One day when the fisherman went out in his boat to cast his nets, he saw a casket of crystal slowly drifting along with the stream. He rowed toward it, but what was his horror at seeing two little babies, apparently3 twins, lying in it upon a bundle of cotton! The poor fisherman pitied them, took them out, and carried them home to his wife.
"What have you got there?" she exclaimed, as he presented them to her. "We have eight children already, and as if that were not enough, you must bring me some more!"
"Wife," replied the poor fisherman, "what could I do? I found these dear little creatures floating on the river below, and they would have died of hunger, or have been drowned, if I had not rescued them. Heaven, which has sent us these two more children, will assist us to provide for them."
And so it proved; and the little ones, a boy and a girl, grew up healthy and robust4, together with the eight other children. They were both so good, so docile5, and so peaceable, that the fisherman and his wife loved them exceedingly, and always held them up as examples to the other children; but they, envious7 and enraged8, did them a thousand injustices9 and injuries. To escape from these cruelties, the twins would take refuge together among the thickets10 and on the river's banks; there they would divert themselves with the birds, and carry
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crumbs11 of bread to them; and the birds, grateful to them for their kindness, would fly to meet them, and teach them the bird-language. The children learned to converse12 with the birds very quickly, and thus they could amuse themselves with their feathered friends, who also taught them many other very good and useful things, one of them being how to get up early in the morning, and another, how to sing. One day when the fisherman's children were more annoying than they had ever been before, they said to the twins:
"We are the true-born children of Christians13, but you, with all your neatness and superiority, are but castaways, without any other father or mother than the river, and belong to the toads14 and frogs!"
Upon receiving this insult the poor brother and sister were so filled with shame and distress15 that they determined16 to go right away from home and travel in search of their real parents At the early dawn next day they got up and went forth17 without any one knowing it, and began their journey, travelling they knew not whither.
Half the day passed by, and they had not perceived as yet any abode18, nor seen a single living being. They were hungry, thirsty, and tired, when on turning round a hillside, they discovered a little house and, on reaching it, they found it empty and its inhabitants absent.
Thoroughly19 disheartened, they seated themselves on a bench in the doorway20 to rest. After a little while they noticed a number of swallows collected together under the eaves of the roof, and as these birds are such chatter-boxes, they began to prattle21 with one another. Having learned the language of birds, the children knew what the swallows said.
"Holloa! my lady friend," said one of the birds, who had a somewhat rustic22 air about it, to another that was of a very elegant and distinguished23 mien24, "my eyes are glad to see you once more! I thought you had forgotten your country friends. How do you live in the palace?"
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"I possess the nest of my ancestors," replied the other, "and as yet they have not disinherited me, although, like yours, it is a century old. But tell me before all," continued she with admirable finesse25, "how you and all your family are."
"Well, thank heaven, for although I have had my little Mariguita laid up with an inflammation of the eyes that was within an ace6 of leaving her blind, when I obtained our old remedy, the pito-real, it cured her as if by magic."
"But what news have you to relate to me, friend Beatrice? Does the nightingale still sing well? Does the lark26 soar as high as of yore? Does the linnet still prune27 itself?"
"Sister," responded the swallow, "I have nothing but downright scandals to tell you of. Our flock, which formerly28 was so innocent and temperate29, is utterly30 lost, and has quite taken to the manners of mankind. It is heartbreaking!"
"What! Simple customs and innocence31 not to be found in the country, nor among birds? My dear friend, what do you tell me?"
"The pure truth and nothing more. Just figure to yourself that on our arrival here, whom should we meet but those chattering32 linnets, who went off in search of cold and storm when the spring came with long days and bright flowers! We tried to dissuade33 the crazy creatures, but they answered us with the utmost insolence34."
"What did they say?"
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'Whither do we go? Whence come you, gossips, Who travel so little And talk so much?'
This was their reply to us, and on hearing it, we made them march to double-quick time."
"What do I hear!" exclaimed the interlocutor. "That any one has dared to accuse us, the most truthful35 and discreet36 of birds, of being gossips?"
"Then what will you think when I tell you," said the first
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speaker, "that the lark, who was so timid and ladylike, has become an insolent37 pilferer38, and that—
The lady lark upon her flight Pilfers39 pulse and pilfers maize40 Before the very sower's sight, And at his anger pertly says, 'Sower, sower, more seed sow, As that sown can never grow'?"
