Open this box, Tia!
It is a box of marbles.
Okay
and what’s in that pink one.
It’s a small statue of a dog.
What are you going to do with all these gifts Tia?
I don’t know.
Maybe some day I’ll use them.
I don’t think they’ll be of any use to you.
Well, you never know.
What do you mean?
Once upon a time
a farmer had three sons
Jim
Ken
and Sam
and a large field.
He was a happy man except on thing.
In the last days of summer
every year something ate all his crop.
He decided to talk to his sons about it.
My sons
I need your help.
End of summer is here.
And I am afraid, something will eat all our crop again.
Find a way to protect it.
You must guard the field every night till summer has passed.
Okay, father.
I will guard it starting tonight.
When night fell
the oldest brother went to the field
and stood guard.
But suddenly he heard a loud noise.
Who is there?
He got no response but the noise grew louder
and louder
Scared, Jim ran away from the field!
The next night
Ken went to the field to guard it.
It had not been too long when suddenly there was a loud noise yet again.
Hello?
Who is there?
Come out now!
There was no answer except the noise continued.
Scared, Ken too ran away from the field.
Something is in the field!
I can’t be hear!
The youngest son
Sam decided to take over from Ken.
And went to guard the field the next night.
As he was doing his job
he heard a loud sound.
There’s that loud sound that Ken and Jim described.
Let me follow it.
Unafraid, Sam went to where the sound was coming from.
As he went further in to the field he found the most beautiful
sparkling white horse that any body could have ever seen.
On its back was a bronze armour suit.
Sam went to the horse
and patted him.
Hello, there!
You are so beautiful!
Do you want a cube of sugar?
The horse quickly ate the sugar cube from Sam’s hand.
Then he dropped the armour at Sam’s feet and galloped away
leaving the crops as they were.
I will hide the armour in the field.
The next year the horse came back again
and in exchange of a cube of sugar
he left a silver armour for Sam.
And the year after that
it left him a gold armour.
One day, there was an announcement in the village.
The king announces that any man
who can climb the glass hill
at the far end of the kingdom
will be allowed to marry the princess.
The man must climb the mountain
and rescue the princess
who is sitting on top of the glass hill.
I must do this!
I am better than the other men of the village.
And so
Jim started his climb up the glass mountain.
But he had hardly made some distance when he slipped and fell.
Ha ha! Watch me
I will do it and marry the princess.
Ken had hardly gone 15 feet high when he also slipped and fell.
Let me try it, brother.
If I succeed
I will be lucky to marry the princess.
Ken and I could not do it
what make you think that you can?
Yes, you will never make it.
Yes, may be I won’t.
But I will still try.
Sam left his brothers and started walking to the glass hill.
He will never make it.
Yes, I also don’t think he will.
Just then everybody saw a rider wearing a bronze armour
riding a sparkling white horse climbing the mountain.
The rider managed to reach one-third of the way and then fell down.
Some time later the rider came back in a silver armour
with his horse
and went up the hill again
He went up two-thirds the way and fell down.
A while later
the rider came back wearing a gold armour
and rode his horse up the hill again.
This time
he made it!
Who are you, rider?
The rider took off his helmet
and it was Sam!
My name is Sam, Princess.
I am here to rescue you.
Sam brought the princess down from the hill
where they were welcomed with loud cheer from all the villagers
and king’s men.
They were married soon after.
So, we should be thankful for the things that come our way.
We never know how they may help us.
Wow, Tofu!
That is such a good way to put it!
Just for that
I will get you some more cake.
Yay!