The Long Beard

Once upon a time on the outskirts of a jungle there lived two sisters, Sara and Elisa with their mother. One winter night, there was a knock on their door. Sara opened the door and found a bear shivering in cold. She led him on the hallway and to the fireplace. After some time he felt better and fell asleep. He stayed there for the whole winters. When summer came,the bear disappeared. One day when the two sisters were at the jungle searching for strawberries, suddenly, they heard a cry.

They went in the direction from where the cry was coming. pThey found a tiny man with the beard reaching the ground was stuck in between the roots of a tree. Elisa removed out a pair of scissors and cut out the beard."You fools", shouted the man and then disappeared. This incident continued for more four days. One fine day, the sisters found the tiny man running and shouting for help. He was being chased by the same bear they had met last winters. They asked them about the matter. The bear said, "I am a prince and this man turned me into a bear and took away my jewellery when I came here for hunting." "Brother", a man suddenly appeared from behind the bushes."This is my brother and I came here in search of him and when I saw my brother's bracelet I shouted at him but he threw a stone at me and I fell unconscious.

Suddenly the bear shouted, "Cut this beard he has powers in it." Sara and Elisa cut his beard together and in fraction of seconds, he turned into sand. Meanwhile, the bear converted into prince and was in love with Sara and the younger prince started to love Elisa. They went to the mother of sisters and told about their love. After some time, the sisters bid their mother and reached palace. The king was also happy to see their sons.

After this incident, the two couples lived happily ever after.