| Chapter 1: | The King's Son and the Fairy |
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- 1. Once there was a king.
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2. This king was [lit. shouldn't be] no better than you and me.26
- 3. He had three daughters.
- 4. He told the boy-his minister-“My boy, who will rule after me?”
- 5. He [minister] said, “Your sons.”
- 6. He said, “Your sons.”
- 7. [The king] had two favorite sons.
- 8. Both his favorite sons said-one said, “I will,” the other said, “I will.”
- 9. Suddenly his unfavorite son came to him; he [king] said, “My son, do you understand the point?”
- 10. His minister said, “Majesty [lit. king], don't beat [him], it is not good that he has fallen out of favors, let him also go.”
- 11. He [son] came to his mother and said, “Mom, give [me] cookies and barley bread for I am also going.”
- 12. “O my baby, [your] father doesn't love you, don't go.”
- 13. She said, “Don't go,” [he] said, “I won't.”
- 14. [However], he went with them [lit. him].
- 15. He brought out his little horse, picked up his sword, and galloped off.
- 16. He got down the hill and rode up to his brother[s].
- 17. [One of] his brother[s] said, “Which land are you bound for? We will also go that way.”
- 18. They got underway [together].
- 19. After they got underway, they came to a crossroad.
- 20. When this brother [unfavorite son] reached the crossroad, both favorite sons said, “Take the road by which you won't be coming back while we'll take the road by which we'll be coming back.”
- 21. Both of them rode down the hill.
- 22. Their minister-his father's minister [had] told him, “My son, [if] anyone brings leaves from the Forty-sound tree his blind father's eyes will be healed.”
- 23. He [had] replied, “Very well.”