Before hearing four fairy tales, our little protagonist revealed a secret, and it was just a dream! When I encounter difficulties that cannot be solved, I always fantasize that these are all dreams, how wonderful it would be~! However, reality always slaps me hard: stop dreaming!
Just a dream
And our monster gave me an unexpected answer, who can be sure that all this is not a dream? I give this answer 100 points, a very philosophical answer, think about it carefully, who can be sure that our life and our world are not a dream? The ancient philosopher Zhuang Lao once had such a question, is Zhuang Zhouxiao a fan of butterflies?
Just a dream ？
Let's cut to the chase.
The first fairy tale: The Prince and the Witch!
"Long ago this was not a small town, there were no roads, no trains, no cars. It was a prosperous kingdom isolated from the world, a wise king who brought peace and prosperity to the people, but for this peace the king Paying a great price, all three of his princes died in the battle against giants, slaughtering dragons, and destroying demon mages. The queen could not bear the great pain of losing her beloved son and jumped down from the highest point of the castle, leaving only The next king bears these wounds alone, and only the young heir, his grandson who has lost his parents, can accompany him.
The only surviving heir was named the little prince. The little prince gradually grew up. He was brave and kind, and won the support and love of all the people of the kingdom. His subjects loved him very much. Just when the prince was about to come of age, the old king (that is, the prince's grandfather) married a new queen, a young and beautiful new queen, but after that, the old king fell ill, and rumors spread all over the kingdom, It is said that the new queen is an evil witch who poisoned her new husband (the old king) in order to poison the old king and become the queen herself. A few weeks later, the old king really died. The prince is too young to inherit the throne, and according to the laws of the kingdom should be ruled by the queen (long live the queen!) Everything in the future is clouded.
The prince met his sweetheart, a beautiful and intelligent farmer's girl. The queen is very obsessed with the feeling of being a queen. In order to continue to be a queen, she has to marry the prince (because after the prince inherits the throne, she becomes the queen mother, not the queen). This is the way to go. She charms the prince and hopes that the prince will marry her. , but the prince has already made up his mind and is unwilling to marry her. (Although the queen is the prince's step-grandmother, she is also a young and beautiful woman) The prince and his beloved girl disappeared into the night on horseback. Resting under the tree, the next morning, when the prince woke up, he called softly: darling, get up! But the peasant girl did not move, and when the prince sat up, he saw blood on the ground, someone killed his beloved girl in the night. The prince cried out: it was the queen, the evil queen who killed my beloved girl! ! The prince called on the people, who were full of anger and revenge, and went to the queen for revenge. The magical tree-man also stood by the prince. The people of the kingdom rioted. The war slaughtered the evil queen's castle, and no one was seen again. past the queen.
The queen is dead? Aren't all bad guys supposed to end up like this? Is it?
The queen did not die, but was taken away by the tree-men and taken to a faraway place, a place where no one could find her, a small seaside village where no one knew her, and she started a new life. (Why let a bad guy go?) Doesn't she deserve to die? Poisoning the old king and killing the prince's lover, why did the tree man save the murderer?
The tree man said: I never said it was the queen who killed the prince's lover, it was the prince who told people that his lover was killed by the queen. In fact, the prince didn't sleep that night, he stayed awake until the peasant girl fell asleep, and then started his real plan! He knew that the girl's death would cause a prairie fire that could completely destroy the queen, so the girl had to be the victim. And the old king was not poisoned, because the old king was too old and died naturally. At the end of the story, the good prince killed his lover, overthrew the queen's rule and became the beloved king; the farmer's girl became the victim of the prince's succession to the throne; the queen was exiled to a faraway place and became an evil witch.
Who is the good guy? Who are the bad guys?
The second fairy tale: the pharmacist and the priest!
