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Water and Salt | Italian Fairy Tales

Yesterday when I was reading the various stories from Italy, I found this story. A wonderful story about love from a child to his father. Here's the story ....

Once upon a time there lived a king with three beautiful daughters. When they had gathered together in one table for dinner, the king asked how much of your love to your father.
The oldest daughter said, "I love you as bright as the sunshine."The second replied, "I love you as wide as the ocean."Youngest daughter replied, "Papa, I love you as much as water and salt."

The King became angry because it is equated with water and salt, the youngest daughter directly discharged into the woods because her answers. Youngest daughter who was not lucky that now only the forest alone until a magician through the woods. Youngest daughter was taken to the neighboring kingdom by the magician, where he met with a royal prince who falls in love with her.

When the youngest daughter will be married, she and the prince decided to invite the father of the youngest daughter of the King. The servants have been asked to serve food without salt and water to the king.

On the day the youngest daughter's wedding celebration, according to the plan, the king was served food without salt and water. When the king ate his meal, the food was bland and pretty soon he wants to take water in order to swallow food that had already put into the mouth. Unfortunately there is no water beside his table, the king began to rage.

At that moment, the princess asked for time to talk and explain about the imagery of water and salt. The father heard and began to understand that food will be tasteless without salt, and without water it would be difficult to swallow food, so does the love of his life without his father.

From that day she was once again treated like a princess.
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what was said by the daughter of his father has many versions. Like ..."I love you guys as much as my eyes."'I love you as much as my heart. " or"I love you as meat loves salt."but it has a similar meaning.
Can this story be found in the collection of Italian Popular Tales, collected by Thomas Frederick Crane.

Rapunzel | Brothers Grimm

There were once a man and his wife who had long in vain wished for a child.
Every day they pray to God for a child.
Several months later, their hopes were answered.

One day, when his wife was looking at the her neighbor foliage green, he suddenly wanted to eat the leaves named rapunzel. The leaf color is really tempting, green and fresh. The wife's desire is increasingly strong that the wife fell ill.

The husband was worried about his wife, he promised to reciting the rapunzel leaves despite knowing the dangers into the witch's garden. At sunset, the husband secretly took Rapunzel to his wife and leaves home as soon as possible. That night, his wife can enjoy the delicious leaves Rapunzel. However, the wife still wants to eat the leaves of rapunzel. The husband was forced to return to the garden witch to take leaves of Rapunzel.

"HEY!! Apparently you who stole my Rapunzel foliage! You must be PUNISHED!" the screams of the witch made him fall.

"Sorry! Forgive me .., I am doing this because my wife's pregnancy .. please forgive me .."

"Ooo, your wife is pregnant?" said the witch with her smirk.
"Well, your wife may eat as much as possible my rapunzel leaves, but ... once the baby is born, you should be handed OVER TO ME. I'll take care of them like her own child. "

Because so scared, the husband agrees. Because so scared, the husband agrees. When their baby is born, the witch took her, and named Rapunzel. Rapunzel grew into a beautiful girl, but her beauty made her ill-fated. At the age of twelve years, Rapunzel's tower was moved to a very high so that no young man who saw her and wanted marry her.

The tower was placed in the middle of dense forest, with no door, no stairs, only a window on top of the tower. When the witch come, she will said,

"RAPUNZEL, RAPUNZEL,
Let down thy hair to me."

Hearing that voice, Rapunzel lowers her hair and the witch would climb up with the hair. Rapunzel lived many years in this way with no one to help her.

One day, a prince rode through the forest. He heard a loud and melodious songs, the prince became interested. Prince looking for original sound and ended in Rapunzel's tower. None of the doors looked there, the prince became disappointed. But every evening he was always taking the time to visit the tower and heard Rapunzel singing. When the prince enjoys Rapunzel's voice, the witch comes and says,


"RAPUNZEL, RAPUNZEL,
Let down thy hair to me."


Rapunzel's golden long hair also offered. Viewing witch was climbing, the prince intends to try it tomorrow. Tomorrow, the prince returns and said louder,

"RAPUNZEL, RAPUNZEL,
Let down thy hair to me."

