Once upon a time, there was a king who had three sons. The eldest and second son were smart, but the youngest son was simple-minded and didn't like to talk. People called him "short-minded"
The king was old and weak. Thinking about what happened after his death, he found it difficult to determine which son would inherit the throne. He called his three sons and said to them: "Whoever brings back the most beautiful carpet will inherit it."
Throne." He thought that this way they would have nothing to argue with. He led his sons outside, blew on the three feathers, and said: "You split up and follow the direction the feathers pointed to find them." Three feathers.
One feather faced east, one faced west, and the third feather flew straight up for a while and then fell to the ground. The two brothers laughed at the "short-minded" brother because he could only stay in the local area, and then they
The little prince went around looking for the most beautiful carpet. The little prince sat down on the ground very sadly, and suddenly found a floor door next to the feather. He opened the cover and saw several stairs, so he walked down the stairs.
Soon there was another door. He reached out and knocked, and heard someone inside saying: "The young maid is lame, and the lame puppy is jumping around. Let's see who will come."
When the door opened, I saw a huge toad squatting there, surrounded by small toads. It asked the little prince what he wanted, and the little prince said: "I want the most beautiful carpet with the best texture in the world."
The toad summoned a little toad and said to it: "The green maid is lame, and the lame puppy is jumping around. Bring the big box and have a look."
The little toad then moved a big box. The big toad opened the lid and took out a carpet from the inside for "Quick Heart"
.The carpet was of excellent texture, and the patterns and colors were very beautiful. No one in the world could weave it. After the little prince thanked the big toad, he took the carpet with him and came out. Besides, the two elder brothers thought that the younger brother was stupid and believed that he could not find it.
They didn't want to bother looking for any good carpets. They all bought some coarsely woven woolen handkerchiefs from the shepherd's wife they met first and brought them back.
At this time, "Quick Heart" also came back. He handed the extremely beautiful carpet to his father. The king looked at it and said in surprise: "To be fair, the throne should belong to the little prince."
But the other two brothers quarreled that they could not let "Short-minded" become the king because he did not think things through. They made the king uneasy and insisted on competing again. The king then said: "Who brings me the best ring?"
Whoever is beautiful will inherit the throne." After saying that, he took the three sons outside, blew three feathers into the air, and asked them to follow the direction the feathers pointed. The eldest prince and the second prince looked east and west again.
, and the "heartless" feather rose upwards and then fell to the same place. His brothers laughed at him and said that he could not find the gold ring, but he took out the old gold ring and took it to the gold shop to have it remade. The little prince
He climbed down like last time and asked Big Toad for the most beautiful ring in the world. Big Toad ordered a big box to be brought and took out a sparkling gemstone ring. Its craftsmanship was so exquisite that no craftsman on earth could make it.
When the little prince gave the gold ring to the king, the father said: "The throne belongs to the little prince." But the two brothers were still unwilling to give in. They kept putting pressure on their father, insisting that he agree to compete again.
It was said that whoever brought home the most beautiful girl would succeed to the throne. The king blew three feathers into the sky, and they pointed in the same direction as before.
"Quixinyan" immediately went down to find the big toad and said, "I want to take home the most beautiful girl in the world!"
"Oh? The most beautiful girl!" said the big toad, "She is not at home right now. But you can still take her home." Then he handed him a hollow radish with six little mice in it.
"Short-minded," the little prince said helplessly: "What's the use of taking these?" The big toad said: "Just grab a small toad and put it in." He grabbed one and put it in, but the little toad hadn't seen it yet.
As soon as she sat down, she immediately transformed into a beautiful and dignified girl, the carrot turned into a real carriage, and the six little mice turned into six horses.
"Quexinyan" kissed the girl and immediately drove the carriage back to see his father. His two brothers also came back later. They did not want to put in more effort to find the beautiful girl, but took the peasant girl they met first.
When they came back, the king saw it and said: "After I die, the throne will be inherited by the little prince." The two brothers quarreled and argued, "We don't agree with the 'short-minded' being the king!" The quarrel made the king almost deaf.
. They asked to hang a circle in the center of the hall. Whoever's wife can jump through it will inherit the throne. They thought to themselves: "Farm girls are strong and strong. There will be no problem in jumping over the circle, and the beautiful girl will definitely be able to jump through it."
Fall to death." The king had no choice but to agree. First, two village girls jumped. They jumped over, but they were so clumsy that they broke their thick hands and feet. When it was the turn of the little prince's beautiful girl, she only saw her give a slight
He jumped over, as light as a deer. At this moment, no one had anything to say. The little prince inherited the throne and became a wise king.