The Five Daughters

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Once upon a time, there was an overprotective father who had five of the most stunning daughters in all the land. He was so protective that every night when they went to bed, he ordered that the doors be locked and that two men be outside the room keeping guard at all times. Despite this, every morning when the room was unlocked, the daughters’ shoes were worn out, and it was as if they had been twerking through the night. None of the father’s greatest men could figure out why this happened or where the daughters had been.

The father was so anxious for an answer that he made an announcement: Anyone who revealed the secret and found out where the daughters went every night would be able to have his favorite daughter for a girlfriend. However, anyone who tried and failed for three days and three nights would be put in jail.

The first to take on the challenge was a man from a neighboring town. When it was time for bed, Drew was taken to the daughters’ room. He decided he would stay there all night in order to watch to see where they went. However, Drew soon fell asleep. When he woke up in the morning, the daughters’ shoes had all been worn though. He spent the next night and the night after that trying to stay awake long enough to see where they went, but every night he managed to fall asleep, and the father put him in jail. Several others tried the task after hearing of Drew’s failure, but none were successful.

It just so happened that a soldier who had been wounded in battle was passing through the city. As he was walking, he met an old woman who questioned where he was going.

“I am not sure where I am going or what I will do when I get there,” he said, “but I would like to find out where it is the daughters’ go every nig...

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...d third night, and they again twerked until their shoes were worn thin. On the third night, he took a silver and golden cup to prove to the father where he had been.

The next morning, the father summoned the soldier to the office room. The father asked if he had found out where his precious daughters’ went every night. The soldier answered, “Yes. They dance with five men on a dance floor underground.” He then proceeded to tell the father all that he had seen and presented the silver, gold, and diamond leaves as well as the cup.

He then called for his daughters and asked if what the soldier said was true. When they saw the leaves and the cup, they pleaded guilty. Their father asked the soldier which he wanted for his girlfriend, and, as the soldier was not a very young man, he chose the firstborn. They were together that same day, and later that year got married.

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