Chapter 136 135. Cannelaura

Once upon a time, there was a king whose wife had no children, so he issued two proclamations: Whoever offers a plan to make the king have a son can get a lot of property, the wealth is second only to the royal family, and if he makes a mistake, he will be punished immediately. execute. After seeing the notice, many people wanted to try it. They proposed various methods, but they were all killed in the end. Finally, a poor old man with a long beard and rags came before the king.He said: "Your Majesty, you ordered someone to catch a sea dragon, and then asked a girl to fry the sea dragon's heart. The girl will become pregnant if she smells the fragrance when frying the sea dragon. The queen will also become pregnant after eating the fried sea dragon. Both children will be born at the same time."

Although the king was dubious, he did as the old man did.He ordered people to catch Hai Long and give it to a beautiful country girl to fry.As soon as she smelled the fragrance of Hailong while cooking, she immediately felt that she was pregnant.The queen ate the sea dragon and gave birth to a son on the same day as the cook.The two children look alike, almost like a pair twin.Strange to say, that day even the big bed gave birth to a small bed, the big wardrobe a small wardrobe, the big safe a small safe, and the big table a small table. The queen's son was named Amir, and the cook's son Cannerolaura.The two children grew up together like brothers and loved each other dearly.At first, the queen also loved the two children.But when the child grew up, the queen felt more and more troubled when she saw that there was no difference between her son and the cook's son, for fear that the cook's son would be wiser and luckier than the little prince in the future.Therefore she told the Emil that Cannerolaura was not his brother, but the cook's son, and that they were not allowed to be equal to one another.But the two children were very close, and they didn't take the Queen's words to heart at all.Later, the queen began to abuse Cannerolaura.But Emile protects him and likes him more than ever.The queen was furious.

One day, the two children were happily casting hunting bullets together.The emir was out for a while, when the queen came to the fire.Finding Cannerola alone there, she threw a red-hot bullet into his face, trying to kill him.But the bullet only grazed his forehead, leaving a scar.The queen was about to take another bullet in the pokers when the emir came back, so she pretended to be all right, and left the room. Although the wound was painful, Cannerola pulled her hair to cover her forehead in order not to let Emil know.He gritted his teeth and continued casting bullets.After a while, he said: "Dear brother, I have decided to leave this house forever and go out to wander."

Emil was incomprehensible. "Brother, why is that? Are you unhappy here?" Cannerolaura pulled her hat down and replied with tears in her eyes: "Brother, fate does not allow us to live together, I have to leave you." Emile tried to persuade him to stay, but to no avail.Cannelaura, carrying his double-barreled shotgun (born the day of his birth from another gun), walked side by side with Emil into the yard.Cannelaura said: "My dear brother, I am sorry to part with you, and I will leave you this as a memorial." Then he thrust his sword into the ground, and immediately a clear spring spewed out; He plunged the sword into the ground for the second time, and suddenly a laurel tree grew beside the spring. "If you see the spring muddy and the laurel tree dry," said Cannerolaura, 'then I am in trouble. "

After all, the two of them hugged each other tightly with tears in their eyes.Then Cannerola set off on horseback and with hounds.As he walked, he came to a crossroads.One road leads to a large forest, and the other leads to the rest of the world.At the intersection, there was a garden in which two gardeners were quarreling and were about to fight.Cannerola went into the garden and asked why they were arguing. A gardener said: "I got two pesetas, but my friend wanted one because he was there when I got the money." "I saw it first," said the other gardener. "To be more precise, we saw it at the same time."

Cannerola took four pesetas from his pocket and gave them two each.The two gardeners were very grateful and kissed his hand.He went on again, taking the road that led to the forest.When the two gardeners had settled their quarrel with four pesetas, they called out to Cannerolaura: "Young man, if you go that way, you'll never get out of the forest. Go the other way." Bar." Cannelaura thanked them and went the other way.Not long after he left, he encountered a group of naughty young men torturing a snake.They shoveled off the snake's tail and watched as it writhed and wriggled on the ground. "Let go of the poor little thing!" cried Cannerolaura.The snake, which had lost its tail, slithered away.

It was already dark when Cannerola went into a forest.The cold wind was piercing, and the howling of wild animals came from all directions, and Cannerola was scared out of his wits.Suddenly, amidst the howling, a beautiful girl with a lantern came and took Cannelaura's hand. She said, "Poor boy, come to my house to rest and get warm." Cannerola thought it was a dream.He couldn't say a word, so he followed the girl away.After the girl led him into the house, she asked, "Do you remember that snake you saved from those naughty ghosts? I am that snake. If you look at my little finger, you can see the tip of it. Cut off. That's what they cut off the tip of the snake's tail. You saved my life, and I'm going to save yours now."

