The Pink | 石竹花

English Original

There was once a Queen who had no children. Every morning she prayed in the garden for a child. An angel appeared and told her she would have a son with the power to wish for anything he desired.

She told the King the joyful news, and in time, a son was born. One day, while the Queen slept in the garden with the infant, the old cook, who knew of the child's power, stole him. He killed a hen and smeared its blood on the Queen's apron, then told the King that wild beasts had taken the child. Believing the lie, the furious King imprisoned the Queen in a high tower, condemning her to starve. However, God sent two angels as white doves to bring her food daily for seven years.

The cook, fearing the boy's power, left the palace. When the prince was older, the cook found him and told him to wish for a magnificent palace with a garden. The wish was instantly granted. Later, the cook suggested the prince wish for a beautiful maiden as a companion, which he did. The two fell deeply in love.

Fearing the prince might return to his father, the cook ordered the maiden to kill the sleeping prince and bring his heart and tongue, threatening her life if she refused. The kind maiden could not harm the innocent boy. Instead, she killed a young deer and presented its heart and tongue to the cook. When the cook came to collect them, the prince revealed himself, denounced the cook, and used his wishing power to turn the old man into a black poodle with a golden collar, forced to eat burning coals.

Longing for home, the prince decided to return. The maiden was hesitant to go to a strange land, so he wished her into a beautiful pink flower and carried her in his pocket, with the poodle following.

He found the tower where his mother was imprisoned. Using his power, he created a ladder to reach the top and spoke to her, revealing his identity and promising to save her. He then went to the King, presenting himself as a skilled huntsman. He promised to provide game for the royal table, a feat thought impossible. Using his wishing power, he summoned a great herd of deer for the hunters to shoot, delighting the King.

At a grand feast, the King insisted the huntsman sit beside him. Sitting there, the prince wished for a courtier to ask about the Queen. When the King angrily refused to speak of her, the huntsman revealed himself as the lost prince. He exposed the cook's treachery, first showing the poodle and then restoring him to human form before the court. The wicked cook was thrown into a dungeon.

The prince then showed the King the pink flower and transformed it back into the beautiful maiden, explaining how she had saved his life. The Queen was brought from the tower. Having sustained her faith in God, she died peacefully three days later and was buried, attended by the two angelic doves. The old King, consumed by grief and remorse, soon died. The prince married the maiden, and they lived on, their fate known only to God.


中文翻译

从前有一位没有子嗣的王后。她每天早晨在花园里祈祷能有一个孩子。一位天使出现并告诉她,她会有一个儿子,这个儿子将拥有实现任何愿望的能力。

她把喜讯告诉了国王,不久后,一个儿子诞生了。一天,王后在花园里抱着婴儿睡着了。知道孩子能力的老厨子偷走了他。他杀了一只母鸡,将血抹在王后的围裙上,然后告诉国王野兽叼走了孩子。国王信以为真,盛怒之下将王后囚禁在一座高塔里,判她饿死。然而,上帝派了两名天使化作白鸽,每天为她送食,持续了七年。

厨子害怕王子的能力,离开了宫殿。当王子长大后,厨子找到他,让他许愿得到一座带花园的华丽宫殿。愿望瞬间实现。后来,厨子又建议王子许愿要一个美丽的少女作伴,王子照做了。两人深深相爱。

厨子害怕王子回到父亲身边,便命令少女趁王子睡觉时杀死他,并取回他的心和舌头,威胁说如果她拒绝就杀了她。善良的少女不忍伤害无辜的男孩。她杀了一只小鹿,将鹿的心和舌头交给厨子。当厨子来取时,王子现身,揭穿了厨子,并用他的许愿能力将老人变成了一只戴着金项圈的黑鬈毛狗,强迫它吞食燃烧的煤块。

思念家乡的王子决定返回。少女不愿去一个陌生的国度,于是王子将她变成一朵美丽的石竹花,放在口袋里,带着鬈毛狗一同上路。

他找到了囚禁母亲的高塔。他用能力变出一架直达塔顶的梯子,与母亲对话,表明身份并承诺拯救她。随后他去见国王,自称是一名技艺高超的猎人。他承诺为王室提供猎物,这被认为是不可能的任务。利用许愿能力,他召唤来一大群鹿供猎人们射杀,令国王大喜过望。

在一次盛大的宴会上,国王坚持让猎人坐在他身边。坐在那里时,王子希望一位朝臣能问起王后。当国王愤怒地拒绝谈论她时,猎人揭示了自己就是失踪的王子。他揭露了厨子的背叛,先展示了鬈毛狗,然后在朝臣面前将其变回人形。邪恶的厨子被投入地牢。

接着,王子向国王展示了石竹花,并将其变回美丽的少女,解释了她如何救了自己的命。王后被从塔中接出。因对上帝的信仰而得以支撑的她,三天后安然离世,下葬时,那两只天使化作的白鸽陪伴在侧。老国王被悲伤和悔恨吞噬,不久也去世了。王子与少女成婚,继续生活,他们的命运只有上帝知晓。

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