There was a soldier walking on the road, one, two! One, two! He was carrying a marching bag and a long sword hanging around his waist, because he had participated in several wars and was going home now. He met an old witch on the road; she was a very abominable person, her lower lips drooping to her breasts. She said: Good night, soldier! Your sword is so good, your marching bag is so big, you are such an absolute soldier! Now you like to have as much money as you want.

Thank you, old witch! The soldier said.

Do you see that big tree? The witch said, pointing to a tree next to them. It was empty. If you climb to the top of it, you can see a hole. From there, you can walk down and drill deeply into the tree. I want you to tie a rope around your waist, so that when you call me, you can pull you up.

What am I doing under the tree? The soldier asked.

Withdraw money, the witch replied. You will know that as soon as you drill into the tree, you will see a wide corridor. It is very bright because there are more than 1oo lights there. You will see three doors, all of which can be opened because the key is in the door lock. When you walk into the first room, you can see a large box in it, with a dog sitting on it. Its eyes are very big, like a pair of tea cups. But don't worry about it! I can give you my blue plaid apron. You spread it on the ground, then quickly walk over, pick up the dog, and put it on my apron. So you open the box and take out as much as you want. The coins are all made of copper. But if you want to get the silver-cast money, you have to walk into the second room

But there is a dog sitting there, its eyes as big as a water wheel. But don't pay attention to it. Put it on my apron and take out the money. But if you want to get the money cast in gold, you can also achieve your goal. You can take as much as you can. If you go to the third room, the eyes of the dog sitting on the cash box here have a "round tower" (Note: This refers to the famous round tower in Copenhagen; it was originally an observatory.) so big. You have to know that it is considered a dog! But you don't have to be afraid at all. You just have to put it on my apron and it won't hurt you. Take out as much gold as you can from that box.

This is not bad, the soldier said. But what should I give you to thank you? Old witch? I don’t think you don’t want anything.

No, the witch said, I don’t want a copper plate. I just want to take out the old tinder box for me. That was what my grandmother forgot about it last time.

OK! Please tie the rope to my waist. The soldier said.

OK, the witch said. Take my blue plaid apron.

The soldier climbed up the tree and slipped into the hole. As the old witch said, he now came to a large corridor with hundreds of lights. He opened the first door. Oh! Sure enough, a dog was sitting there, his eyes as big as a teacup, staring at him.

You good guy! The soldier said. So he carried it to the witch's apron. Then he took out a lot of copper plates and filled as much as his pockets. He locked the box and put the dog on it, so he walked into the second room. Oh! Here was a dog sitting, his eyes as big as a pair of water wheels.

You shouldn't stare at me like this, the soldier said. Then you will ruin your eyes. He carried the dog to the witch's apron. When he saw so many silver coins in the box, he threw away all his copper plates and filled his clothes and marching bags with silver coins. Then he walked into the third room, beloved, this was really scary! The dog here, his eyes were really as big as a round tower! They were spinning in their heads, just like wheels!

Good night! The soldier said. He raised his hand to the side of his hat and bowed, because he had never seen such a dog before. However, after looking at it for a while, he thought to himself that it is almost done. He carried it down and put it on the ground. So he opened the box. God! There is so much gold in it! He can use this gold to buy the whole of Copenhagen, and he can sell cakes and women (Note: This is a kind of vendor selling snacks and toys in Denmark in the old days. Sukkergrise is a little pig made of sugar, and it can be

As a toy, it can be eaten.) All the sugar pigs were bought, and he could buy all the tin soldiers, horse whips, and shaking horses from all over the world. Yes, the money was really a lot of soldiers poured out all the silver coins in his pockets and marching bags, and put the gold in them. Yes, his pockets, his marching bags, his hats, and his leather boots were all full, and he could hardly even walk. Now he was indeed rich. He put the dog on the box again, locked the door, and shouted in the tree: Pull me up, old witch!

Have you got the tinderbox? The witch asked.

