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* TenderTears: The princess sheds them after her father find new, even more arduous tasks for Ferko to complete, threatening him with death if he fails.
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* TenderTears: The princess sheds them after her father find finds new, even more arduous tasks for Ferko to complete, threatening him with death if he fails.
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* AndroclesLion: Three of them
* CleverCrows: In this instance, they're full of useful information.
* CripplingTheCompetition: The brothers to Ferko
* DudeWheresMyRespect: Ferko gets none until the end, when the king's third task backfires spectacularly.
* EvilSorcerer: Nothing but slander; Ferko isn't a sorcerer of any kind.
* ExactEavesdropping: Convenient, where those crows talked.
* GirlInTheTower: The princess, briefly
* GreenEyedMonster: The brothers
* HappilyEverAfter: Ferko and his queen
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: The king
* ImpossibleTask: Carried out by the animals
* CleverCrows: In this instance, they're full of useful information.
* CripplingTheCompetition: The brothers to Ferko
* DudeWheresMyRespect: Ferko gets none until the end, when the king's third task backfires spectacularly.
* EvilSorcerer: Nothing but slander; Ferko isn't a sorcerer of any kind.
* ExactEavesdropping: Convenient, where those crows talked.
* GirlInTheTower: The princess, briefly
* GreenEyedMonster: The brothers
* HappilyEverAfter: Ferko and his queen
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: The king
* ImpossibleTask: Carried out by the animals
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* AndroclesLion: Three of them
them: a wolf, a field mouse, and a queen bee. They repay Ferko's kindness by helping him complete the King's impossible tasks.
* CleverCrows: In this instance, they're full of usefulinformation.
information. Ferko overhears them talking about the healing properties of the afternoon dew and the waters of a nearby lake.
* CripplingTheCompetition: The two older brothers are so jealous of Ferko's good looks that they decide toFerko
cripple him in order to increase their chances of finding good fortune, first by gouging out his left eye and breaking his left leg, and later by doing the same to his right eye and leg.
* DudeWheresMyRespect: Ferko gets none for his accomplishments until the end, when theking's King's third task backfires spectacularly.
* EvilSorcerer:Nothing The two older brothers accuse Ferko of being a vile magician. It's nothing but slander; Ferko isn't a sorcerer of any kind.
* ExactEavesdropping:Convenient, where those Conveniently, Ferko happens to overhear two crows talked.
talking about a lake that can restore one's body and the afternoon dew that can restore one's eyesight --precisely what he needs to heal himself.
* GirlInTheTower: Theprincess, briefly
King locks the princess in the tower briefly during the third task; Ferko frees her after he's dealt with her father.
* GreenEyedMonster: Thebrothers
two older brothers are insanely jealous of Ferko, to the point that they crippled and left him for dead, and then accused him of sorcery and called for him to be exiled or executed.
* HappilyEverAfter: Ferko andhis queen
the princess get married in the finale, after he's completed all the tasks her father had set for him --though not in the way the King expected.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Theking
King's third task for Ferko is to gather all the wolves of the land on top of a hill; this backfires after Ferko, fed up with the King's mistreatment of him and encouraged by the wolf, sics the pack on the King and his court.
* ImpossibleTask:Carried The King sets three for Ferko: build a wondrous palace, gather all the grain in the country, and gather all the wolves of the country. The tasks are carried out by the animalsanimals Ferko helped with the lake's healing water.
* CleverCrows: In this instance, they're full of useful
* CripplingTheCompetition: The two older brothers are so jealous of Ferko's good looks that they decide to
* DudeWheresMyRespect: Ferko gets none for his accomplishments until the end, when the
* EvilSorcerer:
* ExactEavesdropping:
* GirlInTheTower: The
* GreenEyedMonster: The
* HappilyEverAfter: Ferko and
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: The
* ImpossibleTask:
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* LoveAtFirstSight: The princess
* MaliciousSlander: Ferko's brothers' second attempt.
* MovingTheGoalposts: The way the king copes with Ferko's success.
* NobleWolf: One of Ferko's helpers is a wolf.
* OfferedTheCrown: Ferko is made king
* RagsToRoyalty: Ferko
* RoyalBrat: The king
* SelfFulfillingProphecy: If the brothers hadn't said Ferko was after the princess, he would never have married her.
* StandardHeroReward: Effectively.
* TalkingAnimal
* TenderTears: The princess
* YoungestChildWins
* MaliciousSlander: Ferko's brothers' second attempt.
