Tiidu visited all the places that he was invited to and played very well and when he left the houses he was always gifted with money and presents of every kind. The girls twisted scarves and presented it to him and their mothers knitted gloves for him in all colours.
However Tiidu craved for more money and he decided to work harder to get richer.
Tiidu was looking around for more opportunities and that was when he heard that there was a Kungla country. In this kingdom musicians were welcome and highly paid.
However Tiidu did not know how to visit this Kungla kingdom or where it was situated.
Tiidu traveled from every coast and met every boat in the coast asking the sailors about the whereabouts of the Kungla Kingdom.
When Tiidu reached the town of Narva there he found that one of the merchants was going to Kungla Kingdom.
Tiidu was overjoyed and went to the captain of the ship.
However the cost of the passage was more than Tiidu could afford. Tiidu offered to play his pipes for the captain in exchange for the extra fare. But the captain did not lower the price of the passage.
Tiidu wondered how he could solve this problem and get on the ship and sail to the Kungla kingdom.
That was when something unusual happened to Tiidu.
Adapted from Andrew Lang’s Fairy Tales
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