King-Frostbeard / The Brothers Grimm
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Romanticheskaya skazka-novella iz pervogo sbornika «Detskiye i domashniye skazki» (Kinder- und Hausmärchen) brat'yev Grimm.
Skazka rasskazyvayet o tom, kak na smotrinakh zhenikhov gordaya krasavitsa-printsessa otvergala odnogo iz nikh za drugim, nasmekhayas' pri etom nad ikh mnimymi i deystvitel'nymi nedostatkami. Osobenno dostalos' molodomu korolevichu, kotoryy zanimal v ryadu zhenikhov chut' li ne samoye pochetnoye mesto. Lyuboy devushke on prishelsya by po vkusu, no printsessa poschitala, chto yego borodka byla gorazdo ostreye chem sleduyet i slishkom vydayetsya vpered, napominaya klyuv drozda, poetomu ona prozvala yego «korol' Drozdoborod». V rezul'tate vse znatnyye zhenikhi ushli ni s chem, i vzbeshonnyy staryy korol' poklyalsya vydat' devushku za pervogo zhe nishchego...
Romantic tale-short story from the first collection of "Children and Home Tales" (Kinder- und Hausmärchen) brothers Grimm.
The fairy tale tells how on the bridegroom's looks the proud princess beauty rejected one of them after another, taunting at the same time their imaginary and real flaws. Especially the young king's son, who occupied the most honorable place among the grooms, went to the ranks. He would have liked every girl to his liking, but the princess felt that his beard was much sharper than it should and was too forward, resembling the beak of a thrush, so she nicknamed him "King Drozdoborod." As a result, all the notable grooms left with nothing, and the furious old king swore to extradite the girl for the first beggar ...