--- title: The Pink Fairy Book, part 3 — The Pink Fairy Book · full text with trees description: The Pink Fairy Book, part 3, «The Pink Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang: the whole chapter, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics. It begins: But at daybreak the woodcutter started off into the wood, and this time asked his second daughter to bring his food. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/3/) [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 Pink Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/) / The Pink Fairy Book, part 3 # The Pink Fairy Book, part 3 The Pink Fairy Book, part 3 of «The Pink Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang: the whole text, 126 sentences and 2721 words. Every sentence has its own page with its syntax tree and pragmatics, parsed by Mova itself; 2 of them are in the tales treebank and were checked by a teacher model. **1** [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/3/page/2/) - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/3/1/) — But at daybreak the woodcutter started off into the wood, and this time asked his second daughter to bring his food. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/3/2/) — ‘I will take a bag of lentils,’ said he; ‘they are larger than millet, and the girl will see them better and be sure to find her way.’ - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/3/3/) — At midday the maiden took the food, but the lentils had all gone; as on the previous day, the wood birds had eaten them all. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/3/4/) — The maiden wandered about the wood till nightfall, when she came in the same way to the old man’s house, and asked for food and a night’s lodging. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/3/5/) — The man with the white hair again asked the beasts: - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/3/6/) — Pretty cock, Pretty hen, And you, pretty brindled cow, What do you say now? - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/3/7/) — The beasts answered, ‘Duks,’ and everything happened as on the former day. — checked by a teacher - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/3/8/) — The girl cooked a good meal, ate and drank with the old man, and did not trouble herself about the animals. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/3/9/) — And when she asked for a bed, they replied: - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/3/10/) — You have eaten with him You have drunk with him, Of us you have not thought, - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/3/11/) — Now sleep as you ought! - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/3/12/) — And when she was asleep, the old man shook his head over her, and let her fall into the cellar. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/3/13/) — On the third morning the woodcutter said to his wife, ‘Send our youngest child to-day with my dinner. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/3/14/) — She is always good and obedient, and will keep to the right path, and not wander away like her sisters, idle drones!’ - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/3/15/) — But the mother said, ‘Must I lose my dearest child too?’ - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/3/16/) — ‘Do not fear,’ he answered; ‘she is too clever and intelligent to lose her way. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/3/17/) — I will take plenty of peas with me and strew them along; they are even larger than lentils, and will show her the way.’ - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/3/18/) — But when the maiden started off with the basket on her arm, the wood pigeons had eaten up the peas, and she did not know which way to go. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/3/19/) — She was much distressed, and thought constantly of her poor hungry father and her anxious mother. - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/3/20/) — At last, when it grew dark, she saw the little light, and came to the house in the wood. - [21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/3/21/) — She asked prettily if she might stay there for the night, and the man with the white beard asked his beasts again: - [22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/3/22/) — Pretty cock, Pretty hen, And you, pretty brindled cow, What do you say now? - [23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/3/23/) — ‘Duks,’ they said. - [24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/3/24/) — Then the maiden stepped up to the stove where the animals were lying, and stroked the cock and the hen, and scratched the brindled cow between its horns. - [25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/3/25/) — And when at the bidding of the old man she had prepared a good supper, and the dishes were standing on the table, she said, ‘Shall I have plenty while the good beasts have nothing? - [26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/3/26/) — There is food to spare outside; I will attend to them first.’ - [27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/3/27/) — Then she went out and fetched barley and strewed it before the cock and hen, and brought the cow an armful of sweet-smelling hay. - [28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/3/28/) — ‘Eat that, dear beasts,’ she said,’ and when you are thirsty you shall have a good drink.’ - [29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/3/29/) — Then she fetched a bowl of water, and the cock and hen flew on to the edge, put their beaks in, and then held up their heads as birds do when they drink, and the brindled cow also drank her fill. - [30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/3/30/) — When the beasts were satisfied, the maiden sat down beside the old man at the table and ate what was left for her. - [31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/3/31/) — Soon the cock and hen began to tuck their heads under their wings, and the brindled cow blinked its eyes, so the maiden said, ‘Shall we not go to rest now?’ - [32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/3/32/) — Pretty cock, Pretty hen, And you, pretty brindled cow, What do you say now? - [33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/3/33/) — The animals said, ‘Duks: - [34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/3/34/) — You have eaten with us, You have drunk with us, You have tended us right, So we wish you good night.’ - [35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/3/35/) — The maiden therefore went upstairs, made the bed and put on clean sheets and fell asleep. - [36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/3/36/) — She slept peacefully till midnight, when there was such a noise in the house that she awoke. - [37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/3/37/) — Everything trembled and shook; the animals sprang up and dashed themselves in terror against the wall; the beams swayed as if they would be torn from their foundations, it seemed as if the stairs were tumbling down, and then the roof fell in with a crash. - [38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/3/38/) — Then all became still, and as no harm came to the maiden she lay down again and fell asleep. - [39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/3/39/) — But when she awoke again in broad daylight, what a sight met her eyes! — checked by a teacher - [40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/3/40/) — She was lying in a splendid room furnished with royal splendour; the walls were covered with golden flowers on a green ground; the bed was of ivory and the counterpane of velvet, and on a stool near by lay a pair of slippers studded with pearls. - [41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/3/41/) — The maiden thought she must be dreaming, but in came three servants richly dressed, who asked what were her commands. - [42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/3/42/) — ‘Go,’ said the maiden, ‘I will get up at once and cook the old man’s supper for him, and then I will feed the pretty cock and hen and the brindled cow.’ - [43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/3/43/) — But the door opened and in came a handsome young man, who said, ‘I am a king’s son, and was condemned by a wicked witch to live as an old man in this wood with no company but that of my three servants, who were transformed into a cock, a hen, and a brindled cow. - [44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/3/44/) — The spell could only be broken by the arrival of a maiden who should show herself kind not only to men but to beasts. - [45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/3/45/) — You are that maiden, and last night at midnight we were freed, and this poor house was again transformed into my royal palace. - [46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/3/46/) — As they stood there the king’s son told his three servants to go and fetch the maiden’s parents to be present at the wedding feast. - [47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/3/47/) — ‘But where are my two sisters?’ asked the maid. - [48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/3/48/) — ‘I shut them up in the cellar, but in the morning they shall be led forth into the forest and shall serve a charcoal burner until they have improved, and will never again suffer poor animals to go hungry.’ - [49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/3/49/) — Uraschimataro and the Turtle - [50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/3/50/) — From the Japanische Marchen und Sagen, von David Brauns (Leipzig: Wilhelm Friedrich). - [51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/3/51/) — There was once a worthy old couple who lived on the coast, and supported themselves by fishing. - [52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/3/52/) — They had only one child, a son, who was their pride and joy, and for his sake they were ready to work hard all day long, and never felt tired or discontented with their lot. - [53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/3/53/) — This son’s name was Uraschimataro, which means in Japanese, ‘Son of the island,’ and he was a fine well-grown youth and a good fisherman, minding neither wind nor weather. - [54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/3/54/) — Not the bravest sailor in the whole village dared venture so far out to sea as Uraschimataro, and many a time the neighbours used to shake their heads and say to his parents, ‘If your son goes on being so rash, one day he will try his luck once too often, and the waves will end by swallowing him up.’ - [55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/3/55/) — But Uraschimataro paid no heed to these remarks, and as he was really very clever in managing a boat, the old people were very seldom anxious about him. - [56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/3/56/) — One beautiful bright morning, as he was hauling his well-filled nets into the boat, he saw lying among the fishes a tiny little turtle. - [57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/3/57/) — He was delighted with his prize, and threw it into a wooden vessel to keep till he got home, when suddenly the turtle found its voice, and tremblingly begged for its life. - [58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/3/58/) — ‘After all,’ it said, ‘what good can I do you? - [59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/3/59/) — I am so young and small, and I would so gladly live a little longer. - [60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/3/60/) — Be merciful and set me free, and I shall know how to prove my gratitude.’ - [61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/3/61/) — Now Uraschimataro was very good-natured, and besides, he could never bear to say no, so he picked up the turtle, and put it back into the sea. - [62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/3/62/) — Years flew by, and every morning Uraschimataro sailed his boat into the deep sea. - [63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/3/63/) — But one day as he was making for a little bay between some rocks, there arose a fierce whirlwind, which shattered his boat to pieces, and she was sucked under by the waves. - [64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/3/64/) — Uraschimataro himself very nearly shared the same fate. - [65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/3/65/) — But he was a powerful swimmer, and struggled hard to reach the shore. - [66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/3/66/) — Then he saw a large turtle coming towards him, and above the howling of the storm he heard what it said: ‘I am the turtle whose life you once saved. - [67](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/3/67/) — I will now pay my debt and show my gratitude. - [68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/3/68/) — The land is still far distant, and without my help you would never get there. - [69](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/3/69/) — Climb on my back, and I will take you where you will.’ - [70](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/3/70/) — Uraschimataro did not wait to be asked twice, and thankfully accepted his friend’s help. - [71](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/3/71/) — But scarcely was he seated firmly on the shell, when the turtle proposed that they should not return to the shore at once, but go under the sea, and look at some of the wonders that lay hidden there. - [72](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/3/72/) — Uraschimataro agreed willingly, and in another moment they were deep, deep down, with fathoms of blue water above their heads. - [73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/3/73/) — Oh, how quickly they darted through the still, warm sea! - [74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/3/74/) — The young man held tight, and marvelled where they were going and how long they were to travel, but for three days they rushed on, till at last the turtle stopped before a splendid palace, shining with gold and silver, crystal and precious stones, and decked here and there with branches of pale pink coral and glittering pearls. - [75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/3/75/) — But if Uraschimataro was astonished at the beauty of the outside, he was struck dumb at the sight of the hall within, which was lighted by the blaze of fish scales. - [76](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/3/76/) — ‘Where have you brought me?’ he asked his guide in a low voice. - [77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/3/77/) — ‘To the palace of Ringu, the house of the sea god, whose subjects we all are,’ answered the turtle. - [78](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/3/78/) — ‘I am the first waiting maid of his daughter, the lovely princess Otohime, whom you will shortly see.’ - [79](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/3/79/) — Uraschimataro was still so puzzled with the adventures that had befallen him, that he waited in a dazed condition for what would happen next. - [80](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/3/80/) — But the turtle, who had talked so much of him to the princess that she had expressed a wish to see him, went at once to make known his arrival. - [81](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/3/81/) — And directly the princess beheld him her heart was set on him, and she begged him to stay with her, and in return promised that he should never grow old, neither should his beauty fade. - [82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/3/82/) — ‘Is not that reward enough?’ she asked, smiling, looking all the while as fair as the sun itself. - [83](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/3/83/) — And Uraschimataro said ‘Yes,’ and so he stayed there. - [84](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/3/84/) — For how long? - [85](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/3/85/) — That he only knew later. - [86](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/3/86/) — His life passed by, and each hour seemed happier than the last, when one day there rushed over him a terrible longing to see his parents. - [87](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/3/87/) — He fought against it hard, knowing how it would grieve the princess, but it grew on him stronger and stronger, till at length he became so sad that the princess inquired what was wrong. - [88](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/3/88/) — Then he told her of the longing he had to visit his old home, and that he must see his parents once more. - [89](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/3/89/) — The princess was almost frozen with horror, and implored him to stay with her, or something dreadful would be sure to happen. - [90](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/3/90/) — ‘You will never come back, and we shall meet again no more,’ she moaned bitterly. - [91](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/3/91/) — But Uraschimataro stood firm and repeated, ‘Only this once will I leave you, and then will I return to your side for ever.’ - [92](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/3/92/) — Sadly the princess shook her head, but she answered slowly, ‘One way there is to bring you safely back, but I fear you will never agree to the conditions of the bargain.’ - [93](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/3/93/) — ‘I will do anything that will bring me back to you,’ exclaimed Uraschimataro, looking at her tenderly, but the princess was silent: she knew too well that when he left her she would see his face no more. - [94](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/3/94/) — Then she took from a shelf a tiny golden box, and gave it to Uraschimataro, praying him to keep it carefully, and above all things never to open it. - [95](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/3/95/) — ‘If you can do this,’ she said as she bade him farewell, ‘your friend the turtle will meet you at the shore, and will carry you back to me.’ - [96](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/3/96/) — Uraschimataro thanked her from his heart, and swore solemnly to do her bidding. - [97](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/3/97/) — He hid the box safely in his garments, seated himself on the back of the turtle, and vanished in the ocean path, waving his hand to the princess. - [98](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/3/98/) — Three days and three nights they swam through the sea, and at length Uraschimataro arrived at the beach which lay before his old home. - [99](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/3/99/) — The turtle bade him farewell, and was gone in a moment. - [100](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/3/100/) — Uraschimataro drew near to the village with quick and joyful steps. **1** [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/3/page/2/) - ← previous: [The Pink Fairy Book, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/2/) - next →: [The Pink Fairy Book, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/4/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/)