The tales of Thought contain the following tales: Tale of love, The jar of gold, The princess of the waters, The property of others, The hat which makes invisible, The tale of the rich man, The king and the barber , The Man and the Devil, The Shirt Adorned with Diamonds, Aslanzate and Zanpolate, The Girl in the Trunk, Brother Lamb, Fear, The Lare Domestic, Laugh Well Who Laughs Last, Talou Orlan, Topal, The Revealing Kite, The Hunter Ahmad, The Dervish and the Daughters, The King's Daughter of China, Pomegranate, Nerso
It's the story of a boy who wanted to see the world. He walks, he walks, he arrives in a quiet place. At the crossroads of two paths sat an old man smoking his pipe with a thoughtful air. They both say “hello” to each other, then the boy asks:
– Bâb, where do these paths lead?
The old man replies:
– The one on the right leads to luck, the one on the left to bad luck.
The boy thinks and says to himself:
– I would be stupid to go towards bad luck, I am taking the path of luck.
The old man stays in his place, the boy takes the right path.
He walks, he walks, he arrives in a deep valley. There, he sees two men arguing, insulting each other, fighting.
– My friends, he said, why are you fighting?
– Good stranger, said one, my younger brother and I are arguing because we cannot agree on a fair sharing of our father's inheritance. I say: “this is mine” and he says: “no, it’s mine!” " Give us your opinion.
– What is your heritage?
– Well, dear friend, said the other, we have two magic objects: a hat and a staff. If you put on the hat, you become invisible; If you strike with the stick, it will take you wherever you want. This is our heritage.
– My dear friends, said the boy, I would like to do you a service. I will take your hat and your stick and you will no longer have any discussion or argument between you.
– Okay, friend, blessed be your father, take these evil objects!
The boy puts on the hat, takes the stick and says:
– Hey, stick, take me to the king’s castle, near his pretty daughter!
He leaves. The two brothers, naive, return home, deep within themselves grateful to this young man who gave them such good advice and spared them any discussion and argument.
The boy arrives at the king's castle, he enters, he takes off his hat and puts down his staff. The king sees him and asks him:
– How did you get into my castle?
– Sir the king, said the boy, I came to ask you to give me work.
– There is no shortage of work, said the king, I will give you a job, but it will be very difficult.
– Give it to me, however difficult it may be!
“Well,” said the king, “go to the gate of my daughter’s castle and make sure that no one enters, neither dog nor wolf nor beast nor dragon. If you succeed, great, otherwise I'll have your head cut off.
“I will do my best,” said the boy.
– May God help you! said the king.
The boy walks, God only knows if he walks for a long time or not, he arrives at a height where the king's daughter's castle is located. He stands in front of the door, he waits a long time, so long that he becomes impatient. He puts on his magic hat and enters the princess's room.
He sees a very young girl sitting with a lit candle in her hand. She is of great beauty. She does not see the young man. Shortly after, she gets into bed and falls asleep. At midnight, she opens her eyes, she opens the window, she sees a horrible demon, his mouth in flames, my God, my God! he comes under her window:
– Daughter of a king, said the demon.
- What ? said the girl
– I came to take you away!
- Or ?
– In my house so that you can be my wife
He enters. In the room, the boy sees the horrible demon who picks up the girl, kisses her, takes her to his house where his treasure and his gold are.
– Stick, said the young man, take me to the demon’s house.
In the blink of an eye, the stick takes him there. Here he is in the demon's house. He hears:
– Daughter of the king, this treasure and this gold will be yours. Be my wife!
– Give me time to decide, said the girl.
– Well, I’ll give you until tomorrow. Now I'm going to leave, but listen to me carefully: near my door there is a large bone staff. As the day approaches, you will lift it up. If you strike three big blows, I will know that you want to be my wife and I your husband. If you strike three light blows, it will mean that you do not agree, so I will come, like a demon, to settle your score!
– Okay, said the girl.
The demon, happy, leaves. The girl stays alone. Suddenly, the boy appears in front of her.
– Oh! who are you ? said the girl in surprise.
– I am the servant of your father the king, who charged me to defend and protect you
The girl is heartbroken. She says:
– Alas, run away, the demon will kill you!
– Don't be afraid for me, the demon cannot approach me. Come quickly, we will take the demon's treasure and gold and leave. Stick, take us near the treasure and the gold!
Then they both fly away and arrive at the king's castle.
The king, seeing his daughter, is overjoyed.
– My boy, he said, the guard I sent to my daughter before you was not able to save her head from the demon. You saved your head and brought me back my daughter. How did you do ?
The boy reveals his secret, then he says:
– O king, long live you, I brought your daughter back to you, I trusted you, on the way we promised each other. What is your will?
– I am of good will, my son, I agree.
The boy says:
– There is still something to do. Until I kill the demon, you will not marry us.
“Okay,” said the king. May God help you!
The boy leaves, he arrives at the demon's house. He sees the demon furious, enraged. Large flames come out of its mouth and eyes. There is neither dog nor wolf, nor beast nor dragon, nor stone nor grass, nor water nor earth, which does not begin to tremble.
The young man draws his sword, cuts off his head and returns to the castle. The king orders the preparations for the wedding. They make the wedding seven days and seven nights.
These have seen their wishes come true, may yours also come true!
