The peasant woman Lizi had an ugly son, whose name was Tsakhes. One day she was returning home from the forest with him and, stopping to rest, fell asleep. Fairy Rosabelverde, passing by, saw them. She felt terribly sorry for Tsakhes, and she decided to help him. The fairy combed his hair with a magic comb. After that, three fiery hairs appeared on the freak's head, which endowed him with witchcraft. All the merits and successes of others were now assigned only to him. And all his bad sides (of which there were quite a lot) - to others. And only a few people were able to see the truth. When Lisey woke up and started on the road again, she met a local pastor. He was so fascinated by this imaginary beauty of Tsakhes that he took him to his upbringing.

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Lisey, of course, gladly got rid of the dwarf, who had always been a burden to her.

A young man named Balthazar is studying at Kerepes University. He is madly in love with the daughter of his teacher, Professor Terpin - Candida. Little Tsakhes, taking the name Zinnober, comes to this university. He rubs himself into Turpin's confidence and charms Candida. Everyone around admires the dwarf. Only Balthazar and his friend Fabian see everything as it really is. Zinnober takes the place of a freight forwarder in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and then a Privy Councilor for Special Affairs. But here again, magical power helps. Arrives in Kerpes under the guise of Dr. Prosper Alpanus, in which Balthazar guesses the magician. He reveals the secret of Tsakhes. When Rosabelverde comes to the magician, guilty of this whole story, he convinces the fairy to refuse protection to the dwarf and breaks the magic comb.

Meanwhile, Turpin is already arranging Zinnober's engagement to Candida. Balthasar comes to the feast and, pulling the magic hairs out of the dwarf's head, burns them. The magic dissipates instantly. Then everyone finally begins to see what Zinnober really is. Struck by this course of events, Tsakhes runs away from the people to his palace. He tries to hide in a jar and gets stuck and dies. After death, the fairy returns the dwarf to its former attractive appearance. And she gives the mother of Tsakhes a magical sweet onion, and she becomes the personal supplier of this onion for the court. Balthazar and Candida marry, and Alpanus leaves them his possessions and leaves for India himself.

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Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann

"Little Tsakhes, nicknamed Zinnober"

In a small state ruled by Prince Demetrius, each inhabitant was given complete freedom in his undertaking. And fairies and magicians value warmth and freedom above all, so under Demetrius, many fairies from the magical land of Jinnistan moved to a blessed little principality. However, after the death of Demetrius, his heir Paphnutius decided to introduce enlightenment in his fatherland. He had the most radical ideas about enlightenment: all magic should be abolished, fairies are engaged in dangerous witchcraft, and the ruler’s first concern is to grow potatoes, plant acacias, cut down forests and instill smallpox. Such enlightenment dried up the flourishing land in a matter of days, the fairies were sent to Jinnistan (they did not resist too much), and only the fairy Rosabelverde managed to stay in the principality, who persuaded Paphnutius to give her a canoness position in a shelter for noble maidens.

This kind fairy, the mistress of flowers, once saw on a dusty road a peasant woman, Lisa, asleep on the side of the road. Lisa was returning from the forest with a basket of brushwood, carrying in the same basket her ugly son, nicknamed little Tsakhes. The dwarf has a disgusting old muzzle, twig legs and spider arms. Taking pity on the evil freak, the fairy combed his tangled hair for a long time ... and, smiling mysteriously, disappeared. As soon as Lisa woke up and set off again, she met a local pastor. For some reason, he was captivated by the ugly baby and, repeating that the boy was wonderfully good-looking, decided to take him up. Liza was glad to get rid of the burden, not really understanding how her freak began to look to people.

Meanwhile, the young poet Balthazar, a melancholy student, is studying at Kerepes University, in love with the daughter of his professor Mosh Terpin, the cheerful and charming Candida. Mosch Terpin is possessed by the ancient Germanic spirit, as he understands it: heaviness combined with vulgarity, even more unbearable than the mystical romanticism of Balthazar. Balthazar strikes at all the romantic eccentricities so characteristic of poets: he sighs, wanders alone, avoids student feasts; Candida, on the other hand, is the embodiment of life and gaiety, and she, with her youthful coquetry and healthy appetite, is a very pleasant and amusing student admirer.

