Today i have a good stories from J.K Rowling's book, Tales Of Beddle The Bard.All credit goes to her, one of the most great author ever... ^o^
Note : Translated myself and hope there is no wrong Grammar or Spelling. Title, taken from original version.
The Fountain of Fair Fortune
Once upon a time, in an unknown kingdom, there is a garden on the top of the hill. That garden covered by a high wall and some powerful magic in order to protect an object called The Fountain of Fair Fortune.
Once a year, the garden will give a chance to unlucky person, to go inside the wall, struggling for eternity luck by washing their self at the fountain. On the certain day, many people came from all over the kingdom and hoping for a chance given by the garden. There are three witches, came that day with their own problems. The first one named Asha. She was sick with an can't be cured curse. It makes her slowly facing her death. The second witch named Althaeda. Her wand, house and gold has been stolen by an evil witch. The last one named Amata. She was in a broken heart because her sweetheart left her for another woman. With empathy to each other, three of them made a decision to firmly unite in order to reach The Fountain of Fair Fortune.
When the dawn is breaking, a magical vine came out from the garden and choose the lucky person to go inside the wall. That vine suddenly tied Asha’s hand and pull her inside the garden. With her magic spell, Asha try to bring Althaeda and Amata with her, but Amata’s gown tied at a rumpled knight’s sword. So, that knight also came inside the garden with the witches.
That knight named Sir Luckless. Because the witches feels empathy for him, they all agree to corporate him in their journey to the fountain.
That garden was the most beautiful garden they ever seen. Curing plant grow all over the place with flowers and fruits, came out in every branches of tree. In their journey up to the hill, many creatures such as Beast and Pixies appeared and try to failed them. With the witches spell and Sir Luckless’s sword, they manage the way up until they faced a big river in front.
Asha and Amata try to build a bridge using their magic while Althaeda try to crossed the river by using Sir Luckless’s shield. The bridge can’t be done and the shield was drowned.
Inside the water, Amata read some words written on the stone. It said : “Show me the treasure of your past”. Amata then pull out memories about her sweetheart using wand and drop it into the river. When the memories touched the water, a stone bridge appeared from side to side of the river.
So, the witches and Sir Luckless can finally get to the fountain. But when they almost there, Asha suddenly fell to the ground because of her pain. Althaeda then collect some curing plant and mix it inside Sir Luckless’s drink bottle. When Asha drink it, she was perfectly cured. So, Asha no longer need the fountain. Althaeda was the same. She try to collect curing plant as much as possible. It will help her to get rich again. Sir Luckless allowed Amata to wash herself on the fountain but Amata shook her head. The river already delete the regret and pain about her sweetheart.
Sir Luckless then walked through the fountain and came out with joy and victory on his face. He then knelt to the ground and proposed Amata to become his wife. Amata accepted him because she also think that she already find a true love. At the end of the day, three witches and a knight, came down from the hill with joy and smile in their face. They live, luckily ever after.
And no one ever suspected, that maybe, The Fountain of Fair Fortune wasn’t lucky at all.
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