fractured tale 9

The three dwarfs and the beanstalks.

Once upon a time, in a far, far, far, far away land, there was a little village, where dwarfs lived. The problem was that a giant had recently arrived and he was used to enjoying himself with carts and houses as with toys, and to eat the food from the field and the animals living in the wood. So, the village had become very poor.

One day, three dwarfs decided to sell their last cow before the giant ate it but as everybody was poor, they didn’t find anyone to buy it except a strange man who wanted to exchange the cow for three beans. But suddenly, the hungry cow ate two out of the three beans and spat them back immediately under the three dwarfs’ feet. And there, an amazing giant beanstalk grew rising them up to the sky. Up there, they saw an enormous castle and, as they were curious, they walked to the castle, and suddenly they heard a tiny voice which said, « Help ! Help me whoever you are! Save me before the giant awakes !» The three dwarfs came in the large castle and saw the magic harp who had called them. At that moment, the giant awoke and caught the three dwarfs and shouted, «Mi, Mee, Mo, Miam ! I’m going to eat you HAHAHAHAHA !!»

In the giant’s hand, the bravest dwarf said, «Don’t you mean Fi, Fee, Fo, Fum ?»
Angry, the giant said, «Oh ! It’s you I’ll eat first !» and he ate him.

But the dwarf just had the time to hide into a hollow tooth before the giant swallowed. Cleverly, he took the last bean in his pocket and threw it in the giant’s breath. As fast as the first one, a huge beanstalk grew inside the giant and killed him. The dwarf was able to go outside. After, the dwarfs took the magic harp with them, and climbed down the first beanstalk. In order to thank them for having saved her, the harp showed them a golden mine. Thanks to the gold and to the giant’s death, the village lived happy for ever.