Story of the Foreign Fairy Chapter 39

Facing the green grassy castle surrounding Copenhagen is a tall red house. It has many windows, and many plants such as impatiens and artemisia are planted on the windows. The inside of the house looks poor; all the people living there are poor old people. This is "Wardu Nursing Home".

Look! An old lady stood leaning against the window sill. She picked off the dead leaves of the impatiens and looked at the green grass on the castle. Many children were playing there. What does this old lady think? At this moment a life drama unfolded in her heart.

"These poor children, how happy they are! What rosy little faces! What happy eyes! But they have no shoes or socks to wear. They dance on this green castle. According to an old legend, Years ago, the earth was crumbling here, until an innocent little baby was lured into the open grave with her flowers and toys; while she was playing and eating , the castle was built (Note: There is such a record in "Danish Folklore" (Danske AE Olkesagn) compiled by the Danish poet J.M. Thiele: "A long time ago, people built a castle around Copenhagen." 

The castle continued to crumble, and it was impossible to hold it together until finally the innocent girl was placed on a chair and a table was placed before her, with many toys and sweets on it. While playing, 12 masons built an arch on top of her. With music and shouts, everyone piled dirt on the arch and built a castle. From then on, the castle never collapsed again.") From childhood the castle had been strong; soon it was covered with beautiful green grass. The little children knew nothing of this story, otherwise they would have heard the child still crying beneath the ground. They feel that the dew on the grass is hot tears. They also don't know the story of the Danish king: when the enemy was outside besieging the city, he rode past here and made an oath that he would die at his post. (Note: Refers to King Frederick III of Denmark (AE Rederick II, 1609-1670). This refers to February 11, 1659, when the Swedish army besieged Copenhagen but failed to capture the city.) At that time, many men and women. They gathered together and poured boiling water on the enemies who were wearing white clothes and climbing into the city in the snow.

"These poor kids are having so much fun.