Meanwhile, a new face invades the touching university reserve, where typical burches, typical enlighteners, typical romantics and typical patriots personify the diseases of the German spirit: little Tsakhes, endowed with a magical gift to attract people to him. Having wormed his way into the house of Mosh Terpin, he completely charms both him and Candida. Now his name is Zinnober. As soon as someone reads poetry in his presence or expresses himself wittily, everyone present is convinced that this is the merit of Zinnober; if he meows vilely or stumbles, one of the other guests will certainly be guilty. Everyone admires the grace and dexterity of Zinnober, and only two students - Balthazar and his friend Fabian - see all the ugliness and malice of the dwarf. Meanwhile, he manages to take the place of a freight forwarder in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and there a Privy Councilor for Special Affairs - and all this is a deception, because Zinnober managed to appropriate the merit of the most worthy.

It so happened that in his crystal carriage with a pheasant on the goats and a golden beetle on the backs, Dr. Prosper Alpanus, a magician wandering incognito, visited Kerpes. Balthasar immediately recognized him as a magician, but Fabian, spoiled by enlightenment, doubted at first; however, Alpanus proved his power by showing Zinnober to his friends in a magic mirror. It turned out that the dwarf is not a wizard or a dwarf, but an ordinary freak, who is helped by some secret power. Alpanus discovered this secret power without difficulty, and the Rosabelverde fairy hurried to pay him a visit. The magician told the fairy that he had made a horoscope for a dwarf and that Tsakhes-Zinnober could soon destroy not only Balthazar and Candida, but the whole principality, where he became his man at court. The fairy is forced to agree and refuse Tsakhes her patronage - all the more so since Alpanus cunningly broke the magic comb with which she combed his curls.

The fact of the matter is that after these combing, three fiery hairs appeared in the head of the dwarf. They endowed him with witchcraft power: all other people's merits were attributed to him, all his vices to others, and only a few saw the truth. The hairs were to be torn out and immediately burned - and Balthazar and his friends managed to do this when Mosh Terpin was already arranging the engagement of Zinnober with Candida. Thunder struck; everyone saw the dwarf as he was. They played with him like a ball, kicked him, threw him out of the house - in wild anger and horror he fled to his magnificent palace, which the prince gave him, but the confusion among the people grew unstoppably. Everyone heard about the transformation of the minister. The unfortunate dwarf died, stuck in a jug where he tried to hide, and as a last blessing, the fairy returned to him the appearance of a handsome man after death. She did not forget the unfortunate mother, the old peasant woman Lisa: such a wonderful and sweet onion grew in Lisa's garden that she was made a personal supplier of an enlightened court.

And Balthasar and Candida lived happily, as a poet should live with a beauty, whom the magician Prosper Alpanus blessed at the very beginning of his life.

In a small state under the rule of Prince Demetrius, each inhabitant had complete freedom of action in all his undertakings. Many fairies from the magical land of Jinnistan moved to his small principality. After the death of Demetrius, the heir Paphnutius introduced enlightenment in the state. He decided to abolish any magic, and make the cultivation of potatoes, planting acacia and deforestation the main occupation. Thanks to this enlightenment, the flowering region dried up in a matter of days. All the fairies returned to the magical land, except for the Rosabelverda fairy.

She persuaded Paphnutius to appoint her canoness in an orphanage for noble maidens.

Once the fairy met a peasant woman Lisa on the road, who was returning from the forest with a basket of brushwood and fell asleep on the side of the road. In addition to the brushwood in the basket was her ugly son, nicknamed little Tsakhes. He had a disgusting old muzzle, thin legs and arms. Taking pity on the freak, the fairy began combing his tangled hair. Smiling mysteriously, she disappeared. When Lisa woke up, she met a pastor who wished to take her son to be raised. At the same time, the young poet Balthazar is studying at the University of Kerepes, who fell in love with the daughter of his professor, the lovely Candida. Balthazar loves to wander alone and avoids student parties, while Candida is cheerful and cheerful.

