One day the queen
was combing the princess
hair and she found a louse.
-Look father- said
the princess,- the louse that mum has found in my hair.
-Dont kill him!- exclaimed the king,- lets put it in a flash. Im curious about how big can grow a louse
fed of royal blood.
The king put the
louse into a flask and from time to time he allowed him to feed of the princess royal blood leaving it on the girls head for some hours.
The louse grow so
much that the king had to put it in a barrel. The princess kept on feeding it,
and the louse kept on growing until the king had to put it out of the barrel
and put it in a bigger cask. Eventually, when it did not fit in the cask, he
had to kill it. The king had the louses
skin tanned and ordered the royal tailor to make a leather bag.
When the bag was
finished, the king made the same question to everybody.
-Guess from which
animal is the leather of my bag?
Some said that
from beef, others from deer but nobody could hit on it. At last, the monarch
made proclaim in all his kingdom that the one who guessed from which animal
came the leather of his bag would marry the princess. People came from many
parts to see the bag, but nobody could guess.
One day, a
shepherd arrived to the town bringing his flock to sell it on the market. He
decided to visit the town and started to walk. After walking for a long time,
he arrived to the kings
palace. Tired, he sank back on the gardens
wall. He lit a cigarrette and as he was smoking he heard someone talking in the
garden. It was the king talking with the queen saying her:
-I think that
nobody is going to guess that my bag is made out of louses skin.
As soon as he
heard this the shepherd went away thinking now I can marry the princess.
The following day,
the shepherd went to the palace and seeked an audience with the king. When he
was in front of him he said:
-Lord, I come to
see if I guess the skin of which your bag is made.
-Guess- said the
king.
-Lord,-answered
the shepherd- it is made out of louse skin.
-Youve guessed it!- cried the king. And he
ordered that the wedding of the shepherd and the princess would be celebrated
the soonest as possible.
THE END
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