Once upon a time, there was a young hunter who went hunting in the forest. He was in great interest and very happy all the way, and as he went, he played a little tune with the leaves. Suddenly he met an ugly old woman, who said to him, "Hello, dear hunter! It seems that you are happy and content, but I am hungry and thirsty, give me a little charity! The kind-hearted hunter took pity on the poor woman, and reached out of his pocket and took something out of his pocket and gave it to her. When I finish giving, I want to move forward. But the old woman stopped him and said, "Listen, dear hunter, I will give you a gift in return for your kindness." You go on, and in a moment you come to a big tree with nine birds squatting on it, and they have a cloak in their claws. Raise your shotgun and shoot it in the middle of them. The cloak will fall to the ground. One of the birds will be hit and fall to the ground. Pick up the cloak, it's a cloak of wishful wishes, you just have to put it on your body, and you will go wherever you think of it. You'll have to take out the dead bird's heart and swallow it whole, so that every morning when you wake up, you'll find a gold coin under your pillow. ”

The hunter thanked the old wise woman and thought to himself, "What she promised is wonderful, but could it be true?" He raised his feet and went forward, but he did not know that he had taken less than a hundred paces, and he heard a chirping of birds among the branches, and hurriedly looked up, and saw a flock of birds really grabbing a piece of cloth with their beaks and claws and pulling it around, and they grabbed me and quarreled with each other, and everyone wanted to take the cloth for themselves.

"Ha, that's amazing!" The hunter couldn't help but shout, "It's exactly what the old woman said." He immediately removed his shotgun and fired a shot into the middle of the flock, which sent their feathers flying everywhere, and they were all frightened away, and one of them fell from the tree, and with it the cloak. The hunter did as the old woman had instructed, cut open the dead bird, took out the heart of the bird, swallowed it, and then returned home with his cloak.

When he woke up the next morning, he remembered his wife's promise and wanted to see if everything had been fulfilled. But as soon as he lifted the pillow, a piece of gold glittered in front of him, and the next morning he found another, and every day he got up. He had accumulated a lot of gold, but at last he thought, "What good is it for me to have it if I stay at home all the time?" I'm going out and seeing the world well. ”

So, he said goodbye to his parents, put on his backpack and shotgun, and went out into the world.

One day, he walked through a dense forest to a plain, and saw a majestic palace standing in front of him. In one of the windows of the palace stood an old woman, and next to her was a very beautiful girl, looking downstairs. But the old woman was a witch, and she told the maiden, "There is a man out of the woods, and he has a treasure in his body, and we must deceive it, my beloved little daughter, and know that we are more worthy of it." He has a bird's heart in his belly, so he can find a piece of gold under his pillow every morning. Then she told the girl how to do it and how to play it, and finally glared at her viciously, and threatened: "If you don't listen to me, you will be unlucky!" ”

Then the hunter approached, and when he saw the girl, he said to himself, "I have been wandering about for a long time, and now I want to rest." Go to that gorgeous palace and stay for a while, I have gold anyway. Having said that, the real reason is that he has fallen in love with that beauty.

He stepped into the palace gate and was greeted and politely entertained. It didn't take long for him to become completely enamored with the witch's daughter, and he couldn't care about anything, he was always looking into her eyes, and he was willing to do whatever she asked.

At this time, the old witch said, "Well, we must take the bird's heart, and he will not feel anything after he loses it." Then they made a potion, boiled it, and poured it into a cup. The old witch handed the cup to the girl and ordered her to bring it to the hunter. She said to him, "Oh, my dear, drink it, for my sake!" The hunter took the cup, and as soon as he swallowed the potion, he vomited out of his stomach. The girl quietly picked it up and swallowed it, for the old witch wanted her to do so.

From then on, no gold was found under the hunter's pillow, and the gold ran under the girl's pillow, and every morning the old woman must go to fetch it. The young man, however, was so obsessed with the girl that he wanted nothing else, and was only eager to spend time with her.

