The Tale of Princess Anne. Recommended bedtime reading for children

Sofia was returning home from the store. All she had to do was walk a few houses. But she only managed to take a few steps along the path before a miracle happened... Suddenly, everything around sparkled, shone, and in a silver whirlwind of snowflakes a real... Queen appeared!

“Oh,” was all Sofia could say.

Still would! The Queen was dressed in the most beautiful airy dress. It was tender blue color with silver lace. On the woman’s shoulders lay a light snow-white cape, and unusual hairstyle decorated with a crown sparkling with stones.

Are you the same girl they talk about so much? – the queen cooed, looking straight at Sofia.

“You must have made a mistake,” she became embarrassed, “who can talk about me?” I'm an ordinary girl...

The Queen narrowed her eyes and shook her head.

Well, well, don't be modest, honey. I know how you once drove away Envy itself! And they also told me about how Laziness kicked me out of the house... And you also managed to get out of Vrunland! Yes, you have accomplished many feats this year... That is why I am going to make you a princess in my kingdom!

Her Majesty smiled tenderly:

I hope you agree? After all, only a girl like you deserves the crown! Kind, brave, hardworking...

No, no, what are you talking about? “I just tried to act according to my conscience,” Sofia whispered in confusion.

She examined the royal person with bated breath and did not find a single flaw in her. It's like she stepped off the cover of her fairy tale book! Even the elegant shoes, in which Her Majesty must have been cold, glittered as if made of pure silver...

“Baby,” the queen sighed, “I alone cannot cope with all the affairs in the kingdom.” Ah, with you we will rule gloriously! Just agree that you deserve more, because you are the best girl in the world!

Sofia wanted to object, but the queen did not allow her to say a word:

Who embroiders better than you? Which other girl helps her mother so diligently in everything? Or maybe there is someone who prepares for lessons better than you?!

Her Majesty laughed loudly, waving her hand:

Well, come on, honey! Just admit that you are perfect and worthy of the title of princess. The crown will be yours in no time!

Sofia thought about it. There was some truth in what the stranger said. Indeed, she herself, without anyone’s help, coped with many of her shortcomings... Well, perhaps she will really make a good princess!

Do you think I can? – Sofia asked with a sinking heart.

It doesn't matter what I think. It’s important what you think,” the queen grinned.

Sofia suddenly thought that perhaps she could cope with the duties of a princess. After all, if not her, then who? As soon as this thought flashed through her head, a dazzling crown immediately appeared on the top of her head! And, the very next moment they found themselves in an unfamiliar kingdom... A huge, enormous palace towered in the middle of a beautiful garden! Sofia ran up to the steps and froze in confusion. The beautiful carved plaque read in gold paint: “Kingdom of the Proud. Entry without certificates is prohibited."

Where did I end up? – Sofia got excited, “And what kind of letters are these, without which you can’t enter the palace?”

Her Majesty perked up and began to tell:

As you have already read, we are in my Kingdom of the Proud, and I...

You are a real Pride! – Sofia guessed.

Smart girl. You understood everything correctly. Well, as for certificates, everything is very simple here: you and I, my dear princess, will do good deeds, but only if they give us a medal for it! They can also give you a certificate. Or even erect a monument in our honor...

Sofia giggled, and this made the queen very angry:

Hey princess, I didn't say anything funny! It is absolutely normal if a person is proud of his actions. Do you even know how many good deeds I have done?! Come on, let's go, I'll show you!

Her Majesty took the girl by the hand and led her deeper into the garden. Here, indeed, there were at least a hundred statues depicting a seemingly sweet queen. Sofia came closer to one of the monuments. The sign next to him read: “To the kindest and most caring ruler of the Kingdom of the Proud.”

Do you like it? - the queen asked in a friendly manner, - they presented it to me because I helped my grandmother cross the road!

Sofia just shook her head. They walked around the entire garden, and when they were both tired, Her Majesty decided that it was time to go to the palace:

Time for lunch. And after the meal I will show you all my awards and medals!

Sofia managed to imagine what a real palace should look like, but she was quickly disappointed. It turned out that it was just one huge hall, lined with many safes.

“I keep my medals in them,” the queen explained.

Instead of paintings, the walls of the palace were decorated with millions of letters. Big and small. Sofia didn’t even want to read what was written on them...

Your Majesty, please forgive me! I ended up here by pure chance. Can't I go home?

Pride even blushed with indignation:

By pure chance you say?! Well, I do not! Don’t deceive yourself, because you often dreamed about how great it would be if your friends knew about their exploits! You are undoubtedly very good girl, but there are plenty of people like you around! Do you know why I chose you? Because you look like me!

