ORIGINAL STORY
THE DAUGHTER OF THE VIRGIN MARY
At the entrance of a large forest lived a woodcutter with his wife and one son, who was a three-year-old, but was so poor that they could not maintain it, it lacked the daily bread. One morning, the woodcutter was very sad to work and while he was cutting the wood, he suddenly introduced a tall and beautiful lady he had in his head a crown of bright stars, and spoken to said: "I'm Mrs. this country, you are poor and needy, bring your daughter, take her with me, I'll be your mother and care for her. "The Woodsman obeyed, went to find his daughter and handed to the lady, who took a his palace. The girl was very happy there, ate cookies, drank sweet milk, her clothes were of gold, and oblige. When he was fourteen, he summoned the lady and said, "Dear child, I have to make a long journey, I give those keys of the thirteen gates of the palace, you can open the twelve and see the wonders contain, but you're forbidden to touch the thirteenth that opens with this little key, beware of opening it, thou wilt bring misery. "The girl promised to obey, and as he left the woman started to visit the rooms, each day she opened one, until she had finished watching the twelve in each was the seat of a king, adorned with so much pleasure and magnificence had never seen anything like it. We filled with joy, and angels: she also rejoiced. Was not already more than the forbidden door, and had great desire to know what was hidden inside, so he said to the angels:. "I do not open it all, but I will unlock a bit so we could see through the crack." - "Ah! no, "said the little angels," would be a sin, has banned the woman and something terrible could happen. "She did not answer, but the desire and curiosity continued to speak in your heart and torment her without letting her rest. Just left the passes, he said to himself: "Now I am alone, and nobody can see me." He took the key, put it in the keyhole and turned when he had placed. The door opened and, amid the most vivid rays of light, the statue of a king wearing beautifully, the light that it appeared from the lightly touched the tip of a finger and turned golden. Then he was afraid, very light shut the door and ran, but continued to be afraid even though he did and his heart beat steadily without regaining his usual calm, and the color of gold on his finger was not removed despite everything is the back wash.
After a few days became the mistress of his trip, he called the girl and demanded the keys of the palace, when he handed the said: "Have you opened the thirteenth door also?" - "No," she replied. Then she laid her hand on his heart was beating very violently and knew he had disobeyed her order and opened the door. He told him yet again. "You really have not done?" - "No," replied the girl a second time. Then she perceived the finger which had become golden from touching the light and saw well that the girl was guilty and said for the third time: "Have not you done?" - "No," replied the girl for the third time . The lady then said: "I have obeyed and lied, you do not deserve to be with me in my palace."
The girl fell into a deep sleep and when she awoke she lay on the floor in the middle of a wilderness. She wanted to cry but could not utter a word, got up and tried to flee, but for anyone, that they did, they saw stopped by a thick forest that could not get through. In the circle in which he was imprisoned, there stood an old tree with the hollow trunk that had to be her room. They slept at night, and when it rained or snowed, he found shelter here. Their food consisted of leaves and herbs, which sought as far as it can. During the autumn she picked up a lot of leaves, carried them to the hole and in time came the snow and cold, she crept into it. Before long her clothes and it fell apart, having to also be covered with leaves. When the sun shone warm again, left, was placed beneath the tree, and his long hair covered like a blanket everywhere. For a long time in that state, experiencing all the miseries and the sufferings imaginable.
One spring day the king of the country hunted in this forest and chasing a deer, the animal took refuge in the woods surrounding the old hollow tree, the prince dismounted, broke branches and broke through with his sword. When he had got through, was sitting under the tree to a wonderfully beautiful maiden, which was entirely covered with her golden hair from head to toe. He stared in amazement and said, "How did you come to this desert?" But she did not answer, for she could not open her mouth. The king added, however. "Will you come with me to my castle?" I answered yes to the head. The king took her in his arms, the mounted his horse and took her to his home, where he dresses and everything else he needed, though he could not speak, it was so beautiful and graceful to be passionate and married with it.
After one year had more or less, the queen gave birth to a son at night, being alone in her bed, appeared to her mistress, and said: "If thou wilt tell the truth, and confess that you opened the forbidden door, I open my mouth and give thee back the word, but if you persist and persist in sin and insist on lying, I'll take your newborn son with me. "Then the queen was, but said only: "No, I did not open the forbidden door." The Virgin Mary took the newborn child from her arms and disappeared with him. The next morning, and did not find the child, whispered among the servants of the palace that the Queen was ogre and killed him. All I heard and could not answer, but the king loved her too much tenderness to believe what is said about her.
One year after the Queen had another child, the lady appeared again the night and said: "If you confess that you've finally opened the door to your child you again, and you untie the tongue, but if you persist in sin and continue to lie, I also take this other child. "The queen said the same thing the first time:" No, I did not open the forbidden door. "The lady took the child in his arms and led to his abode. In the morning when it was revealed that the child also had disappeared, he said aloud, had devoured the queen and the king's advisers called for the process, but loved her so dearly that they were denied permission, and ordered not to return to talk over this matter under pain of death.
The following year the queen gave birth to a beautiful girl, and the Virgin Mary appeared to her during the night, and said, "Follow me." He took her hand and led her to his palace, and showed her two first children, who knew and played with it, and as the mother rejoiced, the Virgin Mary said: "If you confess now that you've opened the door, you come back to your two beautiful children." The Queen answered for the third time: "No, I did not open the forbidden door." The lady went back to bed, and took her third child.
The next morning, seeing that they did not find, all the palace said in one voice: "The queen is Ogre, they should be condemned to death." The king took this occasion to follow the advice of his advisers, the queen appeared before a court and one could not speak or defend himself, was sentenced to die in a fire. And the pyre was ready, tied it to the bottom, and the flame began to burn round, when repentance touched his heart. "If I could," thought each other, "confessed before dying that I opened the door." And he said: "Yes, ma'am, I am guilty." As soon as this thought had occurred, when it started raining and it appeared lady, leading his side the two children that were born first and in his arms the girl who had just given birth, and the queen said in a voice full of goodness: "Anyone who repents and confesses his sin forgiven. "Then she gave her children, untied her tongue and her happiness for the rest of his life.
