The Magic Treasures is great story about an evil man that lucked upon the tools to make himself king. He was shipwrecked and floated to the shore of an island on one of the planks of wood from the ship. Upon arriving he spotted a sleeping pig with a jewel near its mouth. When he stole this jewel form it he realized that it gave him the ability to fly. He woke the pig up in an effort to eat it, and the pig realized his jewel was gone and killed himself. Then the man flew far away until he spotted a hut. The owner of the hut possessed an axe that would go cut and return whatever it was told. The two men traded objects. When the evil man received the axe he told it to kill the man who had just traded it away so that he could get the jewel back. This is where I think he was lucky that the other man didn’t have the same idea and kill him first for his jewel. Evil men take advantage of the kindness of others. He went on to do the same thing to the owners of the next two houses and acquired a drum that could scare away the enemies or make them your friends and a bowl that could flow a river of curds. With these four objects he was unstoppable and killed a king to take over his kingdom. The story ended with the evil man living a great life and dying a happy ruler. I feel like it should have an ending that is not so favorable for this man.
King Henry I from Wikimedia Commons
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