The King’s Daughter

The King’s Daughter
A long time ago a very rich king had a smart and very
beautiful daughter. They ruled over a very prosperous city
that had three roads leading into it. Each road had a special
kind of traveler assigned to it. However, each road also
had problems, which threatened the travelers going into the
city. The first road had a mean lion that ate up everything
he saw. The second road had a gang of men who would kill
the travelers. The third road had a group of thieves that
robbed the travelers of their food and belongings.
Many men came to the king to ask him if they could
marry his beautiful, smart daughter. But the king’s
daughter loved another man, and she wanted to marry him.
However, the king didn’t want her to marry the man she
loved, so he announced that his daughter would only marry
the man who could get rid of the dangers on the three
roads into the city.
All the men in the city started to compete with each
other so they could be the winner, and marry the king’s

daughter. They all failed to get rid of the dangerous
attackers on the roads leading into the city.
The girl’s lover went to the girl, and said, “You are a
very smart girl. How can we solve these problems so we
can be married?
She said, “Lets take care of the lion first. We’ll set a
trap for him. Don’t use a spear or carry other weapons.”
He set a trap for the lion. Then he called the king and
all the people in the city, and he said, ” Here’s the lion I
caught without a weapon.” Everyone was surprised, and
they all clapped for him.
The daughter’s lover then secretly went back to her,
and asked her how to get rid of the gang on the second
road. She said, “We’ll cook some delicious food. We will
put poison in the food. Then we’ll tie the food to some
donkeys, and have them walk along the road.” The gang of
men robbed the food from the donkeys. They ate the food
very fast, and they all died.
The young man went back to the king’s daughter, and
asked her how to get rid of the thieves on the third road.

She said, “Go find as many horses as you can. Tie thorn
bushes to each horse. Then let the horses run in different
directions to scare the thieves.” The running horses made
lots of dust, and when the robbers saw all the horses and
the dust, they thought they were being attacked by an
army.
They said, “A huge and powerful army is coming! What
shall we do?” They decided to run away in different
directions so no one would find them together.
The king was very happy that all three roads leading
into the city were now safe for travelers. He let his
daughter marry the man she loved. They had a big wedding
with many presents from the people in the city.
They were happy because they had faced these
problems together. They had discussed their problems and
decided how to solve them. They were always loyal to each
other.

Lesson: Talk about your problems with people who
care, hence your wife. Together you have a much better chance of solving
them.