At this time, the old witch said again: "We have the heart of the bird, but the cloak of Ruyi must also be taken over." ”

But the girl replied, "Let's leave him the cloak, for he has lost his wealth." ”

When the witch heard this, she was furious and said, "Such a cloak is a rare treasure in the world, and I must, I must, I must!" ”

She taught the girl the idea of ghosts, saying that if she was disobedient, she would be made to suffer. The girl had to do as the old woman said, and then went to the window, looked into the distance, and pretended to be melancholy.

The hunter asked, "Why are you standing there sad?" ”

"Alas, my dear," she replied, "there is a mountain of precious stones opposite, and there are beautiful rubies there. I wanted them so badly that I was saddened to think about them; But who can take it for me? Only birds can fly up the mountain, but people can't go there! ”

"If this is all you are anxious about," said the hunter, "I would like to relieve your anguish at once." ”

With that, he pulled her under his cloak, thinking that he was going to the gem mountain opposite, and in the blink of an eye, the two were already sitting on the mountain. But when they saw the gems shining all around, it was a joy to look at them, and they picked the most beautiful and precious ones and collected them. Then the old witch was in motion, and the hunter suddenly felt a heavy eyelid, and said to the girl, "Let us sit down and rest, for I am so sleepy that I can scarcely stand on my feet." ”

They sat down, and the huntsman put his head in the girl's bosom and fell asleep. As soon as he was asleep, she took the cloak off his shoulder and brought it to put on herself. Then he picked up the jewels on the ground and made a wish to go home.

The hunter woke up after enough sleep to find that his beloved had deceived him and left him alone on a barren mountain. "Oh," he sighed, "there is such a great liar in the world!" He sat there worried, his heart aching, but he didn't know what to do.

This mountain of jewels belongs to a group of wild and wild giants, who live on the mountains and do nothing on the mountains. The hunter had not been sitting for a long time when he saw three giants coming. He hurriedly lay down on the ground and pretended to be asleep.

The giants came up to him and were the first to kick him, saying, "What kind of worm is this, dare to lie here and daydream?" ”

"Stomp him to death!" The second said.

"Is it worth the effort?" The third said disdainfully, "Spare him his life, he will not stay here long, and as soon as he climbs up to the top of the mountain, the white clouds will catch him and take him away." ”

They talked as they walked forward. But the hunter remembered what they had said, and when they were far away, he got up and climbed to the top of the mountain. He sat on the top of the hill for a while, when a white cloud came and rolled him up, flew with him in the sky for a while, and finally landed in a large vegetable garden. The garden was surrounded by high walls, and he slowly landed on the ground among the cabbage and other vegetables.

The hunter turned his head and looked around, and said, "I just need to have something to eat, I'm so hungry, it's going to be hard to go on like this!" But there are no apples, pears, or other fruits here, and there are vegetable leaves everywhere, except vegetable leaves. Finally, he thought, "I have to eat some lettuce, it doesn't taste very good, but it can lift my spirits." ”

So, he chose the thickest nest to eat, but as soon as he swallowed a few bites, he felt that his spirit was not right, as if he had completely changed. Sure enough, he had four legs, a big head, and two long ears: he saw to his horror that he had become a donkey.

Still hungry, and determined by his present nature, the juicy lettuce had become very tasty, and he ate it greedily, and he ate and ate and ate and and ate and from his own and devotion to his present nature, and he had at last felt something different: he had reverted to his original human form.

At this time the hunter lay on the ground and fell asleep, relieving his fatigue. When he woke up the next morning, he plucked a bad lettuce and a good lettuce, and thought, "They will help me to take back my things and punish the unfaithful." ”

Then he hid the lettuce on his body, climbed over the wall, and set out to find his lover's palace. He walked around for days, and luckily found it. He immediately blackened his face, and told his biological mother not to recognize him when she saw it, so that he went to the palace to spend the night.