It was not bad at all! The soldier said. I forgot it all. So he walked down again and took the tinder box. The witch pulled him out. So he was standing on the road again. His pockets, leather boots, marching bags, hats were all filled with money.

What's the use of this tinker? The soldier asked.

This has nothing to do with you, the witch retorted him and said, "You have already received the money, you just have to hand me the tinderbox."

Nonsense! The soldier said. What's the use of asking for it? Please tell me immediately. Otherwise, I will draw out the sword and cut off your head.

I can't tell you! The witch said.

The soldier cut off her head in an instant. She poured it down! He wrapped all his money in her apron and carried it on his back like a bundle of things; then put the tinder in his pocket and walked all the way toward the city.

This is a beautiful city! He moved into the best hotel, opened the most comfortable room, and ordered his favorite wine and food, because he is rich now, and has money. The teahouse that polished his leather boots felt that a rich gentleman like him, his leather shoes were so old that he was too funny. But he didn't have time to buy the new ones. The next day he bought the right boots and beautiful clothes. Now our soldier has become a new gentleman. Everyone told him everything about the city, told him about the king, and told him that the king's daughter was a very beautiful princess.

Where can I see her? The soldier asked.

No one could see her, and everyone said in unison. She lived in a wide bronze palace, surrounded by several walls and several towers. Only the king herself could enter and exit freely, because there was a prophecy that she would marry an ordinary soldier, which was unbearable to the king.

I wanted to see her, the soldier thought. But he couldn't get permission.

He lives a very happy life now. He often goes to theaters to watch operas, goes to the king's garden, and gives a lot of money to the poor. This is a good behavior, because he has long realized how terrible it is to have no money! Now he has rich, wears gorgeous clothes, and makes many friends. These friends say that he is a rare person, a hero. Such words make the soldier sound very comfortable. However, he only spends money every day, but cannot make one. So in the end he only has two copper coins left. Therefore, he has to move out of those beautiful rooms and live in a loft on the top floor. He has to wipe his own leather shoes and repair his own leather shoes with needles. None of his friends come to see him because he has to climb a very high ladder when he walks up.

One night it was very dark. He couldn't afford a candle. At this moment, he suddenly remembered that he had a candle head in the tinder box. The witch helped him to get the tinder box under the empty tree. He took out the tinder box and the candle head. When he wiped the flint and Mars came out, the door suddenly opened automatically, and the dog with the eyes that he saw under the tree appeared in front of him. It said:

My master, what are your instructions?

What's going on? Bingtu said. This is really a funny tinderbox. It would be better if I could get what I wanted in this way! Get some money for me! He said to the dog. So he shushed and the dog disappeared. After a while, another shushed, and the dog came back with a big pocket of money in his mouth.

Now the soldiers knew what a wonderful tinder box this was. As long as he wiped it, the dog came and sat on the box containing copper coins. If he wiped it twice, the dog with only silver would come. If he wiped it three times, the dog with only only gold would appear. Now the soldier moved to those gorgeous rooms and came in beautiful clothes again. All his friends immediately recognized him again and were very concerned about him.

Once he thought to himself: It would be a strange thing for people to not see the princess. Everyone said she was beautiful; but if she always lived alone in the bronze palace with many towers, what would it mean? Can't I see her at all? Where is my tinker box? He drew out Mars and immediately shrewd, and the dog with his eyes like a teacup jumped out.

It's midnight now, and it's not bad at all, the soldier said. But I really want to see the princess, even if it's a sudden turn.

The dog immediately ran outside the door. To the soldiers' surprise, it took the princess back in a while. She lay on the dog's back and fell asleep. Anyone could tell that she was a real princess because she was very beautiful. The soldier couldn't help but kiss her because he was an absolute Qiu Ba.

The dog took the princess back again. But after dawn, when the king and the queen were drinking tea, the princess said she had a very strange dream at night, dreaming of a dog and a soldier, who rode on the dog herself, and the soldier kissed her. This is a very interesting story! The queen said.

