Fairytales from the Far East

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Fairytales from the Far East

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As dog and cat enemies were

In the temple of the dragon

Prince Achu and beautiful Ngoman

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As dog and cat enemies were

There were once a poor old farmer and his blind wife who lived in a remote village. They had never had children, and held only a dog and a cat for company. The dog and the cat hung very together and held together inseparably. They were very loyal to the two old men, and when the farmer went away, they helped the blind old woman keepers at home and let in a stranger. The two old men had the animals very much, never scolded them and had never given them a slap. Although they were old and lonely, her life was not boring.

One day, the old man in the mountains to cut grass, and was on the way home a little green snake, which lay on the grass and not to budge from hunger could , Out of pity, he put them in his jacket neckline and took them home. After a while, he could feed them no longer out of poverty and therefore said to her:

"Little snake until today I fed you, but now is not a blade of grass and no grain in the house. I can not feed you, so go said:"!

"Thesnake nodded and Gracious age, without you I would not have experienced this day. I have nothing else that I could give you for you, so I'll give you my cock. You have to do it in a wooden box and hide, thus sees him no stranger. If you have no more money, you need only bring out the tail and shake it a few times, then drops money down.

"Thesnake had not spoken since they reached the old man, contrary to its tail. No sooner had the old man cut him off, the snake was gone.

The old man put his tail in a wooden box and buried it behind the kitchen, where it was very quiet and where he could not be easily observed by someone.

If now the two old men no money had more, they brought the box out, took out the snake's tail and shook him, then fell down jingling bronze coins. With the money the old man bought in the market oil, salt, rice and firewood, then he made ​​food and divided it into four parts: one for his old, one for the dog, one for the cat and he made ​​for himself. So they lived happier than before.

one evening a wandering merchant to them, who was afraid to go on in the dark, and wanted to stay with the old man. The old man kept him at night in the house.

The next morning was the old man, before it was light, behind the kitchen, got the snake's tail out and shook him that the bronze coins fell down strumming. The trader had slept in the kitchen and could see through the window with everything. . Hardly had the old man gone, the dealer ran out quickly, took the box, hid it in his burden and carried it away

as the old man returned, he found his blind woman in tears, and when he asked why she was crying, she said: "the dealer has stolen our "I

boxes!"think not," replied the old man. "We hid it so well. How could he know? Surely you have not properly sampled it.

"This was the old man out and grabbed the box. When he had a while groped unsuccessfully thereafter, he was excited.

The two old sat opposite each other and mourned. The old man sighed, and the blind old man wept. As the dog and the cat came in and wanted to eat something. When they saw how sad were the two, they swept around them and were sad with them.

The old man looked at the dog and the cat and sighed. Then he said to them: "The dealer has stolen our treasure. Go quickly and look for him, cat:"!

"As the dog said to the Let's go! Maybe we can find it. Look how excited the two are! dog

"The made ​​off with the cat on the way. Everywhere they looked for the box. Again and again they asked, and finally they were aware, however, to arrive at the house of the merchant, they would have to cross a large river.

One day they came to the river and saw that the water violently roaring then shot. When the cat saw the rapid current, they crouched together anxiously. But the dog gave her encouragement.

"Do not be afraid," he said. "I can swim and bear thee across. We really need to find the treasure, otherwise we can not occur under the eyes of the two old "When

people.the cat saw how determined was the dog, she took courage. She pulled herself together and jumped the dog on the back. The dog carried the cat over the river, and they came to a small village. They went from farm to farm and looked everywhere to score. Finally they came to a house where the yard full of colorfully dressed people was. Here a wedding was celebrated, and the groom was none other than the traveling salesmen who had stayed with the old peopleear.

The dog whispered the cat's "You go in and look to where the merchant has hidden the treasure! I can go bad, I wait under the willow tree at a village for you.

"The cat nodded and agreed with Murr! to, then she jumped onto the roof and the roof quietly in the yard. Average Katzenloch she crept secretly in the bedroom of the dealer and searched everywhere without finding anything. She was sitting under the bed and wondered what she should do, because suddenly came under a chest a mouse out. With two sets had grabbed the mouse. The mouse was trembling and asked the cat to pity. The Cat scowled and "I

said,let you live, if you do me a service,"mouse.

Trembling said the "Say, great Queen! If I can, I do it determines.

""Step into the chest and check to see if you can find a box in it! If so, bring me forth immediately, "ordered the cat.

The mouse crawled into the chest and soon came to the treasure chest again, she handed the cat awesome.

The Caskets in its mouth, the cat ran out. As soon as she stepped out of the door when the dealer discovered and shouted: "The cat stole my treasure! The cat stole my treasure!

"All the people rushed after the cat, but she was long gone over the wall and over the roof. Under the Willow Tree on a village they found the dog again.