Sofia could barely contain herself not to cry. Everything the queen said was true. Deep down in her heart, she was truly proud of her actions... But, no matter how much the girl wanted to return home, she could not do anything. She could not even imagine that the life of a princess could be so joyless and dreary: she had to sit on the throne all day and listen to praise from her subjects - forest animals and birds. Oh, and she should have admired the certificates and wiped the medals. One day she felt so sad that she burst into tears right in the garden, watching three funny bunnies polish her medal until it shined.

Princess, what happened? - one of the animals was surprised, - maybe you were upset because you wanted two medals?

Oh, what are you doing! – Sofia cried even louder, “I don’t need all these honors at all!” I didn’t share the carrot with you to be proud of it later!

And, why then? – the bunnies instantly became serious.

I just wanted to do something good for you... Yes, I got into this kingdom because I was proud of myself. Only now I realized that you can harm your soul, even if you behave very, very well! If you don't have modesty, then sooner or later you will meet Pride!

The forest animals whispered, and then one of them timidly said:

Princess, we see that you are not a stupid girl. Let us tell you a secret. In fact, you don’t even have anything to be proud of, because any person should act decently! This is not even considered a feat... Well, you will have to face the vices that you defeated more than once. You didn’t think that Laziness or Envy would never come to you again?

Sofia sobbed and nodded:

I know. My mother also told me that I would have to fight with them all my life... How I repent of my pride! How I would like to be not only obedient and kind, but also modest!

As soon as she said this, out of nowhere, a sparkling whirlwind, already familiar to Sofia, appeared. He was getting closer and closer to her. The little bunnies looked at this miracle with all their eyes for several seconds, and then joyfully clapped their hands:

The princess is coming home!

Billions of snowflakes quickly picked up Sofia and lifted her into the air. Out of the corner of her eye, the girl noticed how an angry Pride ran out of the palace. She shouted something after the princess and stomped her feet, but it was too late...

A moment later, Sofia opened her eyes and realized that she was sitting in an old, sagging chair, and there was a half-read book lying on her lap. She already decided that she had dreamed it all, if not for the tiny shiny pebble lying at her feet. This is exactly what she saw on her crown.

Then my mother entered the room and joyfully said:

Daughter, see you New Year's party I have a month left at school. I think I’ve figured out what suit I’ll sew you! Do you want to be a princess?

Sofia even gasped in fright:

No, no, what are you talking about! We need something more modest! Maybe I'll be a squirrel?

Mom hugged her tightly and whispered quietly: “What a smart girl you are.”

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Once upon a time there lived a princess in a small but beautiful kingdom, on the shore of a large lake, near high mountain peaks. There was plenty of everything in the kingdom: flowers, trees with delicious fruits, animals, and birds. This kingdom was also famous for the best grooms among neighboring kingdoms. The guys were all good, from the shepherd to the son of a nobleman - handsome in face, strong in body, smart, charming, cheerful. Every year a grooms' ball was held in the largest castle in the kingdom. Guys and girls came there to show themselves and see others. And after the ball there were several months of celebration and fun - because the weddings were celebrated by happy lovers.

But the most important and main person at the ball was the princess. She was the most beautiful girl in the kingdom and, of course, deserved, as she believed, the most handsome prince. But the trouble was that all the men were handsome, she liked them all, and it was very difficult to make a choice. Of course, the heart will always tell you, but for some reason it was stubbornly silent and did not give any signals. The princess was already thinking that maybe she was completely heartless? In fact, she was wrong, there was a lot of kindness, affection and tenderness in her. The princess's position was indeed difficult. She constantly basked in the attention and care of the opposite sex, she was given fresh flowers and delicious sweets. The princess smiled, thanked and looked for HIM with her eyes. But everyone, although they were beautiful in face, were like each other like two peas in a pod. The princess has already left the ball several times without her prince...

And then one day, after one such ball, she had a dream... The princess saw herself in a sunlit forest clearing, the murmur of a transparent stream reached her ears; in the grass grew many amazing, extraordinary beautiful flowers the likes of which she had never seen in her life. In the center of the clearing grew a huge old oak tree with a spreading green crown. The princess found herself under him. Next to her, she saw a woman with unusually kind eyes and in a light dress, smoothly fluttering in the breeze.

