Grimm's Fairy Tales: Three Lucky People

Once upon a time, a father called his three sons together, gave the eldest son a rooster, gave the second son a sickle and gave the third son a cat, and then said, "I am old and dying." I have to prepare something for you before I die. " I have no money, and now all these things I gave you are worthless. How to make good use of my talent and make a fortune depends on you. You are lucky as long as you find such a place where you have nothing. "

After his father died, the eldest son set off with a rooster, but there was a rooster everywhere. In every town, far away, he saw a rooster standing on the steeple of the church, turning with the wind (in fact, it was just an anemometer, that is, hyacinthus orientalis chicken), and the rooster crowed everywhere in every village. His chicken is nothing new. His chances of getting rich seem slim. But he never gave up, kept looking and finally found such a place. He arrived at an island. People on the island have never heard of cock crow, and they don't know how to tell the time. They know whether it is morning or night, but when they sleep at night, they don't know how much time has passed. He said to them, "Look! What a noble animal this is! How it looks like a knight. Look! It wears a bright red helmet and tin spurs. It barks every night. When it crows for the third time, the sun is about to rise. Not only that, it can also forecast the weather. If it barks in broad daylight, it will remind you that the weather is going to change. " After listening to his introduction, the local people were very happy. They stayed up all night waiting for the cock to crow excitedly. Whenever the rooster crows, they are very excited. The chicken crowed three times at two, four and six. So they asked him if the chicken was for sale and how much it cost. He said, "It's probably gold that a donkey can carry." They shouted in unison, "This is a noble animal with a reasonable price." They gave him the gold he wanted.

His two younger brothers were very surprised when he came home with the wealth he had gained. The second child said, "I'm going out now to see if I can get lucky with this long-handled sickle." But when he came out to give it a try, he felt that the hope was too small. Because, wherever he goes, he can meet a farmer with the same long-handled sickle on his shoulder. He ran from place to place without fear. After many troubles, he finally got lucky: he also came to an island where people had never heard of the name of Sickle Company. Soon the wheat was ripe, and they came to the farmland to pull up the wheat, but the harvest was very tired, and many wheat grains fell and were wasted. The second child harvested with his sickle and soon cut all the crops. People stood there with their mouths wide open, looking at all this with amazing eyes, and willing to pay any price he wanted for this wonderful tool. He asked for a horse full of gold and went home.

The third son also wanted to go out and see what he could get with a cat, so he set off. At first, his fate was the same as that of his first two brothers. He ran a lot of places without success. Cats are everywhere on the land, and many newborn kittens are thrown into the water and drowned. Finally, he looked for opportunities at sea and finally got what he wanted in an island country. People on the island have never seen cats, and there are rats everywhere. Whether the owner of the house is at home or not, these annoying little guys are jumping around on tables and chairs, and people are complaining. The king doesn't know what to do in his palace. There are mice squeaking in every corner. Everything their teeth can bite has been bitten. The third child found a place for the cat here. As soon as the cat landed, it began to catch mice. In a blink of an eye, the mice in both houses were cleaned up. At this time, people begged the king to buy this strange animal at any cost. The king happily satisfied the third child's request and gave him a mule full of gold and precious stones. So, Lao San went home with a treasure more valuable than his two brothers.

The cat stays on the island. It catches mice in the palace. It is very happy, chasing around, busy, killing countless mice. Finally, tired and thirsty, he stood there quietly, craning his neck, lifting his head back and calling, "Mi-,Mi-". Hearing this strange cry, the king called all the ministers to see what the best way was. Finally, he decided to send a herald to see the cat and warned the cat to leave the palace compound immediately, or he would drive it out by force. The consultants said, "We would rather get along with mice than risk our lives with cats." A little page was ordered to go in and asked the cat, "Would you like to leave the palace?" But the cat was more thirsty and kept calling "Mi-,Mi-". The page thought the cat was saying, "No! No! " So I told the king about it. Hearing this, the consultants immediately said, "All right! Then we will use force to deal with it. " They set up artillery to bomb the palace, and a fire broke out around the palace. When the fire reached the house where the cat stayed, it jumped out of the window and the besieged soldiers didn't see it. The fire continued to burn, and finally, the whole Huasong Palace was burned to ashes.