[Comprehensive Fairy Tale] The Uncrowned King

Samuel actually didn't want to talk to the old woman, but just ran away without saying anything, and it seemed that he was too persecuted.

"The exit of the forest is still far from here, good boy, come to mother-in-law's place to have a meal and sleep, and set off tomorrow morning, okay?"

"It's really not necessary, mother-in-law, just tell me how to get out, so I don't need to bother you anymore."

"Hey, are you looking down on me, the old woman! Can't you even satisfy my lonely old woman's request to have a meal with her child?"

The old woman made a gesture to wipe her tears, but Samuel didn't want to agree because of this, so the scene froze for a while.At this moment, the white bird staying in the room uttered a cry and flew away in an instant. The old woman turned from crying to laughing, the wrinkles on her face were squeezed into a horrible appearance, and said with a smile:

"Good boy, is it possible that you are worried about my mother-in-law and I being a bad person? Don't be afraid, and there will be guests again soon. When you are together, what can I, an old woman with weak strength, do to you?"

Are there any guests coming?Samuel immediately remembered the white bird that flew away just now.So, the role of this white bird is to attract passers-by nearby to have a meal and sleep here?It shouldn't be that simple.If the old woman is really a bad person, Samuel thought, he can't let other people fall into danger; if he is a good person, he can have a happy meal and taste the food that Xiaohua lays besides eggs.

"Then I'll wait for the guests here." Samuel did not enter the house, but stood firmly in the open space in front of the door.The old woman seemed satisfied with Samuel not leaving, and she was still leaning against the doorpost waiting for the coming guests.

The white bird's voice could be heard from a distance, and as the sound progressed, Samuel, whose facial features became more sensitive, also heard the two panting breaths following behind.The white bird flew to the roof again, and ignored the two little guests behind, and these two, who were younger than Samuel, were stunned when they saw this house, and their vision and taste were all captured. The two large living people standing near the house were not seen at all.

"My God, Hansel! I can't believe it, can these be eaten?" A little girl stared at the whole small house with her eyes wide open.Samuel noticed that she and the little boy beside her both looked hungry, with thin limbs protruding from their large heads.

"It must be edible! If you can't eat it, eat it! Gretel, let's let go and enjoy it. We must eat before we die. Even if it's something from the devil, I will admit it. Come on, Gretel, you can Eat the window first, the taste of the candy should be very good, as for me, I want to eat the roof, I have never seen such a good cake since I grew up."

The little boy named Hansel climbed to the roof by stepping on the white bread wall, broke off a small piece of the roof and began to stuff it into his mouth vigorously. Then he kept breaking off the roof, eating cream all over his face.The little girl named Gretel stood in front of the window. She originally wanted to follow her companion's example and break open a piece, but she didn't move. She moved her mouth to lick it impatiently.

The old woman watched the two children destroying her house and stuffing them into her mouth with full satisfaction. After a while, she opened her mouth and said:

"Look at you two dolls, you are so focused on eating, why don't you pay attention to the owner of the house, my old woman?"

"We haven't eaten, we haven't moved anything!" The two children said in unison, without even looking to see who said it.The little boy continued to break the bread to eat, while the little girl smashed a corner of the window with all her strength, chewing the candy directly, feeling panicked when she looked at Samuel.

The old woman who was ignored was not angry, she picked up the crutch beside her and hit the ground heavily, the attention of the two children was immediately attracted, and when they saw the old woman, their expressions changed in fright, and all the food in their hands fell to the ground .

"Good boy, don't be afraid. You can eat these things as you like. But what's so good about these things? They are only good for building houses. Come, come into the house with me, an old woman, there are better things to eat!"

The old woman took the two children by the hand and led them into the house. When they crossed the threshold, she turned to Samuel and said:

"Where is this little guest? Come in together."

Samuel thought for a while, and followed in.The two children sat on the bench the old woman had given them, and Samuel sat next to them.The old lady was busy in the house, took out a lot of ingredients and started to cook, and the scent was mixed with it. The two children ate very badly before, and now their clothes are covered with food crumbs. Now they smell Hearing the aroma, he began to swallow his saliva again and again.

"Where are you from?"