A new face appears in the university reserve: little Tsakhes, who is endowed with a magical gift to attract the attention and favor of people. He charms the professor and his daughter. His new name is Zinnober. Those around him admire his grace and dexterity, and only two students, Balthazar and his friend Fabian, can see all the ugliness and anger of the dwarf Tsakhes. Zinnober received a position as a freight forwarder in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and then the post of Privy Councilor for Special Affairs. All this happens with the help of deceit, for Zinnober had the gift to appropriate the merits of the most worthy.

One day Kerpes was visited by a wandering magician who showed Balthazar and Fabian Zinnober in a magic mirror. They saw that the dwarf was not a wizard or a dwarf, but an ordinary freak, who was affected by some kind of secret power. A fairy came to the magician, and he informed her that, based on the horoscope he had compiled for a dwarf, he could soon destroy the entire principality. The fairy denies Tsakhes her magic.

At the moment when the professor arranged the engagement of Zinnober with his daughter, thunder struck, and everyone saw Tsakhes as he really was. The unfortunate dwarf ran away from everyone. He died stuck in a jar in which he tried to hide. After his death, the fairy returned him the appearance of a handsome man.

"Little Tsakhes" is a work that is traditionally attributed to the era of German romanticism. Most often it is studied in universities, when the turn comes to this cultural period. To quickly prepare for a seminar or test, read brief retelling books by chapters from the Literaguru team.

Frau Lisa, an exhausted peasant woman, walks along the road and decides to rest. From her basket emerges a small, hairy, long-nosed freak, her son. Lisa complains about her hard life, swearing at little Tsakhes who crawled out onto the grass. The woman falls asleep. Fraulein von Rosenschön (or, as she calls herself, Rosengrunschön), Canoness of the Institute for Noble Maidens, approaches her and notices the dwarf. She feels sorry for the peasant woman, and she takes the freak in her arms, combing his hair. The lady says that now he will have a great future, and leaves.

The peasant woman, waking up, is surprised at the marvelous hairstyle of her son and sets off. Little Tsakhes is taken away by the pastor, who mistook the dwarf for a smart boy (at the same time, his son, a glorious child, stood nearby, and his every word made the pastor admire Tsakhes). Frau Lisa happily parted with her son, not understanding the reaction of this man.

Baron Protextatus von Mondschein declared that mysterious lady a witch because she talked with flowers and performed miracles, for example, punishing guilty people with magic. After complaining to the prince, she achieved a good attitude towards herself. In fact, this is the Rosabelverde fairy. Once upon a time, under Prince Demetrius, this country was inhabited by fairies, magic happened everywhere. But later, Prince Paphnutius introduced Enlightenment in the country and expelled all the fairies to Jinnistan. But he learned that such a country did not exist, and concluded that his country was better than Jinnistan. Rosabelverde managed to stay and persuade her to transfer her to the Institute of Noble Maidens.

Chapter Two

The scientist Ptolemy Philadelphus, in a letter to his friend Rufinus, reports on a strange, merry people walking around at night and cheekily laughing at him. These are students in the village of Hoch-Jakobsheim near the town of Kerepes. Student Balthazar wanders through the forest after a lecture by natural science professor Mosh Terpin. His friend Fabian invites Balthasar to fencing, but he is happy in nature. He cannot stand the professor because he considers himself above nature and experiments on it. Fabian notices that Balthazar does not miss a single lecture because he is in love with Turpin's daughter, Candida.

A barely noticeable dwarf rides past the students on a horse and falls to the ground. Balthazar helps the poor man to his feet, while Fabian laughs at Tsakhes' clumsiness. The dwarf announces that he is offended and leaves for the city. After Fabian left, the professor with his daughter comes to Balthazar and invites him as best student for a friendly evening.

Chapter Three

Fabian learns from the townspeople that no dwarf appeared in the city, but everyone saw how two riders arrived: one stately, the other a little smaller. He also informs a friend that Candida is not suitable for him due to his cheerful nature. Balthasar does not sleep all night, and when he comes to Terpin, he sees a dwarf there, now his name is Zinnober. The professor praises him for his success.