Therefore, the next night there was an old palace maid who had to stay by the princess' bed to see if it was a dream or something else.

The soldier wanted to see the cute princess again. So the dog came again at night, carried her on her back, and ran away as soon as possible. The old palace maid immediately put on her shoes and chased after her at the same level. When she saw them running into a big house, she thought: I know this place now. She drew a big cross on this door with white chalk. Then she went back to sleep, and soon the dog sent the princess back. However, when it saw a cross on the door of the house where the soldier lived, it also took a piece of chalk and drew a cross on all the doors in the city. This was done very smartly, because there were crosses on all the doors, and the old palace maid could not find the right place.

In the morning, the king, queen, the old palace maid and all the officials came very early and wanted to see where the princess had been.

When the king saw the first door with a cross, he said: It's here!

But the queen found a cross on another door, so she said: Dear husband, aren't you here?

At this time, everyone said in unison: There is one there! There is one there! Because no matter where they look, they always have crosses on the door. So they feel that if they continue to look for it, they will not get any results.

But the queen is a very smart woman. Not only can she sit on a four-wheeled carriage, but she can also do other things. She took out a pair of gold scissors, cut a piece of silk into several pieces, sewed a very delicate small bag, and filled it with very fine buckwheat flour. She tied the bag to the princess' back. After this arrangement, she cut a small mouth on the bag, so that the princess would sprinkle fine powder on the way she walked.

The dog came again in the evening. It carried the princess on its back and ran to the soldier. The soldier loved her very much now; he really wanted to be a prince and marry her.

The dog did not notice at all that the flour had been sprinkled from the palace to the window of the soldier's house. It was here that it crawled along the wall with the princess on his back. In the morning, the king and the queen had seen it very clearly, knowing where their daughter had been. They captured the soldier and put him in prison.

He is now in prison. Hi, it's dark and dull! People said to him: You'll be on the gallows tomorrow. This sentence doesn't sound fun, and he forgot the tinderbox in the hotel. The next morning, he saw many people rushing out of the city from the iron railings of the small window to see him on the gallows. He heard the drums and saw soldiers walking. Everyone was running outside. Among these people there was an apprentice of a shoemaker. He was wearing a torn apron and a pair of slippers. He ran so fast that even one of his slippers flew away and hit a wall. The soldier sat there, looking out behind the iron railings.

Hey, you little shoemaker's devil! Don't be so anxious! The soldier said to him. There was nothing good to look at before I arrived. But if you ran to the place where I lived and took my tinderbox, I could give you four dollars. But you had to run hard. The apprentice of the shoemaker wanted to get the four dollars, so he lifted his feet and ran away, took the tinderbox and handed it to the soldier. At the same time, we can immediately know what had changed. Outside the city, a tall gallow was already standing. There were many soldiers and thousands of ordinary people standing around it. The king and queen, facing the judge and all the jurymen, sat on a gorgeous throne.

The soldier had already stood on the ladder. However, when people were about to put the noose around his neck, he said that a sinner could have a guilty request before accepting his referee, and that people should satisfy him: he wanted to smoke a cigarette very much, and this could be said to be the last one he smoked in this world.

The king was unwilling to say no to this request. So the soldier took out his tinderbox and wiped the fire a few times. One, two, three! Suddenly, all three dogs all jumped out with eyes as big as teacup, one eye as big as a water wheel, and one eye was as big as a round tower.

Please help me, don't tell me to be hanged! The soldier said.

At this time, these dogs rushed towards the judge and all the judges, dragged the man's legs, bit the man's nose, and threw them into the air several feet high. When they fell down, they all fell into meat sauce.

Don't deal with me like this! The king said. But the biggest dog still dragged him and his queen and threw them around with the rest. All the soldiers became scared, and the common people also shouted: Little soldier, be our king! Marry that beautiful princess!
Chapter completed!