Rapunzel's golden long hair also offered. The prince climbed quickly, Rapunzel was surprised to see other people entering the prison. Though shocked, Rapunzel will be happy prince said a good word, they become a friend. Prince has always come without a known witch, until one day the prince want her to be his wife. Rapunzel very glad and sad hear that, she could not get out of the tower.

Then They think of an idea, the prince would bring silk every visit day and Rapunzel will weave it into a strong rope to be dropped from a tower. That plan was going well until one day, Rapunzel complained of damaged hair to the witch,


"Grandma treat my hair was so rough, not like my Prince!
Hear that, the wicth became angry and cut Rapunzel long hair. With her spell, Rapunzel deported to distant place. And she waited.

"RAPUNZEL, RAPUNZEL,
Let down thy hair to me."

The prince said in a loud, Rapunzel's golden long hair also offered. Prince was shocked by the sight, the witch!

"Hey! Are you looking for your canary? He has eaten a cat, and now the cat will make you blind!!"

Immediately the eyes of the prince became blind and fell down from tower.

The prince fainted in a long time. After woke up and could stand, he was adventurous seeking Rapunzel. He passed the woods, calling the name of Rapunzel. Without food and drink except for dew and tree roots, he kept walking, walking, and walking.

He does not know how many forests,

how many days, and

how much distance he had traveled to find Rapunzel.

Until he arrived in a quiet area, there was a loud and melodious song,

she was Rapunzel!

Rapunzel saw the prince and ran to hug him, his body was thin and unkempt. Seeing the eyes of the blind prince, Rapunzel's tears. Apparently, Rapunzel's tears make the prince's eyes could see again.

Eventually they live happily ever after in the area was deserted with their children.

Ye Xien Tales |Oldest Cinderella Story

Ye Xien is oldest Cinderella story from the Tang Dynasty, about 700 AD. The story appeared in Miscellaneous Morsels from Youyang.
In this version, Ye Xien's father, Wu, had two wives, but one of them died, and that was Ye Xien's mother. Ye Xien was raised by Wu's other wife, her stepmother. Ye Xien's stepmother didn't like Ye Xien, because Ye Xien was prettier and kinder than her own daughter, so the stepmother treated Ye Xien badly. Ye Xien had to do all the hardest work while her sister just left their time with their old guzheng. Now she just friend with a fish, a beautiful fish with big gold eyes.

Even thought she was hungry, Ye Xien always shared her food with her friend, a fish. Saw it, the stepmother was not happy. When Ye Xien go to the river to wash clothes, stepmother catch the gold fish and cook it for Ye Xien's dinner. Ye Xien started crying to see her friend was killed. When he would bury his friend in the
garden, an old man appeared and told her to save the fish's bones and ask them for help when she was in
trouble.

Days passed, spring festival is come , Ye Xien wanted to go to the Spring Festival, where everyone met to find husbands and wives, but her stepmother wouldn't let her go.Ye Xien remember about fish bone that her kept, so she make a wish for clothes to wear to the festival. Right away she found herself wearing beautiful clothes: a cape made of feathers, and gold slippers. The bones made her promise not to lose the slippers.

Ye Xien went to the spring festival, but when she saw her stepmother and her sister over there, she scared and run into home, she lost one of her slipper when she running. The man who found her slipper sold it to a merchant, who gave the beautiful slipper to the king. The king wanted to find who owned the slipper, so he put it in a little pavilion by the side of the road where any woman could come try it on.

All of them came, but their feet were too Big for the tiny shoe. One night Yeh-Xien came and tried to take her slipper back, but the king's servants arrested her and took her to the king. Ye Xien feet is match with the tiny slipper, she said that she has the other shoe in her house. They all went to her house and got the other slipper, and when she put both slippers on, her fine clothes appeared again and the king realized he wanted to marry her.

Ye Xien lived happily ever after as a queen in gorgeous palace and she was very grateful to his friend, a beautiful fish with big gold eyes.

The Little Glass Slipper| Origin of Cinderella's Slippers

 Disney's Cinderella| glass slipper

The glass slippers are unique to Perrault. Some have hypothesized the verre (glass) of the title was a mistake for vair (fur). The Encylopaedia Brittanica printed this and many have quoted it since. However, most scholars believe that glass was really intended. It is important that the slippers be rigid and unstretchable, and fur could stretch to fit other feet. Glass would also allow the fit of the shoe to be seen. At the time of Perrault, glass was very rare and valuable, worth even more than gold.

