HOME | DD

Description

The Owl king was living with all of his nation in the wast and deep cave.

As the owls brought the crow minister inside, everyone came to look at him. There were all kinds of owls, big and small, huge and tiny, with their round and yellow eyes following every movement of the crow.

- What are you one for and what do you have to tell me? - Asked the Owl king dreadfully.

- Mighty and glorious king, - said the crow minister, barely on his feet. - My name is Carkailo and till today I was the oldest minister of the Crow king. But because of my attachment to you, because of my advice, I fell out of favor, suffered shame and beatings, of which, apparently, I will not recover.

- So where did your king go with all his people?

- They flew away out of fear of you. I advised my king not to compete with you, to send you messengers with gifts and to live with you in harmony. The king not only disobeyed my advice but recognized me as a traitor and almost killed! Oh my! Please tell your people to give me some water and take care of me, I am about to die soon! I would like to reveal to you all the plans of my unfortunate king and his evil advisers. I was at their meeting. I heard what a hell of a thing they came up with in front of you, and I wanted to warn you before dying.

The Owl king ordered to give water to Carkailo and asked, shrugging his wings:

- What diabolic plans did he have?

- To attack you at daylight while you sleep and kill you all! From that day I got worried about your destiny! Because I knew that by day you were unarmed just like we were at night! That would be a war with no dignity and it will not bring us glory. So I decided to warn you, and for that, I was so badly punished!

Everyone in the cave was silent when they heard the story. The Owl king looked worried. He also had five ministers. So he called them to his meeting and said:

- Ministers! Now we know the plans of our enemies, and we have their minister as a prisoner. What shall we do?

The ministers thought a bit and the first one said:

- Your Majesty! We are very lucky to have this crow here. We can use his wisdom and advice for our own good.
The second said:
- I, dear king, think that we should take advantage of the ally that comes so unexpectedly. Let us welcome him and be grateful that he has warned us of the dire danger!
- I just think that weneed to take advantage of this crow's advice on how to continue the war with the ravens,- the third one said.
- I also do not mind the hospitality of our captive. If he is such a sincere supporter, let him guard our castle in the daytime, - said the fouth minister.

But one minister stayed aside. It was a very old owl, named Bubo.

- I have no trust in his words. Why he has to be our friend? I see no proof of his words. I would advise you to keep your eye on him!

...to be continued.

Based on the fairy-tale by Ivan Franko

Previous Chapters
1 2 3 4
Next Chapter

Description

The Owl king was living with all of his nation in the wast and deep cave.

As the owls brought the crow minister inside, everyone came to look at him. There were all kinds of owls, big and small, huge and tiny, with their round and yellow eyes following every movement of the crow.

- What are you one for and what do you have to tell me? - Asked the Owl king dreadfully.

- Mighty and glorious king, - said the crow minister, barely on his feet. - My name is Carkailo and till today I was the oldest minister of the Crow king. But because of my attachment to you, because of my advice, I fell out of favor, suffered shame and beatings, of which, apparently, I will not recover.

- So where did your king go with all his people?

- They flew away out of fear of you. I advised my king not to compete with you, to send you messengers with gifts and to live with you in harmony. The king not only disobeyed my advice but recognized me as a traitor and almost killed! Oh my! Please tell your people to give me some water and take care of me, I am about to die soon! I would like to reveal to you all the plans of my unfortunate king and his evil advisers. I was at their meeting. I heard what a hell of a thing they came up with in front of you, and I wanted to warn you before dying.

The Owl king ordered to give water to Carkailo and asked, shrugging his wings:

- What diabolic plans did he have?

- To attack you at daylight while you sleep and kill you all! From that day I got worried about your destiny! Because I knew that by day you were unarmed just like we were at night! That would be a war with no dignity and it will not bring us glory. So I decided to warn you, and for that, I was so badly punished!

Everyone in the cave was silent when they heard the story. The Owl king looked worried. He also had five ministers. So he called them to his meeting and said:

- Ministers! Now we know the plans of our enemies, and we have their minister as a prisoner. What shall we do?

The ministers thought a bit and the first one said:

- Your Majesty! We are very lucky to have this crow here. We can use his wisdom and advice for our own good.
The second said:
- I, dear king, think that we should take advantage of the ally that comes so unexpectedly. Let us welcome him and be grateful that he has warned us of the dire danger!
- I just think that weneed to take advantage of this crow's advice on how to continue the war with the ravens,- the third one said.
- I also do not mind the hospitality of our captive. If he is such a sincere supporter, let him guard our castle in the daytime, - said the fouth minister.

But one minister stayed aside. It was a very old owl, named Bubo.

- I have no trust in his words. Why he has to be our friend? I see no proof of his words. I would advise you to keep your eye on him!

...to be continued.

Based on the fairy-tale by Ivan Franko

Previous Chapters
1 2 3 4
Next Chapter