Once upon a time there was a king who had three sons. The eldest and second are smart and clever, but the youngest son is simple-minded and doesn't like to talk, so people call him "lack of heart"

。 The king, who was old and frail, thought about what was behind him and found it difficult to determine which son would succeed him. He brought his three sons to them and said, "Whoever of you brings back the most beautiful carpet will inherit the throne." He thought they would have nothing to argue with. He led his sons outside, blew on the three feathers, and said, "Divide yourselves and follow the direction the feathers are pointing to find them." "Three feathers, one facing east and one facing west, and the third flew straight up for a while before falling to the ground. The two elder brothers laughed at the "missing eye" brother because he had to stay in the local area, and then they went east and west in search of the most beautiful carpet. The little prince sat down on the floor very sadly, and suddenly found a floor door by the feather. He lifted the cover and saw that there were several stairs, so he went down the steps. Soon there was another door, and he stretched out his hand and knocked on it, and heard someone say, "The young maid is lame, and the lame puppy is jumping around, and see who will come." ”

When the door opened, I saw a huge toad squatting there, surrounded by small toads. It asked the little prince what he wanted, and the little prince said, "I want the most beautiful and textured carpet in the world." The big toad summoned a little toad and said to it, "The young maid is lame, and the lame puppy is jumping around, so bring the big box and take a look." ”

The little toad then brought a big box, and the big toad opened the lid and took out a carpet from it for the "missing eye"

。 The carpet was of such good texture and beautiful patterns and colors that no one in the world could weave it. After thanking the toad, the little prince came out with the carpet. Besides, the two elder brothers think that the younger brother is stupid, and believe that he can't find any good carpets, so they don't want to bother looking for them. They all bought coarsely woven woollen handkerchiefs from the wives of the shepherds they first met and brought them back.

At this time, the "missing eye" also returned, and he handed the beautiful carpet to his father, and the king was astonished and said, "It is fair to say that the throne belongs to the little prince." ”

However, the other two brothers quarreled and shouted that they could not let the "heartless eye" be king, because he did not think through everything. They quarreled so much that the king had no peace, and he had to try again. The king then said, "Whoever brings me the most beautiful ring will inherit the throne." So saying, he took the three sons outside, blew three feathers into the air, and told them to follow the direction the feathers pointed. The eldest prince and the second prince are one east and one west, and the feathers of the "missing heart" rise and fall to the same place. His brothers laughed at him, saying that he could not find the gold ring, but he took out the old one and took it to the gold shop to have it remade. The little prince climbed down like last time and asked the toad for the most beautiful ring in the world. The toad commanded a large box to be brought and a glittering gemstone ring was taken out of it, the craftsmanship of which was so exquisite that no craftsman on earth could make it. When the little prince gave the gold ring to the king, the father said, "The throne belongs to the little prince." But the two brothers were still unwilling, and they kept putting pressure on their father to make him agree to try again. He also said that whoever brought home the most beautiful girl would succeed to the throne. The king blew three feathers into the sky, and they pointed in the same direction as before.

"Heartless Eyes" immediately went down to the big toad and said, "I want to bring home the most beautiful girl in the world!" ”

"Oh? The prettiest girl! "She's not at home right now." You can still take her home, though. With that, he handed him a hollow radish with six little mice in it.

"Lack of heart" The little prince said helplessly: "What's the use of me taking these? The big toad said, "Just grab a little toad and put it in." He took one of them and put it in, and before the little toad could sit down, he was transformed into a beautiful and dignified girl, and the turnip into a real carriage, and the six little mice into six horses.

"Heartless Eyes" kissed the girl, and immediately drove the carriage back to see her father. His two older brothers then returned, and instead of bothering to go through the trouble of finding the beautiful girl, they brought back the peasant girl they had met first. When the king saw it, he said, "When I die, the throne will be inherited by the little prince." The two elder brothers were noisy and noisy, saying, "We don't agree with the 'lack of heart' to be the king!" "The king was so loud that he was deaf. They asked to hang a circle in the center of the hall, and whoever could jump over the wife would inherit the throne. They thought to themselves, "The peasant girl is strong and strong, and she will have no problem jumping over that circle, but the pretty girl will fall to her death." The king couldn't, so he agreed. First of all, the two village girls jumped, and they jumped over, but they were so clumsy that they broke their hands and feet; It was the turn of the little prince's beautiful girl, and she jumped lightly, as light as a fawn. No one has anything to say at this point. The little prince inherited the throne and became a wise king.