Turkish Story, Bald Boy and the Magic Seal | Page 8

The months passed and Bald Boy wished for nothing else as he was so happy with his new
wife whom he loved very much. And so he placed the magic seal in a room all of its own and
never told the Princess of its magical powers.
But one day, when Bald Boy was out at the marketplace, a crafty old bead seller knocked on
the door of the palace and enticed the beautiful Princess to buy some of his beads.
‘They are very fine beads, my Princess, and you would do well to buy them from me.’
‘But I have no coins with which to buy them,’ the Princess replied.
The crafty old bead seller said that he would be willing to trade his wares for something
within the palace. ‘I hear that you have a dusty old seal which you keep in a room in the
palace; surely that is no use to you. I will take the seal in exchange for all of my beads.’
Because she did not know any better, the Princess handed over the magic seal to the crafty
old bead seller who quickly disappeared across the lake towards his home in the dark forest
somewhere on the other side.