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Wizards Revenge.
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Bern's Fairy Tales.
- Wizard’s Revenge.
- The horse came to a stop. It was so tired that it could go no further on its back a pretty maiden. The maids face was grubby and one could see that she had been crying. They had come far the maid and the horse but now the horse had no more strength to take the maid further. It seemed that in a far distant land there lived a powerful wizard. This wizard fell in love with the maid. The maid however loved a young man of the village and did not want to marry the wizard.
- The wizard was so angry at not getting his own way with the maid that he cast a spell on the two lovers. The man would become a horse and he would carry the maid on his back for the rest of their lives. The maid was to be the man’s burden they would neither of them be happy. This was a terrible thing for the wizard to do. He had no pity and the pair, the horse and the maid had been wandering now for over a year.
- A woodcutter came by and helped the maid helped her and the horse to a nearby stream where he gently washed the maids face and gave the horse to drink. The woodcutter then took the pair back to his small cottage where he made some warming soup, which he gave to the maid. The horse he gave some bread and some salt.
- The horse and the maid stayed at the cottage for a while but they were not really happy and one day the maid told the woodcutter the tragic story. The woodcutter told them that perhaps he could help them. He had friends amongst the fairies and they would surely help them. They spoke about the wizard and his mean ways with the peoples of that far away land. The wizard should be stripped of all his magical knowledge.
- The very next day the maid, the horse and the woodcutter went deep into the forest. The fairies upon seeing the woodcutter laughed out loud he was their friend. The woodcutter greeted the Fairies and told them the story of the maid and the horse. One of the fairies flew off to the Fairy Queen Feeana and told her all about this sad pair and what the wicked wizard had done to them. The Queen herself came into the forest and with a wave of her magic wand the horse turned back into a handsome young man. The maid thanked the Fairy Queen who smiled and said they could stay here in Fairyland as long as they wanted.
- The Fairy Queen waved her magic wand again and suddenly a small heavily laded donkey appeared. This is your punishment you will be a donkey for the rest of your life and you will always have a heavy burden to carry. Your magical powers are no longer present. The donkey gave a loud hee-haw and wandered off into the forest and was never seen again. The maid married the man and they still live in Fairyland to this very day. Both are very happy and are very friendly to the woodcutter and of course the Fairies.