Who are you? - asked the girl.
“Fairy,” answered the fairy. - I'm here because you're in trouble.
“Yes,” the girl answered with sadness in her voice. She already understood what trouble the fairy was talking about.
- I want to tell you that you will soon be very happy. Soon you will see your prince. You will find it yourself.
- Herself? - the girl was surprised. - Do princesses themselves look for princes? He must come to my palace, on a white horse and with gifts!
- My darling! Your prince is bewitched by an evil wizard and cannot find you on his own, although he really wants to. Now he is indifferent to all girls, he cannot find his one and only. The spell will only subside if you confess your feelings to him.
- How?! Princesses don't confess their love! On the contrary, they should hear confessions from noble knights!
- If you want to find him, remember that you are not only a princess, but also a girl in love.

Then the princess was awakened by the morning trills of birds at the window. They were somehow especially loud in the room. At first the princess could not understand why her heart was beating so hard, but after a couple of seconds she remembered her dream.

She doubted: “Is this true or not?” Deep in thought, she glanced at the window - there, in the rays of the sun, lay a flower from a magical meadow. "Is it true!" - The princess was at a loss. “What now? Go? But princesses don’t look for princes themselves! However...” - her heart was suddenly filled with longing for happiness... She stomped her foot imperiously, “Am I a princess or not?! Everything is in my power!” And she, without saying a word to anyone, changed her chic dress for an ordinary one, threw a light cloak over her shoulders, grabbed food and drink, and ran out of the palace onto the road.

She felt simply great, she wanted to sing and dance, laugh loudly with joy - after all, she was following her happiness! Everything inside her glowed pink. And she walked straight along the road, without turning anywhere.

She walked past the field, past the forest, past swamps and lakes and reached the village. A young girl was sitting in one of the courtyards; she was weaving a wreath of herbs and flowers, and humming some song to herself. The princess was thirsty and she turned to the girl: “Dear girl! Do you have any water to quench my thirst?” The girl smiled in response, nodded, and a minute later brought out a glass of water.

Where are you going? Travelers rarely pass through our village.
“I am following my happiness,” answered the princess.
- Then good luck to you! Which road will you take next? - the girl asked and pointed towards the forest.

There the road forked: one led straight into the forest, and the other along the outskirts. The princess was confused... she didn’t know where to go, how to choose the right path. Apparently, bewilderment was written on her face, and the girl said:

You ask your heart. It knows everything.

The princess looked at the road along the forest - and inside she felt like a gray dense fog enveloping everything around her; She looked at the forest road - and a pink light glowed inside.

I'm walking along a forest road!
- That's great! - exclaimed the delighted girl. - Further along this road there is a meadow where a shepherd grazes his flock. This shepherd is my favorite, but we see each other so rarely that he almost never hears kind words from me. If you see him, tell him that I love him and am really looking forward to him coming, without his cheerful eyes and ringing voice I am very sad...
- Marvelous! - said the princess. - Why tell him this, because he probably already knows all this. But you helped me, I will tell him everything.

Thank you. I want him to know about my love and his heart will become warmer...

The princess said goodbye to the girl and moved on. She walked through the forest for a day and finally saw the meadow where the shepherd was grazing his flock.

She greeted him and conveyed all the words of the girl from the village. The shepherd's face lit up:

So she remembers me, she still loves me. Oh, kind girl, thank you, I'm so happy! I really missed these words!

The princess liked these words of the shepherd. She moved further along the road, through the forest, and out into the field. There was a lonely wooden hut on the edge. The princess was already quite hungry and knocked on the door. Her grandmother opened it for her. Her face was covered in deep wrinkles, White hair covered with an embroidered colorful scarf, and Blue eyes looked at the girl friendly. She said hello and asked for food, and the grandmother motioned for her to come in, seated the table and brought food. Then suddenly she asked:

Are you lost? What are you doing here?
“I’m looking for my prince,” the girl answered.
- What is he like?

The girl thought:

“He’s handsome, smart and funny,” she answered.
-Are there not many such princes? How do you recognize yours? How will you find him?

The princess was at a loss and did not know what to answer. It suddenly seemed to her that she had come such a long way in vain and that she would not succeed; it was all in vain. She almost cried out of grief. Grandmother noticed this and consoled her:

If you're brave enough, I'll give it to you. You will eat a piece of this pie, and in your dreams you will see your prince, and you will understand how to recognize him. This dream will be prophetic. But if you are not ready to see the truth, whatever it may be, go back.

The princess did not want to return; Is this why she walked for so long to retreat now? She ate a piece of pie and decided to move on. Grandmother said goodbye to her warmly.

Soon it began to get dark. The girl walked and thought; she was a little scared, she even had a thought - what if he was ugly... But be that as it may, there will be happiness ahead, no matter in what guise. And everything else doesn't matter.