"That is only half my story. When we arrived here, and I wished to enter my nest, I found a shameless sparrow making himself quite at home in it. 'This nest is mine,' I said to him. 'Yours?' he answered rudely, and began to laugh. 'Mine and mine only.' 'Property is robbery,' piped he quite coolly. 'Sir, are you crazy?' I said to him. 'My ancestors built this nest, my parents educated me in it, and in it I mean to bring up my children.' Then at seeing me fainting, all my companions began to weep. By the time I recovered my consciousness; our husbands had put an end to the thieving rascal42. But you, sister, never see such scandals in the palace."
"Don't we! Ah, if you only knew!"
"Do tell us! do tell us!" exclaimed all the swallows with one voice. When silence had been re-established, thanks to a loud and prolonged hus-s-s-sh, uttered by an elder, the court dame43 began her story in these terms.
"You must know that the king fell in love with the youngest daughter of a tailor who lived near the palace, and married her; the girl deserved his love, for she was as good as she was beautiful, and as modest as she was discreet. It so happened that the king had to go to the wars and leave his poor wife in the saddest and most perplexed44 position, for his ministers and courtiers who were very indignant at having a tailor's daughter for their queen, conspired45 to ruin her. And they availed themselves of the first opportunity. During the king's absence beautiful twins were born, a boy and a girl; but the wicked conspirators46 sent to tell him that the queen had for children a cat and a serpent.
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"When the king received this intelligence, he was furious and sent off a royal mandate47 that the queen should be entombed alive, and the children cast into the river. This was done: the beautiful queen was shut up in a stone vault48, and her little darling twins were placed in a crystal coffer, and left to the mercy of the stream."
When they heard the fate of the poor queen and her innocent babes, the swallows, who are very kind and affectionate, began to lament49 most heartily50, whilst the twins looked at each other in amazement51, suspecting it to be very probable that they themselves were the castaway children.
"But now hear how God frustrated53 the plots of these traitors54. The queen was entombed; but her attendant, who was very devoted55 to her, contrived56 to make a hole in the wall, and supplied her with food through it, as we do to our little ones through our nests, and thus the lady lives, although a life of misery57. Her children were rescued by a good fisherman, who has brought them up, so a friend of mine, Martin Fisher, who lives on the banks of the river, has informed me."
The twins, who had heard the whole story, were delighted that they had learned the language of birds; which indeed, is a proof that we should never neglect any opportunity of learning for, when least we think it, what we have learned may prove of great utility to us.
"So then," said the swallows joyfully59, "when these children are older, they will be able to regain60 their place at their father's side, and liberate61 their mother."
"That is not so easy," said the narrator, "because they will not be able to prove their identity, nor prove their mother's innocence, nor the malice62 of the Ministry63. There is only one method by which they would be able to undeceive the king."
"And what is that? What is that?" cried all the swallows together. "And how do you know it?"
"I know it," responded the narrator, "because one day when I was passing by the palace garden, I met and had a chat with a cuckoo, who, as you know, is a conjuror64, and can foretell65 what
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will happen. As we were discoursing66 with each other on the affairs of the palace, he said to me—"
The children and the swallows were listening now with redoubled attention, and even the young swallows were thrusting their little bald heads so far out of their nests, that they were in great peril67 of falling.
"'The only one who is able to persuade the king,' said the cuckoo to me, 'is the Bird of Truth, who speaks the language of men, although they for the most part do not know truth, and do not wish to understand it.' 'And this bird, where is it?' I asked the cuckoo. 'This bird,' he answered, 'is in the castle of Go and Return Not; the castle is guarded by a ferocious68 giant who only sleeps one quarter of an hour in the day. If when he wakes up any one should be within reach of his tremendous arm, he seizes and swallows him as we should a mosquito.'"
"And where is this castle?" inquired the inquisitive69 Beatrice.
"That is what I do not know," responded her friend; "all that I know about it is, that not far from it is a tower in which dwells a wicked witch, who knows the way and will point it out to any one who will bring her from the fountain that flows there, the Water of Many Colours, which water she makes use of in her enchantments70. But I should also tell you that she would like to destroy the Bird of Truth, though as no one is able to kill this bird, what she and her friend, the giant, do is to keep it a prisoner guarded by the Birds of Falsehood who will not let it speak a single word."
"Then will nobody be able to inform the poor queen's son where they have hidden the Bird of Truth?" inquired the country swallows.
