Once upon a time, a loving brother and sister shared a close bond. Sadly, their stepmother often beat and scolded them, so they decided to leave home and live peacefully and happily in a small, deserted cabin deep in the forest.
However, their wicked stepmother didn’t leave them alone. Being a witch, she cast a spell on the younger brother, turning him into a fawn.
Heartbroken, the sister held her brother and cried, saying, “No matter what you become, you will always be my brother, and I will never abandon you.”
One day, a king came hunting in the forest and, upon seeing the sister, fell in love with her at first sight. He brought both the sister and the little fawn back to his palace.
The sister became queen, and a year later, she gave birth to a little prince.
The fawn also lived happily in the palace.
When the wicked stepmother heard that her stepdaughter had become queen, she was consumed with jealousy. She brought her ugly daughter to the palace, where she used her magic to trap the queen in an invisible barrier, and then placed her own daughter in the queen’s bed to impersonate her.
She declared, “If no one breaks the curse within three days, she will die. Then I will kill the little prince and the fawn as well, leaving no obstacles in my path.”
The poor queen, trapped in the invisible barrier, overheard her stepmother’s plot to kill her child and her beloved fawn. Desperate to save them, she tried to escape but could not.
At that moment, an angel appeared and told the queen that if the king could recognize her as the true queen, the curse would be broken, and she would be freed from the invisible barrier.
The queen replied, “But I am trapped in this invisible barrier and the king cannot see me. How can he recognize me? My own life doesn’t matter, but I am deeply worried for my child and the fawn…”
The angel took pity on her and agreed to allow her to briefly leave the barrier each night for the next three days so she could see her child and the fawn.
The queen thanked the angel and hurried to see them as soon as she was free.
She went to her son’s room, held him close, and, with tears streaming down her face, said, “My child, are you well? And my little fawn, too? I can only come for two more nights, and then never again.”
The prince’s nurse returned just then and, astonished at the sight, thought, “But I just saw the queen lying in bed! How is she here, and what does she mean she can’t come anymore?”
The next morning, the nurse reported this strange occurrence to the king, who was already troubled by the queen’s recent change in behavior.
The queen, who usually took great care of her child and the fawn, suddenly became indifferent toward them and refused to be seen, as if she had turned into a different person.
That evening, the king hid himself in the prince’s room.
When night fell, the queen appeared again. Holding her child, she wept and said, “Are you well, my child? And the little fawn, too? I have only one more night, and then I can never return.”
At that moment, the king rushed forward and cried out, “You are the true queen! Only the real queen would show such love for her child and the fawn. The one lying in bed is an imposter!”
In that instant, the curse was broken.
The queen told the king all about how her stepmother had tormented her and her brother.
Furious, the king ordered that the stepmother and her daughter be captured and punished with the harshest sentence.
The fawn also transformed back into human form, and from that day on, they all lived together in happiness.
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