--- title: The Crimson Fairy Book, part 1 — The Crimson Fairy Book · full text with trees · page 2 description: The Crimson Fairy Book, part 1, «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang: the whole chapter, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics. It begins: By Various --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/1/page/2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Crimson Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/) / The Crimson Fairy Book, part 1 # The Crimson Fairy Book, part 1 · page 2 [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/1/) **2** - [101](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/1/101/) — \[From Ungarische Mährchen.\] - [102](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/1/102/) — Lucky Luck - [103](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/1/103/) — Once upon a time there was a king who had an only son. - [104](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/1/104/) — When 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. - [105](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/1/105/) — He bade his son act as Regent in his absence, but ordered him on no account to marry till his return. - [106](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/1/106/) — Time went by. - [107](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/1/107/) — The prince ruled the country and never even thought of marrying. - [108](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/1/108/) — But 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. - [109](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/1/109/) — He 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. - [110](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/1/110/) — Then the prince called his courtiers about him and set off with a great retinue to seek a bride. - [111](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/1/111/) — He hardly knew which way to go, so he wandered about for twenty days, when, suddenly, he found himself in his father’s camp. - [112](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/1/112/) — The 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.” - [113](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/1/113/) — Only one faithful servant stayed with the prince and refused to part from him. - [114](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/1/114/) — They journeyed over hill and dale till they came to a place called Goldtown. — checked by a teacher - [115](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/1/115/) — The King of Goldtown had a lovely daughter, and the prince, who soon heard about her beauty, could not rest till he saw her. [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/1/) **2** - next →: [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/2/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/)