There was a small girl who was stubborn and disobedient, and she was always unhappy. One day she went to her mother and father and told them that she had heard about the old witch, and the girl decided to go to see her. The girl said that people say the witch is amazing and has many wonderful strange things in her house, and she feels extreme curiosity to see these things.
Her parents told her to forget the matter and forbade her from going to the old witch. Her father told her that the old witch was evil and did many bad deeds, and if she went to her, she would not return to them again.
The little girl did not pay attention to her father’s orders and decided to go to the old witch’s house. When she reached the witch’s house, the old woman asked the girl: Why does your face look pale and tired?
The girl replied, stammering: I am extremely afraid of what I saw just now.
The witch asked her: And what did you see just now?
The girl replied: I saw a black man on the doorstep of your house.
The witch replied: That was the coal seller.
After that, the girl said: I saw a man of gray color. The old witch replied that he was the sports equipment seller. Then the girl said: I saw a man red like the color of blood. The old witch said that was the butcher.
The girl completed her speech, confirming that the most frightening thing she had seen was when she looked from your window and found nothing but a creature with a head full of fur.
The witch said: It was not an animal but a fur dress I was wearing. After that, the witch said to the girl: I have waited for you a long time. Come, give me the light. The girl did not understand anything, and suddenly she turned into a piece of wood.
The witch grabbed the wooden cube and threw it into the fireplace, whose fire was burning. The fireplace began to shine, and the old witch sat on the ground warming herself, saying to herself that this was the first time the fireplace gave her heat and light.
The lesson of the story:
The lesson from the story is that when you disobey your parents’ orders, you will certainly fall into big problems. In the story, the girl did not enjoy her parents’ talk about the evil old witch, and she did not tell them that she was going to her. If the girl had listened to her parents’ words and obeyed them, she would have been safe with her parents, living in her house for a long time.
The story is translated from: The Old Witch