"And here still not only that from the dawn - even in time, usual for all normal people, managed to oversleep!" - Prinze thought, and this thought for some reason even more him grieved.
The prince sadly yawned from ear to ear and went to wash. In a bathroom the careful Puppy already prepared fragrant pink tooth-powder, warm pink water and fresh clothes.
"Well I without them would do! - Prinze thought with relief, inertly being accepted to toothbrushing. - Without Fairy, without Animals? I live-live, and in anything, except as in the composition of fairy tales, did not succeed … How the Fairy in general suffers me? Why to it such husband?" From these thoughts which, by the way, appeared in his head for the first time for all the time of their joint life Prinze felt ill at ease. He looked at the reflection in a mirror and, without having kept as the child writhed a mug.
Then, having put on a fresh shirt and trousers, Prinze went down in a refectory. The fairy as the careful bee, similarity to whom to her gave pair of transparent wings behind the back, already imposed pink porridge and spilled pink juice on glasses. The ware to it was given by the Kitten and the Puppy. Oslenk was not visible anywhere. Probably, he washed children.
"Well, here, - again Prinze gloomy thought, - all at affairs, one I live here as a drone! Really I am necessary to the Fairy only in order that to entertain her yes kids to give birth?. What strange, however, visit me thoughts today!"
The refectory represented quite big room which is pasted over with pink wall-paper with the long table laid by a pink cloth. In it there were many big round windows, on two from each party walls, and therefore in a refectory always was light-and it is fresh. On walls the set of beautiful pictures with images of various animals, birds, trees and plants was hanged out. These pictures were made by Prinze by means of the magic crystal presented by the Fairy who could remember an image of any subject, and then display it on any material - whether it be a canvas or a tree. The fairy sometimes gave special tasks to the Prince to take photographs of this or that animal or a plant, sometimes it was a task for all day, and even on two … Try remove some timid leveret - it is necessary to run about fairly!
Pink curtains hung on refectory windows, as well as in all house. In general, this color was darling at the Fairy, and Prinze never dared to challenge her opinion in housekeeping questions. But this time the domination pink in the conditions of the house unpleasantly rezanut to it eyes.
"Really, well why pink?! And I, by the way, love blue and blue! - again discontentedly Prinze thought. - Why it always does as wants?! And I as who in general in this house? A doggie for game or a drone for reproduction?!"
Several chandeliers hung on a refectory ceiling halls. They burned with the multi-colored blinking small lamps in the evenings, each of which was made in the form of the fairy with wings which moved in a magic way on a chandelier circle, as if flew. But also it that morning was not pleasant to Prinze.
"Well why and here fairies? Well really it is impossible to make a chandelier with small animals or birdies?! Everywhere one fairies - on pillows, on sheets, on curtains … Bothered! I want animals and birdies! Here!" - again Prinze angrily thought and itself did not notice how he came to be at a table.
And in a refectory there were several cases with books, but all of them were locked on a magic castle, except one which contained books on flora, fauna and Tselestiya's history. At all these books on the first page it was written by the large red letters "it is approved for instructive reading". These books were interestingly and is fascinating are written. Colourful self-moving pictures were located on everyone to the cream-pink, tartly smelling of honey page. And if to read the necessary spells written on the fly-leaf of books - that and with a soundtrack. The prince could for hours as the child to look at these moving pictures, driving according to them fingers and to listen as elephants, rhinoceroses or other rare animals or birds whom he never before never saw before really roar. The fairy liked to watch it these minutes. She loved in Prinze naive and childly the surprised expression of his eyes which at it arose when reading books, and therefore with great pleasure ordered for it from Skies book novelties.
But now Prinze thought not of it, and that other cases were tightly closed from him. "Well I am a child, perhaps, to hide from me books?!"
The response of the Fairy to his objection stated once did not allow other opinion: "it will be boring for you to read them, there are no pictures … Watch better what I to you the new book ordered, - here all about bees! You see what here bright pictures!?" And Prinze right there forgot about everything - occupation was for these days found … But now Prinze thought: "Well it - for the child, perhaps, holds me? I, maybe, too want to be a wizard, it is not worse than it!"