* MovingTheGoalposts: The way the king copes with Ferko's success.
* NobleWolf: One of Ferko's helpers is a wolf.
* OfferedTheCrown: Ferko is made king
* RagsToRoyalty: Ferko
* RoyalBrat: The king
* SelfFulfillingProphecy: If the brothers hadn't said Ferko was after the princess, he would never have married her.
* StandardHeroReward: Effectively.
* TalkingAnimal
* TenderTears: The princess
* YoungestChildWins
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* LoveAtFirstSight: The princess
princess falls for Ferko the moment she lays eyes on him, much to the two older brothers' chagrin.
* MaliciousSlander: Ferko's brothers' secondattempt.
attempt at taking Ferko out of the competition; they claim he's a malicious sorcerer who's come to steal the princess away.
* MovingTheGoalposts: The way theking King copes with Ferko's success.
success; every time Ferko succeeds at a task, the King sets him another one to complete by the next day on pain of death.
* NobleWolf: One of Ferko's helpers is awolf.
wolf whose broken leg he healed before arriving to the kingdom.
* OfferedTheCrown: Ferko is madeking
king after he deals with the previous King.
* RagsToRoyalty:Ferko
Ferko goes from a poor farmers' son to ruler of his own kingdom, with a loving wife by his side.
* RoyalBrat: Theking
King grows ever angrier with Ferko's successes, despite also feeling admiration for the boy's skills. He refuses to accept that Ferko is who he says he is and ends up [[MovingTheGoalposts setting him new tasks]] to complete.
* SelfFulfillingProphecy: If the brothers hadn'tsaid told the King that Ferko was a magician or that he was after the princess, he Ferko would never have married her.
* StandardHeroReward:Effectively.
Effectively; after Ferko kills the King and frees the princess, he takes the throne and marries her.
*TalkingAnimal
TalkingAnimal: It's not clear if all the animals in the story are capable of speech or if Ferko is the only one capable of understanding them.
* TenderTears: Theprincess
princess sheds them after her father find new, even more arduous tasks for Ferko to complete, threatening him with death if he fails.
*YoungestChildWinsYoungestChildWins: Ferko is the youngest of the brothers, and also the kindest and most handsome. His looks earn him the princess' admiration, and his kindness earns him three animal allies who help him complete the King's tasks.
* MaliciousSlander: Ferko's brothers' second
* MovingTheGoalposts: The way the
* NobleWolf: One of Ferko's helpers is a
* OfferedTheCrown: Ferko is made
* RagsToRoyalty:
* RoyalBrat: The
* SelfFulfillingProphecy: If the brothers hadn't
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'''''The Grateful Beasts''''' is a Hungarian FairyTale.
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[[caption-width-right:294: The helpful queen bee.]]
''The Grateful
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* LifesavingMisfortune: Being locked in a tower certainly seems like a bad thing--except when it gets the princess out of the way when the wolves show up...
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* RavensAndCrows: In this instance, they're gossipy fellows who are full of useful information.
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A poor couple send their three sons out to find their fortunes. Because the youngest, Ferko, is so beautiful, the jealous older brothers think he will win all the favor, and so trick him into letting them break his legs and put out his eyes, and then abandon. He, however, fumbles under a gallows tree, where he hears two ravens talking of the medical properties of the dew that falls on the hill and the lake below it. Using them, he cures himself, and then a wolf, a mouse, and a queen bee.
He finds service with the king, where his brothers had also gone. They tell the king he is an evil magician and would carry off the princess, and suggest that he demand an Impossible Task and execute him if he fails. He has to build a castle more beautiful than the king's, which the queen bee arranges for him. They incite the king again, and Ferko must gather all the harvested grain in the kingdom into the barns, even though the princess argues against it. The mice do it for him. Then they incite the king again, and Ferko must gather all the wolves in the kingdom. The princess burst into tears and is clapped in a tower.
Which means she isn't there when the wolf does it for Ferko, and the encounter between the court and the wolves -- goes better for the wolves than the court.
Ferko lets her out, marries her, and becomes king.
He finds service with the king, where his brothers had also gone. They tell the king he is an evil magician and would carry off the princess, and suggest that he demand an Impossible Task and execute him if he fails. He has to build a castle more beautiful than the king's, which the queen bee arranges for him. They incite the king again, and Ferko must gather all the harvested grain in the kingdom into the barns, even though the princess argues against it. The mice do it for him. Then they incite the king again, and Ferko must gather all the wolves in the kingdom. The princess burst into tears and is clapped in a tower.
