A #KittyWU #fairytale about One-eye, Two-eyes and Three-eye
The more tales you read the more similarity you will find. I read a lot of tales and still am.
It's a pity that also the fairy tales change. They are told much shorter, with less details nowadays.
It's a pity that also the fairy tales change. They are told much shorter, with less details nowadays.
The German brothers Grimm wrote down over 200 fairy tales.
One of them is: One-eye, Two-eyes and Three-eyes.
I liked it as I was about 7-8 years old. Mostly because I was fascinated because of the eyes.
Imagine you have only 1 eye in the centre of your face or 3 eyes... all people stare at you.. and the only place you are save is at home!
The meaning of this story (is there a lesson to learn?) is unclear to me. Who knows you can open my eyes.
I liked it as I was about 7-8 years old. Mostly because I was fascinated because of the eyes.
Imagine you have only 1 eye in the centre of your face or 3 eyes... all people stare at you.. and the only place you are save is at home!
The meaning of this story (is there a lesson to learn?) is unclear to me. Who knows you can open my eyes.
One-eye, Two-eyes and Three-eyes
Once there was a woman who had three daughters,
the eldest was called One-eye, because she had only one eye in the middle of her forehead, the second was called Two-eyes, because she had two eyes like other people and the youngest was called Three-eyes, because she had three eyes and her third eye was also in the centre of her forehead.
Since Two-eyes looked like other human beings, her sisters and mother could not stand her.
They always told her: "You with your two eyes, are not better than the common people; you do not belong to us!" They bullied her, only gave her old clothes to wear and gave her hardly anything to eat, did everything to make her feel missery.
It came to pass that Two-eyes had to go out into the fields and tend the goat,
but she was still quite hungry, because her sisters did not give her anything to eat. So she sat down on a ridge and began to cry, so bitterly that two streams ran down from her eyes.
As she looked up in her grief a woman was standing beside her and asked: "Why are crying, little Two-eyes?"
Two-Eyes answered, "I have plenty of reasons to cry. I have two eyes like other people and my sisters and mother hate me for it, push me from one corner to another, throw old clothes at me and give me nothing to eat but the scraps they leave if I am lucky! Today they have given me nothing so I am hungry."
The wise woman said, "Stop crying, Two-eyes, and I will show you something so you will not suffer from hunger again. You just need to say to the goat:
"Bleat, my little goat, bleat,
Cover the table with something to eat,"
and then a clean well-spread little table will stand before you, with the most delicious food upon it. You can eat as much as you like and when you have had enough just say:
As she looked up in her grief a woman was standing beside her and asked: "Why are crying, little Two-eyes?"
Two-Eyes answered, "I have plenty of reasons to cry. I have two eyes like other people and my sisters and mother hate me for it, push me from one corner to another, throw old clothes at me and give me nothing to eat but the scraps they leave if I am lucky! Today they have given me nothing so I am hungry."
The wise woman said, "Stop crying, Two-eyes, and I will show you something so you will not suffer from hunger again. You just need to say to the goat:
"Bleat, my little goat, bleat,
Cover the table with something to eat,"
and then a clean well-spread little table will stand before you, with the most delicious food upon it. You can eat as much as you like and when you have had enough just say:
"Bleat, bleat, my little goat, I pray
take the table away,"
and it will vanish again"
The woman disappeared and Two-eyes thought, I should try it out at once,
I am so hungry so she said:
"Bleat, my little goat, bleat
Cover the table with something to eat,"
She had hardly spoken the words or the little table, covered with a white cloth, was standing in front of her. On it was a plate with a knife and fork, and a silver spoon; and the most delicious food was there also, warm and smoking as if it had just come out of the kitchen.
Then Two-eyes said the shortest prayer she knew, "Lord God, be with us always, Amen," and helped herself to some food and enjoyed it. As she was satisfied, she said, as the wise woman had taught her:
Then Two-eyes said the shortest prayer she knew, "Lord God, be with us always, Amen," and helped herself to some food and enjoyed it. As she was satisfied, she said, as the wise woman had taught her:
"Bleat, bleat, my little goat, I pray
take the table away,"
take the table away,"
Immediately the little table and everything on it was gone.
In the evening, when she went home
with her goat, a small dish with some food, which her sisters had set ready for her, was waiting for her, but she did not touch it.