Cannelaura grinned from ear to ear.The fairy lit a fire to keep him warm, cooked a meal, and they ate together.After eating, the two of them went to sleep in a room.In the morning, the Fairy hugged and kissed Cannerolaura, and said to him: "My dear boy, you can go now. You will still encounter great disasters, but the day will come when we are reunited and happy." Cannerola didn't understand what she meant.He kissed the fairy again and again, and then went on the road with tears in his eyes.He walked into a forest and saw a golden-horned deer among the trees.He took aim with his double-barreled shotgun, but the deer fled and he was just behind.As a result, he chased to a cave in the dense forest.At this time, there was a storm, with hail as big as eggs, and Cannerolaura had to go into the cave to take shelter.At this time, he heard a faint voice from the rain outside. "Good boy, let me go in and take shelter from the rain?"

Cannelaura looked outside and saw a snake.He knew that snakes helped people and brought him good luck, so he said, "Come in, you're welcome." The snake said again, "But I'm afraid your dog will bite me. Can't you tie him up?" Cannerola put the dog on a leash. The snake said again, "But that horse will trample on me!" Cannerola hitches the horse's hooves.The snake said, "I'm still panicking, because your gun is loaded with bullets. What if you accidentally fire and kill me? I'm afraid." Cannerola pulled the bullet out to accommodate the snake.He said, "Well, now you can come in without worry."

As soon as the snake climbed into the hole, it immediately became a giant.Now the dogs and horses were chained, and the bullets were unloaded, and Cannerola was no longer able to deal with the giant.With one hand the giant grabbed Cannerolaura by the hair, and with the other he dug a grave in the cave and buried him alive. During this time, the young emir felt restless in the palace.He went to the garden every day to look at the spring and the laurel trees.One day, he found that the spring water was muddy and the osmanthus tree was dry. "Oops!" he exclaimed. "My brother Cannelaura is in trouble, and I'm going out to find him and try to save him."

Neither king nor queen could stop him.He let the hounds run ahead, then took the shotgun, mounted his horse and set off.At that crossroads he saw the garden with the two gardeners.Met the gardener who got four pesetas.The gardener greeted him with his hat off and said, "Welcome back, lad! Do you remember that you gave me pesetas? Remember me and told you that one way was dangerous and told you to take the other?" "Of course I do," said Emil.Rejoiced that he knew which way Cannerola was going, he gave the gardener four pesetas and started on his way again.He also came to the forest where Cannerolaura met the beautiful fairy who lost her little finger. The Fairy appeared to Emil and said, "Welcome, my husband's friend!" Not knowing why, Emile asked: "Who are you, madam?" "I am the fairy who is betrothed to Cannerolaura." "Then tell me, is Cannerola still alive? If so, tell me where he is now. I am anxious to find him." Tears welled up in the fairy's eyes. "Go quickly, our loved ones are suffering in a grave. But beware of that disguised snake." And she disappeared without a trace. Emil pulled himself together and continued on his way.When he arrived in the forest, he also took his hounds to chase the golden-horned deer. Later, when there was a storm, he took refuge in the cave.The little snake crawled over and asked if he could come into the hole to be warm, and Emil agreed.According to the little snake's request, Emir first tied up the dog and then the horse's hooves, but when it asked about the shotgun, Amir remembered what the fairy had told him, so he said to the snake, "Well, yes , you want me to unload the bullet, don't you?" He took aim and fired twice at the snake.As a result, he found that it was a giant lying at his feet, and blood was still flowing from the two holes in the giant's head.At the same time, shouts of many people came from underground. "Good-hearted people, save us! You have finally come to save us!" The emir opened the tomb, and Cannerola came out, followed by a great company of people, including princes, nobles, and knights, who had been buried there for many years and lived on bread and water.Emil and Cannerola hugged each other tightly.Then, they walked out of the forest with the princes and nobles. They set out in search of the Fairy whose little finger had been shoveled off, and presently saw the Fairy coming to meet them, followed by many fair fairies, but none so beautiful as she.She took Cannelaura's hand, helped him off the horse, embraced him, and said to him: "My dearest, our suffering is over. You saved my life, and I will make you the happiest man in the world." people. You will be my husband." Then she called out to the other fairy (the most beautiful besides her) and said: "Bell, Emile is my husband's closest friend and a prince, kiss him. You will be his wife." , both of you will be very happy." Then she said to the other fairies: "Each of you choose a nobleman you like the most, kiss him, and be his wife." So the fairies had a great wedding, and how lucky were the men! Then Emile, Cannerolaura, and all of them went home with their brides.The whole kingdom was full of joy, and the poor girls got a good dowry, but I, a poor boy, was not there, so now I still have nothing! (Basilicata region)