Chapter 55 54. Love your father like salt

Once upon a time there was a king who had three daughters: one with brown hair, one with chestnut hair, and one with golden hair.The eldest daughter is an ugly girl, the second daughter is mediocre, only the youngest daughter is not only beautiful, but also kind-hearted.Both sisters are very jealous of her.The king has three thrones: one is white, one is red and one is black.When he is happy, he will sit on the white throne, when he is in a mood, he will sit on the red throne, and when he is angry, he will sit on the black throne. One day, the king was offended by his two older daughters, and he sat on the black throne.When the daughters saw their father angry, they came to him and acted like a baby to him.The eldest daughter said: "Father, have you rested? Are you angry with me for sitting on the black throne?"

"I'm mad at you." "Why, father?" "Because you don't love me at all." "I don't love you? Father, I love you very much." "How to love?" "It's like loving bread." The king breathed a sigh of relief and said nothing more, the eldest daughter's answer made him feel very satisfied. The second daughter came: "Father, have you rested? Why did you sit on the black throne? You are not angry with me, are you?" "I'm mad at you." "Why, father?" "Because you don't love me at all."

"But I love you so much..." "How to love?" "It's like loving wine." After muttering something in his mouth, the king looked satisfied. The younger daughter also came forward happily: "Oh, Father, have you rested? Why are you sitting on the black throne? Why? You are not angry with me, are you?" "I'm mad at you, because even you don't love me." "I love you very much!" "How to love?" "Like love salt!" Hearing this answer, the king was furious. "Like salt! Be like salt! O wicked man! Go away! I don't want to see you again!" After speaking, he ordered his guards to take his little daughter to the woods to be executed.

The queen really loved her little daughter, and when she learned of the king's order, she tried every means to save her little daughter.There is a large silver candlestick in the palace, where people can hide, and the queen hid Gizola (the name of the youngest daughter) in it.Then, the queen said to her most trusted attendant: "You go and sell this candle holder. When people ask you the price, you see that if he is a poor man, he will sell it at a high price, and if he is a prince and nobleman, he will sell it at a low price." , she embraced her daughter, and, after exhortations, put some dried figs, chocolates, and cookies in the candlesticks.

The attendant came to the square with the candlestick, and many people came to ask the price. If he didn't like this person, he would say a very high price to scare people away.Finally, the prince of the High Tower Kingdom passed by here. He looked at the candlestick carefully, and then asked the price. The attendant said a low price, and the prince asked someone to send the candlestick to his palace.The prince placed it in the dining room, and all the people who came in to eat were amazed at the exquisite workmanship of the candlestick. In the evening, the prince will go out of the palace to socialize.Because he didn't like people waiting for him at home, the servants prepared dinner for him and then went to rest.When Gizola heard that all the people in the dining room had dispersed, she jumped out of the candlestick and ate up all the food on the table.

Then drilled back into the candlestick.When the prince returned to the palace, he saw that there was nothing to eat, so he rang all the bells and was furious at the servants.The servants swore that the cats and dogs must have eaten the supper they had prepared. "If something like this happens again next time, I'll drive you all out." After the prince finished speaking, he asked someone to bring another dinner, and after eating, he went back to his room to sleep. The next night, the same thing happened despite all the restaurant doors being locked.The Prince cried out in anger, and nearly knocked the palace down, but then said, "I'll see if the same thing happens again to-morrow night."

On the third night, what did he do? He hid under the dining table, concealed by the huge tablecloth that hung down to the floor.The servants came in, set the tableware and meals, led the cats and dogs out, and locked the door again.No sooner had the servants gone out than the candlestick opened a door, through which came the beautiful Gizola, who went to the table and devoured it.The prince jumped out and grabbed Gizola's arm. Gizola tried to escape, but the prince grabbed her.So Gizola knelt before the prince and told him all about what had happened to him.The prince has fallen deeply in love with her.He calmed her down, and said to her, "Well, if this is the case, I will tell you that I will marry you. Now go back to the candlestick."

Lying on the bed, the prince has not slept all night, he has fallen in love.In the morning he ordered the candlestick to be brought to his room, saying it was so beautiful that he would like to see it by his side at night.Then he said he was hungry, and ordered a double portion to be brought to him.And so the servants brought coffee as he had ordered, followed by a hearty breakfast, and then lunch, all in double.As soon as the servants went out with their trays, the prince locked the door, and beckoned Gizola to come out, and they both ate happily together. Every time there was only one person eating at the table, the queen sighed and said, "Why does my son always avoid me and not come down to eat? What have I offended him?"

The prince repeatedly advised his mother not to worry, he just had his own business to do.Until one day, he told his mother: "I'm getting married." "Who is the bride?" asked the Queen, full of joy. The prince replied: "I want to marry that candlestick!" "Oh, my son has gone mad!" said the Queen, covering her eyes with her hands.But the son is serious.The queen tried her best to enlighten him and let him think about what others would say, but the prince had made up his mind and ordered that preparations for the wedding should be made within eight days.

On the day of the wedding, a procession of carriages set off from the palace, and in the first carriage sat the prince, with the candlestick by his side.When they arrived at the church, the prince had the candlesticks moved to the altar.When the ceremony officially began, he opened the candlestick, and Gizola jumped out of it.She was dressed in brocade, with precious gemstones hanging around her neck and earlobes, shining brightly.After the wedding ceremony, they returned to the palace and told the queen all about it.After hearing this, the shrewd and cunning queen said, "I will teach him a lesson for such a father."

The queen held a wedding feast, and invited all the kings in the vicinity to the feast, and Gizola's father also came.The queen ordered a special meal to be prepared for Gizola's father, and no salt was added to each dish.The queen told the guests that the bride was not well enough to come out to the feast.Everyone started to eat.But the king's soup had no flavor at all, and he wondered to himself: The cook, the cook, forgot to put salt in the soup.He couldn't drink it, so he had to leave the soup. The main course came, but he didn't put any salt in it either.The king had to put down the fork again. "Your Majesty, why don't you eat it? Don't you like it?" "No, it's delicious, it's delicious." "Then why didn't you eat?" "Well, I don't feel well." Reluctantly, the king forked a piece of meat and stuffed it into his mouth.However, although he chewed carefully, he couldn't swallow it.Then he remembered what his little daughter had said to him, to love him like salt, and he regretted, grieved, and at last, burst into tears, saying, "Oh, what a misfortune I have done!" The queen asked him what was the matter, and he began to tell her what had happened to Gizola.Then the queen arose, and bade the lovely bride come in.Her father wept as he hugged her and asked her how she got here, as if she had come back from the dead.They sent for her mother, and the wedding was repeated, and there was a party every day, and I think they still dance there.