This shoe come from 1600s, left 1660 right 1650, if hypothesized about vair and verre is correct, may be Cinderella's slipper would be like this or squirell fur version.

The Grimm version uses gold slippers, equally inflexible but equally unsuitable for dancing or even walking because of their weight.

Ye Xien tales from China told that slipper made of gold thread and solid gold soles. Ye Xien tales come from Tang Dynasty, and based on the fact that foot binding come from Tang dynasty....may be Ye Xien use this shoes...^^

Scottish Cinderella story use rushes slipper, Egyptian Cinderella( Rosy Rhodopis) has gold slippers. In the German version they’re embroidered with silk and gold thread. In India, it's her nose-ring.

Rosy Rhodopis| Egyptian Cinderella

Long ago in the land of Egypt were the green water of the Nile River flows into the blue water of the Mediterranean Sea lived a young maiden named Rosy Rhodopis. Rhodopis is a stolen servant from Greece. She was stolen by pirates an sold as slave in Egypt.

She looked different from the other Egyptian servants girls.
Their hair was straight and black, while Rhodopis has golden and curly hair.
Their skin was copper tone, while Rodhopis has pale skin that burning in the sun.

No one servant looks around her because she looked differently from them. Ultimately, Rhodopis prefer friends with animals like monkeys, birds, and hippopotamus, sometimes she dance and sing for them.

They also made her work hard shouting at her all day,
"Go to the river and wash the clothes,"
"Mend my robe!"
"Chase the geese from the garden,
"Bake the bread." ........

One evening as she was dancing, twirling around lighter than air with her feet barely touching the ground, the old man woke from his sleep and watched as she danced.

He admired her dancing and felt that one so talented should not be without shoes. He ordered her a special pair of slippers. The slippers were gilded with rose-red gold and the soles were leather. Now the servant girls really disliked her for they were jealous of her beautiful slippers.

Word arrived that the Pharaoh was holding court in Memphis and all in the kingdom were invited. Oh how Rhodopis wanted to go with the servant girls. For she knew there would be dancing, singing, and lots of wonderful food.

As the servant girls prepared to leave in their finest clothes they turned to Rhodopis and gave her more chores to do before they returned. They poled their raft away leaving a sad Rhodopis on the bank.

As she began to wash the clothes in the river she sang a sad little song

"wash the linen, 

 weed the garden, 

 grind the grain." 

The hippopotamus grew tired of this little song and splashed back into the river. The splashing of the water wet Rhodopis's slippers. She quickly grabbed them up, wiped it off and placed them in the sun to dry.

As she was continuing with her chores the sky darkened and as she looked up she saw a falcon sweep down, snatch one of her slippers, and fly away. Rhodopis was in awe for she knew it was the god Horus who had taken her slippers. Rhodopis now with only one slipper put it away in her tunic.

Now the Pharaoh, Amasis, Pharaoh of upper and lower Egypt was sitting on his throne looking out over the people and feeling very bored. He much preferred to be riding across the desert in his chariot. Suddenly the falcon swooped down and dropped the rose-red golden slipper in his lap.

Surprised but knowing this was a sign from the god Horus he sent out a decree that all maidens in Egypt must try on the slipper, and the owner of the slipper would be his queen. By the time the servant girls arrived the celebrations had ended and the Pharaoh had left by chariot in search of the owner of the golden slipper.

After searching on land and not finding the owner he called for his barge and began to travel the Nile pulling into every landing so maidens could try on the slipper. As the barge rounded the bend in front of the home of Rhodopis all heard the sounds of the gong, the trumpets blaring, and saw the purple silk sails.

The servant girls ran to the landing to try on the shoe while Rhodopis hid in the rushes. When the servant girls saw the slipper they recognized it as Rhodopis's slipper but they said nothing and still tried to force their feet into the slipper.

The Pharaoh spied Rhodopis hiding in the rushes and asked her to try on the slipper. She slid her tiny foot into the slipper and then pulled the other from her tunic. The Pharaoh pronounced that she would be his queen.

The servant girls cried out that she was a slave and not even Egyptian. The Pharaoh responded with
"She is the most Egyptian of all...for her eyes are as green as the Nile, her fair hair as feathery as papyrus, and her skin the pink of a lotus flower."

