The 12 Dancing Princesses 12 個跳舞的公主 ( 第一集 )

1. The 12 Dancing Princesses 12個跳舞的公主(第一集)

2. PART ONE doors were shut doors were locked shoes were worn out Find out discover the secret was to sit and watch head to be cut off Where are you going? You must pretend to go to sleep

4. There was a king who had twelve beautiful daughters. They slept in twelve beds. All the beds were in one room. When they went to bed, the doors were shut and locked.

5. Every morning their shoes were worn out. The shoes looked like they had been danced in all night. No one could find out how it happened. No one knew where the princesses had been.

6. The king said, “Any one who can find out where the princesses danced at night, he could marry the a princess. He would also become King”. The King said, “But whoever tried and did not discover the secret in three days, they would be put to death.”

7. A king's son came. He was taken to the room next to the princesses. He was to sit and watch where they went to dance. The door was left open, so he could hear the princesses. The king's son fell asleep.

8. When he awoke in the morning he found that the princesses had all been dancing. All their shoes were full of holes. The same thing happened the second and third night. So the king ordered his head to be cut off.

9. After the son came others. They all fell asleep. They died the same way.

10. One day an old soldier came. He could not fight. He had no job. As he traveled through the woods, he met an old woman. She asked him, “Where are you going?” “I don’t know”, said the old soldier.

11. “But I would like to find out where the princesses are dancing”, the old soldier said. “I would like to be King”. “Well,” said the old woman, “That is not difficult. When the princesses bring you wine to drink, do not drink it.” She said, “You must pretend to go to sleep.”