a while, and when he was sure that she was his wife, he immediately jumped up and hugged the girl.They set off in the conjured carriages, and when they got home, they held a grand banquet. Their lives are luxurious and cruel But left me behind the door. (Po River area) King Crin Once there was a king who, for a son, had a pig named King Crin. King Crin would saunter through the royal chambers and usually behave beautifully, as benefits anybody of royal birth. Sometimes, though, he was cross. , his father asked, while stroking his back, "What is the matter? Why are you so cross?" "Oink, oink," grunted King Crin. "I want a wife. Oink, oink, I want the bakers daughter!" The king sent for the baker, who had three daughters, and asked if his oldest daughter was willing to marry his pig-son. Torn between the thrill of wedding the kings son and the horror of marrying a pig, the daughter made up her mind to accept the proposal. Tickled pink, King Crin went wallowing in the town thoroughfares on his wedding night and got all muddy. He returned to the bridal chamber, where his bride was waiting for him. Intending to caress her, he rubbed against her skirt. The bride was disgusted and, instead of caressing him, gave him a kick. "Get away from here, you nasty pig!" King Crin moved away, grunting. "Oink! You'll pay for that!" That night the bride was discovered dead in her bed. The old king was quite stressed, but a few months later when his son was again as cross as could be and clamoring for a wife, he sent for the bakers second daughter, who accepted. The evening of the wedding King Crin went back out and allowed in the muddy roads, only to return and rub against his bride, who drove him out of the room. "Scram, you nasty pig!" In the morning she was found dead. This incident gave the court a bad name, being the second of its kind. More time went by, and King Crin began acting up again. "Would you have the nerve," said his father, "to ask for the bakers third daughter?" "Oink, oink, I certainly would. Oink, oink, I must have her!" So they sent for the third girl to see if she would marry King Crin. She was obviously quite happy to do so. On his wedding night, as usual, King Crin went out to wallow, then ran back inside all muddy to caress his wife . She responded with caresses of her own and dried him off with fine linen handkerchiefs, murmuring, "My handsome Crin, my darling Crin, I love you so." King Crin was overjoyed. Next morning at the court everybody expected to hear that the third bride had been found dead, but out she came in higher spirits than ever. That was a grand occasion for celebration in the royal house, and the king gave a reception. The next night the bride became curious to see King Crin as he slept, because she had her suspicions. She lit a taper and beheld a youth handsome beyond all stretches of the imagination. But as she stood there rapt with admiration, she accidentally dropped the taper on his arm. He woke up and jumped out of bed, furious. "You broke the spell and will never see me again, or only when you have wept seven bottles of tears and worn out seven pairs of iron shoes, seven iron mantles , and seven iron hats looking for me." At that, he vanished. So deep was her distress that the bride had no choice but to go in search of her husband. She had a blacksmith forge seven pairs of iron shoes, seven iron mantles, and seven iron hats for her, then departed. She walked all day long until night overtook her on a mountain, where she saw a cottage and knocked on the door. "My poor girl," said an old woman, "I cant give you shelter, since my son is the Wind who comes home and turns everything upside down, and woe to anyone in his way!" But she begged and pleaded until the old woman brought her in and hid her. The Wind soon arrived and sniffed all around, saying: "Human, human, I smell a human." But his mother quieted him down with food. In the morning she rose at daybreak and softly awakened the young lady, advising, "Flee before my son gets up and take along this chestnut as a souvenir of me, but crack it open only in a serious emergency." She walked all day long and was overtaken by night on top of another mountain. She spied a cottage, and an old lady on the doorstep said, "I would gladly lodge you, but Im Lightnings mother, and poor you if my son came home and caught you here!" But then she took pity on her and hid her. Lightning arrived soon afterward: "Human, human, I smell a human." But he didnt find her and, after supper, went to bed. "Flee before my son wakes up," said Lightnings mother in the morning, "and take along this walnut, which might come in very handy." She walked all day long and was overtaken by night on top of another mountain. There stood the house of Thunders mother, who ended up hiding her. Thunder too came in saying: "Human, human, I smell a human." But neither did he find her, and in the morning she went off with a hazelnut as a present from Thunders mother. After walking for miles and miles she reached a city whose princess, she learned, would soon marry a handsome young man staying at her castle. The young lady was sure that was her own husband. What could she do to prevent the marriage? she got into the castle? She cracked open the chestnut and out poured diamonds and other jewels, which she went off to sell under the princesss windows. The princess looked out and invited her inside. The young lady said, "Ill let you have all these gems for nothing, if you allow me to spend one night in the bedchamber of the young man staying at your palace." The princess was afraid the young lady would talk to him and maybe persuade him to flee with her, but her maid said, "Leave everything to me. Well give him a sleeping potion and he won't wake up." They did just that, and As soon as the handsome youth went to sleep, the maid took the young lady into his bedchamber and left her. With her own eyes, the young lady saw that his(sic) was none other than her husband. "Wake up, my love, wake up! Ive walked all over for you, wearing out seven pairs of iron shoes, seven iron mantles, and seven iron hats: and Ive wept seven bottles of tears. Now that Ive finally found you, you sleep and dont hear me!" And that went on till morning, when, at her wits end, she cracked the walnut. Out rolled exquisite gowns and silks, each lovelier than the other. At the sight of all these wonderful things, the maid called the princess, who simply had to have them all and therefore granted the young lady another night with the youth. But the young lady was taken into the bedchamber later than the last time and brought out earlier in the morning. Nor was this second night any more fruitful than the first. The poor girl cracked the hazelnut and out came horses and carriages. To acquire them, the princess again let her spend the night with the young man. But by this time he had grown tired of drinking what they brought him every night, so he only pretended to swallow it while actually emptying the glass over his shoulder. When the young lady began talking to him, he made out as if he were sleeping , but the moment he was sure it was his wife, he jumped to his feet and embraced her. With all those horses and carriages they had no problem getting away and back home, where there was a grand celebration. They put on the dog and high did they soar, They saw me not, I stood behind the door. (Colline del Po) NOTES: "King Crin" (Re Crin) from Pitre (in Archivio per lo studio delle tradizioni popolari, I [1882], 424), Monteu da Po, Piedmont. Of illustrious origin (since it is certainly related--at least in the motif of the bridegroom who cannot be seen in his true form--to the myth of Amor and Psyche), the folktale about the swine king is one of the most widespread in Italy. This Piedmontese version has a beginning full of brio. The development repeats--with the walnuts to be cracked, spying on the sleeper, etc.--a motif also common to other types and of which my no. 140 presents a richer version. Copyright: Italian Folktales Selected and Retold by Italo Calvino, translated by George Martin, Pantheon Books, New York 1980