Clever Maria Story in English | Story | English Fairy Tales

once upon a time in a powerful Kingdom there lived a merchant called Gobin Gobin was the wealthiest traitor of the country and stayed close to the palace he had three daughters the eldest daughter was called Elena the second was called Greta and the youngest was Maria Maria was the most beautiful of them all one day the king called the merchant to the palace hail your highness come Gobin welcome your highness you sent for me yes Gobin the thing is that we have stuck a huge trading deal with our neighboring kingdom we need someone trustworthy who can reach the goods there safely and I want you to be the one to do this for us on hearing the king's words Gobin became lost in thought he was worried about his daughters for he had never left them alone before what is the matter Gobin why are you so quiet nothing much your highness it is just that if I go my daughter shall be left alone at home I am just worried about them that's all don't worry after you go your daughters will be well looked after it will be all right yes your highness Gobin did not want to leave his daughters alone but he could not deny that Kings wish he went home to bid goodbye to his daughters he found three pots of rose plants he gave one pot each to his daughters and said to them I shall be traveling for work don't let anyone come into the house if you do I shall come to know through these pots nothing will go wrong father don't worry about us on your trip Gobin bid goodbye to his daughters and left the next day the king went to his house with two of his friends seeing him coming to their house Maria tells her sisters let us go to the cellar and get wine for the king I shall bring the key Elena will bring the lantern and Greta will grab the bottle on hearing Maria's words the king said no don't trouble yourselves we don't want anything we are fine all right did you hear Maria the king does not want anything the two of us won't go anywhere all right you don't come but I shall certainly go [Music] Maria left from there she ran to one of her neighbors homes out of the door open the door oh is it who has come so late in the night aunty this is Maria please open the door Oh Maria what brings you here so late in the night aunty I had a fight with my sister please let me sleep in your house tonight oh all right come in come in my girl Maria spent the entire night in the old lady's house when Maria did not return the king became very angry when Maria came home in the morning she saw that the Roses in her sister's pots had withered for they had disobeyed their father she went to her eldest sister's room she saw Elena standing by the window looking out at the garden in the palace Maria you came back look the apples in the garden looks so pretty how delicious they must be please go and pluck some for me Elena you've grown up but you still act like a child please Maria go fine I'll go Maria jumped from the window and went into the garden she plucked apples running back when Elena screamed Maria there just ahead are trees full of lemons pluck some of them too please once again Maria ran towards the garden and this time just as she was about to return after plucking the lemons the gardener saw her he ran after her to catch her stop where do you think you were going after plucking the lemons stop wait till I get my hands on you I'll teach you a lesson Maria pushed the gardener home he felt so badly that he could not get up for quite some time and Maria ran away from there no one came to know as to who the thief was and where they ran to Maria reached home she gave the apples and the lemons to Elena and chided her see the trouble I would have got into because of you from now on don't ever ask me to do something like this got it Maria left what she said made no difference to Elena Elena simply began enjoying her apples hmm such delicious apples thank God Maria got them how else would I have got to taste them hmm the poor gardener he must still be screaming in pain the next day her second sister felt like having the bananas [Music] she asked Maria to get bananas for because of what happened the previous day Maria did not wish to go there again but since her sister insisted she had to go this time when she went the king was strolling in the garden he saw Maria oh so it is you now you shall be punished the king asked Maria a number of questions and Maria admitted to the truth now the king said to her for the crime you have committed I shall punish you in your own house come with me the King left for her home Maria followed him the King kept looking behind to ascertain that Maria would not run away but suddenly when he turned he saw Maria had vanished and there was just no sign of her a search was conducted for her in the entire city but she could not be found the king was enraged and since then he was always in a terrible temper and soon he fell sick for months there was no improvement in his condition meanwhile Maria's sisters were married to the Kings two friends now they also had children of their own one day Maria sneaked into the home of her eldest sister she picked up both of her children and ran away with them she put the babies in a beautiful basket of flowers and covered them with more flowers so that no one would know that there were babies in them then she dressed like a boy put the basket on her head and went towards the palace calling out oh we'll reach these flowers to the king who is sick because it love who is sick because of love who will take these flowers to the king the king who was resting in his bed heard the voice he called in the guard outside his chambers listen come in by the flowers from the man who was calling out the flowers outside the guard went and bought the basket of flowers he gave the basket to the king as soon as the king removed the lid from the basket he heard sounds of crying from inside it he saw two babies in the basket embalmed the flowers his heart was filled with love he wondered how he would repay Maria for this gift but then he remembers how Maria had insulted him he becomes furious again he makes up his mind to take revenge from Maria just then a guard comes in your highness the merchant who you had said on that business trip has returned all right tell him to be present in the court tomorrow with a coat made of stones and if he does not show up he shall be punished yes your highness [Music] seeing the state of his house the merchant was very sad he thought that his daughters had promised him that nothing would go wrong but he could see none of his daughters there he came to know that both his elder daughters had got married without his permission the guard got their [Music] listen the king is ordered that tomorrow you must be present at the court with the coat made of stones for the King if you do not show up you shall be punished the merchant lamented this turn of fate on the one hand no one knew where Maria was on the other hand he was scared about the order for the coat it was impossible for him to arrange for the coat in just one day how will I arrange for the coat in just one day father don't worry about the coat you just take this chalk to the coat and say that you have come to take the Kings measurements for the coat the merchants did not understand but he had faith in Maria so he went to the palace with the chalk you came empty-handed where is the coat your highness please forgive me but I cannot make the coat fine then get ready to die no no your highness please forgive me let me go if you want to save yourself turn your daughter over to me the merchant returned home without saying anything he was very sad thinking how could he hand over his daughter to the king when he reached home he saw Maria sitting there waiting for him father what happened there my child what do I do the king has ordered me to hand you over to him instead of the colt don't worry father you take a doll who looks just like me the dolls head must have a thread wound around her head pulling which I shall reply in yes or no the next day the merchant reached the palace with Maria the king had ordered for Maria to be sent into his rooms so the soldiers took Maria into the King's chambers Maria had hidden the doll in the folds of her robes as soon as the doors closed she stealthily pulled out the doll from the folds of her dress and hid herself under the bed taking the thread in her hands Maria I hope you are alright Maria moves the dolls head in a nod the King kept on asking her questions and pointed out all her mistakes to her Maria nodded her head in a yes for all her mistakes which is why I sentence you to death the king removed his sword and chopped her head off as soon as the head falls to the ground the King feels as though someone has kissed his feet such love even after death what have I done I have killed you with these very hands so even I shall not remain alive as soon as the King was about to cut his own head Maria comes out from under the bed and the King embraces her then both of them got married and lived happily ever after [Music]

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Id: B21Yv5Sz1SM

Length: 13min 56sec (836 seconds)

Published: Tue Apr 23 2019