THE BOY WHO COULD KEEP A SECERT
THE PALACE - Part 4 of 5
THE PALACE - Part 4 of 5
So it was that the youth, instead of being hanged, was taken away in the golden coach to Buda hills, capital of Hungary.
“What is the secret that has brought you so much trouble?” “I cannot tell till it comes true.”
After travelling for several days, they reached Buda, where they found the beautiful princess picking roses in the garden. “Oh! What a handsome lad! Have you brought him from fairyland” “Ha, Ha, No! From the gallows!” Venus has, till that day, never consented to speak to any man. “I don’t care where you brought him from. I’ll marry him and none other.” Emperor was happy beyond dreams. Laughing, he said, “You may change your mind when you know how stubborn he is about sharing his secret.”
Weeks later, Venus wore her prettiest gown and went to visit the boy. “Oh! How lovely you look!” “Tell me. What I this wonderful secret of yours? Just whisper it in my ear.” “My angel, be wise and ask no question, for I will not tell you my secret.” “You must! You must! You must!” She nagged him till he could bear it no longer and lapped her so hard on the face. Such a delicate creature she is, her nose bled. When the Emperor saw what he has done to his precious, he swore, “I’ll starve him to death.” All the masons and bricklayers of the kingdom were summoned. “Build me a tower which has room for only a stool and a small table. Build it in three days.”
The Emperor was sure that once he was walled up in the tower the boy would die of starvation. Little did he know that his daughter had persuaded the masons to leave a little hole in the structure through which she passed him food and drink, for she loved him so much, and gave him love, she did.
This went on and Emperor forgot about the boy.
“What is the secret that has brought you so much trouble?” “I cannot tell till it comes true.”
After travelling for several days, they reached Buda, where they found the beautiful princess picking roses in the garden. “Oh! What a handsome lad! Have you brought him from fairyland” “Ha, Ha, No! From the gallows!” Venus has, till that day, never consented to speak to any man. “I don’t care where you brought him from. I’ll marry him and none other.” Emperor was happy beyond dreams. Laughing, he said, “You may change your mind when you know how stubborn he is about sharing his secret.”
Weeks later, Venus wore her prettiest gown and went to visit the boy. “Oh! How lovely you look!” “Tell me. What I this wonderful secret of yours? Just whisper it in my ear.” “My angel, be wise and ask no question, for I will not tell you my secret.” “You must! You must! You must!” She nagged him till he could bear it no longer and lapped her so hard on the face. Such a delicate creature she is, her nose bled. When the Emperor saw what he has done to his precious, he swore, “I’ll starve him to death.” All the masons and bricklayers of the kingdom were summoned. “Build me a tower which has room for only a stool and a small table. Build it in three days.”
The Emperor was sure that once he was walled up in the tower the boy would die of starvation. Little did he know that his daughter had persuaded the masons to leave a little hole in the structure through which she passed him food and drink, for she loved him so much, and gave him love, she did.
This went on and Emperor forgot about the boy.
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