The Crystal Ball

Once, there was a great magician who had three sons. He had turned his eldest son into an eagle and the second one into a whale. The youngest son Jack had run away from home to save himself.

Now, the king’s daughter was under a witch’s spell and was imprisoned in the castle of the Golden Sun. Jack decided to find the castle and save the princess.

One day, while travelling through the forest, Jack saw two giants fighting. When asked the reason, they said, “We are fighting over a magical cap. Whoever wears it can wish to be taken anywhere in the world and the cap will take him there immediately. Please help us decide who should get the cap.”

Jack replied, “I will wear the cap and move away a few steps. When I call out, you both should run to me. Whoever reaches the cap first, will be the owner of the cap.”

Saying this, Jack wore the cap and immediately wished to be at the castle of the Golden Sun. That very next moment, he was in the castle. Jack found the princess in the castle. She told him, “You need to find the crystal ball and hold it in front of the witch who cast this spell upon me. The spell will break and I will be free.”

“But how shall I get the crystal ball?” Jack asked.

The princess explained, “Down the mountain is a bull. You have to kill it. From inside the bull, a bird will come out. It has an egg inside its body in which lies the crystal ball. But if the egg falls on the ground, it will burn up everything around it. So, be careful.”

Jack left, promising the princess that he would get the crystal ball.

Jack found the bull, whom he killed. Immediately, a bird came out of it. Before it could fly away, Jack’s eagle-brother came swooping down and struck the bird. The egg fell. But it fell upon a hut, by the shore. The hut was about to burst out into flames when Jack’s whale-brother splashed huge waves of water on the hut.

Jack took the egg and pulled out the crystal ball from it. Then, he went to the witch and held it before her. The witch screamed, “Oh no! All my power has gone. Now you are the King of the castle of the Golden Sun. If you spare me, I will bring your brothers back to their human forms.” Jack agreed and the witch turned his brothers back into their human forms again.

The princess was set free. Jack and the princess got married and everybody lived happily ever after.

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