Original Cinderella of the World

Cinderella is one of the most well known stories in the world.

There are more than 1500 versions of the story and almost every culture has one. The earliest recorded tale comes from China in the middle of the ninth century. The story appeared in Miscellaneous Morsels from Youyang, a book dating from the Tang dynasty (618-907 A.D.). The author was Tuan Cheng-Shih. Yeh-shen is the heroine and, she doesn't have a fairy godmother, there is a magical fish to help her and a golden slippers identifies her to the prince. Some reference call Chinese Cinderella with Yeh Hsien or Ye Xien.

Perrault's Cinderella (1697) is the popular version. The popularity of his tale was due to his additions to the story including the pumpkin, the fairy-godmother and the introduction of glass slippers. It was widely believed that in Perrault's version, Cinderella wore fur boots ("pantoufle en vair"), and that when the story was translated into English, vair was mistaken for verre (glass), resulting in glass slippers and that the story has remained this way ever since.However, the "fur theory" has since been disproven.

Disney's Cinderella based on Perrault's Cinderella story.

The Brothers Grimm's german version, Ashenputtel or Aschenbrödel(1812), does not have a fairy godmother. The girl plants a tree on the grave of her mother and magical help comes in the form of a dove.

Ashenputtel by Arthur Rackham

The Scottish Cinderella known as Critheanach with het step sister Geal and Donn.

In Korea, Cinderella known as Kongji, who was mistreated by her stepmother and sister. She goes to a feast prepared by the town's "mayor," and meets his son, with predictable results.

Another early story of the Cinderella type came from Japan, involving Chūjō-hime, who runs away from her evil stepmother with the help of Buddhist nuns, and she joins their convent.

There is also Anne de Fernandez, a tale of the medieval Philippines. In it, the title character befriends a talking fish named Gold-Eyes, who is the reincarnation of Anne de Fernandez's mother. Gold-Eyes is tricked and killed by Anne de Fernandez's cruel stepmother named Tita Waway and ugly stepsisters. They eat Gold-Eyes for supper after sending Anne de Fernandez on an errand across the forest, then show Anne Gold-Eyes' bones when she returns. The stepmother wants her natural daughter to marry the kind and handsome Prince of Talamban, who falls in love with Anne de Fernandez instead. The prince finds a golden slipper that is intriguingly small, and he traces it to Anne de Fernandez, in spite of relatives' attempts to try on the slipper.

Italian version is La gatta cenerentola (The Cat Cinderella) with real name Zenzolla.

Egyptian Cinderella version is Rhodopis(the rosy-cheeked), she had been kidnapped by pirates as a child from her home in the north of Greece and sold into slavery. Her rich employer had many slaves, and one of her fellow slaves was a little old man called Aesop, who was kind and told her stories and fables about birds, animals and humans. But her master wished to make more money so he sent her to the rich Naucratis to be sold. for complete story read here.

Shakuntala, is Cinderella from India. Shakuntala based on Sanskrit epic poem the Mahabarata.

And the perfect ending surely lived happily ever after....

Different version from different culture make different attribute fo Cinderella, especially the little glass slipper, the main attribute of Cinderella.

Melon Princess

Long time ago,

lived an Old Man and his Old Lady in a small village.
One day Old Man went to a mountain to gather woods whileOld Lady went to a river to wash clothes. When she was washing in the river, she found a big melon flowing down to her. She took it and brought the melon to old man at, "Dad, I found this big melon in the river today, so let's eat together." said Old Lady trying to cut it with a kitchen knife, when it split of itself, a pretty baby came out of it.

Now they had children, they were very happy. They named her 'Melon' because she was born from a melon.
Soon the baby grew up to be a pretty girl, then a beautiful lady. She was so clever and especially good at making textiles. The rumor of her went to the town, lastly to the lord of the country.

The lord sent his men to the house. The old man and his wife were so glad to hear that their daughter would marry the lord. On the day before her marriage her parents went shopping in the town.

"Dear Melon, we'll go shopping in the town to buy your trousseaus. You must be in the house and must not open the door and windows even if someone calls you. Be careful in case a mountain monster comes to you."

Melon was making textiles alone at home. A mountain monster had been watching them leaving the house and now visited her.

