The Legend of the Silkworm God

In ancient times, there was a merchant whose wife died early, and his daughter was dependent on him. The merchant was in business and had to go out, so he left his daughter at home and did not feel comfortable. His daughter liked horses, so the merchant bought a happy red horse to be her companion. Dad went out, the daughter at home to cut grass, herding horses, and the lonely days fun.

One time, the businessman went out for some time and did not return, the daughter missed her father at home, and said to herself: "Whoever finds my father back, I will marry him!

As soon as the words were said, the red horse kicked and jumped on all fours, broke the reins, and ran out of the stall and out of the courtyard in a flash, without a trace. The daughter chased her out, only to see the dust swirling in the distance.

The red horse ran for several days and nights and ran into a small town. There is an inn in the town, where the girl's father lives. The horse is god, a strong run to the inn, ran to the merchant. The merchant was surprised to see his colt, cleaned up the dust, and tied it in the stable to feed and water it. The red colt did not eat or drink, but only hissed at his hometown. The merchant felt strange, could it be that something had happened to the family? He took out the horse and rode it. As soon as the businessman got on, the red horse ran like the wind, the wind in his ears, the trees beside him, the mountains and water just flew to the back.

It's the daughter's turn to be surprised, the red horse will be the father's pack home. Dad saw his daughter safe and relaxed and asked about the red pony running for thousands of miles, daughter explained the reason. Dad listened to the heart of the muttering, busy to the daughter said: "This is a shame, do not say anything!"

The merchant thought it would be over if the matter was kept quiet, but he didn't know that the red colt would not. The merchant fed him grass and water, but he ignored it. When his daughter came, he jumped and jumped happily, eating and drinking. Every day, this is the situation, the merchant's heart is not a taste, the red horse is a divine horse, but also can not marry his daughter to it ah! Otherwise, that can let the villagers laugh off.

The merchant gritted his teeth, determined, drew his bow and arrow, and shot out, hitting the red horse.

The red horse fell to the trough with a cry of grief and died with eyes wide open. One does not do, two do not rest, the merchant peeled off the horse skin, drying in the yard, and the horse meat will be picked out to sell for money.

That morning, the merchant went out to sell the horse meat, while his daughter and her partner played in the yard.

There was no wind, no dust, and suddenly, the horse skin spun away, spinning, spinning, spinning to the daughter, and then three spins two turns to wrap her in the middle. The partners were watching in awe when they saw the horse skin spinning up, flying over the high wall, flying out of the courtyard, and disappearing into the distance in a moment.

The partners were so frightened that they cried and shouted, not knowing what to do. At that moment, the merchant came back and listened to the children's story, stunned.

The merchant threw down his burden, chased out, and looked in the direction of the flying horse skin.

He searched and searched and searched up the mountain, where the beasts were running and the birds were chirping, but there was no horse skin and no sign of his daughter.

In the summer noon, the sun was bright and the sky was warm, the businessman was so hot that he sat down in the shade of a tree to cool off and sweat. He looked up and saw that it was the skin of a red horse. He jumped over to see, that his daughter was still inside the horse skin, wrapped tightly, where to break free? When you look closely, the daughter has changed its appearance and become a worm, but only the eyebrows are still a bit like the old days, but the mouth is spitting silk, one by one, thin and white, she and the horse skin tightly wrapped in the tree. The merchant stretched out his hand to peel the horse's skin, the red pony's mournful cry rang in his ears again, clearly heard to say: "Go back, father-in-law, your daughter and I have become a silkworm god.