The Magic Candle

One day a young wanderer got lost in a wood. Suddenly he saw a light from an old hut. He knocked at the door and an old woman opened it. She was crying. She said that the devil had stolen her magic candle. The wanderer asked her where the devil lived. “in a castle not far from here”

The wanderer went to the castle. There he found the devil, but he was old and weak. Therefore when the wanderer grabbed the magic candle from the devil’s table and ran away, the devil couldn’t chase him.

But the wanderer was not a kind man, he didn’t returned the candle to the old women, but kept it for himself. He lit the candle and made wish “i want to go far away from here” Suddenly, the genies appeared and took him to a beautiful palace. There was a party in the palace. The wanderer wanted to make some money. So, he lit the candle again and wished for some jewelry. He sold them to the guests and was soon making a lot of money. Then, the princess came to buy the jewelry, but there was nothing left, the wanderer felt in love with her and asked her to marry him. The kind princess said “Yes”, andthey got maried the next day. In his happiness, the wanderer told the princess about his advanture and the magic candle. Hearing that the princess got very angry. At night she lit the candle and wished that the wanderer disappered.

In the morning the wanderer awoke and found himself back in his ugly house in the village.