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The secret of the little copper pot

One day, a hawker entered the palace and gave King Saidu a very mysterious small copper jar. No one knew what was inside, and no one could recognize the note on it.

By ElsaPublished 2 years ago 6 min read
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The secret of the little copper pot

One day, a peddler entered the palace and gave King Saidu a very mysterious small copper jar. No one knew what was inside, and no one could recognize the note on it. The king sent someone to find Yimir, a learned teacher, and asked him to identify the words on the note.

Yimir read the note again and said loudly, "Your Majesty, it is written on the note: If anyone gets this jar of medicine, it will be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. If a person wants to become some kind of animal, rub this medicine on his forehead, then face east, fall to the ground, and shout'Mutab ', he will immediately become the kind of animal he wants to become. If you want to change from an animal to a human again, as long as you face east, fall to the ground, and shout'Mutab', you will immediately become your original appearance. But one thing to keep in mind is that when a person becomes an animal, you must not laugh. If you laugh, you will never change back to human appearance. "

The king thought it was fun, so the next day he and the prime minister went out to the wild. They came to the royal garden outside the city and decided to try to become cranes together. The king opened the copper jar, dipped some medicine on his forehead with his fingers, and then asked the prime minister to get some medicine to rub on his forehead. Then, the two faced east, fell to the ground, and said in unison, "Mutab!" As soon as they finished speaking, their legs suddenly turned into thin and long claws, their arms turned into wings, their bodies turned into bird backs, and their clothes turned into feathers. The two suddenly turned into a pair of cranes standing on the ground. The two were very happy. After playing for a while, they suddenly realized that they had forgotten the formula. They said it over and over again, even their mouths were broken, and they didn't remember the formula. Naturally, they couldn't change back to human appearance, and naturally they couldn't go back to the palace. Who would believe that their king had turned into a crane? They stood helplessly on the ground. You look at me, I look at you, and no one can think of a good way. They had enough standing on the grass, so they walked around by the lake. When they were hungry, they found some wild melon seeds to eat; when they were sleepy, they found a tree hole to sleep in.

Three days later, they flew into the city and rested on the roof of the palace, hearing cries in the palace. Ten days later, they flew back to the palace again. Seeing the enthronement ceremony of the new king. Seeing that the new king was actually Bois, the biggest enemy of the past, the old king realized that it was a long-planned conspiracy to turn him and the prime minister into animals.

They decided to go to the tomb of their ancestors to pray, ask their ancestors to help restore their human appearance, and then try to regain the throne. On the way, they met an owl who had the same experience as them. It turned out that the owl was a princess from an eastern country named Zara. Because he rejected Bouayi's marriage proposal, he turned it into an owl with a potion. If you want to become a human again, only one day someone wants to marry this owl.

The owl said, "I know the place where Bois and his companions often meet. They often make sinister plans there, and I point this place to you. When you get there, listen to their conversation quietly, and maybe you can hear the formula you have forgotten!" The king hurriedly asked where it was. The owl said that the king must promise to marry her before she could tell the king. The king agreed.

The owl said that today was the day of their meeting. So they flew into the city together and landed on a lit roof. They looked down, and the room was full of people, one of whom was talking. When the king and the prime minister heard it, it turned out to be the vendor who sold them the copper cans at that time. During the conversation, they heard the formula "Mutab". Hastily flew to an open space outside the city. The king and the prime minister faced east, fell to the ground, and shouted "Mutab". As soon as their voices fell, they immediately changed back to human appearance. The king and the prime minister hugged each other happily, jumping and jumping, thanking the owl for their help. And the owl regained the beauty of the princess because the king married him immediately.

The king walked in the direction of the palace with the princess and the prime minister. After they entered the palace, they saw Boiyi sitting high on a high platform in the courtyard to accept people's worship. But when people saw the old king coming back, they gathered around to greet him and surrounded the king into the palace. The news of the king's return spread all over the palace at once, and soon spread all over the capital, and people beat drums and danced to celebrate. The palace was boiling, and the capital was lively. King Boiyi was abolished. The guards forced him and his father to kneel on the ground in the courtyard.

King Saidu ascended the throne again and asked Bois Yi: "Do you want to be executed in public or become a crane? Choose for yourself?" Bois Yi was afraid of killing him, so he said: "I am willing to become a crane! Please show mercy to Your Majesty, don't kill me!"

The king took out the copper jar from his pocket and threw it to Boiyi. Boiyi took the copper jar, rubbed some medicine on his forehead from it, faced east, and fell to the ground. As soon as he said "Mutab", he immediately turned into a black African crane. The king ordered the guards to make a bird cage, locked Boiyi in the cage, and hung the cage in front of the gate of the palace for people passing by to watch.

From then on, the king and the prime minister managed the country seriously. They analyzed and treated everything calmly, and never did anything that they knew would kill themselves. The princess was favored by the king and lived a happy life.

Dear baby, let's guess the riddle together:

Red crown black mouth white clothes, thin legs walking swaying, walking in the water fishing shrimp, volley wings can fly.

[Answer: Crane]

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