Next day she went out with her goat again
and left the few bits of broken bread which had been handed to her, untouched. The first and second time that she did this, her sisters did not remark it at all, but as it happened every time, they did observe it, and said: "There is something wrong about Two-eyes, she always leaves her food untouched, she used to eat everything given her; she must have discovered other ways of getting food." In order to learn the truth, they resolved to send One-eye with Two-eyes when she went to drive her goat to observe what Two-eyes did and if any one brought her anything to eat and drink.
So as Two-eyes left One-eye went to her and said: "I will come along with you and see if the goat is well taken care of".
Two-eyes knew what was in One-eye's mind, and drove the goat into high grass and said: "Come, One-eye, we will sit down, and I will sing something to you." One-eye sat down and was tired with the unaccustomed walk and the heat of the sun, and Two-eyes sang constantly,
"One-eye, are you awake? One-eye, are you sleeping?", until One-eye closed her only eye, and fell asleep. As soon as Two-eyes saw that One-eye was sleeping, couldn't discover anything, she said:
"Bleat, my little goat, bleat,
Cover the table with something to eat,"
She ate and drank till she was satisfied.and then she again said:
"Bleat, bleat, my little goat, I pray,
take the table quite away,"
and in an instant all was gone.
Next she woke up One-eye, and said: "One-eye, you said you want to take care of the goat and sleep? Come on, let us go home again."
So they did and again Two-eyes did not touch her food. And One-eye? She could not tell her mother why since she fall asleep.
"One-eye, are you awake? One-eye, are you sleeping?", until One-eye closed her only eye, and fell asleep. As soon as Two-eyes saw that One-eye was sleeping, couldn't discover anything, she said:
"Bleat, my little goat, bleat,
Cover the table with something to eat,"
She ate and drank till she was satisfied.and then she again said:
"Bleat, bleat, my little goat, I pray,
take the table quite away,"
and in an instant all was gone.
Next she woke up One-eye, and said: "One-eye, you said you want to take care of the goat and sleep? Come on, let us go home again."
So they did and again Two-eyes did not touch her food. And One-eye? She could not tell her mother why since she fall asleep.
Next day the mother said to Three-eyes, "This time you go and observe Two-eyes."
So Three-eyes said: "I will come with you and see if the goat is taken proper care of".
But Two-eyes knew what was in Three-eyes' mind, and drove the goat into high grass and said, "We will sit down, and I will sing something to you, Three-eyes." Three-eyes sat down, she was tired with of walking and the heat of the sun and Two-eyes began to sing the same song as before, and sang,
"Three eyes, are you awake?"
but then, instead of singing,
"Three eyes, are you sleeping?"
as she ought to have done, she thoughtlessly sang,
"Two eyes, are you sleeping?"
and sang all the time,
"Three eyes, are you waking?
Two eyes, are you sleeping?"
Two of the eyes which Three-eyes had, shut and fall asleep, but the third, as it had not been named in the song, did not sleep.
But Two-eyes knew what was in Three-eyes' mind, and drove the goat into high grass and said, "We will sit down, and I will sing something to you, Three-eyes." Three-eyes sat down, she was tired with of walking and the heat of the sun and Two-eyes began to sing the same song as before, and sang,
"Three eyes, are you awake?"
but then, instead of singing,
"Three eyes, are you sleeping?"
as she ought to have done, she thoughtlessly sang,
"Two eyes, are you sleeping?"
and sang all the time,
"Three eyes, are you waking?
Two eyes, are you sleeping?"
Two of the eyes which Three-eyes had, shut and fall asleep, but the third, as it had not been named in the song, did not sleep.
It is true that Three-eyes shut her 3rd eye but only in her cunning, to pretend it was asleep too, but it blinked, and could see everything very well. And as Two-eyes thought that Three-eyes was asleep, she used her little charm,
"Bleat, my little goat, bleat,
Cover the table with something to eat,"
and she ate and drank as much as her heart desired, and then ordered the table to go away again,
"Bleat, bleat, my little goat, I pray,
take the table quite away,"
"Bleat, my little goat, bleat,
Cover the table with something to eat,"
and she ate and drank as much as her heart desired, and then ordered the table to go away again,
"Bleat, bleat, my little goat, I pray,
take the table quite away,"
Three-eyes had seen everything.
Two-eyes came to her, woke her up and said, "Have you been asleep, Three-eyes? You are a good care-taker! Let us go home."
