Vietnamese Children's Favorite Stories by Phuoc Thi Minh Tran

Author:Phuoc Thi Minh Tran
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-8048-4429-1
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing

One morning, rain poured from the sky, and Tam ran as fast as she could to bring the cows and buffalos to the barn. While running, she dropped her beautiful shoes into the muddy pond. She carefully washed them in the river and hung them on the buffalo’s horns to dry. Suddenly, one shoe was snatched by a raven, who carried it away and dropped in front of the king’s palace.

Tam was devastated at the loss of her shoe, and took great care to keep her remaining shoe safe.

At the palace, the king stumbled upon Tam’s shoe. He marveled at how delicate and beautiful it was. “Whoever can wear such a shoe must be as lovely and graceful as the shoe itself, and I must make her my wife!” he exclaimed. Thus, he sent out a proclamation that the maiden whose foot fit the shoe would become his queen.

Word quickly spread throughout the kingdom. When Tam heard the news, she thought, “This must be my missing shoe!” and begged her stepmother to allow her to try it on.

“You, ugly thing? You may not even leave this house until you finish sorting these grains!” the cruel stepmother shrieked. She mixed all the grain together in a huge basket and rushed off with Cam to meet the king’s messenger.

As the heartbroken Tam began to weep the fairy appeared. “Don’t worry, dear child. Help will come!” she cried. She summoned the ravens, who flew to Tam’s side and, within minutes, had sorted every single grain. With cries of deepest gratitude, Tam happily rushed off to try on the shoe.

Many women were pushing and pulling, but no one’s foot was tiny enough to fit the shoe. When Cam’s turn came she squeezed with all of her might, but she could not force her foot into the shoe.

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