The Favorite of Fortune and the Child of Ill Luck:
In this story, a princess, whom is a child of ill luck, is looking for a husband. She chooses a beggar because she knows that he is a favorite of fortune and she believes that she could share in his good luck. The beggar goes off to find his fortune and returns eighteen years later to his wife. She doesn't recognize him so she denies his advances and this makes him happy because it shows that she is still loyal to him. Even after so long, the princess stood by her commitments and would not betray her husband. She did this even though she did not know if he was ever going to return. I love how she chose to remain faithful to her husband even though it probably would have been easier to find someone else.
The Cave of the Beasts
This story is an odd one. A mother gives her daughters eggs and tells them not to tell anyone that they ate them. The father gets mad because all the eggs have been eaten and decides to abandon his daughters. It seems quite drastic a punishment for eating all the eggs but the girls stumble upon a cave and are able to defeat the animals that live there. The father comes back because he misses the girls and he finds the treasure. They become a wealthy family. This seems quite unfair that the father could be so horrible and yet the ending appears that they become a happy wealthy family.
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| A Cave by Remi Jouan. Source: Wikimedia Commons |
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