Back home, Two-eyes again did not eat, and Three-eyes said to the mother, "Now, I know why that high-minded thing there does not eat. When she is out, she says to the goat,
"Bleat, my little goat, bleat,
Cover the table with something to eat,"
and then a little table appearscovered with the best food, much better than any food we have here! When she has eaten all she wants, she says,
"Bleat, bleat, my little goat, I pray,
take the table quite away,"
and all disappears. I watched everything closely. She put two of my eyes to sleep by singing a certain form of words, but luckily the one in my forehead kept awake."
Back home, Two-eyes again did not eat, and Three-eyes said to the mother, "Now, I know why that high-minded thing there does not eat. When she is out, she says to the goat,
"Bleat, my little goat, bleat,
Cover the table with something to eat,"
and then a little table appearscovered with the best food, much better than any food we have here! When she has eaten all she wants, she says,
"Bleat, bleat, my little goat, I pray,
take the table quite away,"
and all disappears. I watched everything closely. She put two of my eyes to sleep by singing a certain form of words, but luckily the one in my forehead kept awake."
The envious mother cried, "Do you want to live a better life as we live? The desire will pass away," she fetched a butcher's knife and killed the goat.
As Two-eyes saw what had happened, she ran out,
sat on the ridge of grass at the edge of the field, and wept bitter tears. Suddenly the wise woman appeared at her side and said: "Two-eyes, why are you crying?"
"Have I not reason to cry?" she answered. "The goat which covered the table for me every day when I spoke your charm, has been killed by my mother, and now I will be hungry again." T
The wise woman said, "Two-eyes, I will give you a piece of good advice; ask your sisters to give you the entrails of the slaughtered goat, and bury them in the ground in front of the house, and your fortune will be made." Then she vanished, and Two-eyes went home and said to her sisters, "Dear sisters, do give me some part of my goat; I don't wish for what is good, but give me the entrails." Then they laughed and said, "If that's all you want, you can have it." So Two-eyes took the entrails and buried them quietly in the evening, in front of the house-door, as the wise woman had counselled her to do.
"Have I not reason to cry?" she answered. "The goat which covered the table for me every day when I spoke your charm, has been killed by my mother, and now I will be hungry again." T
The wise woman said, "Two-eyes, I will give you a piece of good advice; ask your sisters to give you the entrails of the slaughtered goat, and bury them in the ground in front of the house, and your fortune will be made." Then she vanished, and Two-eyes went home and said to her sisters, "Dear sisters, do give me some part of my goat; I don't wish for what is good, but give me the entrails." Then they laughed and said, "If that's all you want, you can have it." So Two-eyes took the entrails and buried them quietly in the evening, in front of the house-door, as the wise woman had counselled her to do.
Next morning, as they all woke up
and went to the front door, there a strange magnificent tree with leaves of silver and fruit of gold hanging among them appeared. In the whole wide world there was nothing more beautiful or precious. They did not know how the tree could have come there during the night, but Two-eyes saw that it had grown up out of the entrails of the goat, for it was standing on the exact spot where she had buried them.
The mother said to One-eye, "Climb up, my child, and gather some of the fruit of the tree for us."
One-eye climbed up, but when she was about to get hold of one of the golden apples, the branch escaped from her hands, and that happened each time, so that she could not pick one single apple.
Then said the mother, "Three-eyes, do you climb up; you with your three eyes can look about you better than One-eye." One-eye slipped down, and Three-eyes climbed up. Three-eyes was not more skilful, and might search as she liked, but the golden apples always escaped her. At length the mother grew impatient, and climbed up herself, but could not get hold of the fruit no better than One-eye and Three-eyes, for she always clutched empty air.
Then said the mother, "Three-eyes, do you climb up; you with your three eyes can look about you better than One-eye." One-eye slipped down, and Three-eyes climbed up. Three-eyes was not more skilful, and might search as she liked, but the golden apples always escaped her. At length the mother grew impatient, and climbed up herself, but could not get hold of the fruit no better than One-eye and Three-eyes, for she always clutched empty air.
Then said Two-eyes, "I will just go up, perhaps I will succeed ." The sisters cried, "You indeed, with your two eyes, what can you do?" But Two-eyes climbed up and the golden apples did not get out of her way, but came into her hand of their own. She could pick them one after the other and brought a whole apronful down with her. The mother took them away from her, and instead of treating poor Two-eyes any better for this, she and One-eye and Three-eyes were only envious, because Two-eyes alone had been able to get the fruit?
