Once upon a time, there was an eccentric king who had twelve lovely little princes.
But he likes his daughter very much, so he said to the queen, "If a little princess is born this time, I will kill all the twelve princes, so that our little princess can get all the property."
The king made twelve coffins, then locked them all in a secret room and gave the key to the secret room to the queen. She is not allowed to tell anyone.
The queen is about to give birth, but she can't rest assured of her twelve little princes.
Just tell them: if I have a little brother, I will raise a white flag on the wall and you can come back; If I give birth to a little sister, I will raise the red flag and you will run quickly. God bless you.
The queen really gave birth to a little princess, and twelve little princes ran away sadly! They swore that if they saw the little princess in the future, they would kill her!
Twelve little princes fled to the depths of the forest and found an enchanted little empty house in the darkest part of the forest.
Our brother said to his youngest brother, "You are the youngest and weakest among us, so you stay at home and look after the house, and the rest of us go out to find food."
In this way, they lived together in this small house for ten years.
The little princess born to the queen grew up gradually. She is kind-hearted, beautiful and lovely with a golden star on her forehead.
One day, after cleaning, she found twelve identical little clothes in the closet. Under her questioning, the queen told her about her twelve brothers.
The little princess heard the queen's story about her brothers and decided to go to the forest to get them back. She took the twelve shirts and went straight to the forest. She walked all day and came to this charming little house at night.
She went into the hut and saw a teenager inside. The teenager was surprised to see her and asked, "Where are you from?"
She replied, "I am a princess, looking for my twelve brothers." Even if I go to the ends of the earth, I will find them. "
She said, and showed him their twelve shirts. The boy knew that she was his sister. He said, "I am your youngest brother."
The princess wept with joy, and they were deeply in love with kisses and hugs. After a while, the boy said, "Dear sister, we are in trouble again." Twelve of us vowed to kill you! "
The teenager hid the little princess in the closet. In the evening, eleven other princes came back from hunting. The boy said to his brothers, "I want you to meet someone, but you must promise not to hurt her." Brothers agreed!
Hearing this, the princess came out of the room and saw a golden star on her forehead. It looked very beautiful, gentle and elegant. They were overjoyed and liked her very much. From then on, the little princess stayed to help them with the housework.
One day, when the little princess went out for a walk, she saw twelve very beautiful lilies, so she picked them and prepared to give them to every brother at dinner!
However, just as she was picking those lilies, twelve brothers became twelve crows and flew over the forest. The house and garden disappeared at once.
She looked around and saw an old woman standing beside her. The old woman said, "My child, look what you have done! Why don't you let those flowers grow there? Those flowers are your brothers. They will always be crows now. "
The little girl cried and asked, "Is there really no way to save them?"
The old woman said, "There is only one way to save your brother in this world. You can't say a word or laugh for seven years. If you say a word, even if it is only one hour away for seven years, all your efforts will be in vain-they will all die because of you saying a word. "
The little princess swore, "I can do it!" " "So she went to a big tree, climbed up and sat on it in circles, without talking or laughing.
Fortunately, a young king came to this forest after hunting. I saw the beautiful princess with a golden star on her forehead and was immediately fascinated by her beauty! So the king took her back to the palace.
The king's stepmother is an evil woman. She was very jealous of the princess's beauty, so she discussed with her ministers that the little princess could neither talk nor laugh. She must be a witch! "
The king didn't believe these words at first, but his stepmother kept chanting in front of him. The king was finally blindfolded and sentenced to death by the queen.
A fire broke out in the courtyard of the palace, and the little princess was about to be killed by the fire, but she still couldn't speak, because today is the last day of her seven-year term!
Just as the little princess was tightly tied to the stake and the red flame began to devour her clothes, the last moment of seven years finally passed.
There was a cry in the air. Twelve crows flew here and fell down, becoming handsome little princes. They pulled down the fire, put out the flame and saved the little princess.
The king was very happy when he learned the reason why the little princess didn't talk or laugh. He punished his evil stepmother and lived happily with the little princess!