A long, long time ago. In a country, there was a king and a queen. The country was far from the sea. The king had eleven sons and one daughter.
The king loved the girl very much. The king loved her and named her Eliza. The king had a very happy family with his queen and children. He had a great reputation throughout the kingdom. The subjects loved the king very much. One day, sorrow descended on the king's family. Suddenly, the queen died. A flood of sorrow swept through the kingdom.But the kingdom cannot run without a queen. So, with great sorrow in his heart, the king remarried. But the new queen was very wicked. She did not love the king's twelve children at all. She always said many things against them to the king. After saying this, the king's heart became angry. At the queen's words, the king sent Elijah to the village. There Elijah would work with the farmers and spend his life with them.
The queen said many more bad things to the king about the sons. One time the king abandoned his eleven sons. The queen was not happy with this either. The sons should be sent away somewhere far away. So that they can never come to this kingdom again.
The new queen knew a lot of magic inside. One day she performed a spell and said to the boys, "Itching, bitching, you birds! At this moment you will become wild birds and will never be able to speak again."
As soon as he said this, the princes turned into eleven beautiful wild geese and flew away far away.
Days passed, months passed. Elijah had grown up a lot. He was now 15 years old. One day, the king was very anxious to see Elijah. Then he sent a messenger to Elijah. Elijah immediately set off on his way. But the wicked queen hid in disguise on the way. Elijah was coming this way. When the queen found him, she poured the black sap of the almond tree in his face. Then she ruffled Elijah's hair nicely.
Elijah entered the palace and greeted the king. But the king could not recognize Elijah. Elijah was very saddened by this incident. He left the palace and walked along the corridor, weeping.As the sun was setting in the sky, Elijah came to a large forest. The fatigue of the whole day had overwhelmed him. He lay down on the grass near the forest and fell asleep. When he woke up, he saw a river flowing beside him. The water of this river was very clear and sparkling. Elijah quickly went down into the water and took a bath. The clear water of the river made Elijah's face
The ink washed off. Immediately, Eliza became as beautiful as before.
Princess Eliza started walking through the forest again. After going a little way, she met an old woman. Eliza greeted the old woman and asked about her brothers.
The old woman said, "I have not seen any princes go this way. But I have seen eleven wild geese wearing golden crowns on the seashore."
Elijah began to walk with the current of the river. At one point, the river reached the sea. Elijah's journey ended. While wandering on the beach, he found eleven white feathers of a wild goose. And at dusk, he looked up at the sky and saw the geese. Eleven wild geese with golden crowns on their heads were flying in a line; it looked like a white ribbon.
As the ducks slowly descended, Eliza stood beside them. As the sun set in the western sky, all the feathers fell from the birds' bodies. Gale and Elijah got their eleven brothers back.The elder brother told Elijah that when the sun went down, they became humans. But as soon as the sun rose, they would become birds again. He also told him that they lived on the banks of thirteen rivers on the seven seas. However, they could only come to their beloved homeland for eight days a year.The next morning, he put Elijah on one of his brother's sheets. Then, biting the corners of the sheet, he flew with Elijah across the seven seas and thirteen rivers. They flew with Elijah all day long. Just before dusk, they landed on a green island. The island was very beautiful. The waves of the sea played all around them all day and night.After a long day of hard work, the brothers fell asleep quickly. After staring at the sea for a while, Elijah also fell asleep.While sleeping, Eliza dreamed of a fairy. The fairy's name was Morgan-Lee-Fee. The fairy said to Eliza, "You can save your brothers if you want. If you can weave a garment for each of them, they will become human again. But for this you will have to pick yarn from the thorny leaves and weave the garment with that yarn."Eliza was very happy to hear Pari's words. She said, "I want to start weaving clothes today."
"There is one more difficult condition," said the maid. "You must not speak a word until all the clothes are finished. If you say a word, your brothers will die."Hearing this from the fairy, Eliza quickly got up from her sleep. She gathered thorny leaves of different colors from the forest. Then, with great difficulty, she began to make thread from them. Blood began to flow from the thorns on her hands. But she did not stop.
That day, a king came to the forest to teach. He was passing through this path. Suddenly he saw Eliza. What was a beautiful girl doing sitting in this deep forest?
The king was very curious. He went to Elijah and asked him what he was doing. But Elijah did not answer. Because he knew that if he said even one word, his brothers would die.
The king, thinking her helpless and mute, felt great pity for the girl. He took Eliza on a horse and brought her to the palace. After a few days, the king was impressed by Eliza's beauty and married her.
Even after becoming queen, Eliza's heart did not improve. She always cried. To stop Eliza's crying, the king brought the clothes Eliza had made from the forest, the yarn she had left behind, and the thorny leaves. Seeing Eliza's feats, one of the king's ministers looked at him with suspicion. The minister thought that Eliza was a magician. He always kept an eye on Eliza. He even told the king about it. But the king did not believe him.
Elijah stayed up all night for his brothers. One night, when her thread ran out, she ran out of the palace to gather thorny leaves. Eliza quickly went to the cemetery. From there, she gathered many leaves and brought them back.
The minister saw Elijah going to the cemetery at night and told the king about it. The next day, when Elijah went to the cemetery again, the king saw it with his own eyes.
Usually, magicians come here at night to catch frogs to perform various magic tricks. Seeing Elijah here with his own eyes, the king believed his minister. Elijah must be a magician. Otherwise, he would not have gone to the cemetery alone so late at night. The king pronounced Elijah's death sentence.
Elijah was imprisoned. However, he could spend his time knitting clothes for as long as he lived. For this reason, the clothes, yarn, and leaves were given to him. Elijah thought that he might never see his brothers again in this life. However, he
She continued to weave the clothes with attention.
Slowly, the last days of Elijah's life approached. He was led to the gallows. The people of the kingdom gathered around him.
Eliza's face is pale. Her hair is disheveled. Eliza doesn't pay attention to anything. She is weaving clothes quickly. She must finish weaving clothes before she dies. If her brothers ever get these, they will be princes again.
The evil people who came to see all around began to say, "Look, look, the condition of the witch girl. Let's tear off her magical clothes."
With that, the evil people really started coming towards Elijah.
Elijah was scared. Would they really tear his clothes? Just then, eleven wild geese came down from the sky and surrounded Elijah. Elijah had no more time. He was very happy to see his brothers for the last time. He She quickly threw the eleven clothes she had knitted to her eleven brothers. And immediately the wild geese became handsome princes.
Now Eliza can talk.
He shouted to the king with a smile, "Now I have no more problems. I can speak now. I am not at fault."
The eleven brothers, along with their sister, said in unison, "Our sister is innocent."
The elder brother came forward and told the king everything that had happened. The king was very happy to hear what the elder brother had to say. He took Elijah back as his own. He was happy and gave Elijah a golden feather as a gift.
The king and Elijah returned to the palace with his eleven brothers. The people of the kingdom were very happy to hear this news. A wave of joy swept across the kingdom. The festival continued for eleven days and eleven nights with the eleven brothers in the king's house.