"Miss Melon. Are you in? I'm your grandmother. Please open the door." said the monster.

"I'm here, but I was told by my parents never to open the door even if somebody came. So I can't open the door."

"If so, why don't you open it for my finger to enter?"

Melon opened a little.

"Miss Melon. Why don't you open for my hand to enter?"

Melon opened a little more.

"Miss Melon. Why don't you open for my leg to enter?"

Melon opened a little more.

"Miss Melon. Why don't you open for my head to enter?"

"No. I will be scolded by my parents" answered she.

"But, Miss. Melon. I would like to see your face. Why don't you open?"

"So, I'll open for only your head to enter."

Melon opened a little more for a head.

The monster rushed into the house. The monster changed her dirty clothes with her beautiful Kimono and transformed herself into 'Melon', who was taken to the mountain and tied to a plum tree.

On the next day, the lord's men were carrying the monster in a palanquin to the lord castle. On their way to the castle, when they came near the pear tree to which she was tied, the crows in the mountain began to have a strange cry.

"She is not Melon. Melon is in the mountain."

"She is not Melon. Melon is in the mountain."

They thought there was something strange with her and found 'Melon' tied to the tree. The mountain monster was caught and killed on the spot.

The beautiful lady got married to the lord and she was called 'Melon Princess.'

Scarlett flower

Once upon a time,
in a far away village, a merchant was preparing his packages for a long journey.
This merchant had three daughters, and
he asked all of them,

          "My precious daughters, what do you would like as gifts when Dad returned from this voyage?"

"I like a golden crown!, make me look like a princess.." said the first daughter loudly from bedroom.
"Crytal mirror with gold engraving is perfect for my gift." said the second one while choosing ribbon for her hair.
"the first little scarlet flower that Dad see when come home. "said the third daughter while preparing their father's mantle.

The merchant take to the road on his journey.
It didn't very difficult to find a beautiful golden crown and a engraving crystal mirror.
He had difficulty finding the third gift, the scarlet flower.
When the merchant go to home, he see the beautifull rose garden mansion.
He search over the huge mansion.
Deep and deep, the merchant can not found the owner. So, he take one beautiful scarlet flower and back to the fence. The merchant was close with the fence when hear the deep voice call him.

Unexpectedly, the youngest daughter rose make badly deal with the big beast. Who picking flower in his garden must be send one daughter or family to live with the beast forever, the merchant can't turn back the time, the scarlet flower already picked. Inevitably, the merchant must be accept the deal or die.

Upon recieving the scarlet flower, the merchant's youngest daughter agreed to go to the beast.
She walk alone into the forest and found the huge mansion where she would live forever.

Evidently, she lived there very happily.
The beast showered her daily with kindness and gifts.
She started to grow quite fond of her invisible keeper, and one day asked that he show himself.
The beast reluctantly gave into her plea, and just as he had feared, she recoiled in terror at the site of him.


That night the girl had a bad dream about her father falling deathly ill.
She begged the beast to release her, so that she could find her dying father.
Touched by her concern, the beast released her on one condition - that she return to him in three days time.

The girl found her father, and prepared to return to the beast in the alloted time.
However, her sisters altered the time on the clocks, making her arrive late.

There upon her arrival the girl was horrified at what she encountered. The beast was dead, lying there clutching her scarlet flower.
Heartbroken, the girl embraced the dead beast, and declared her love for him.

Having done this, she unknowingly broke the evil spell, and
her beloved beast awoke,
turning into a handsome prince.
They lived happily ever after

La Belle au Bois Dormant |The Sleeping Beauty Part 2

The fairy condoled with his majesty, and approved of all he had done. Then, being a fairy of great common sense and foresight, she suggested that the princess, awakening after a hundred years in this ancient castle, might be a good deal embarrassed, especially with a young prince by her side, to find herself alone.
Accordingly, without asking any one’s leave, she touched with her magic wand the entire population of the palace–except the king and queen; governesses, ladies of honour, waiting-maids, gentlemen ushers, cooks, kitchen-girls, pages, footmen–down to the horses that were in the stables, and the grooms that attended them, she touched each and all. Nay, with kind consideration for the feelings of the princess, she even touched the little fat lap-dog, Puffy, who had laid himself down beside his mistress on her splendid bed. He, like all the rest, fell fast asleep in a moment. The very spits that were before the kitchen-fire ceased turning, and the fire itself went out, and everything became as silent as if it were the middle of the night, or as if the palace were a palace of the dead.