One hundred and fifty years ago, the world had changed dramatically. The Industrial Revolution led the world in a new direction. Factories grew like weeds, trees fell, rivers were stained black, and the sky was filled with smoke and dust. . But if you look carefully, you can still find the unpolluted green. On the edge of the town lived a stubborn man who refused to accept the change of the world. He followed the ancient way of making medicines, concocting a mixture of herbs and bark and berries and leaves, so the villagers called him a potion. Mr. Shi. In this village also lived a young priest, who was learned, well-informed, kind-hearted, and thought only of the people of this parish. When the young pastor preached against the old way of making medicine by the pharmacist, and the pharmacist was bad-tempered and greedy, people believed the pastor's sermon. People began to avoid the pharmacist, and no one wanted to buy the pharmacist's medicine. Although the pharmacist tried every means to continue to treat and save people, fewer and fewer people were willing to buy his medicine, and he was indignant and disheartened. There is also a yew tree in the place where the priest lives. The yew tree has the strongest healing effect among all kinds of trees. Its fruit and bark will beat, burn, and full of vitality. It can heal almost all disease, as long as the good pharmacist refining the preparation correctly. The apothecary wanted the yew tree badly, but the tree had to be cut down to get the fruit and bark, and the priest was adamant against the apothecary cutting down the yew tree.
The pastor has two smart and lovely daughters whom he sees as life, a caring and loving father who will do anything for them. But one day, two little girls suffered from a serious disease at the same time. The pastor tried everything to no avail. Modern medicine couldn't save his daughters. It was useless to pray devoutly, and it was useless to pray to God. Neither worked. He had no choice but to ride to the mountain to find Mr. Apothecary to save his daughters, the priest knelt in front of the Apothecary's door and begged him to rescue his daughters, begged him to rescue two innocent little girls, Apothecary But he asked, why should I save your daughter? You often speak ill of me in your sermons, don't let people buy the medicines I dispense, and you don't agree to give me your yew tree, which is the best medicine! When the pastor heard that the yew tree is the best medicine, he said to the pharmacist, if you want the yew tree, I will give it to you, and I will also say good things about you in the sermon, as long as you can save my daughters, let I can do anything. The pharmacist finally asked, are you willing to give up everything you believe in? The pastor answered sincerely, as long as I can save my daughters, I am willing to give up anything! Hearing this answer, the pharmacist said something, then I have nothing to help you.
Cutting down the yew tree to refine the medicine ultimately failed to save the priest's daughter.
There are bound to be people who think the pharmacist is a bad guy, bad-tempered, impolite, and greedy, but what he does is heal. The kind pastor, who speaks bad words in his sermons and prevents the pharmacist from treating the sick and saving people, has given up his faith as a believer! Faith is half the cure!
What is a believer without faith?
The third fairy tale: The Invisible Man!
Once upon a time there was an invisible man, he was tired of the days when no one could see him, but in fact he was not invisible, it was just that people were used to ignoring him. One day, the invisible man finally couldn't take it anymore. He pondered a question over and over again. If no one can see him, does he still have a meaning? In order to prove the meaning of his existence, the invisible man summoned the devil in his heart!
The meaning of existence? Growing Pains? Does it have to be this way?
The fourth fairy tale: the hand that cannot be let go!
Regarding the fourth story, it is actually a nightmare for our protagonist. On a gloomy afternoon, he came to the vicinity of the old church. Suddenly there was a strong wind, flying sand and rocks. The old church and a large area around the cemetery began to collapse. Unfortunately, the His mother happened to be in the collapsed place, and he kept shouting: Mom, run, get out of there! He shouted and ran in the direction of his mother. After the church collapsed, the earth began to sink to the ground. It seemed that a black hole appeared on the ground that was constantly swallowing everything around him. When he ran to his mother, the ground under his mother's feet also fell into a black hole. , he jumped up and fell on the edge of the black hole and grabbed the hand of his mother who was about to fall into the black hole. He cried with tears: Mom, don't let go! But my mother is still falling down a little bit, her hand is getting more and more unstoppable, and she is about to fall into a black hole...
In the end, my mother still fell into a black hole, but the result was not that he couldn't hold his hand, but he let go...
He just hoped that this tormenting pain would end sooner, and that those who died might enjoy the blessings of heaven, while those who remained would suffer twice as much pain.
The entire film is run through four stories, telling a little boy who has suffered unbearable pain!
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