In addition Prinze inopportunely remembered, as books on stories were not for the entire period. They covered only Hera Poryadca's events and Prosperity, and what was earlier - "Dark Centuries" as this time were called by fairies - in these books was not reflected. And it is interesting to know how people lived then! Of course, Prinze liked also those books which were available to him. They abounded with beautiful moving pictures with a soundtrack too. The prince in them was especially attracted by bright suits and hairdresses, various in different kingdoms of the Commonwealth, and also inhabitants of other countries - here were also a strange Cyclops from the Oversea country, both walking trees of Drevlyandiya, and dwarfs of Podzemya and many, many others.
But when Prinze somehow asked "and what was earlier, well, to the Order and Prosperity?", the Fairy somehow strange and seriously looked at it. And then suddenly having sharply passed to the usual indulgent and cheerful tone, told, having scornfully waved the handle: "-a-a! yes there everything was uninteresting: people went in animal skins, ate crude meat, did not wash and in addition disgusting louses so pictures from such books to you will not want to be looked were found in their dirty and unkempt hair". And, as always, suddenly suddenly remembered that quite recently it brought to it the new book, and not just on stories, and on stories of the Country of Fey, with a set of beautiful pictures! The book which only those people who were unusually lucky to become husbands of fairies can read! Eyes at Prinze lit up, and he somehow forgot at once about the interest in Dark Centuries … But now he remembered this episode and became it very and very unpleasantly at heart.
Yes, Prinze was today obviously in low spirits! Even the wall where their joint portraits with the Fairy were hanged out, with kids and Animals did not please it. From what party look at these portraits everywhere the Fairy was in the center, and it … It all the time with one side, from another … The prince writhed a sour mine and turned away.
- Darling, with you everything is all right? You as though got up on the wrong side of the bed today! - anxiously the Fairy asked, spilling the last portions of pink juice on glasses.
The prince did not manage to answer as right there with squeal small kids, probably, much overtaken Oslenc rushed into the room, and right there began to make a din, be enough from a table of sweet, to shake on chairs, to rattle spoons - generally, to do all that is usually done by small children. The fairy right there began to calm them, the benefit to her Oslenok to the aid appeared in time. And Prinze sadly thought also of that, as the father he is useless: children it do not obey, found only with the Fairy da Oslenc …
"No, enough! - Prinze in a fit of temper thought. - With such life it is time to finish! It is necessary to go urgently today to the wood and to make some feat! I feel that I surely have to make today something outstanding! Feat, feat and once again feat!" - and from this thought felt better it at once.
It was already, probably, its 1001st intention which seldom came to an end with success. As a result of the similar enterprises the Prince usually got into the most ridiculous and even dangerous troubles. The last happened all a month ago - then he tried to cross the river in the deepest and wide place. As a result it has suffered much waters so that nearly drowned. The benefit, mermaids pulled out it and made an artificial respiratio
n. The fairy then very much was upset though he also convinced her that if not a spasm - water was very cold - he would manage to make impossible for the person. But she did not believe it. "You are dear to me without any feats", - the Fairy told and kissed him on a forehead, and then quietly began to cry. And Prinze again tearfully promised it (and itself too) not to make more feats, but knew that he sometime surely will not sustain and something will throw out again.
Here and now he by all means decided to make a feat, is firm, as a real man, and itself did not notice how in dreams of it it slapped a fist on a table so that from it the ware nearly got.
- Darling, yes what there is with you it today? - the Fairy was already outright disturbed. - You what, decided to make feats again, and? - The intuition never deceives fairies …
The prince was a little discouraged by the fact that he so ridiculously gave himself and reddened as poppy.
- No, no, expensive, I just thought out a rhyme for my new song about bees and could not think up in any way, and here suddenly - found …
- Well, why so to worry? You tell Oslenk - he at us the poet pervostateyny. He to you will think up any rhyme, - the Fairy told and stretched was the handle to stroke Prinze on the head ….
But here the anger which is carefully suppressed by Prinze escaped outside.
