For A Smile On Your Face

Once upon a time, a king had three sons. The first one was 'Prince of Stars', the second was 'Prince of Moon' and the third was called the Sun 'Prince of Sun'.

The first two sons were from the king's first wife and the third one was from his second wife. When the third prince was born, the king had promised the second queen to give her any boon she might ask.

The queen remembered this and waited for an opportune moment, to put forward her demands. When the third son grew up, she asked the king to grant her the promised boon. She wanted the king to give the kingdom to the youngest prince. The king refused to do so, saying, “Dear, it's a ritual that the kingdom must go to the eldest prince, and never to the youngest. Please ask me for something else.” The queen was infuriated and accused the king of not being a man of his word.

The way the second queen was fuming with anger, got the king worried. He thought that both her queens were like Day and night and at this time day may try to harm the stars and moon, to make the sun the king. So, he called his elder sons and told them to go away and live in the forest. With a heavy heart, he bid adieu to his beloved sons and sent them away.

The youngest prince saw them walking out of the palace, he also decided to leave the palace and go with them. Thus the three of them set out towards the forest. In the middle of the forest, they sat down to take a rest near a pond. Star asked the sun to fetch some water for them from the pond.

Ironically the pond belonged to a water sprite, who had the power to enslave every human being who came to drink water from the pond and was not able to give the correct answers to the questions he asked them. When the Sun went to take water from the pond, the water sprite appeared before him and said, “O Prince, you are most welcome here. There is just one condition for you to have water from my pond you have to answer my questions correctly.”

 Sun said, “Sure, ask please, I will answer your question.” Water sprite: “What are the beautiful fairies like?”The Sun Prince: “They are like the stars and the moon.”The water sprite did not quite like his answer and shouted, “No, this is not true! Now, you will have to come with me and be my slave.” Saying so, he took the prince into his cave under the water.”When the Sun Prince did not come back for a long time, the eldest prince sent the Moon Prince to go and look for him. When he reached near the pond, the water sprite appeared before him and asked him the same question, “What are beautiful fairies like?”The Moon Prince answered, “Well, they are like the stars in the sky above us.”

The water sprite said, “No, that is the wrong answer!” And saying so, he took the Moon Prince also to his cave. Then, at last, the eldest prince decided to go and look for his brothers. When he reached the pond, he saw the water sprite there. He understood that the water sprite must have taken his brothers into his custody. The prince called out to the water sprite and said, “O Water Sprite, have you taken my brothers with you?”The water sprite replied, “Oh yes, I had to take them in my custody because they failed to answer my question. I own this pond and allow only those to take water from my pond who answer my question correctly. Those who don’t, have to come with me and become my slaves.”

The Star Prince said, “I will answer your questions. And if my answer is correct, promise me that you will release my brothers.”The water sprite said, “We shall see! My question to you is, what are the beautiful fairies like?”The Star Prince replied, “They just look like the person who is reading this story and after realizing that she is more beautiful than the sun or moon or stars is smiling right now.”The rest of the story is the same, you have read it many times in your childhood. The main aim of the story was to bring a smile to your face and I think I became quite successful in it. Now with this smile on you (beautiful fairie's cutie pie face), 

Let's come to the story again .“You are indeed very wise! But, I will return only one of your brothers. Tell me whom should I bring back? ”

 “Give me the youngest brother back. I love him as dearly as my real brother. If I ask my brother back, it would be unjust to the second queen. 

 Water Sprite was so pleased with the prince’s answer that he released both the princes.