Donkey Skin. Fairy tale for children

Once upon a time there was a king who professed such affection for his wife, as no other person could ever love a fellow man. The happiness of the monarchs was completed by the presence of a young woman, her daughter, who had inherited the beauty of her mother and grew in intelligence and kindness.

One bad day the queen fell ill and the doctors of the court could not help but diagnose a very sad sad outcome. The good king was desolate. He was crying next to his wife's bed, while she said: - Do not hesitate to marry again, when I am no longer there. I only ask that the chosen one be more beautiful than me. And with that said, the queen sighed one last time, closing her eyes forever.Classic fairy tales for childrenThe pain, although it never heats completely, diminishes with time, and the king, who was still young, felt one day the need to marry. The most radiant ladies of all the counties were summoned ... But the king refused them one by one, because none equaled even the beauty of the deceased queen.

The king saw his daughter one morning in the garden and for the first time noticed her as the splendid woman she was already, a young woman who had the same beauty as her mother. The king did not think twice and without meditating on the monstrous nature of his proposal, he declared that he would marry his daughter. The princess, upon hearing the news, felt so miserable that she ran in search of her

fairy godmother

, to ask her for advice. No - Do not pay much attention to your father, he is deranged. You follow my advice and you will see how that madness is forgotten quickly. This is what the princess did; it was about putting off his father; asking him for the strangest things he could imagine, before the wedding. For example, the princess asked for a dress of color of moon, a layer of color of sun and some shoes set of jewels. The king fulfilled those desires to the letter, with astonishing speed, anxious that the moment of that unnatural link he intended would come. Seeing that these tricks did not work,the fairy said to the princess: -Go to the stables, take an ass skin that you will find there and disguise yourself with it.

Then, leave the palace and do not show your face anymore, until you know that the king has forgotten his idea. The princess left for her exile.

Soon after discovering the disappearance of the princess, the king ordered that it be searched all over the country. But the princess kept walking, farther and farther away, and nobody related her to the king's daughter. So one day he came to a farm, beyond the borders of his country, where the owner of the place agreed to take her as a maid, since she needed someone to clean the herd of pigs every day. Soon the princess was baptized as Fur of Ass ; the servants laughed at their dress and made cruel jokes with her.

Once a week, Piel de Asno forgot his pigs discreetly retreating to a nearby river and washing himself of as much dirt as he collected daily. It was on one of those occasions, when the son of the king of the place happened to pass by and was so admired for his beauty that he ran towards her. But the princess had already left when the prince arrived. The impression received by the young man was so great that he fell into sadness, thinking of the princess. The prince's melancholy worsened with the passing of days, to the point that his father, aware of the young man's feelings, sent for the mysterious beauty that had stolen his son's heart. When the princess knew that the prince was looking for her, she prepared a delicious cake, inside which she introduced her ring, making it reach the palace. As soon as the prince tried the cake, the joy returned to his face, although he did not know exactly why.The emissaries departed all over the country,

testing the ring to all the marriageable maidens . But miraculously, no finger fitted him. The day that the royal escort arrived at the farm, all the maids and the same farmer did the test with the ring, but their uncouth hands were not prepared for such a fine jewel. - Is there anyone else on this farm? the emissary asked. Any other woman? "No, none," the farmer answered. Unless you take Ass-Skin for a woman ... "and burst out laughing.However, the orders had to be fulfilled and Ass Skin had to try that ring that he knew so well. The surprise was enormous: as is logical, the jewel fit perfectly in his ring. But the surprises did not end there: when Piel de Asno retired a moment, to dress in the sumptuous clothes he kept in his trunk and returned, ready to accompany the messenger, everyone fell on their knees, not believing what they were seeing.

The princess and the king's son confessed their mutual love

. And since there was no reason to delay the wedding any longer, the wedding was celebrated a few days later, not without demanding the presence of his father. The fairy of the Lilacs surpassed everything so that it went well. So it was. But the king had reflected a lot, since his daughter left the palace - My daughter! the king hugged the princess. Will you ever forgive me? She forgave him, because in her heart there was no room for happiness and contentment. And so it was that, from this date, in the country of the young prince and the beautiful princess, there were no animals more feted and loved than the nice asses, because thanks to the skin of one of them, his future sovereign the happiness.FIN