The Poor Miller's Boy
Beaner-Bop
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Introduction
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Alright, usually I don't make these things but I think for this story it might be a good idea.
I'm a fan of fairy tales even though an awful lot of them have me rolling my eyes before I'm even half way through but nonetheless - I am a fan. One story that I read a while ago for the very first time was 'The Poor Miller's Boy and the Cat'. When I went back and re-read it I found that it would make a great story with a few things changed here and there (obviously) for Videl and Gohan.
For those of you who have never read the story but would like to, (you need Acrobat Reader… Don't know who doesn't have it but yeah…) the address is .
For those of you who could care less and just want to get on with the story but for some strange reason would like some background on it (is anyone still here who hasn't already left?) here's a small quick version of it.
Once there was a miller's boy who had two rivals and worked for the old owner of the mill who didn't have a child or a wife. As he was getting old without an heir he needed to give the mill to someone but alas the only people who he could give it to were the three boys. He decided to make all of them go fetch horses and whoever came back with the best horse got the mill and in return had to take care of the old man.
The smallest and quietest of the three was seen as a fool and the other two scoffed at him even trying to get a horse. Either way, all three of them went to get a horse. The other two, being 'smart', left the boy so they could go get horses themselves. When the Miller's boy found he was abandoned he was worried and distressed but then a cat crossed his path.
It said it could give him a beautiful horse, all he had to do was be her servant for the time that he was needed back. Though skeptical, he took the offer and worked for her along with her other servants (all cats).
Seven years passed quickly and the three boys and the old man were all outside of the mill again. The poor miller's boy (man?) was the only one of the three boys (men?) who didn't bring a horse. He said it would follow in a few days time. The others scoffed and scorned him, making him sleep with the geese, etc. etc.
When the days were up, a coach led by six great horses and a seventh came. A girl got out of the coach, a princess who was once a cat, and asked where the Miller's boy was. The others answered that he was sleeping with the animals and she ordered that they fetch him.
When they got him her servants cleaned him up and placed him into the coach. The old man didn't know what was going on so he asked. The princess said that the horse could take care of the mill now that it was there and immidiately went back to her castle where her and the miller's boy lived happily ever after. The end.
…The original version is better.
^.^ Hopefully none of you are to bored with me! Onto the story!
Beaner-Bop