The king's rabbit

Once upon a time there were three brothers, the eldest was called Bill, the second was called Bol, and the third was called Esper. They did nothing every day. The king needed a shepherd boy to watch over the rabbits, and the three brothers knew that they wanted to try it in the future, because the rabbits didn't have to be fed water or grass to watch them, which was a beautiful job.

　　Bill went to the king first, and on the way he saw an old woman with her nose caught in a tree branch. Bill laughed at the old woman, and then walked away. The king said that he would bring back the rabbits at night, and if one was missing, you would be put in jail, and Bill agreed without thinking.

　　The next day, Pierre drove the rabbit to the woods, but as soon as he reached the edge of the woods, the rabbits all ran away. Pierre had to chase after him, until it was dark, he did not chase a rabbit back, and returned to the palace empty-handed. The king was very angry and put Pierre in prison.

　　Soon Bol also set off, and like Pierre, he was finally imprisoned by the king. A few days later, Esper also set off. On the way, he also met the old woman whose nose was caught. With Esper's help, the old woman finally pulled her nose out. She was very grateful to Esper for giving him a flute. This flute is very magical. As long as one end of the flute is played, the animal will run away, and the other end will come back. And the flute will eventually return to Esper's hands anyway.

　　When Esper came to the palace, the king said the same request. Esper thought about it and said that I would have dinner first, and the king agreed. The next day Esper took the rabbit to the woods. Before setting off, he asked the servant to count the number of rabbits. The servant told him not to count exactly ninety-nine, and Esper nodded and left with the rabbit.

　　As soon as they reached the edge of the woods, the rabbits ran away again. Esper was not in a hurry at all. At dusk, he played the flute and the rabbits all came back. When the king, queen and princess saw Esper coming back with a flock of rabbits, their mouths opened in surprise, and the king himself counted the rabbits, and there were not many of them.

　　When Esper went out again with the rabbit, the king secretly asked the queen to find Esper to see what was going on. Wang later went to the woods and saw that the rabbits were gone. She asked strangely, why are you not in a hurry when the rabbits have run away? They came back as soon as I played the flute.

　　Esper said and played the flute. Sure enough, all the rabbits came back. The queen was very surprised to buy the flute for one hundred gold coins. Esper asked the queen to help him wash his clothes. For the queen of the flute, she had to wash Esper's clothes., the queen walked to the palace with the flute, but as soon as she arrived at the palace, she found that the flute was gone. In the evening Esper came back with all the rabbits.

　　The next day the princess was also sent. Not only did she buy the flute for two hundred gold coins, but she also smoked a pipe of cut tobacco at Esper's request. But the flute returned to Esper's hands again, and in the evening he brought the rabbits back to the palace one by one.

　　The king decided to go out in person. He bought the flute with a thousand gold coins. In addition, Esper also asked the king to kiss his white horse. In order to get the flute, the king had to go over and kiss the white horse., and then left with the flute.

　　But the flute finally returned to Esper's pocket. The king liked the flute so much that he finally decided to marry the princess to Esper, because then he could see the flute often. And there is no need to be afraid that Esper will tell him about kissing the white horse. The princess and queen are also afraid that their shameful actions will be known to others, so they all agree to do so. A few days later, Esper and the princess held a grand wedding.