When the first star lit up, sleep began to overwhelm the princess, she lay down on the soft grass and closed her eyes.

It was the same clearing with unusual flowers and a hundred-year-old oak tree. The princess looked around, searching with her eyes for her prince. But under the oak tree stood the same old woman who had given her the magic pie; only now she looked younger and looked like a wise sorceress. She smiled at the embarrassed and surprised girl. Approaching her, she began to say:

Are you surprised? Now I will tell you about him. Appearances can often be deceiving. So listen to me: this man is not a prince by blood, not of noble birth, but a worthy, valiant man. He has blue eyes and beautiful hands, he has a velvety voice. He has a cheerful disposition; when he is upset, he tells the most funny stories to cheer yourself up; when he gets angry, he makes the funniest faces; he never convinces that he is right; he speaks tongue twisters faster than anyone else and comes up with the most original compliments, he can walk on his hands...

Grandma still told a lot, and the longer she talked, the more stronger girl she felt as if she was falling somewhere down, into infinity, deeper and deeper... Suddenly she woke up and immediately realized how she would recognize her prince. She liked a lot of what she heard...

Since yet great joy in her heart she went forward. That wonderful feeling for a person still unknown to her was already spreading inside, which she wanted to express, to say everything that was in her heart; I wanted to become happy myself and make him happy.

The road went through the forest and suddenly she saw the very clearing that she had dreamed of.

Three young men were sitting on the grass and talking about something. The girl approached them and spoke, and they were amazed by her beauty and charm and invited her to have lunch with them. Everyone was beautiful, charming and sweet, smiling at her, having an intelligent conversation, interspersing it with funny jokes. She liked them all, but her feelings told her that there was one special one among them. She needed to check and make sure. She asked the guys to show her their dexterity. One of them took a stone from the ground and accurately hit the top of a tree, the other made a wheel on the ground, and the third, with radiant eyes, deftly walked in front of her in his arms... What the princess felt is difficult to express in words... She she approached him and said: “I was looking for you, I love you. You are my destiny.” The young man sighed, and the dark spell came out of him and dissolved into thin air. He hugged the girl and kissed her.