Which means she isn't there when the wolf does it for Ferko, and the encounter between the court and the wolves -- goes better for the wolves than the court.
Ferko lets her out, marries her, and becomes king.
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A poor couple send their three sons out to find their fortunes. Because The youngest of the youngest, three, Ferko, is so exceptionally beautiful, the so his jealous older brothers think are convinced that he will win all the favor, be favored by everyone and so they will have no chance of success anywhere. They trick him Ferko into letting them break his legs and put out his eyes, and then abandon. He, however, fumbles abandon him to his fate. He stumbles under a gallows tree, where he hears however, and overhears two ravens talking of about the medical medicinal properties of the dew that which falls on the hill and the lake below it. Using them, he cures himself, He manages to make his way to the hill and uses the dew to heal his own injuries; he then likewise uses the dew to save the lives of a wolf, a mouse, and a queen bee.bee.
Ferko then finds his way to the royal court, where his brothers have also entered into service. Stunned at his well-being, the cruel brothers persuade the king that Ferko is an evil magician who will carry off the princess, and recommend that he demand Ferko complete an ImpossibleTask - and kill him if he fails. The king orders Ferko to construct a castle more beautiful than the one in which the king lives. Ferko turns to his friend the queen bee, who arranges for the castle's construction.
He finds service with the king, where his Ferko's brothers had also gone. They tell persuade the king he is an evil magician and would carry off to set him a second ImpossibleTask, against the objections of the kind-hearted princess, and suggest that he demand an Impossible Task and execute him if he fails. He who has to build a castle more beautiful than the king's, which the queen bee arranges for him. They incite the king again, and Ferko fallen in love with Ferko. This time he must gather all of the harvested grain in the kingdom into the barns, even though barns. The mouse whom Ferko saved summons all the princess argues against it. The mice do it of the kingdom, and they perform the duty for him. Then This leaves Ferko's brothers more determined than ever to see him fail, and they incite the king again, and to demand a third ImpossibleTask, which he does. He orders Ferko must gather to summon all of the wolves in the kingdom. The When the princess burst bursts into tears and is clapped protests this demand, her father locks her in a tower.
Which This means that she isn't there when the Ferko's wolf does it friend puts out the call for Ferko, all the wolves to convene upon the court, which they do... and they are ''hungry'' when they arrive. To put it mildly, the encounter between the court and the wolves -- goes better does not go well for the wolves than the court.
court. Ferko lets releases the princess from her out, tower, marries her, and becomes king.
Ferko then finds his way to the royal court, where his brothers have also entered into service. Stunned at his well-being, the cruel brothers persuade the king that Ferko is an evil magician who will carry off the princess, and recommend that he demand Ferko complete an ImpossibleTask - and kill him if he fails. The king orders Ferko to construct a castle more beautiful than the one in which the king lives. Ferko turns to his friend the queen bee, who arranges for the castle's construction.
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* DudeWheresMyRespect: Ferko gets none, until it backfires
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* EvilSorcerer: Nothing but slander
* ExactEavesdropping: Convenient, where those crows talked
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* DudeWheresMyRespect: Ferko gets none, none until it backfires
the end, when the king's third task backfires spectacularly.
* EvilSorcerer: Nothing butslander
slander; Ferko isn't a sorcerer of any kind.
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* EvilSorcerer: Nothing but
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* HappilyEverAfter: At least for Ferko and the princesshis queen
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* ImpossibleTask: carried out by the animals
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* MovingTheGoalposts: The way the king copes with Ferko's success
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* MaliciousSlander: Ferko's brothers' second attempt
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* ImpossibleTask: carried Carried out by the animals
* LoveAtFirstSight:the The princess
* MaliciousSlander: Ferko's brothers' secondattempt
attempt.
* MovingTheGoalposts: The way the king copes with Ferko'ssuccesssuccess.
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* SelfFulfillingProphecy: If they hadn't said he was after the princess, he would never have married her.
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He finds service with the king, where his brothers had also gone. They tell the king he is an evil magician and would carry off the princess, and suggest that he demand an Impossible Task and execute him if he fails. He has to build a castle more beautiful than the king's, which the queen bee arranges for him. They incite the king again, and Ferko must gather all the harvested grain in the kingdom into the barns, even thought though the princess argues against it. The mice do it for him. Then they incite the king again, and Ferko must gather all the wolves in the kingdom. The princess burst into tears and is clapped in a tower.
