Illustrated by the students

from English group 7C

Once upon a time, a king and his son lived happily and ruled their kingdom. When the time for the prince to marry came, his father sent a letter to the other king with a ring in it in order to ask the beautiful princess to marry his son.

The messenger gave the letter to the other king. He read it and called his daughter to inform her about the letter and to hear her answer. She told her father that she would marry the prince only if he brought her three rings: the first one made of stars, the second one made of the moon and the third ring made of the sun.

Soon the messenger was sent to bring the princess’ answer to the prince and his father. The king was devastated. He even promised the half of his kingdom and big fortune to the one who could find those rings, but in vain.

At last the prince himself decided to start searching. He wandered and wandered, and when he lost hope that he would find three rings and wanted to give up, he met an old woman.

He greeted the old woman and she said, ‘’God bless you! I hope this is going to be the happiest day in your life! I will help you! I am the doctor who will cure your anguished body and soul.’’

The old woman’s words surprised the prince. Then she said, ’’I know everything about you and your problem. Now listen! Take, please, this herb from my chest and put it on yours. Then comb one half of my hair to the front and the other half along my shoulders and stay here until the morning."

The prince did everything that the old woman had told him to do.

In the evening, the old woman instructed the prince: ‘’When you see the first star in the sky, take the herb from your chest and say 'Dear God, give me the ring'.’’

The prince did all this and the star ring fell off the sky in front of his feet.

Then, the old woman said the prince to do the same thing again when the moon appeared. After he repeated the procedure, the moon ring fell from the sky.