The king and queen–having kissed their daughter and wept over her a little, but not much, she looked so sweet and content–departed from the castle, giving orders that it was to be approached no more. The command was unnecessary; for in one quarter of an hour there sprung up around it a wood so thick and thorny that neither beasts nor men could attempt to penetrate there. Above this dense mass of forest could only be perceived the top of the high tower where the lovely princess slept.

A great many changes happen in a hundred years. The king, who never had a second child, died, and his throne passed into another royal family. So entirely was the story of the poor princess forgotten, that when the reigning king’s son, being one day out hunting and stopped in the chase by this formidable wood, inquired what wood it was and what were those towers which he saw appearing out of the midst of it, no one could answer him. At length an old peasant was found who remembered having heard his grandfather say to his father, that in this tower was a princess, beautiful as the day, who was doomed to sleep there for one hundred years, until awakened by a king’s son, her destined bridegroom.

At this, the young prince, who had the spirit of a hero, determined to find out the truth for himself. Spurred on by both generosity and curiosity, he leaped from his horse and began to force his way through the thick wood. To his amazement the stiff branches all gave way, and the ugly thorns sheathed themselves of their own accord, and the brambles buried themselves in the earth to let him pass. This done, they closed behind him, allowing none of his suite to follow: but, ardent and young, he went boldly on alone. The first thing he saw was enough to smite him with fear. Bodies of men and horses lay extended on the ground; but the men had faces, not death-white, but red as peonies, and beside them were glasses half filled with wine, showing that they had gone to sleep drinking.

Next he entered a large court, paved with marble, where stood rows of guards presenting arms, but motionless as if cut out of stone; then he passed through many chambers where gentlemen and ladies, all in the costume of the past century, slept at their ease, some standing, some sitting. The pages were lurking in corners, the ladies of honour were stooping over their embroidery frames, or listening apparently with polite attention to the gentlemen of the court, but all were as silent as statues and as immoveable. Their clothes, strange to say, were fresh and new as ever: and not a particle of dust or spider-web had gathered over the furniture, though it had not known a broom for a hundred years. Finally the astonished prince came to an inner chamber, where was the fairest sight his eyes had ever beheld.

A young girl of wonderful beauty lay asleep on an embroidered bed, and she looked as if she had only just closed her eyes. Trembling, the prince approached and knelt beside her. Some say he kissed her, but as nobody saw it, and she never told, we cannot be quite sure of the fact. However, as the end of the enchantment had come, the princess awakened at once, and looking at him with eyes of the tenderest regard, said drowsily, “Is it you, my prince? I have waited for you very long.”

Charmed with these words, and still more with the tone in which they were uttered, the prince assured her that he loved her more than his life. Nevertheless, he was the most embarrassed of the two; for, thanks to the kind fairy, the princess had plenty of time to dream of him during her century of slumber, while he had never even heard of her till an hour before. For a long time did they sit conversing, and yet had not said half enough. Their only interruption was the little dog Puffy, who had awakened with his mistress, and now began to be exceedingly jealous that the princess did not notice him as much as she was wont to do.

Meantime all the attendants, whose enchantment was also broken, not being in love, were ready to die of hunger after their fast of a hundred years. A lady of honour ventured to intimate that dinner was served; whereupon the prince handed his beloved princess at once to the great hall. She did not wait to dress for dinner, being already perfectly and magnificently attired, though in a fashion somewhat out of date. However, her lover had the politeness not to notice this, nor to remind her that she was dressed exactly like her royal grandmother, whose portrait still hung on the palace walls.

During the banquet a concert took place by the attendant musicians, and considering they had not touched their instruments for a century they played extremely well. They ended with a wedding march: for that very evening the marriage of the prince and princess was celebrated, and though the bride was nearly one hundred years older than the bridegroom, it is remarkable that the fact would never have been discovered by any one unacquainted therewith.