Samuel was the first to ask.The little boy replied:

"I'm Hansel, and this is my sister Gretel. We lost our way in the forest, and we couldn't get home. Fortunately, we met a white bird, which led us here, otherwise maybe our brother and sister I'm starving to death. What about you?"

"I am Samuel, a traveler from the other side of the sea, and I want to go through this forest to the opposite city."

"Wow, you are a traveler? Then you must have never been hungry, so you can walk around happily like this."

Gretel was surprised, he didn't seem to understand the real meaning of the word "traveler", could it be that he thought it was for tourism?Samuel thought that he had no home to go back to now, but could only walk around, so he replied with a wry smile:

"I haven't been hungry, but I've lived a very miserable life. Where is your home? Is it in this small village behind the forest?"

"We live there. Isn't it the best thing not to be hungry? How can it be hard?"

Samuel and the two brothers and sisters asked and answered, and time passed slowly.From their words, Samuel learned that Hansel was 12 years old and Gretel was [-] years old, and the southeast of Heinedil had a severe drought this year, and the grain harvest was very bad, and their village did not escape the disaster. , causing them to be hungry for a long time and never have a full meal.As for getting lost, Samuel could not help feeling sympathetic to them, thinking that they might have been intentionally abandoned from the expressions of hatred and nostalgia when they mentioned home.

In this era, the problem of food is bigger than the sky. It is normal to abandon children who are not doing well and waste food because of insufficient food. Samuel just hopes that things will not escalate to cannibalism, otherwise why would he come here?At least Kil'jaeden is still doing well for now.

"Good children, my mother-in-law has cooked a meal. It's delicious. Come and eat!"

Everyone was talking just now, and they didn't notice the old woman who was cooking for a while.Samuel was not affected, but the two brothers and sisters who suddenly remembered this incident screamed in surprise, threw themselves on the dining table, and started to gobble it up without even bothering to say hello to others.

Samuel also came to the table, and found that the meal was very good, with a glass of hot milk for each, and sweet biscuits, apples, and some white flour cakes, which was enough to fill a person.Samuel looked at these ingredients suspiciously. In such a deep forest, how could the old woman have such a complete set of ingredients?Just talking about the milk, Samuel doubted its source, and there was a famine here, how could there be so many people?

On the pretext that he had eaten the food and was not hungry, Samuel didn't touch anything on the table, just watched the two siblings eating.Although he was a bit suspicious, Samuel didn't tell the two brothers and sisters, because as they were, if they were to stop them from eating alone, they might be regarded as enemies. Besides, maybe the old lady was a fairy who specially rescued children?Thinking this way can also explain why she can conjure all this.

After dinner, the old woman wanted to keep them to stay.Samuel watched Hansel and Gretel both agree in surprise, thinking how they were not vigilant at all.Forget it, stay here too.There happened to be three small beds on the top floor of the room, covered with white sheets and quilts.While complaining about his bad intentions, Samuel put the backpack with the little flowers beside his bed.Xiaohua has the warning ability, which reassures Samuel.

Before dawn, Xiao Hua suddenly pecked Samuel away vigorously.Samuel thought to himself, sure enough, he smashed the egg of the sword, held the hilt of the sword, jumped up and hid under the bed, quietly observing the surroundings, only to see that the old woman was no longer benevolent in the daytime, and now she was smiling. He walked ferociously to the small bed where the three of them slept, and saw Samuel's blank bed at first glance, and muttered: "Where did this careless bad boy go? Hmph, did he escape? Don't be too busy Catch you, I'll eat these two little ones first!"

eat human!Samuel's heart beat wildly, thinking that his luck was too bad, why couldn't he meet a good fairy tale?This old woman must be dressed as a witch. The house made of food and the bird that only begs people to follow it with begging eyes may also be created by magic, and it is specially used to lure people into being fooled.However, Samuel also relaxed in another way. He really didn't want to get entangled in whether the old woman was a good person or a bad person. Now that it was confirmed, Samuel could concentrate on waiting for the opportunity to deal with her.

He turned his head to look at Hansel and Gretel again, they were sleeping soundly, unaware of the imminent danger.The old woman's hand was stretched out towards them, and Samuel planned to rush out and stop him if the old woman was going to tear her alive now.