Nature's Ways

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Nature's Ways is an Armenian fairy tale collected by Susie Hoogasian-Villa in 100 Armenian Tales.^[1]

[edit] Synopsis

A king wished to shelter his daughter and have her love no one but him. He had her put in a castle on an island and gave her only women servants. She realized that she was surrounded by women but that her father was different and questioned her teacher until she learned about men. Then she made dough from flour, eggs, butter and milk, and made a figure of a man from the dough. She then prayed over the image until God granted it life. The teacher brought her clothing for the new man, he and the princess fell in love, and all three of them were careful to hide his existence from the king, but one day they slept late and the king found them. The king was going to execute them all, but his daughter begged for a trial, at which she told the story and said she had only wanted to love and be loved. When it was found that the man had no family at all, they realized what the daughter said was true. The king repented and built a fine palace for his daughter and her husband.

This shows that Nature knows the way of God and men can not thwart it.

[edit] See also

• Pintosmalto
• Mr Simigdáli

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