After a few days they went together out of the castle and enchanted wood, both of which immediately vanished, and were never more beheld by mortal eyes. The princess was restored to her ancestral kingdom, but it was not generally declared who she was, as during a hundred years people had grown so very much cleverer that nobody then living would ever have believed the story. So nothing was explained, and nobody presumed to ask any questions about her, for ought not a prince be able to marry whomsoever he pleases?

Nor–whether or not the day of fairies was over–did the princess ever see anything further of her seven godmothers. She lived a long and happy life, like any other ordinary woman, and died at length, beloved, regretted, but, the prince being already no more, perfectly contented.

Vassilisa, the Frog Princess II

"please, kindly grandfather, "said the Prince Ivan hopefully."OK. I'll roling this yarn. follow this! if you are wise enough, you will be able to find her."
Prince Ivan very grateful, and then follow the rolling yarn, and only stopped when passing through dense forest and reached the open ground.

There, Prince Ivan saw a bear and intend to shoot.

"Do not kill me, Prince," cried the bear."One day I'll help you."
He felt sorry and let the bear go. The journey was resumed. When the ball of thread to stop, he saw a male swan who flew in the air. He was about to shoot,

"Do not kill me, Prince. One day, I will repay you." Said the goose.
Prince was released. Prince met various animals on her way to a ball of yarn. he met a rabbit, fish, until he found a hen who was scrambling near the small hut.

"Little shack!" cried Prince Ivan."Turn your back against the tree, so I can go."The shed was turned to the door to Prince Ivan. Prince Ivan went to see Baba Yaga, a witch was lying near the fireplace. Long nose touched lagit-sky.

"why are you here?" asked Baba Yaga. Prince Ivan replied, he was looking for Princess Vassilisa.

"Nothing can beat the Old Bones King,because his life is saved at the end of the needle,where the needle was located in a goose egg.The goose was in a rabbit, andthe rabbit was in a stone case at the top of an oak tree, guarded by the king .. "said Baba Yaga.

After thanking, Prince Ivan is looking for an oak tree. He found it, but did not find a way to retrieve the stone case. All of a sudden ...

A bear pulled up to his case oak tree fell,
from the stone case jumped a rabbit,
one rabbit bites another run through the body torn apart,
the swan flewfrom the rabbit into the sky,
The other swan ambush another until the egg fell,
the egg fell into the lake,
Prince Ivan went sad again ......

Then came a fish that had helped Prince Ivan, squeezing the eggs in his mouth.

Eggs were immediately solved,
curved needle until it broke until King of Old Bones dead.

Prince Ivan has now found Vassilisa and their daughter live happily ever after.

La Belle au Bois Dormant |The Sleeping Beauty Part 1

 From “The Fairy Book” by Miss Mulock 
Once there was a royal couple who grieved excessively because they had no children.

When at last, after long waiting, the queen presented her husband with a little daughter, his majesty showed his joy by giving a christening feast, so grand that the like of it was never known.
He invited all the fairies in the land–there were seven altogether–to stand godmothers to the little princess; hoping that each might bestow on her some good gift, as was the custom of good fairies in those days.

After the ceremony, all the guests returned to the palace, where there was set before each fairy-godmother a magnificent covered dish, with an embroidered table-napkin, and a knife and fork of pure gold, studded with diamonds and rubies.

But alas! as they placed themselves at table, there entered an old fairy who had never been invited, because more than fifty years since she had left the king’s dominion on a tour of pleasure, and had not been heard of until this day. His majesty, much troubled, desired a cover to be placed for her, but it was of common delf, for he had ordered from his jeweller only seven gold dishes for the seven fairies aforesaid.

The elderly fairy thought herself neglected, and muttered angry menaces, which were overheard by one of the younger fairies, who chanced to sit beside her. This good godmother, afraid of harm to the pretty baby, hastened to hide herself behind the tapestry in the hall. She did this, because she wished all the others to speak first–so that if any ill gift were bestowed on the child, she might be able to counteract it.

The six now offered their good wishes–which, unlike most wishes, were sure to come true. The fortunate little princess was to grow up the fairest woman in the world; to have a temper sweet as an angel; to be perfectly graceful and gracious; to sing like a nightingale; to dance like a leaf on a tree; and to possess every accomplishment under the sun. Then the old fairy’s turn came. Shaking her head spitefully, she uttered the wish that when the baby grew up into a young lady, and learned to spin, she might prick her finger with the spindle and die of the wound.