Once when they were all standing together by the tree a young knight appeared.
"Quick, Two-eyes," the two sisters cried, "hide yourself and don't disgrace us!" and they turned an empty barrel which was standing close by the tree over poor Two-eyes and they pushed the golden apples which she had been gathering, under it too.
As the knight came closer (he was a handsome lord who stopped and admired the magnificent gold and silver tree) he said to the two sisters: "To whom does this fine tree belong? Any one who would bestow one branch of it on me might in return for it ask whatsoever he desired."
One-eye and Three-eyes replied that the tree belonged to them, and that they would give him a branch. They both were not able to do as promissed, the branches and fruit both moved away from them every time.
The knight said: "It is strange that the tree belongs to you and yoare not able to break a piece off it." They again asserted that the tree was their property. As they said so, Two-eyes rolled out a couple of golden apples from under the barrel to the feet of the knight, for she was vexed with One-eye and Three-eyes, for not speaking the truth. As the knight saw the apples he was astonished and asked where they came from. One-eye and Three-eyes answered that they had another sister, who was not allowed to show herself, for she had only two eyes like any common person.
One-eye and Three-eyes replied that the tree belonged to them, and that they would give him a branch. They both were not able to do as promissed, the branches and fruit both moved away from them every time.
The knight said: "It is strange that the tree belongs to you and yoare not able to break a piece off it." They again asserted that the tree was their property. As they said so, Two-eyes rolled out a couple of golden apples from under the barrel to the feet of the knight, for she was vexed with One-eye and Three-eyes, for not speaking the truth. As the knight saw the apples he was astonished and asked where they came from. One-eye and Three-eyes answered that they had another sister, who was not allowed to show herself, for she had only two eyes like any common person.
The knight, however, desired to see her,
and said: "Two-eyes show yourself!."
Two-eyes, quite comforted, came from beneath the barrel and the knight was surprised at her great beauty.and said, "you, Two-eyes, can certainly break off a branch from the tree for me." "Yes," replied Two-eyes, "that I certainly shall be able to do, since the tree belongs to me." She climbed upon into the tree and easily broke off a branch with beautiful silver leaves and golden fruit and gave it to the knight.
The knight said: "Two-eyes, what shall I give you for it?"
"I suffer from hunger and thirst, grief and want, from early morning till late night, if you would take me with you, and deliver me from these things, I should be happy." So the knight lifted Two-eyes on to his horse and took her home with him to his father's castle. He gave her beautiful clothes, food and he loved her so much he married her.
Two-eyes, quite comforted, came from beneath the barrel and the knight was surprised at her great beauty.and said, "you, Two-eyes, can certainly break off a branch from the tree for me." "Yes," replied Two-eyes, "that I certainly shall be able to do, since the tree belongs to me." She climbed upon into the tree and easily broke off a branch with beautiful silver leaves and golden fruit and gave it to the knight.
The knight said: "Two-eyes, what shall I give you for it?"
"I suffer from hunger and thirst, grief and want, from early morning till late night, if you would take me with you, and deliver me from these things, I should be happy." So the knight lifted Two-eyes on to his horse and took her home with him to his father's castle. He gave her beautiful clothes, food and he loved her so much he married her.
As Two-eyes was carried away by the handsome knight, her two sisters grudged her good fortune in downright earnest. The wonderful tree, however, still remains with us," they though and even if we can not gather fruit from it, still every one will stand still and look at it, come to us and admire it. Who knows what good things may be in store for us?" But... next morning, the tree had vanished and all their hopes came at an end. As Two-eyes looked out of her window, to her great delight, the tree was standing in front of it.
Two-eyes lived a long time in happiness.
Once two poor women came visiting her in her castle, and begged for alms. She looked into their faces, recognized her sisters, One-eye, and Three-eyes, who had fallen into such poverty that they had to wander about and beg their bread from door to door. Two-eyes however made them welcome and was kind to them. She took care of them, so that they both with all their hearts repented the evil that they had done their sister in their youth.
I did re-write this story in Dutch in 2018, it still is a favorite of mine although not many people seem to know it. This story I updated at November 13, 2018. I am a #mobileblogger, I write everything with my #smartphone.
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