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The FlintAsoldier was walking downa countryroad.He wascoming backfrom abattle.He waswearinga knapsackon hisback and a bigsword on his waist.When he waswalkingdown theroad sotired,he founda witch.The witch was sittingright nextto a big tree.The witchstarted totalk as〃soon asshe sawthe soldier.Hey,soldier!Can youdo mea favorIf youcan,I willmake you〃,have alot of money.“Are youserious”“Look atthis tree.The insideof thistree isempty.z The witch pointedat athick andold tree.Get intothat hole.I willtie yourwaist upwitha rope.There arethree roomsif yougo down,and eachroom hasa dog.The dogswill bequietas soon as theysee this apron.A box in thefirst room is full of bronze coins.In thesecondroom,a boxis fullof silver coins,andabox in the third roomisfullofgold coins.Takeas muchas you want”.〃“Then,what doyouwantme todo The soldier doubtedher andasked.Bring mea flint〃〃in a small box.“Why doyou needsuch asmall andunimportant flint”It isthe flintfrom〃my grandmother,so I want toget it.The soldiertied arope tohis waistand put the apronon his knapsack.Then,he enteredthetree holeand wentdown.Soon,he founda wideplace withlights everywhere.The soldiercameinto thefirst room carefully.A black dog was sitting ona bigbox.It wasrolling its,eyes as big asoranges.Good dog,sit onthisapron.z The soldier held the dog and put it onthe apron.The blackdog becamevery niceas the witch said.He putthe coinsinthe box intohisknapsack.The soldierwent to the nextroomcarefully.There wasa white dog thatwas biggerthanthe blackone,and itwas sittingdown ona bigbox.It wasrolling itseyes thatwere biggerthanapples.The soldiermade the white dogsit on theapronand openedup thebox.Lots ofglitteringsilver coinswere inthebox.He tookout thebronzecoinsfrom hisknapsack andfilledit withsilver coins.In thethirdroom,a bigyellow dogwassittingonabox.It wasrolling itseyes whichwereasbigas watermelons.The soldierheldthedogandputiton theapron.The box was fullofdazzlingly shininggold coins and goldnuggets.The soldiertook thesilvercoinsout fromhisknapsack andfilled hisknapsack,hat andall hispockets withthe goldcoinsandnuggets.The soldierputthetinder-boxin hisknapsack,came outof theroom andpulled ontherope whichwas onhis waist.The witchpulled therope.The soldierstood by thewitchunderthe tree.Now,give methe flint.The witchasked the soldier,but hepretended asif hedid〃〃〃not haveher tinder-box.I searchedeverywhere,but yourgrandmothers tinderboxwasnot there.〃What Youare aliar!There mustbe abox insideof thistree Thewitchwasvery angryandfurious.“Then,go andget the flint boxby yourself.The soldieranswered with a frighteningvoice.Thewitchran away,because shewas so scared byhis swordonhiswaist.The soldierwent toabigtown andlived proudlylike arich man.He becamepoor againbecausehe spentall hismoney onan expensivehouse,great clothes,delicious food,and formakingfriends andenjoying hisnew life.Because hehad nomoney,hewasdriven outfrom the,nice houseand movedto anattic underthe roofof ahouse.He couldnt evenafford tobuy amatchat night.Suddenly,the flintcame upinhismind.He triedto makesparks withthe flint.〃〃How canI helpyou,sir”In thisinstance,the blackdog cameup.0h,yes.I need,some money.z The blackdogdisappeared andshowed upagain ina shorttime.The blackdog heldandcarried abag fullofmoney.The soldierrealized thatif he hit theflint once,the blackdogshow up.Twice for the whitedog,three timesfortheyellow dog.And theydid whateverhewanted andasked for.Thesoldierbecame richagain,and hisfriends sooncame andvisited him.One dayhis〃〃friends talkedabout aprincess.I heardthat theywant tomove the princess toa talltower.〃〃What forA fairytold themthat shewould bein lovewithapoor soldier.That wouldnever〃,〃happen.No onecan see the princessexcept the king,the queenand the princess maid.Thesoldier listenedto thestory withdeep interest.He wantedto meetthe beautifulprincessdesperately evenif itwas justonce.After hisfriends allwent back,hehittheflinttwice.Then,thewhitedog showedup.〃White dog,let meseethe princess.Right afterhe saidthat thewhitedogbrought thebeautifulsleeping princess.He fellin lovewith herat firstsight.He couldntstand thedays hedidnot meether.He orderedthe black,white andyellow dogsto bringtheprincessto himeverynight byturns.The kingand the queen became aware ofthis factthat theprincess disappearedevery night.,What ashame!The princessis bewitchedby somethingand goesout thecastle everynight.z Thequeensaid tothe kingwith ananxious look.Catch theman whobewitches theprincess every〃night rightaway.The kinggave theorder withangry voice.That night,thequeentied asmall clothpouch filledwith wheatgrains secretlyonthe,princess ankle.There wasasmallhole inthe pouchso thatthe littlegrains cameout astheprincess moved.At last,the soldierwas caughtand takentothepalace ofthekingand thequeen,bytheKing sarmy.〃Thesoldierbegged themfor forgivenessand said,Iwant to marrytheprincess.”What,How dareyou saythat youwanttomarry ourdaughter Puthim injail quickly!z Thesoldier tooktheflint outof hispocket andhit itonce,twice andthree times.Theblack,white andyellowdogs showedup anddrove thearmy awayfrom thesoldier.All ofthem weresoscaredand werebusyrunning away.〃Wow,I havenever seenthose dogsbefore.Look atthose eyes.They arelike flames.z/,,〃They mustbe Gods messengers!z Afterseeing thesoldier,everyone said,A newking camehere!”The princessapproached thesoldier instantly.The dogswith bigeyes wereguarding the〃,couple.A newking ishere!A newking camehere!z Peoplewere happylooking atthe soldierand theprincess.In theend,thesoldierbecameaking,andtheprincess becamea queen.。