"Nobody," replied the city bird, "but a pious71 red owl2, who lives as a hermit72 in the desert, but who knows no more of the language of men then the word 'Cross,' which he learned when, at Calvary, he beheld73 the Crucifixion of the Redeemer, and which he has never ceased from sorrowfully repeating. And thus he will not be able to understand the prince, even supposing the impossible event should ever happen of the boy finding him out. But, my dear friends, I must say good-bye, for I have spent the
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whole afternoon in this pleasant chat. The sun is seeking his nest in the depths of the sea, and I am going to seek mine, where my little ones will be wondering what has happened to me. Good-bye, friend Beatrice."
So saying, the swallow took to flight, and the children in their joy, feeling neither hunger nor fatigue74, got up and pursued their way in the same direction that the bird had flown.
At the hour of evening service the children arrived at a city which they imagined must be that in which the king, their father, dwelt. They begged a good woman to give them shelter for the night, and this, seeing they were so well-spoken and well-mannered, she kindly75 granted.
The following morning had scarcely dawned when the girl arose and tidied the house, and the boy drew the water and watered the garden, so that when the good woman got up she found all the housework done. She was so pleased with this that she proposed to the children that they should remain and live with her. The boy said that his sister might, but that it was necessary for him to arrange some business matters, for which he had come to the city. So he departed, and followed a chance road, praying to heaven to guide his steps and bring his enterprise to a successful ending.
For three days he followed various byways, but without seeing any vestige76 of the tower; on the fourth, sad and weary he seated himself under the shadow of a tree. After a short time he saw a little turtle-dove arrive and rest among the branches of the tree; so he said to it in its own language:
"Little turtle-dove, I wish you could tell me where the castle of Go and Return Not is?"
"Poor boy," responded the turtle-dove, "who bore you such ill-will as to send you there?"
"It is my good or my evil fortune," replied the boy.
"Then if you wish to know it," said the bird, "follow the Wind, which to-day blows toward it!"
Then the boy thanked the turtle-dove and recommenced his journey, following the course of the wind as it changed and chopped about to different points of the compass. The country
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gradually grew sadder and more arid77; and, as night approached, the path led between bare and sombre rocks, a vast black mass among them being the tower wherein dwelt the witch whom the boy was in search of. The sight of the hideous78 place terrified him at first; but as he was brave—like every one whose aim is the furtherance of a good work—he advanced boldly. When he reached the tower, he picked up a big stone and struck the gate with it three times; the hollows of the rocks reverberated79 with the sounds, as if sighs were uttered from their very entrails.
Then the door opened, and there appeared in the doorway an old woman carrying a candle that lit up her face, which was so wrinkled and so frightful80 that the poor boy recoiled81 in horror. Quite an army of beetles82, lizards84, salamanders, spiders and other vermin surrounded the witch.
"How dare you disturb me, impudent85 beggar," she exclaimed, "by coming to knock at my door? What do you want? Speak quickly!"
"Madam," said the boy, "knowing that you alone know the way which leads to the castle of Go and Return Not, I come to ask you, if you please, to point it out to me."
"Very well; but now it is too late. You shall go to-morrow. Come in, and you shall sleep with these little insects."
"I am not able to stay," replied the boy. "It is necessary that I should go at once, as I have to return by daybreak to the place whence I came."
"May dogs worry you, and cats tear you, you stubborn boy," growled87 the old witch angrily. "If I tell you the way," she added, "it will only be upon condition that you bring me this jar full of the Water of Many Colours, which flows from the fountain in the courtyard of the castle; and if you do not bring it to me, I will change you into a lizard83 for all eternity88."
"Agreed!" cried the boy in return.
Then the old woman called a poor dog, which looked very thin and wretched, and said to it:
"Up! conduct this good-for-naught to the castle of Go and
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Return Not, and be careful that you inform my friend of his arrival."
The dog snarled90, shook himself savagely91, and set forth. At the end of about two hours they arrived in front of a very black, enormous, and gloomy castle, whose portals stood wide open, though neither light nor sound gave any indication that it was inhabited; even the rays of the moon, as they were reflected upon the sombre and lifeless mass, seemed to make it still more horrible.
As he went forward the dog began to howl; but the boy, who knew not whether this was the giant's hour for sleep, stopped and rested himself timorously92 against the trunk of a withered93 and leafless wild olive, which was the only tree to be found in that parched94 and naked district.
"Heaven help me!" exclaimed the boy.