"I'm exhausted," he said, "and I can't go any further." ”

"Who are you? Fellow? What kind of livelihood do you do? The witch asked.

He replied, "I am the king's messenger, sent out in search of the most delicious lettuce that grows under heaven." I was lucky enough to find it, and I was hiding it on my body. It's just that the sun is too bad, and I'm worried that the tender leaves will wilt, and I don't know if I can deliver it. ”

When the old woman heard that there was a delicious lettuce, she became greedy and said, "My dear fellow, let me taste that wonderful lettuce, shall you?" ”

"All right," replied the hunter, "I have two, and I would like to give you one," he said, opening his pocket, and handing her the bad one.

The old woman was defenseless, and her saliva was about to flow out of her mouth when she wanted to eat the novel dish, so she hurriedly went down to the kitchen to make it herself. When it was ready, she couldn't wait to bring it to the table, reached out and grabbed a few leaves and stuffed them into her mouth, but as soon as she swallowed it, she lost her human form and turned into a donkey and ran into the yard.

Then the witch's maid went into the kitchen, and saw that the lettuce was ready, and wanted to bring it to the table, but she also made the mistake of secretly tasting a little, and ate a few leaves. The wonderful effect of the lettuce was immediately revealed, and the maid became a she-donkey, and ran away with the old witch, while the bowl of lettuce fell to the ground.

In the meantime the "king's messenger" sat with the beautiful girl, who had waited for a long time and had not seen food brought to her, and when she was hungry, she asked, "I wonder where the lettuce is?" ”

The hunter thought that the dish must have worked, and said, "I'll go to the kitchen and see." ”

He went downstairs and saw two she-donkeys circling in the yard, but the lettuce was scattered all over the ground.

"All right," he said, "those two have been punished." As he spoke, he picked up the remaining leaves and put them in a bowl and brought them to the girl.

"I've brought you some food, so you won't have to wait long." He told her.

The girl ate some of it, and immediately lost her human form like the other two, and turned into a she-donkey and ran into the yard.

The hunter washed his face so that the donkeys could recognize him, and then he went into the courtyard and said, "Now it is time for you to receive the retribution for your treachery!" ”

He tied up three she-donkeys with a rope and drove them to a mill. He knocked on the window, and the miller poked his head out and asked what was the matter. The hunter replied: "I have three stupid donkeys, and I don't want to keep them anymore." You have to be willing to take them in, feed them, trap them, treat them as I say, and I'll give you as much as you want. ”

"Of course, of course," replied the miller, "but what do I want to do with them?" ”

So the hunter told him that the old donkey, the former witch, had to beat him three times a day, but only to give him a meal of fodder; The young she-donkey, the former maid, beat her three times a day and feed her three times; The youngest donkey was the beautiful girl he used to have, and he didn't have to beat it, but he had to feed it three times.

You know, the hunter still can't bear to let the girl get beaten. He then returned to the palace, where he found everything he needed.

A few days later, the miller came to him and he had to report that the old she-donkey, who had been beaten all day but had only eaten grass once, had died.

"The other two didn't die, and they got three meals of fodder," he said, "but they looked very sad and didn't seem to be able to survive for long." ”

The hunter relented, restrained his resentment, and told the miller to drive them back to him. When the two donkeys returned, he gave them good lettuce, and they were immediately human again. The beautiful girl knelt before the hunter and said, "Alas, my dear, forgive me for the wicked things I have done to you! My mother forced me to do it, and I didn't want to, because I liked you from the bottom of my heart. Your cloak of wishful fulfillment hangs in my closet; I'm willing to drink vomit medicine and spit out the bird's heart to give it back to you. ”

When the hunter heard this, he changed his mind, and said, "Keep it, it's all the same anyway, for I will marry you, and make you my faithful wife." ”

A wedding ensued, and they lived happily and harmoniously until their deaths.