By Charles Perrault
At one time, there was a woman who had been widowed and has two daughters. The oldest daughter has a face and a temperament that is very similar to his mother so that people often say that anyone who saw the eldest daughter, just by looking at her mother.They both have the same bad temper, extremely arrogant and never respect others.
The youngest daughter, a picture of his dead father, had the same good-hearted nature, love to help people and very polite. Many consider that the youngest was the most beautiful woman they had ever seen.
Because of the tendency of people to like the same things with them, his mother became very dear to the eldest daughter, while the youngest daughter who was treated badly, the youngest daughter often sent for work relentlessly and should not be with them to eat at the dining table. He was only allowed to eat in the kitchen alone.
The youngest daughter often forced twice a day to fetch water from a well that is located very far from their homes. One day when the youngest daughter was in the spring of this, there came an old woman who looks very poor, who asked him to fetch him water to drink.
"Oh! Yes, with pleasure, "said the pretty girl who immediately take kendinya, taking water from the clearest place in the spring, and gives it to the woman, while helping hold kendinya that the old woman can drink easily.
After drinking, the woman said to the youngest:
"You are very beautiful, very kind and very polite, I can not give you a gift." It turned out that the old lady is a fairy disguised as a poor old woman to see how far kindness and courtesy youngest daughter. "I'll give you a gift," continued the Fairy, "From now on, every word you say, will come out of your mouth a flower or a precious stone."
When this beautiful youngest daughter came home, where his mother scolded him because they think they are too old youngest daughter returned from fetching water.
"I'm sorry, Mom," said the youngest daughter, "because I was late coming home."
As I say the word, from his mouth came out two flowers, two pearls, and two gems.
"What do I see it?" She said with surprise, "I see pearls and diamonds come out of your mouth! How this could happen, my son? "
For the first time his mother called him 'my son'.
The youngest daughter then told all the events experienced frankly, and from his mouth also row out countless gems.
"It's amazing," said his mother, "I have to send my son the other one there." He then called the oldest daughter and said: "Come and see what comes out of your sister's mouth when she speaks. Do you not want to have it owned by your brother? You should immediately go to the spring, and when you see an old woman who asked you to fetch drinking water, ambilkanlah him with a very polite way. "
"The youngest brother must have been very happy to see me take the water from the spring that much," he said with a frown.
"You have to go, now!" Said her mother again.
The oldest daughter finally departed also grumbling on the way, while bringing the best pitcher made of silver.
Not long after he arrived in the spring, and then she saw a woman dressed very fancy out of the woods, approached him, and asked him to fetch drinking water. This woman is actually a fairy who met with her sister, but this time the fairy disguised as a princess.
"I came here," said the oldest daughter with a very arrogant, "just to give you water? and you think I brought a silver jug is for you? If you really want to drink, you should drink it if you feel appropriate. "
"You outrageous and apply not polite," answered the Fairy, "Well, from now on, because you are very rude and arrogant, I will give you a gift, every word you say, from your mouth will come out a snake or a toad. "
When she came home, her mother see her happily greeted him and asked:
"What, my son?"
"How ass, ma?" Replied the eldest daughter in a way that was not polite, and from his mouth came out a two-tailed rattlesnake and two frogs.
"Oh! pardon, "said his mother; "What I see this? Oh! your sister must have been deliberately planned this incident, but he will get punishment "; and he immediately ran over and hit her youngest daughter. The youngest daughter then ran away from him and hid in the woods not far from his home to avoid getting hit again.
A child of the King, who had just returned from hunting in the forest, by chance met the youngest daughter who was crying. The children marveled at the beauty king's youngest daughter then asked why the daughter was alone in the woods and sobbed.
"My lord, my mother drove me from home."
At that time, the child king saw five or six pearls and gems out of the mouth of the youngest, he became curious and asked to tell why the youngest daughter of her mouth when she said something out gems. The youngest daughter then tells the whole story, and the King children become increasingly amazed by the kindness and courtesy speech youngest daughter. Children fall in love with the King became the youngest daughter and thought that the youngest daughter is very fit to be his wife. Son of King eventually applied and married the daughter of the youngest.
While the eldest daughter, made himself so hated by his own mother because of his behavior was very bad and expelled out of the house. The oldest daughter ended up being displaced because they do not have a home anymore, he went into the woods and from then, people have never heard about it again.
Frogs and Jewel | Fairy tale (END)