Once upon a time, when only trolls and giants were stupid, there lived an old woman. She had two children: a son and a daughter, and they were similar, like two stars in the sky. When the young man (his name was Ilya) grew up, he said to his sister:
“Now I need to go and search for wisdom, and you, Marya, stay here and help our mother.”
Ilya said this, threw the bundle over his shoulder, said goodbye to his family and went out to look for it. Whether Ilya walked for a long time or for a short time, he met a beggar woman along the way. She asked for bread, but Ilya only had one piece of bread left. The young man did not spare the bread and gave it to the beggar.
- Thank you, thank you, young man, for sharing the last bit. For this I will share with you. Here's a golden crust, it will always give you as much bread as you want, you just need to knock on it three times and say: “Golden crust, give me bread.” And if you want to call me, blow on it three times, facing north - that’s where I will appear. I know that you wisely went looking, so you will meet an old knight on this road. He himself no longer fights, but he will teach you everything he knows.
“Thank you, grandmother, both for the gift and for the advice,” said Ilya, only blinked his eye, and she disappeared. That's how the beggar woman turned out to be a witch.
Ilya went, as she said, further along the road and met the old knight. He took Ilya as his disciple.
Three years later, it was time for Ilya to get ready to go home.
- How can I thank you, teacher?
- What are you, what are you, Ilyusha! Until I met you, no one needed me, I didn’t do anything. And now that I have passed on all the knowledge to you, it’s like I was born again. Just arrange your life as you wish and be happy, I don’t need anything else. And when you see your mother and sister, go to the city. The king has a young daughter - Princess Anna. They say she is more inaccessible than the highest rock in the ocean and wiser than the wisest snake. Soon her father will be looking for a groom for her, maybe you will come in handy.
- Why, I’m no match for her, am I?
- You go, go, it’s not for nothing that I taught you everything.
Ilya thanked the knight and went back home. When he came home, his sister Marya ran out to the porch to meet him. He looks at his brother knight's armor and can’t take his eyes off. Yes, and Ilya did not immediately recognize his sister:
- What a beauty you have become!
Marya lowered her heavenly eyes and remained silent. She did not dare to tell her brother her secret. Ilya knew that the path to the city passed by their house, but he did not know that knights and princes from other lands passed along this path every day. He didn’t know that they sometimes stopped at the well to drink. As one prince once saw the beautiful Marya, he forgot to think about all sorts of princesses and turned white horse back - ask father's permission a simple girl take as a wife.
Marya did not open up, but Ilya told her everything in his heart about the fact that he was going to fight for Princess Anna. His sister wished him good luck, and she herself thought that if Ilya finds happiness in the city, then she can tell him about hers.
Ilya went to the city. First of all, he decided to ask people if he should show up in the yard.
-Have you heard, knight, that Princess Anna is more inaccessible than the highest rock in the ocean and wiser than the wisest snake? - people ask.
“I heard,” he answers.
-Have you heard that she is more beautiful than the morning dawn, and her voice surpasses the trill of a nightingale?
- No, I haven’t heard that.
“Everyone dreams of getting such a bride,” people say, “but who to become her husband will decide for herself.” You are a young man, it’s immediately clear that you are not bad. Try your luck, maybe you, and not different princes, will like her, you won’t order your heart.
Ilya listened to the people and went to the royal court. And there people had already gathered, apparently or invisibly, as if at a fair, and all were princes and knights, dreaming of taking Princess Anna as their wife. Ilya came and saw: the king himself had come out onto the balcony and was about to give a speech.
“Many valiant applicants for my daughter’s hand have gathered,” the king began solemnly. “She is free to choose anyone among you, but I am sure that the princess will choose the most worthy.” That's why she has prepared tests for you. The first will test you as warriors.
The crowd began to buzz, eager for the princes and knights to rush into battle and show off their strength and dexterity.
- The second will test your intelligence and resourcefulness.
The suitors fell silent; it didn’t seem so easy for them.
- Well, the princess didn’t even tell me about the third one - it will be special. And there is another condition: even if one of you wins the enemy’s tournament, solves three clever riddles and passes the third test, he will return home with nothing, unless the princess loves him with all her heart and soul. And if she falls in love, I will immediately join her hand with the hand of the winner, I will bless the union and give him half the kingdom.
The suitors were delighted, they really liked this picture, painted in the most rosy colors in their imagination, and even the difficulties seemed small.
- Well, I see you are ready, the first test is tomorrow.
Ilya began to go to bed with the others in the royal courtyard, and thought to himself: “Well, God willing, I will pass the first test with honor. The second one will also not be so difficult to withstand - Mother Nature did not deprive her of intelligence. But what to do with the third... Well, oh well, we’ll see.”
The next morning all the princes and knights gathered for large field. A platform was installed for the king and queen and Princess Anne to make it easier for them to watch the tournament. First, the royal couple climbed onto the platform, the young men became dignified: everyone thought that they were seeing their future father-in-law and mother-in-law. And then Princess Anna appeared on the platform - as if the surroundings had become lighter. Ilya looked at her and realized that for her unearthly beauty and penetrating gaze, he was ready to give anything, even his young life.
The suitors began to choose their opponents, but no one wants to stand against the Pearl Prince. The fame of his strength has long reached these places. Ilya thought: “Why the hell isn’t he kidding, it’s true, it was not in vain that the old knight taught me everything,” and went against the Pearl Prince. By that time, Princess Anna had already begun to doze off on her throne, and as soon as she saw Ilyusha, she began to watch the competition with all her eyes, so she took a liking to our hero. The princess was so cold, and she was happy when Ilya won the Pearl Prince. Although she immediately convinced herself that she was happy for everyone. The prince fled in disgrace, and the tournament ended. Again the king began to make a speech:
- Well, today there are half as many of you. The next test is in three days. Remember the mandatory condition.
Those who were from afar remained at the royal court until the second test, and those who lived closer went home. Ilya also went to see his family. As he told Marya that he passed the first test with honor, she joyfully revealed her secret to him: the White Prince asks for her hand. Ilya became proud that his sister was no worse than Princess Anna. They wished each other good luck and went to bed.
The next day, Princess Anna went into the forest for a walk with the ladies of the court. And Marya was there collecting brushwood. She saw the princess, bowed and wanted to pass by, then Anna said to her so affectionately and not at all condescendingly:
- Hello, girl. Please tell me, do you have a brother who is just like you?
“Why not, yes,” answered Marya. – Yesterday at your tournament he defeated the Pearl Prince.
When Marya came home in the evening, Ilya asked where she had been so late.
- Yes, I met Princess Anna in the forest. She is so good, we became friends.
Ilya didn’t believe that the princess had become friends with the simpleton, but he didn’t say anything.
On the third day, Ilya appeared again at court. This time the princess had to ask riddles. The line lined up to the end of the city, Ilya stood at the very end. A dozen of those who didn’t guess right had already galloped home, only the Silver Prince gave all three answers correctly. And Princess Anna to everyone various riddles I made a wish - that’s how smart she was. By evening, the princess was already beginning to get tongue-tied, and now it was Ilya’s turn. Anna’s heart sank, and for some reason she wanted to ask him the most difficult riddles in the world.
- Listen, young man, to my first riddle: “Who is born twice and dies once?”
- Why, princess, my mother asked me and my sister this riddle when we were still in the cradle. This is a rooster or a hen.
Ilya says, and his heart is pounding, his eyes do not take his eyes off Princess Anna. And she is equal with him, as with everyone else, only the sparkle in her eyes - she remembers more difficult questions.
- Yes, it was really easy. Here's your second riddle: “He sweeter than honey, is needed by everyone, but obeys no one.”
Ilya thought a little and said:
- Nothing complicated. This is a dream.
- Well... That's right. And you are not only strong, but also smart. So listen: “Two stars are burning in the sky, similar to each other, one closer to the west, the other to the east. But the sun will not rise until the moon has set.” What I'm talking about?
Ilya thought about it. He had never heard such a riddle. The princess does not rush him, their eyes conduct their own dialogue. Then Ilya remembered everything that Marya told him and said:
- I have one guess. But maybe my guess is not your guess.
- Speak.
- Two stars are me and my sister. We are similar, only I ask for your hand, and the White Prince is wooing Marya. But if I don't marry, she won't marry. Did you guess right?
- You guessed it, you guessed it! Go have a rest. The last test after three days.
Ilya goes home, and Princess Anna is standing before her eyes, the last riddle cannot get out of her head. Ilya marvels at her intelligence: she didn’t ask him a question, but she laid it out in the palm of her hand all her life. He told Marya what riddles Princess Anna asked him, and she said to him:
- It’s not without reason, brother. That's right, the moon will set.
Ilya just shook his head: the third test haunted him.
The next day, Marya went into the forest, and Anna secretly ran away from the palace, and also into the forest. They met like old girlfriends. The princess says:
- Listen, Masha, what’s wrong with me: I keep thinking about one person. Whenever I see him, I’m happy, but when he’s around, for some reason I want to annoy him, but without him it’s boring and sad. And when I think about him, my heart skips a beat. I want to drop everything and run after him.
- It’s clear that you love this person, that’s all.
- I love? – the princess doubted. “Haven’t you heard that I am more inaccessible than the highest rock in the ocean?”
- So the rock, Anyuta, is in love with the ocean waves and the fresh wind.
Princess Anna thought for a moment, and then said in a whisper:
- Do you want me to tell you my secret? The third test will be to tell me my last dream.
Marya grinned: the princess would not reveal her secrets to anyone, which means her brother became an ocean wave. He looks - and the princess has already run home, as if this is what she came for.
Marya returned home, her brother sits blacker than a cloud. She told him about the third test. Ilya darkened even more - how do you recognize a dream when you don’t always remember your own. And then a golden top caught his eye - a witch’s gift. Ilya took it, went out into an open field, turned his face to the north and blew three times. Then the witch appeared.
- Ah, Ilyusha, why did you call?
“Yes,” he says, “that’s how it is.” Princess Anna wants me to solve her dream and tell her.
- Well, Ilyusha, I can’t help you here. But don’t be sad, I know a witch who makes dreams come true, I can tell you where she lives. But ordinary people should not come to her. And to get to her, you need a special amulet - the Sacred Tooth.
- Where can I get one of these?
- I saw one tooth on a swamp troll. You are a knight - go and take it. But be careful: although trolls are stupid, they love to fight.
Ilya thanked the witch, got ready and set off on his journey to the swamp. Many trolls on his way were killed before he reached their leader. Ilya came to the main swamp troll and said:
- Could you give me your Sacred Tooth?
- You kill a lot of trolls. Why are you coming? I won't give you this shiny thing. Don't touch her!
-Then we will have to fight for the Tooth.
- Fight? This is what I understand.
While the troll was raising his club, Ilya jumped up to him and cut him in half with his sword. Then he carefully removed the Sacred Tooth from the troll and put it on himself.
The next day, Ilya went to the witch. She wanted to drive him away, but he showed her the Sacred Tooth, then she asked:
-What do you want, creature?
- I need to know what kind of dream you will send to Princess Anna tonight.
- And who are you?
- One witch sent me to you, and she also gave me a golden top.
- Ah, I know such a witch. Okay, listen: the princess will dream about such and such. Remember?
- Of course, how can I not remember. Thank you.
As the night passed, Ilya appeared at court. There are about two dozen suitors left, and everyone is waiting for Anna to announce the third test. Then the princess came out to them: pale, her eyes sparkling. Speaks:
- Well, boys, here’s the third test: tell me what I saw in my dream today. And to make everything fair, here I have a paper, everything is written in it in detail, my whole dream.
The princes and knights shook their heads: how can you tell a dream? They began to come up with all sorts of fables - in case they guessed right. And Ilya stands aside, listens, as if it doesn’t concern him. When the suitors' imagination ran out, Princess Anna said:
- Well, what do you tell me?
- And what to say? You dreamed that you were a duck, you were flying over the sea, then a kite attacked you, but a drake flew in and saved you, and you dived into the sea and turned into a goldfish. You swam quietly, and then a fisherman caught you in a net. He started to pull it out - that’s when you woke up.
“You’re telling the truth, Ilya,” exclaimed Princess Anna, “that’s how it all happened!” - and shows the paper to everyone, and everything is written on it word for word. The rejected suitors gathered together and said to each other:
“We cannot allow a simpleton to call our princess Anna his wife.”
And the Green Knight says:
- Did you see how he told the dream? He's probably with evil spirits I know!
Then the others were afraid and did not plot against Ilya. They scattered to their homes.
Meanwhile the king comes out and says:
- There was one more condition. Daughter, tell me, do you love this young man?
- If this is not love, then I don’t know what is, father.
- Well, then God bless your union.
The feast was thrown for the whole world. Even the old knight was invited. Ilya married Princess Anna, and Marya married the White Prince. When the time came, the boys became wise and fair kings, and the girls became merciful and caring queens. And witches were never burned in their presence. Everyone lived happily and died on the same day.