When the freak falls to the floor, Balthazar wants to help him and hits his head. A piercing cat screech is heard, and all those gathered reproach Balthazar for such a stupid joke: everyone thinks that it was he who squealed. Finally, Balthasar delivers a poem about the nightingale's love for the rose, after which everyone begins to praise Zinnober's talent, and the student is horrified to see how Candida kisses the big-nosed freak. Balthazar runs away in horror, thinking he has gone mad.

Chapter Four

In the forest, Balthazar slowly calms down, but suddenly he sees the violinist Sbjokk, his teacher. The musician runs away from the city: at the concert everyone applauded the dwarf, and the violinist was considered crazy when he began to attract attention to himself. In order to shoot himself, the referendary Pulcher runs into the forest, but Balthasar stops him. At the interview at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, instead of Pulcher, they took a meowing dwarf, although the referendary answered all the questions.

Suddenly, the heroes hear magical sounds: a shell-shaped carriage passes through the forest, in which a man in Chinese clothes sits, he is accompanied by a giant beetle, a pheasant sits in the place of the coachman, and unicorns drive the carriage itself. A beam flies out of the head of the old man's cane, hitting Balthazar in the heart, after which the mysterious wanderer looks more friendly at the young people. Balthazar realizes that only this man can save them.

Chapter Five

The Foreign Minister is a descendant of that Protextatus of the same name. Prince Barsanuf notices a dwarf visiting him and is pleased with "his" works (the student who sent them, the prince scolds for champing and a stain on his trousers, which Zinnober planted). A lucky freak becomes a secret adviser.

Fabian tells Balthasar that the forest magician is the healer Prosper Alpanus, who pretends to be a magician with the help of ordinary tricks. At his house, students are greeted by giant frogs and an ostrich gatekeeper. Prosper tries in vain to find out who Zinnober is: Alraun or Dwarf. In the mirror, Balthazar sees the dwarf and Candida, rushes at him, but everything disappears. Zinnober is an ordinary person. Fabian accuses the doctor of quackery, after which, on the way home, his sleeves disappear, and a long train stretches. Balthazar is wanted for assaulting a Privy Councilor.

Chapter Six

Pulcher and Adrian spy on the dwarf and watch how the fairy combs his hair in the garden. They notice a glowing stripe on the head. From the fear that he was seen, Zinnober falls ill. When the doctor touches the strip on his head, the dwarf becomes furious. The prince gives the dwarf the position of minister after the Protextatus has delivered a report. Zinnober receives the order of the green-spotted tiger, and the tailor offers to fasten it with buttons so that the award can be kept on the ugly body.

Meanwhile, a lady in black comes to Prosper Alpanus, and with the help of his cane, the magician recognizes a fairy in her. Rosabelverde asks the doctor to visit the Institute of Noble Maidens. In the hands of a fairy and a wizard, objects acquire magical properties. The fairy begins to turn into different creatures, but Prosper Alpanus all the time surpasses her in magic. The guest breaks his golden comb. She is exposed, and falls into the power of the owner of the house. She gained power thanks to Prosper. The horoscope of Balthasar says that Tsakhes is not worthy of such honors. The fairy agrees to back off.

Chapter Seven

Pulcher writes to the hiding Balthazar that Mosh Terpin enjoys proximity to the court, because Candida is the dwarf's bride. True, there is good news: in the Zinnober Zoo, everyone took him for a rare monkey, not paying attention to the cage, and it seems that his hair has long ceased to be combed.

On a giant dragonfly, Prosper Alpanus flies to the student and informs him that Balthazar must pull out three red hairs on the dwarf's head and immediately burn them. Prosper must fly to India to the awakened Indian princess Balsamina, for whom he quarreled 2000 years ago with his friend Lotus. The magic doctor leaves Balthasar an estate in which marriage will become heaven on earth. He also gives a snuffbox with a tailcoat for Fabian, who, because of the bewitched clothes, was considered a heretic by everyone in the city.

