Story of the Foreign Fairy Chapter 109

In ancient times, when God himself visited the earth, it was much more productive than it is now. At that time, the ears of wheat produced not only fifty or sixty grains, but four to five hundred grains. The wheat stalks were covered with wheat grains from head to toe, and the ears were as long as the stalks were. However, human beings are so shallow and vulgar. When they live a prosperous life, they no longer cherish God's gifts and become careless and spendthrift. One day, a woman was passing by a wheat field. Her child was running beside her and fell into a puddle, soiling his little clothes.

So the mother pulled off a handful of beautiful ears of wheat and used them to clean her clothes.

It happened that God was passing by here. When he saw this situation, he was very angry and said: "From now on, the wheat stalks will no longer bear ears, and human beings are no longer worthy of God's blessings." The people around were frightened when they heard this, and they knelt down and prayed. God still leaves some ears of wheat on the stalks, even though humans do not deserve this gift, but for the sake of those innocent poultry, please ask God to have mercy, otherwise they will starve to death. God foresaw the suffering of mankind, took pity on them, and granted this request. So the ears of wheat stayed, growing like this now.

One evening, a young drummer was walking alone in the fields. He came to a lake and found three small white linen clothes on the shore. "What fine linen clothes!" He said, stuffing one of them into his pocket. After returning home, he went to bed without thinking about the clothes he found.

Just as he was about to fall asleep, he seemed to feel someone calling him. He listened carefully, and apparently a very soft voice said to him: "Drummer, wake up!"