- Well why Oslenok?! Well why?! Or perhaps I want! Why all for me do others?! Others take care of children, homework - others, feats - and those make others! And I on what? Everything, will be enough, I go to live to the wood! I will live one: to itself to get food, to feed itself, to give to drink, dress, I will grow a beard and I will live in a cave as a bear! Bothered! And I will better go to Avalon, I will be employed in pupils to the knight and I will participate then in tournaments! Here! - and once again slapped, already intentionally, on a table a fist.
Even kids which, using that the Fairy turned away from them, began to pull the sitting next Oslenk ears puzzly looked at Prinze and distracted from the so entertaining occupation. And the Kitten and the Puppy spreading napkins stood on the place.
- The prince and what is with you? Whether you got sick? - also softly the Fairy spoke. - You sit down, drink pink juice - at you the mood will improve at once! Give, tell me what disturbs you?
On Prinze the quiet and melodious sound of a feiny voice worked soothingly. He sat down on a chair, and the Fairy - nearby. She took him by hand and told:
- Well, say what disturbs you? Again has a longing you for deeds, huh?
The prince silently nodded.
- Give so, Prinze. I really need your help. At me the stock of medical medicines, and now the season almost ended. I will give you the list, and you descend and will take them in the wood. Agree that it is the best feat! By means of these grasses, you know, I treat the small animals getting to trouble and the birdies and also some of the little men who are especially seeking to make feats - she added, having tenderly smiled and having playfully frayed Prinze for an ear. - And that really is no time me - I have many another matters today.
The prince was always pacified by a voice of the Fairy. How many "feats" Prinze made for these years - it is possible to count on fingers of hands and legs and how many he did not make under the influence of a magic voice of the beloved wife - it is impossible to count. He obediently nodded also the Fairy happy with rose to go to the place at a table, near children. The breakfast went the turn, but the Fairy all the time did not leave unpleasant feeling that today surely there will be something bad.
"Well, of course! - suddenly the Fairy thought about herself. - Still! For the first time for all these years I did not sing the morning song to the Prince! And I think that it it directly since morning such gloomy? The morning song adjusts it on the necessary thoughts, the necessary feelings, and without it - you never know will begin to come to its mind? These people - such weak, such changeable …"
The fairy suddenly even somehow felt ill at ease - well as she could not sing to it the morning song?. But then she remembered: just yesterday she with Prinze went to bed very late. On the occasion of anniversary of their wedding it for the first time in five years receded from an invariable daily routine, having decided to give to Prinze to sleep, and sang the song only for Animals and kids. And, apparently, in vain …
But this mistake only strengthened it in opinion that today there has to be something bad, usually all bad events are preceded by some failures in a habitual daily routine - it is obvious to each normal fairy. She even wanted to cancel a task to the Prince, but, having looked at it the become cheerful person at once, thought that it will be too cruel.
"Yes, - the Fairy thought, drinking cool pink juice from a glass and watching how Prinze fills to himself full cheeks sweet pink cotton wool, his favourite delicacy, - to the person not just to be a husband of the fairy. We very at all not such as human women: we are too strong, too we suppress man's self-conceit … My poor Prinze! He feels with me absolutely jammed in a shadow! What I am after all an egoist! Well, nothing, descends in the wood, and then I will give it more responsible task that did not miss more!" However some unpleasant deposit remained in soul of the Fairy all the same …
And Prinze was really happy. "At last and the small feat fell to my lot! Curative herbs in gentle handles of my favourite Fairy will save so many lives, will bring so many oblegcheniye from sufferings!" - Prinze thought joyfully. He knew it for certain and on own, so to speak, skin. The fairy almost daily used some animal and she always needed ointments and curative herbs decoctions.
And the pink food played a role. From it the mood always improved, there was always a wish to sing some song under a nose, there was always a wish to undertake some good deed. The prince called it "pink mood" because from it even in eyes some easy pink haze appeared. It is surprising after all though they generally ate the same pink food, that did not become boring to Prinze at all and every time was in a new way surprisingly tasty and juicy. Taste and juiciness she reminded something average between ripe oranges, strawberry, a water-melon and mango. The fairy trained her in different types: soup from pink dandelions, porridge from pink flakes, pink juice or cotton candy to juice. The flavoring scale a little bit differed, but is insignificant.
