Nglish Fairy Tales一只眼 两只眼和三只眼One eye two eyes and three eyesonce upon a time in a far off landthere lived a woman with her three daughterstwo of the daughters one eye and three eyeswere her favoritesshe loved t
Nglish Fairy Tales一只眼 两只眼和三只眼
One eye two eyes and three eyes
once upon a time in a far off landthere lived a woman with her three daughterstwo of the daughters one eye and three eyesshe loved them both dearlyand gave them whatever they asked forthe other daughter however had just two eyesand since she looked very much like the normal peopleher sisters and mother had a great disdain for hershe was given their old and worn clothes to wearand was made to eat only their leftoversthey did everything they could to make her very unhappybut even through all the trouble they gave hershe was still kind and generous to allhello little birds are you hungryI am sorry this isn't muchone day as her sisters and mother finished their lunchtwo eyes then took her place at the table to eatyou know one eye since two eyes is different from usmust she sit at our tabletwo eyes you do not belong with usgo away and do not come nearpoor two eyes was so hurt by their wordswhile she cried suddenly with a flash of lightan old fairy magically appearedand stood in front of hershe wore a cloak that glistened in the sunand carried a staff made of sparkling precious gemstwo eyes was extremely amazedwhy are you weeping dear little two eyesmy mother and sisters hate me for having two eyesthey give me only leftovers to eatand treat me ever so badlywipe away your tears my dearand I will tell you something gooddo you see the stick that you carryevery time you are hungrymagic stick hop to my beatcover the table with something to eatthe stick then started to glow brightlyit flew out of two eyes's hands and transformed itselfinto a lovely little tablespread with the most delicious foodoh how wonderful it smells so amazingeat and drink as much as you wishand when you are done just saymagic stick hear me play and take the table quite awayand then it will vanish againsaying this with a wave of her magic staffthe old fairy disappearedtwo eyes was most amazed at all she sawbut she had been starving for far too longand so aid up each and everything from the tablethe food was quite deliciousI am so very happy but now I must hide this all awaymagic stick hear me prey and take the table quite awaythe table and everything on it had changed itself backin the evening when she returned therelying on the table was a plateof leftovers kept for herbut she did not touch it and happily walked past itfrom then on two eyes would go outevery day eat and drink to her heart's contentbut one day one eye and three eyesnoticed that their sister wasn't eating what theythere is something wrong about two eyesshe doesn't eat what we give her anymoreshe may have discovered other ways of getting foodwe must find out the truthas two eyes set out happily to the fieldher two sisters quietly followed behind hershe looked to see that no one was following herbut her sisters made sure she never found outwhen two eyes reached there she chanted out loudlymagic stick up to my beatcover the table with something to eatand immediately the table magically appearedwith all the delicious foodthe two sisters were secretly watchingand their eyes widened atso this is how she eats every dayno wonder she is never hungry anymorequick let us go home and tell everything to motherthey ran home as fast as they couldand when their mother heard all that two eyes had donehow dare she eat better food than uslet her come home and then we will take her magic stickso they waited for two eyes to returnher mother grabbed the stick out of two eyes headno oh why would you do thatthis will teach you a lessonwhen you decide to cheat yournow you will go hungry for goodpoor little two eyes was heartbrokenshe picked up the broken pieces of the stick and ranshe went in the garden and wet bitterlyjust then the old fairy appeared before her againmy sweet two eyes what is wrongwhy are you crying dear childthe magic stick which you gave meand would spread the table so beautifullymy mother has broken into piecesnow I must suffer from hunger againhmm to eyes I will give you a good piece of advicetake the pieces of the stick and bury it in the gardenthe brightest that be sure of will bring you good luckthe old fairy once again waved her magic wandand in a flash disappeared from the nighttwo eyes trusted the fairy's wordsthere in the garden stood a most wondrous treeits every leaf glistened of silverand it had fruits of gold that glowed in the sunlightthe mother and her two daughtersscared at it with amazementnever in their lives had they seen such a lovely sightbut where is it come from motherit is indeed a very strange thinglet us go out and pick the fruitsonly two eyes knew that it had sprungfrom the broken magic stickone eye three eyes and their motherran out and jumped high to pick the golden fruitsbut every time they reached outthe tree would bend its branches away from themoh why can we not even get a single leaf of this treeI shall rest for I am very tiredtwo eyes had been watching themand she now looked at the treelet me try to perhaps I'll be able to pick a fruitif we couldn't do it how will you succeedtwo eyes reached up to pick at the silver branchesthe tree did not bend away from herif anything it glittered all the more and bent forwardso the two eyes may pick as many fruits as she pleasedshe tried giving them to her motherhoping they would be happyonly she was able to pluck the fruit from the treeit happened one evening that when they were allstanding together by the treethat a young knight came riding alongthe mother turned hardly towards two eyesquick two eyes go and hide in the bushespoor two eyes hardly went and hid herself in the bushesthe knight was a very handsome young manand saw the marvelous tree of gold and silverhe wondered who it belonged toand then saw the two sisterswhom does this beautiful tree belong towhoever will give me a twig of itshall have whatever she asks forwe would certainly break off a twig for youthey jumped and tried very hard to break a branchbut in vain the tree bent its twigs and fruitand wouldn't let them touch itit is very strange that the tree should belong to youand yet you have not been able to breakI had better leave instead of wasting my timethe two sisters and their mother were very annoyeddo not worry my dear childrenperhaps he will come back tomorrowtwo eyes came out from behind the bushesshe was thinking deeply about the nightif only I could have picked a branch off the tree andI could have told him how much I love himno sooner did she say thisthan she heard the old fairy's voicelittle two eyes you have been so kindeven in your sadness and a kindheart deserves to be rewardedand if that is really what you wantoh yes I would wish for nothing more than to beI wish this with all my heartvery well then do as I tell youpluck one leave from the tree and put it on your dressinto the most beautiful dress imaginableit had silver leaves and ruby roses all over itnow sit in this silver leafyou through the night sky to your belovedand as the voice stopped speakingone silver leaf fluttered slowly down to two eyesit grew in size and sparkled magnificentlyand it sailed her away through the night skypast the moon and stars and onto the night's balconysilver branch with a golden fruit hanging from itplease hear me call for youI have brought you the branch of the silver treewho is it that calls me out so lateand saw two eyes standing there on the balconyhe gasped for her beauty was unlike any otherand he couldn't take his eyesoff her two eyes was most delighted to see himmy lord you promised to givewho brought you this silver branch indeedand what is it that you desiretwo eyes tells him all about her motherand how they have ill treated herI have suffered from hungerand have come to ask if you would takeI would be happy to marry you my dearI must punish your motherand your sisters for treating you like thatand let's forget about themfor they are my bitter pastlet us cherish today and build a beautiful tomorrowand two eyes were married to each other in a grandand there they lived happily ever after
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