In one kingdom there lived a king and he had a daughter, whom he loved very much and always spoiled. The princess grew up cheerful and kind, but loved to do everything her own way.
One day she wanted to look at the capital of a neighboring state, but her father was against it. Then she secretly escaped from the palace and went there alone.
Her path ran through a large dark forest.

She was riding along a path when robbers attacked her, they surrounded her, but then several horsemen led by a handsome young man appeared on the road. They came to the aid of the princess and drove away the robbers.

The young man jumped off his horse and approached the princess. He admitted to her that he liked her at first sight and that he was the prince of this country. The young man invited her to stay a little in his castle. The princess gladly accepted his invitation.

For a whole week there were balls and carnivals in the castle. The princess really liked this country and she decided to accept the offer and marry the prince. She sent a letter to her father about this. After some time, she received a reply in which the king asked her to come and formally introduce the groom to him. The delighted lovers hurried to the palace, where the king was waiting for them.

When they arrived they were met by a very angry king, who had been very worried about his daughter all this time, he declared that he would never marry his daughter to the prince and ordered him to be seized and expelled from the kingdom.

The princess burst into tears and promised to run away again. Then the king called the supreme magician, who cast a spell on the princess. She lost all memories of her meeting with the prince and began to live as before.

The prince, returning to his country, was very homesick for the princess. He wrote letters to her every day, but received no response. In complete despair, he convened a council, at which it was decided to go to war against the kingdom in which the princess lived and thus force the king to give him her as a wife.

On the appointed day, the troops of both kingdoms gathered. They lined up opposite each other, ready to attack at the first order. The king and prince went to meet each other. The prince began to beg the king to give him the princess, but the king was adamant, then the prince asked the king to meet with her for just a minute. The king allowed him to do this because he knew that the princess had forgotten him.

The prince approached the princess, but she acted as if she had seen him for the first time, then the prince kissed her in despair. Immediately thunder roared, and the spell dissipated - the princess remembered everything.

Holding hands, they approached the king and both fell to their knees, but the king was still angry. He said that he would give permission for the wedding if the prince could defeat his army. Then the prince stood up and made a speech to the king's troops, he asked the soldiers to put down their weapons and surrender and promised that no one would die. The soldiers sympathized with the lovers and lowered their weapons, admitting defeat.

The king was very angry, but he had no choice but to recognize the prince’s victory. The princess hugged her father in joy and asked as a wedding gift not to punish the soldiers who refused to fight. The king forgave everyone and gave his blessing for the wedding.

Fairy tales of a simple pencil about a prince and a princess.

1. Once upon a time there was a prince. One day he was invited to visit by a king from a neighboring kingdom. The prince set off. The road passed through the forest. Here the prince saw beautiful girl who was picking mushrooms and berries. The prince liked the beautiful stranger. But he was in a hurry to get to the palace and did not stop.