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A poor couple send their three sons out to find their fortunes. Because the youngest, Ferko, is so beautiful, the jealous older brothers think he will will win all the favor, and so trick him into letting them break his legs and put out his eyes, and then abandon. He, however, fumbles under a gallows tree, where he hears two ravens talking of the medical properties of the dew that falls on the hill and the lake below it. Using them, he cures himself, and then a wolf, a mouse, and a queen bee.
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'''''The Grateful Beasts''''' is a Hungarian FairyTale.
A poor couple send their three sons out to find their fortunes. Because the youngest, Ferko, is so beautiful, the jealous older brothers think he will will all the favor, and so trick him into letting them break his legs and put out his eyes, and then abandon. He, however, fumbles under a gallows tree, where he hears two ravens talking of the medical properties of the dew that falls on the hill and the lake below it. Using them, he cures himself, and then a wolf, a mouse, and a queen bee.
He finds service with the king, where his brothers had also gone. They tell the king he is an evil magician and would carry off the princess, and suggest that he demand an Impossible Task and execute him if he fails. He has to build a castle more beautiful than the king's, which the queen bee arranges for him. They incite the king again, and Ferko must gather all the harvested grain in the kingdom into the barns, even thought the princess argues against it. The mice do it for him. Then they incite the king again, and Ferko must gather all the wolves in the kingdom. The princess burst into tears and is clapped in a tower.
Which means she isn't there when the wolf does it for Ferko, and the encounter between the court and the wolves -- goes better for the wolves than the court.
Ferko lets her out, marries her, and becomes king.
The English translation included by AndrewLang in ''The Yellow Fairy Book'' [[http://www.mythfolklore.net/andrewlang/038.htm here]].
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!!Tropes included
* AndroclesLion: Three of them
* BigBadassWolf: The last of Ferko's helpers
* DudeWheresMyRespect: Ferko gets none, until it backfires
* ExactEavesdropping: Convenient, where those crows talked
* GirlInTheTower: The princess, briefly
* HoistByYourOwnPetard: The king
* ImpossibleTask: carried out by the animals
* LoveAtFirstSight: the princess
* MaliciousSlander: Ferko's brothers' second attempt
* MovingTheGoalposts: The way the king copes with Ferko's success
* RagsToRoyalty: Ferko
* RavensAndCrows: And full of info, too
* RoyalBrat: The king
* TenderTears: The princess
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A poor couple send their three sons out to find their fortunes. Because the youngest, Ferko, is so beautiful, the jealous older brothers think he will will all the favor, and so trick him into letting them break his legs and put out his eyes, and then abandon. He, however, fumbles under a gallows tree, where he hears two ravens talking of the medical properties of the dew that falls on the hill and the lake below it. Using them, he cures himself, and then a wolf, a mouse, and a queen bee.
He finds service with the king, where his brothers had also gone. They tell the king he is an evil magician and would carry off the princess, and suggest that he demand an Impossible Task and execute him if he fails. He has to build a castle more beautiful than the king's, which the queen bee arranges for him. They incite the king again, and Ferko must gather all the harvested grain in the kingdom into the barns, even thought the princess argues against it. The mice do it for him. Then they incite the king again, and Ferko must gather all the wolves in the kingdom. The princess burst into tears and is clapped in a tower.
Which means she isn't there when the wolf does it for Ferko, and the encounter between the court and the wolves -- goes better for the wolves than the court.
Ferko lets her out, marries her, and becomes king.
The English translation included by AndrewLang in ''The Yellow Fairy Book'' [[http://www.mythfolklore.net/andrewlang/038.htm here]].
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!!Tropes included
* AndroclesLion: Three of them
* BigBadassWolf: The last of Ferko's helpers
* DudeWheresMyRespect: Ferko gets none, until it backfires
* ExactEavesdropping: Convenient, where those crows talked
* GirlInTheTower: The princess, briefly
* HoistByYourOwnPetard: The king
* ImpossibleTask: carried out by the animals
* LoveAtFirstSight: the princess
* MaliciousSlander: Ferko's brothers' second attempt
* MovingTheGoalposts: The way the king copes with Ferko's success
* RagsToRoyalty: Ferko
* RavensAndCrows: And full of info, too
* RoyalBrat: The king
* TenderTears: The princess
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