White as Milk, Red as Blood: The Forgotten Fairy Tales of Franz Xaver Von Schönwerth by Franz Xaver von Schönwerth

White as Milk, Red as Blood: The Forgotten Fairy Tales of Franz Xaver Von Schönwerth by Franz Xaver von Schönwerth

Author:Franz Xaver von Schönwerth [Schönwerth, Franz Xaver von]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Tags: Fairy Tales, Fantasy, Horror, Classics, Adult
ISBN: 9780345812179
Publisher: Knopf Canada
Published: 2018-04-14T23:00:00+00:00


And as before, he brought in the very best fish and took them to the count, who looked on him with favour once again.

In time, a son was born to the couple, and he thrived in body and spirit and seemed to be headed for a life in the Church. But when he was ready to serve, he was unable to conduct his first Mass, because he did indeed belong to the water maiden. So he gave up his calling and left to seek his fortune elsewhere.

During his travels, he came across a group of animals—a bear, a fox, a hawk and an ant. They were standing over the carcass of a horse and did not know how to divide it up. They asked the man to decide for them. And so he did. He threw the forequarters of the animal to the bear, so he would be satisfied first. To the fox he threw the backbone, to the hawk the innards and to the ant the head.

Then he continued on his way.

But the bear thought it would be too unfair to let the man leave without any thanks, and he ordered the fox to call him back. When he returned, the animals gave him the power to assume each of their shapes, but the fellow just laughed and went on his way again.

As he walked, he noticed a flock of partridges in a cornfield. To put his gift to the test, he wished he might turn into a fox, and immediately he did so and set upon the partridges until he had enough. These he took to the next town, where he used them to get himself a meal at the inn.

Meanwhile, four men came into the inn and sat down at a table. They began to play cards and grew quite rowdy, as they were playing for high stakes.

The fellow lay down in the straw behind the oven and saw that one of the players already had a big pile of coins sitting in front of him. So he turned himself into an ant and crawled under the gaming table, where he then transformed himself into a bear. He rose up and overturned the table along with all the silver coins, which terrified the men, who quickly ran off. He gathered up the coins and lay down in the straw again and slept, and in the morning he settled his bill and went on his way.

Shortly after this, he arrived in a big city. Everything was draped in black, and from the tower flew a black flag emblazoned with the skull of death. The man went to the inn and asked what was going on. He learned that the king had three fetching daughters, all equally beautiful, and so like each other that one could not tell them apart. But the king had proclaimed that only the middle princess would inherit the kingdom, and anyone who wanted to win her hand would have to choose the correct daughter. Whoever guessed wrongly and did not pass the test would be put to the sword.



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