The king-neighbor turned out to be a hospitable person: he arranged a gala dinner and a magnificent ball in honor of the guest. He also introduced the prince to his daughter, the princess. And what was the prince’s surprise: the king’s daughter was the same girl from the forest! The young people liked each other. And since then they have never parted.(Lebedeva Polina)

2. Once upon a time there was a princess. And then one day she was kidnapped by robbers. The father, the king, issued an order: “FOR ONE WHO SAVES THE PRINCESS, I WILL MARRY HER.” The order was posted throughout the city. A good fellow came to this city. Seeing the order, he said: “I will save the princess! And she will be mine! He went to look for robbers to free his betrothed. He outwitted the robbers and freed the princess. The king married his daughter to a good fellow, as he promised!

(Polina Mishulina)

3. Once upon a time there were a prince and a princess. They lived happily until an evil witch bewitched the princess. And this is what happened: the witch came to the castle when the prince was not at home, went to the window and, seeing the beautiful princess, whispered a spell.

The bewitched princess went into the forest, away from the castle. She began to wander through the forest without making out the way. I didn’t recognize anyone, I didn’t understand anything.

The prince found out about this and went in search of his beloved. To disenchant the princess, it was necessary to let her smell a poppy flower. The prince found a whole poppy field. He picked a poppy flower and spent a long time looking for the princess in the forest. Finally found it. He gave her a flower to smell, and the princess woke up. I remembered everything: who she is! I just didn’t remember how I ended up in this wilderness. She thanked her prince, and they began to live better than before.

(Ivanovskaya Lily)

4. Once upon a time there was a knight. He was brave and courageous. One day, an announcement appeared in his kingdom that read: “Whoever saves the princess imprisoned in the tower will get her to be his wife!” The knight decided to try to free the princess and set off. He rode for a long time and finally found that tower. The princess sat there and cried bitterly. It was not easy to save the princess: she was guarded by the Dragon. And the noble knight entered into battle with the Dragon. He cut off the Dragon's head in no time and freed the beautiful princess. They got married and lived happily ever after!(Cherednichenko Victoria)

5. Once upon a time there was a little princess in the world. She loved to play in the castle palace and look out the huge window of the palace bedroom.

And then one day the princess saw that the first snow had fallen outside the window. She was so happy that she wanted to tell mom and dad about it. The princess immediately ran along the palace corridors and noisily flew into the boudoir of the queen - mother. “Mom, the first snow has fallen outside! Let's go for a walk!" But the queen was busy with preparations for the next ball and sent her daughter to her father. The princess ran into the royal office and blurted out the good news in one breath. But the king was also busy with state affairs with his ministers, and politely escorted the princess out the door. The little girl had no choice but to return to her bedroom and continue watching the snow from her window. To better see the snowflakes, she opened the window and stretched out her arms towards the miracle. “Oh, how I would like to become as beautiful and light as these snowflakes! Then I could go travel around the world!” And as soon as she said the last word, the wind came and, tearing her off the floor, carried her along with him into open window. The girl turned into a beautiful light snowflake!

The king and queen shed a sea of ​​tears for the lost princess and even established the First Snow Festival, hoping that someday the princess would return home just as she disappeared. And so it happened.

The princess, having flown around the entire Earth, returned to her native land exactly 15 years later. She saw how people rejoiced at the first snow, she saw her relatives: the king and queen, she remembered... that she had once lived in a castle, that she had once flown out of the window of the palace, how she became a snowflake. The princess remembered all this, was moved, burst into tears and... Oh, miracle! She became herself again, but no longer the little girl she once was, but an adult girl. The king and queen hardly recognized their daughter in the stranger, but they were so happy that they did not let go of her hands from theirs for three days. And then they had a celebration - a ball, which lasted until the first snow melted.(Ufimtseva Maria)

6 . Once upon a time there was a princess. Once upon a time there was a prince. One day the prince saw the princess and fell in love with her. The prince came to ask the king for his daughter's hand in marriage, but the king refused.

But then a misfortune happened: the Dragon flew in and took the princess.

The prince found out about this and went in search of the princess. The prince searched for her for a long time and finally found her. He had to fight the Dragon. The princess returned home. The king was glad to see his daughter return. He said: “Thank you, prince, for saving my daughter! I remember that you wanted to take her as your wife. Now I allow you to do this, because you have proven that you love the princess!”

The princess and prince got married and lived happily ever after.

(Malashkevich Margarita)