EP 2

the princess's birthday came. "it is time!" said the good fairies.

in the evening a farmer's son was returning from the field with his spade on his shoulder. the good fairies were in the river. thy sang;

over the little waves we run,

and play with the light of the sitting sun,

and ride on the wings of the gentle breeze, the waves in the river, and the leaves on the trees

and we fairies wait for the prince to come.

the young man was very tried after the day's work. but his mind was peaceful. he put his spade down, washed his face, and sat down near the water. there was the sound of the breeze blowing through a thousand trees and over thousands and thousands of little waves in the river. he sat listening ,; his heart was full.

he heard the soft song of the fairies , and thy spoken to him.

"you are the prince who must set the princess free",thy said ."but I am a farmer's son and I grew up on a farm", said the young man.

" you have a prince's heart", replied the fairies.

" go and find the princess".

the young man set out at once reached the wicked fairy's castle. inside the gate there was a garden with many kinds of flowers -roses , lilies, and so on. in the centre of the garden there was a pond with lotuses and water lilies. when the young man went into the garden, the roses and lilies move in the breeze, and whispered to one another in their little language, "the prince , the prince!" there was a lovely big lotus in the pond;it looked at the young man and smiled.

the wicked fairy asked the young man to solve her riddles. he solved the first riddle thus ; "I should listen more than I speak. that is why I have two ears, but only one tongue".

he solved the second riddle thus;"I work in the field to earn bread for my old parents and for me . so I must do a lot of woy.that is why I have two hands . I should not eat all the food I grow;that is why I have only one mouth".

he solved the third riddle thus;" my mind should rule my body. that is why my head is above my body.my body should obey my mind.that is why my body is under my head".

now the wicked fairy lost all her power.

"where is the princess?" asked the young man.

"when you came in ", the wicked fairy replied, "you saw a garden with roses and lilies, and a pond in the middle of the garden. that is where the princess is. she is the Big Lotus in the pond".

" where are the ten young prince?", asked the young man.

the wicked fairy replied," at the foot of this Hill there is a field with ten tall, handsome trees.that is where the Prince are .the ten handsome trees are the young Prince".

the next moment the wicked fairy turned into a bird, and all her servants turned into birds too.

"you will be a singing bird for ten years", said the young man to the wicked fairy. "them you will become a good and happy fairy".

the young man went to the garden. the lovely big lotus smiled at him again. the next moment , in the place of the lotus he saw a lovely princess.

"let us go to the field at the foot of the hill", said the young man. "that is where the ten young princes are".

when thy came to the field , the trees waves their branches with joy and welcomed them.

the next moments ten handsome princes stood in front of them.

the young farmer went back to look after his farm and his old parents. the princess lived with him on the fields. the bad fairy, now a poor bird, and her servants often sat in the trees in the fields.

"this is where the princess works", the fairy said .

"let us sing to her". their song become sweeter and sweeter every day.

the gentle princess always loved flowers. she understood their little language and looked after them kindly. she also understood the language of the green corn and the fine trees in the fields, and looked after them with love.

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