Selected World Classic Fairy Tales (2)

Selected Works of World Classic Fairy Tales II

Once upon a time, there lived a woman named You Na Nana in a hut by the roadside. She has two children, very cute, with bulging arms, bare skin and sparkling eyes. Passers-by should stand down and praise them when they meet.

Early this morning, You Na Nana went to chop wood in the bush, leaving two children to play with their little cousin. The children shouted happily, who jumped far in the race and was tired of playing, so they sat on the mud outside and played games with pebbles.

Suddenly, there was a rustling sound in the nearby grass. They saw a baboon sitting on a rock, and they looked suspicious and uneasy.

"Whose child is this?" He asked his little cousin.

"It's You Na Nana's." She answered.

"wonderful, wonderful, wonderful!" The baboon exclaimed in a low voice, "I have never seen such a lovely child!" "

he disappeared into the grass and the children went on playing.

After a while, they heard the sound of twigs being broken gently. When they looked up, they saw an antelope standing by the bushes, staring at them with big brown eyes.

"Whose child is this?" The antelope asked the little cousin.

"It's You Na Nana's," she answered.

"wonderful, wonderful, wonderful!" The antelope said softly, "I have never seen such a lovely child!" "

with that, she bowed gracefully and disappeared into the bush.

Tired of playing games, the children took out a small gourd and filled it with water in the big water tank next to the door one by one.

A roar startled the gourd in the little cousin's hand. She looked up and saw a spotted leopard, whose eyes were so gloomy that she had sneaked over from the bush.

"Whose child is this?" He hewen.

"It's You Na Nana's," she replied in a trembling voice, fearing that the leopard would pounce, and retreated toward the door. But the leopard didn't want to eat yet.

"I have never seen such a lovely child!" " He exclaimed, with a flick of his tail, he disappeared behind the bush.

The beast's repeated questioning scared the children to call their mother loudly. But mom didn't come back, but a stupid and heavy elephant came out of the bush. He only had one tusk and stared at the three children, scaring them not to move.

"Whose child is this?" He shouted at his little cousin in a low voice, shaking his body and pushing towards the two lovely children, scaring them to hide behind the big stone.

"it's you&; hellip; & hellip; Is You Na&; hellip; & hellip; You Na Nana's, "the little girl stammered.

"I have never seen such lovely children," the elephant's voice thundered. "I want to take them away." With that, he opened his mouth and swallowed the two children in one gulp.

with a scream of fear, the little cousin rushed into the hut and hid in a safe place in the dark. She heard the elephant's heavy footsteps getting smaller and smaller and disappeared into the bushes.

It was a long time before You Na Nana came back with a big bundle of firewood on her head. The little girl ran out of the house in horror. It took You Na Nana half a day to find out what happened from her mouth.

"alas," said mother, "were they swallowed whole? Do you think they are still alive in the elephant's belly? "

"I don't know," said the girl, and she burst into tears.

"Yes," said You Na Nana, who knew very well. "We must go to the Woods and ask those wild animals if they have met this one-toothed elephant. This is the only way. I have to prepare first. "

She took out a crock, poured a lot of beans into it, and cooked it until it was thoroughly cooked. Then she picked up a knife, put the food jar on her head, and told her little niece to look after the house until she came back. Then she set out into the bush to find an elephant.

Soon, Nana in You Na found the footprints of big animals and followed them for a while, but there was no elephant anywhere. Walking through a leafy bush, she met a baboon.

"ah, baboons! Help! " She begged, "Have you ever seen a one-toothed elephant? He ate my two children. I must find him. "

"Go straight along this road, and you will find the elephant where there is a big tree Grand White Rock."

said the baboon.

So she walked down this dusty path, but for a long time, there was still no sign of the elephant. Suddenly, she found an antelope jumping across the path.

"ah, antelope! Help! Have you ever seen a one-toothed elephant? " She asked, "He ate my two children. I must find him."

"Go straight along this road, and you will find the elephant where there is a big tree Grand White Rock."

The antelope said that and jumped away.

"my god!" You Na Nana sighed. "It seems far away, but I am tired and hungry."

But she didn't touch the food she brought, because it was left for them to eat after she found the children.

She kept walking and walking. At a corner of the path, she saw a leopard crouching outside the hole, combing her body with her tongue.

"ah, leopard!" She said wearily, "Help! Have you ever seen an elephant with one tooth? He ate my two children. I must find him. "

"Go straight along this road, and you will find the elephant where there is a big tree Grand White Rock."

the leopard replied, and bowed his head and continued to clean himself.

"Hey," gasped You Na Nana, "if I don't get to this place right away, my legs will be unable to walk."

She staggered and walked for a while. Suddenly, several big trees appeared in front of her, and the ground under them was covered with chunks of Grand White Rock.

"here we are!" She let out a cry and hurried forward, and found an elephant lying in the shade. It was only necessary to see at a glance that he had only one ivory. You Na Nana bravely leaned forward as far as possible and shouted angrily, "Elephant, elephant! Did you eat my child? "

"oh, no!" The elephant replied lazily, "Go straight along this road, and you will find the elephant where there is a big tree Grand White Rock."

But You Na Nana believed that he was the elephant she was looking for, so she stamped her foot and shouted to him, "Elephant, elephant! Did you eat my child? "

"oh, no! Go straight along this road &; mdash; & mdash;” As soon as the elephant repeated the sentence, it was interrupted by You Na Nana who rushed up. She waved a knife and cried, "Where is my child?" Where are they? "

The elephant opened its mouth and swallowed You Na Nana with a crock and a knife without even standing up, and You Na Nana was expecting him to do so.

Down, down and down, she walked in the dark until she came to the elephant's belly. What a strange sight! The four walls of the elephant's belly were like rows of mounds, and a small group of people were crowded in the middle of the mounds, including many dogs, sheep and cows, and her two lovely children.

"mom! Mom! " As soon as they saw her, they cried, "We are so hungry!"

You Na Nana put down the crock on her head and began to feed them beans. They really enjoyed it.

Everyone gathered around to beg for something to eat. You Na Nana laughed at them and said, "Look around here, there is meat everywhere. Don't you know how to barbecue?"

She cut off a large piece of elephant meat with a knife and made a fire in the middle of the elephant's belly to roast it. In a short time, an elephant meat banquet was set up, and everyone ate happily, even dogs, sheep and cows came up to taste it.

and the unlucky elephant, he groaned in pain and could be heard in the whole bush. Some animals came to see what was wrong, and he said, "I don't know what happened. After swallowing that woman named You Na Nana, my stomach churned up. It really hurt."

The pain got worse and worse. Finally, the elephant gave a fierce roar and collapsed to the ground and died. You Na Nana cut a big hole between the ribs of the elephant with a knife. At once, dogs, sheep, cows, men, women and children came out one after another. The strong sunshine made their eyes blink, but they all shouted with joy and cheered that they had regained their freedom.

The dogs are barking, the sheep are baaing, and the cows are baaing in Cleisthenes. They all expressed their thanks to Nana You Na. People gave her all kinds of gifts to repay her for saving her life. When You Na Nana took the children home, they were no longer poor.

My little cousin is very happy to see them again, because she thought they were all dead.

that night, they held a banquet. Guess what they ate? By the way, it's roasted elephant meat.