Reading B: The Six Swans (end)

The King had a very mean mom who hated his wife. The mother did not think the queen was worthy. The queen had her first baby, and the mother marked the queen's mouth with blood and took the baby. She told the king that the queen was a cannibal. The king didn't believe it. The queen had another baby, and the mother did the same thing again. The king still didn't believe his mother. He said, "She is too tender and good to do any such thing, and if she were only not dumb and could justify herself, then her innocence would be as clear as day."

The third child was born, and the mother did the same thing again. This time, the queen couldn't say anything in her defense. The king had no choice but to give her up to justice and sentenced her to death by fire.

On the day she was sentenced to die, it was the last day of the 6 years she had not spoken or laughed to free her brothers from the evil spell. She prepared everything to break the spell, and cried out for the swans. The 6 swans came flying towards her, and she was so excited to see the end. She threw the shirts on the swans, and the swans turned into her brothers, completely unharmed.

She went to the queen and told him what happened. She explained how she couldn't speak, but his mother had made up the cruel rumor about her. She was reunited with the King, and his mother was bound to the stale on the pile of wood and burnt to ashes.

The king and the queen lived happily ever after with the 6 brothers.

(illustration by Walter Crane)

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