The Crimson Fairy Book, part 1 · page 21 2101[From Ungarische Mährchen.]102Lucky Luck103Once upon a time there was a king who had an only son.104When the lad was about eighteen years old his father had to go to fight in a war against a neighbouring country, and the king led his troops in person.105He bade his son act as Regent in his absence, but ordered him on no account to marry till his return.106Time went by.107The prince ruled the country and never even thought of marrying.108But when he reached his twenty-fifth birthday he began to think that it might be rather nice to have a wife, and he thought so much that at last he got quite eager about it.109He remembered, however, what his father had said, and waited some time longer, till at last it was ten years since the king went out to war.110Then the prince called his courtiers about him and set off with a great retinue to seek a bride.111He hardly knew which way to go, so he wandered about for twenty days, when, suddenly, he found himself in his father’s camp.112The king was delighted to see his son, and had a great many questions to ask and answer; but when he heard that instead of quietly waiting for him at home the prince was starting off to seek a wife he was very angry, and said: “You may go where you please but I will not leave any of my people with you.”113Only one faithful servant stayed with the prince and refused to part from him.114They journeyed over hill and dale till they came to a place called Goldtown.checked by a teacher115The King of Goldtown had a lovely daughter, and the prince, who soon heard about her beauty, could not rest till he saw her.1 2next →The Crimson Fairy Book, part 2↑ back to The Crimson Fairy BookThis page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/1/page/2/