"What story...... That's the Little Maid Sarah's Tale!" Anna thought for a moment, then said happily.

"Yes, Miss Anna. Claude readily agreed.

Claude flipped the book to the page of "The Story of Sarah, the Little Maid", and spoke slowly under Anna's expectant gaze.

His voice was very good, and after deliberately being soft and gentle, it was even more so good that his ears were almost pregnant, and for some reason, Anna actually felt that she was soothed by Claude's voice from head to toe, and her whole body was relaxed and comfortable.

"The little maid Sarah is the child of a maid, but in fact, she is the illegitimate child of a noble lord. ”

But the noble lord did not recognize her, because he already had a favored daughter, and did not need a second. So, like her mother, she became a maid in a noble castle. ”

"Sarah, the little maid, has to get up very early every day to mop the floor, and when she gets up, the sun has not yet risen, even in winter, when it is cold and biting, she has to get up every day to mop the floor. Luckily, her handy mother knitted a pair of cowhide gloves from the leftover cowhide to keep her hands from chilblains. ”

"One day, a richly dressed woman married a noble lord with her handsome and handsome son, Claude, and little Sara fell in love with him at first sight. ”

Claude couldn't help but pause as he said this.

"Ah, Claude, your names are the same, and not only the same names, but also handsome!" said Anna, pretending to be surprised, with a smile in her eyes.

Claude glanced up at Anna, but Anna smiled calmly, and there seemed to be no other meaning in her words.

Claude didn't know how to respond to Anna, so he continued to talk as if he didn't know:

However, Claude does not see the little maid, Sarah, who plays every day with the only daughter of the noble lord, Miss Anna.

Sarah, the little maid, was very sad and hid in the garden every day and cried.

One day, Claude found a weeping Anna in the garden, and the kind-hearted Claude asked her, "Oh, beautiful girl, why are you crying?"

Sarah saw that the noble young master she liked looked at her with concern, and the sadness in her heart turned into joy.

She sobbed and said the words in her heart, "Because I love you, Master Claude. ”

Claude looked at Sarah in shock and said, "Why do you cry because you love me? Is it my fault?"

"No, it's not, Master Claude. It's not your fault, it's my fault, and I shouldn't have had a hopeless luxury in your heart to make myself so miserable. ”

Sarah covered her face and sobbed silently.

"Poor girl. Claude took out his handkerchief, gently wiped the tears from Sarah's face, and said, "I love you too, Sarah." ”

"What?" Sarah asked, looking at Claude in disbelief, "Is what you said true? Isn't the person you love Miss Anna?"

"Of course not, Anna is my sister and I love her, but not her. ”

At this point in the story, according to the routine of fairy tales, either there is a happy ending directly, or there is a big move waiting for you later. And apparently, the story is the latter.

In fact, Miss Anna is also in love with Claude. When Anna learns that Claude is in love with Sarah, the little maid, she begs her father to kick Sarah out of the castle.

Sarah was kicked out, could not return to the castle, could not see her lover again, and could only live in a thatched hut that leaked from the wind and rain, and fell ill with grief.

No one remembers Sarah, except Claude.

Claude is furious when he learns from Sarah's mother about what Anna has done, and when he learns that Sarah is the daughter of a noble lord, he designs to let everyone know about it at a banquet. The aristocratic lord had to recognize Sarah and treat her as a real aristocratic lady. Miss Anna is very jealous, she sees Sarah as a thorn in her side and wants to kill her, but is stopped by Claude and loses her own eye.

In order to be able to marry Sarah, Claude had to leave his mother, return to his father's family, become a knight, fight on the battlefield, and get the honor of a warrior.

In the end, Sarah and Claude lived happily together and had many children.

The story is not long, and Claude's story is particularly fascinating, and Anna has read the story before, but she still listens to it with some fascination.

"Claude, if you were Master Claude, would you choose Sarah the little maid or Miss Anna?" Anna waited until Claude finished telling the story, and finally asked the question she had been thinking about for a long time.

Claude, who do you choose?

Sarah, the little maid, or Miss Anna.

Anna waited expectantly for Claude's answer. Claude, however, dodged her question.

"It's time for you to sleep, Miss Anna. Claude closed the book and reminded gently.

"Claude, you haven't answered my question yet! I won't sleep unless you make a choice. Anna said categorically.

Claude took a deep look at Anna and had to say:

"Back to Miss Anna, I'm just an attendant, not a young master. ”

Anna frowned when she heard this, and she couldn't help but feel a little anxious.

"I mean, what if, what if! And you know I'm not really Miss Anna, I'm just a little beggar. ”

Claude looked at Anna, and the atmosphere between the two suddenly became a little stagnant, and Anna could feel that her breathing seemed to become much harder.

With a little complexity in his eyes, Claude put the fairy tale book on Anna's bedside table and said, "Miss Anna, do you have to know my answer?"

"Yes, Claude. I want to know. Anna watched Claude's movements, and when she saw that he was up, she sat up and looked up at him.

"Well then, I can tell you my choice, Miss Anna. But you have to tell me first, why are you asking me this question?"

A hint of sharpness flashed in Claude's eyes, Anna was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help swallowing her saliva, she suddenly found that the aura around Claude seemed to have changed, he was obviously still the same, but it seemed to give people some kind of danger.

"Well then, I can tell you my choice, Miss Anna. But you have to tell me first, why are you asking me this question?"

A hint of sharpness flashed in Claude's eyes, Anna was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help swallowing her saliva, she suddenly found that the aura around Claude seemed to have changed, he was obviously still the same, but it seemed to give people some kind of danger.