Here and now: costed to Prinze, having calmed down, to be accepted to food as he already forgot about everything. The pink food literally melted in the mouth, and the feeling of pleasure, delight, readiness to undertake after food some good deed already grew in a breast.
"Though why it, - it was thought suddenly to Prinze, - the Fairy feeds me with pink food?" Of course, at a table periodically there was also a milk from dairy trees, both vegetables, and fruit, but the pink food was an obligatory component of a daily diet.
Once, Prinze remembered, he somehow told the Fairy: "I am not hungry today, I will eat only couple of wons of those sweet pears and all …" But the Fairy then somehow strange looked at it, and as always stroked the handle on the head why on all body the feeling of rest and a tranquil pleasure spread - so it did always when Prinze objected it. And then told: "At least the glass of pink juice should be drunk surely! It will give you forces, and that in the wood will weaken still … Give, for the sake of me! A draft, ma - and - alyusenky, well?" And with these words she took a glass of juice and stretched to Prinze, at the same time so on it looked how it can be done only the woman so he simply not in forces was her to refuse. But as soon as the glass of juice was drunk, Prinze already just could not stop, so taste of pink food was attractive that, having tasted its once, having felt hungry more and more, before the saturation.
"Strange, why after all is it without fail?" - Prinze thought more than once. And in general, his favourite Fairy, at all the sociability and cheerfulness when business concerns different feiny features was always permanently closed and laconic: "Darling do not stick the curious nose where does not follow, and that you will be left without nose, so, apparently, at you speak?" And, having clicked it on this most curious nose fingers, gave the conversation another turn.
"Probably, I today something absolutely some excessively suspicious", - thought Prinze and dismissed all foreign thoughts. "The pink mood" already came into the own: the feeling of pleasure grew in a breast, rest, cheerfulness, the sun to seem it became brighter, persons Fei, than kids and a muzzle of Animals - it is even lovelier, and Prinze cheerfully burst out laughing. Eventually, today he should make the real feat in the wood, and it is already a lot of!
2.
After Prinze's leaving, the Fairy, having charged all household chores to Animals, departed on service. Or, being expressed by the Charter letter, "to carry out Disinterested and Dedicated Service to the Sacred Principles of the Order and Prosperity in the territory entrusted by Community".
It is necessary to notice that this service for any fairy begins with that moment when she finishes thirty years' training at School and lasts for the rest of the life. That day the young fairy solemnly swears before a throne of their Knowledge to protect weak, to create good, to help persons in need, to learn, improve and decorate world around. Protection, thus, even for Keepers of the Limit was only one of many tasks which they carried out within the Service.
And therefore now, when on borders with the Limit, it seems, everything is quiet, the Fairy was not free from execution of the functions at all. It just could switch to other, not less important issues. The help to a brood of little bear cubs whose mother seriously wounded to herself a paw about a sharp bough was the most essential of them at present and temporarily could not go. Only the Fairy could feed little bear cubs now.
She successfully coped with this work. The fairy quickly found the den hidden in a dense pinery in which there lived all brood, and landed near it. Bear cubs, having guessed aroma of just blossomed roses - an invariable sign of approach of any fairy - a joyful crowd as mushrooms from a bast basket, poured out towards and surrounded the winged guest in impatient expectation of feeding. They so persistently rubbed about her harmonous fine-molded legs and with such pleasure licked them that the Fairy with all the heart burst out laughing. Having kissed and having a little snuggled each of bear cubs, she decided that it is necessary to take care, first of all, of their wounded mother. It squeezed directly into a den and once again processed wounds on a paw of a she-bear specially prepared healing ointment. She-bear did not resist. It is known that all animals loved fairies and trusted them as to. On the contrary, she even with relief began to roar and tenderly licked a face of the Fairy the big pink language. And the Fairy fed bear cubs with milk. They so funny drank it from a big bottle with a pacifier, having greedy made buldge out big, brown, still such innocent, eyes as though were afraid they will not get that. From it dense white liquid plentifully flew on their brown hair directly on a grass.
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