"Cross! cross!" responded a sad voice among the branches of the olive. Joyfully the boy recognized the hermit owl which the swallow had mentioned, and said to it in the language of birds:
"Poor little owl, I beg you will help and guide me. I am come in search of the Bird of Truth, and I have to carry the Water of Many Colours to the witch of the tower."
"Do not do that," responded the owl; "but when you have filled the jar with the clear, pure water that flows from a spring at the foot of the fountain of Water of Many Colours, go in quickly to the aviary95, which you will find in front of the doorway; do not take any notice of the various coloured birds that will come to meet you and deafen96 you by all shouting out together that they are the Bird of Truth; then seize a little white bird which the others thrust on one side and persecute97 ceaselessly, but cannot kill, because it cannot die. But go quickly, for at this moment the giant is just going to sleep, and his sleep only lasts for a quarter of an hour!"
The boy began to run; he entered into the courtyard, where he found that the fountain had many spouts98 whence poured waters of different colours, but he did not look at them; he filled his jar at the spring of pure, clear water which flowed from the spring at the foot of the fountain, and then made his way
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to the aviary. Scarcely had he entered it, when he was surrounded by a troop of birds, some plovers99, some black ravens100, and others gorgeous peacocks, each one declaring itself to be the Bird of Truth. The boy did not linger with them, but went right forward, and finding the white bird he was in search of huddled101 in the corner, he took it, placed it in his bosom102, and went forth, not however, without distributing a few good blows among the enemies of the Bird of Truth.
The boy did not cease running until he reached the witch's tower. When he arrived, the old wretch89 seized the jar and flung all the contents at him, thinking that it was the water of many colours, and that he would be changed by it into a parrot; but as it was pure and clear water, the boy only became handsomer than he was before.
At the same time she had drenched103 all the insects, who were really people that had arrived there with the same intention as the little prince, and who were immediately changed back into their original forms—the beetles into knights104 errant, the lizards into princesses, grasshoppers105 into dancers, crickets into musicians, flies into journalists, spiders into young ladies, curianas (black flies) into students, the weevils into boys, and so forth. When the old witch saw this, she seized a broom and flew away. Then the disenchanted people, the ladies, gentlemen, girls and boys thanked their liberator106 and accompanied him on his way back to the city.
You may imagine how delighted his sister was when she saw the young prince return with the Bird of Truth. But a very great difficulty still remained, and that was, how the bird could be got into the presence of the king without the knowledge of the courtiers, who were interested in preventing him from discovering the crime which they had committed. And what was more, the Court having learned that the Bird of Truth had been found, the news inspired such dread107 that few were able to sleep tranquilly108 in their beds. All kinds of weapons were prepared against it; some sharpened, others envenomed; hawks109 were trained to pursue it; cages were prepared in which to imprison110 it, if it were found impossible to kill
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it; they slandered111 it, saying that its whiteness was an artificial paint, with which it coated its black plumage; they satirized112 and ridiculed113 it in every possible manner. At last so much was said about the Bird of Truth, that it reached the king's ears, who wished to see it; and the more that the courtiers intrigued114 to prevent it, the more he desired to view the bird. Finally, his Majesty115 issued a proclamation, that whoever had the Bird of Truth in his possession, was to present himself without delay to the king.
This was the very thing that the boy had wished for. So he hastened to the palace, carrying the Bird of Truth in his bosom; but, as you can imagine, the courtiers would not allow him to enter. Then the bird, taking flight, entered into the royal household by a window, and presenting itself before the king, said:
"Sir, I am the Bird of Truth; the boy who brought me here in his bosom has not been allowed by the courtiers to enter."
The king commanded that the boy should be brought in at once, and he entered with his sister, who had accompanied him to the palace. When they came into the royal presence the king inquired who they were.
"That the Bird of Truth can tell your Majesty," said the boy.
And, questioned by the king, the bird answered that the children were his Majesty's own, and informed him of all that had happened. As soon as the king heard the story of the treason, with tears of joy he clasped the children in his arms, and ordered masons to open the vault in which the good queen had been so many years entombed. When the poor lady came forth she was so white that she looked like a statue of marble; but as soon as she beheld her children, the blood rushed from her heart to her cheeks, and she became again as beautiful as she had ever been before. The king embraced her, and seated her on the throne with her children by her side. Then he ordered the good fisherman to be fetched, and created him chief of the Ministry of Fishing; and the queen's faithful attendant, who had saved her mistress's life, he pensioned off, and created a duchess, and he distributed many other gifts and benefits to celebrate the most joyful58 occasion of his life.
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