At this terrible prophecy all the guests shuddered; and some of the more tender-hearted began to weep. The lately happy parents were almost out of their wits with grief. Upon which the wise young fairy appeared from behind the tapestry, saying cheerfully “Your majesties may comfort yourselves; the princess shall not die. I have no power to alter the ill-fortune just wished her by my ancient sister–her finger must be pierced; and she shall then sink, not into the sleep of death, but into a sleep that will last a hundred years. After that time is ended, the son of a king will find her, awaken her, and marry her.”

Immediately all the fairies vanished.

The king, in the hope of avoiding his daughter’s doom, issued an edict, forbidding all persons to spin, and even to have spinning-wheels in their houses, on pain of instant death. But it was in vain. One day, when she was just fifteen years of age, the king and queen left their daughter alone in one of their castles, when, wandering about at her will, she came to an ancient donjon tower, climbed to the top of it, and there found a very old woman–so old and deaf that she had never heard of the king’s edict–busy with her wheel.

“What are you doing, good old woman?” said the princess.

“I’m spinning, my pretty child.”

“Ah, how charming! Let me try if I can spin also.”

She had no sooner taken up the spindle than, being lively and obstinate, she handled it so awkwardly and carelessly that the point pierced her finger. Though it was so small a wound, she fainted away at once, and dropped silently down on the floor. The poor frightened old woman called for help; shortly came the ladies in waiting, who tried every means to restore their young mistress, but all their care was useless. She lay, beautiful as an angel, the colour still lingering in her lips and cheeks; her fair bosom softly stirred with her breath: only her eyes were fast closed. When the king her father and the queen her mother beheld her thus, they knew regret was idle–all had happened as the cruel fairy meant.
But they also knew that their daughter would not sleep for ever, though after one hundred years it was not likely they would either of them behold her awakening. Until that happy hour should arrive, they determined to leave her in repose. They sent away all the physicians and attendants, and themselves sorrowfully laid her upon a bed of embroidery, in the most elegant apartment of the palace. There she slept and looked like a sleeping angel still.

When this misfortune happened, the kindly young fairy who had saved the princess by changing her sleep of death into this sleep of a hundred years, was twelve thousand leagues away in the kingdom of Mataquin. But being informed of everything, she arrived speedily, in a chariot of fire drawn by dragons. The king was somewhat startled by the sight, but nevertheless went to the door of his palace, and, with a mournful countenance, presented her his hand to descend.

Vassilisa, the Frog Princess I

This tales known as "Frog Prince" by Grimm Brother, because of the strong maternal lines in the Russian tradition so the main character hold by woman. the real headline is " Tsarevna Lyagushka".

Long time ago, in Russian empire life a king with three sons.
when these princes had grown, the king said, "My children, now it's time you start a family. Shoot your arrows into the air and seek your brides in Land of arrows fell!"
Princes complied, they asked permission and went to the paddocks behind the palace.

Eldest prince's arrow fell in the house of a nobleman and collected by his daughter.

Middle Prince' arrow fell in the house of merchant, and taken by his daughter,

Now the youngest prince's turn...his arrow blowing up into the air and picked up by a FROG.The youngest prince, Ivan Tsarevich, he was forced to marry a frog.

one day....
The king then assigns his three prospective daughters-in-law various tasks, such as spinning cloth and baking bread. In every task, the frog, Princess Vassilisa, always please king's heart. However that, the prince ivan still be ashamed by his froggy bride.

At that night, the King held a royal party, he invite the princes and the daughters-in-law. Princess Vassilisa throw her frog skin and turn into charming princess, she make the king and the guests fascinated with the beauty and the behaviour.

While Princess Vassilisa dancing, a sparkling pond and the white geese out of hand.
Prince Ivan very proud, secretly he came home and burned the skin of frogs.
Vassilisa very sad see the frog's skin already burns, she turn into bird and fly away.

Now, Prince Ivan feel sad...
He then left to wander seeking the Princess.
On the way, Prince Ivan meet the Old man.
After hearing the story, the old man said

" Poor man, you should not burn that skin, the frog is the manifestation of the wise princess, Vassilisa. She have more wisdom than her father, the King be mad and cursed her daughter into a frog."


.................to be continued