19 May 2012
THE BEAUTY WITHIN
Once, an eldest brother went to the well to fetch some water. But when he got there he found a hag preventing him from reaching the water.
"You may collect water from the well if you give me a kiss" she said.
The brother refused and returned home with an empty bucket. The 2nd, 3rd and 4th oldest repeated what the eldest did until the youngest brother went to the well. The hag repeated her demand, and the the youngest brother kissed her. At which point the hag turned into a beautiful maiden and promised him that one day he would be the king of Ireland. So the brother returned to his village, with a beautiful woman on one arm and a bucket full of water in the other.
A Celtic Fable • Opuss № I