Chapter Eight

After visiting Fabian, Balthazar breaks into the house, where the dwarf's engagement is already taking place, and pulls out three hairs from him.

The disgraced Zinnober, whom everyone recognizes as an ugly dwarf, runs away. Candida comes to her senses and confesses her love for Balthazar, and Mosh Terpin, who is close to madness, blesses them. No one understands where the minister has gone.

Chapter Nine

At night, the valet sees how the minister slipped into his room in the dark. In the morning, Frau Lisa, noticing her son through the window, screams that she is the minister's mother. But the crowd laughs, and Zinnober's close associates see the freak Tsakhes in the window.

When they rush in, they see that he has died from getting stuck in a jar while trying to hide. A fairy is with him, she regrets her mistake. Prosper allowed the dwarf to be made attractive before his death, so that he is again recognized as a minister and buried with full honors. Lisa becomes the main supplier of onions to the palace.

Chapter last

The author asks the reader for indulgence towards his work. As for Balthazar and Candida, they played a wedding, which brought Mosh Terpin to the final misunderstanding of what was happening, and he closed himself in a wine cellar.

Prosper flew off to India, leaving the lovers to enjoy their marriage on a magical estate.

In a small state ruled by Prince Demetrius, each inhabitant was given complete freedom in his undertaking. And fairies and magicians value warmth and freedom above all, so under Demetrius, many fairies from the magical land of Dzhinnistan moved to a blessed little principality. However, after the death of Demetrius, his heir Paphnutius decided to introduce enlightenment in his fatherland. He had the most radical ideas about enlightenment: all magic should be abolished, fairies are busy with dangerous witchcraft, and the ruler's first concern is to grow potatoes, plant acacias, cut down forests and instill smallpox. Such enlightenment dried up the flourishing land in a matter of days, the fairies were sent to Jinnistan (they did not resist too much), and only the fairy Rosabelverde managed to stay in the principality, who persuaded Paphnutius to give her a canoness position in a shelter for noble maidens.

This kind fairy, the mistress of flowers, once saw on a dusty road a peasant woman, Lisa, asleep on the side of the road. Lisa was returning from the forest with a basket of brushwood, carrying in the same basket her ugly son, nicknamed little Tsakhes. The dwarf has a disgusting old muzzle, twig legs and spider arms. Taking pity on the evil freak, the fairy combed his tangled hair for a long time ... and, smiling mysteriously, disappeared. As soon as Lisa woke up and set off again, she met a local pastor. For some reason, he was captivated by the ugly baby and, repeating that the boy was wonderfully good-looking, decided to take him up. Liza was glad to get rid of the burden, not really understanding how her freak began to look to people.

Meanwhile, the young poet Balthazar, a melancholy student, is studying at Kerepes University, in love with the daughter of his professor Mosh Terpin, the cheerful and charming Candida. Mosch Terpin is possessed by the ancient Germanic spirit, as he understands it: heaviness combined with vulgarity, even more unbearable than the mystical romanticism of Balthazar. Balthazar strikes at all the romantic eccentricities so characteristic of poets: he sighs, wanders alone, avoids student feasts; Candida is the embodiment of life and gaiety, and she, with her youthful coquetry and healthy appetite, is a very pleasant and amusing student admirer.

Meanwhile, a new face invades the touching university reserve, where typical burches, typical enlighteners, typical romantics and typical patriots personify the diseases of the German spirit: little Tsakhes, endowed with a magical gift to attract people to him. Having wormed his way into the house of Mosh Terpin, he completely charms both him and Candida. Now his name is Zinnober. As soon as someone reads poetry in his presence or expresses himself wittily, everyone present is convinced that this is the merit of Zinnober; if he meows vilely or stumbles, one of the other guests will certainly be guilty. Everyone admires the grace and dexterity of Zinnober, and only two students - Balthazar and his friend Fabian - see all the ugliness and malice of the dwarf. Meanwhile, he manages to take the place of a freight forwarder in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and there a Privy Councilor for Special Affairs - and all this is a deception, because Zinnober managed to appropriate the merits of the most worthy. It so happened that in his crystal carriage with a pheasant on the goats and a golden beetle on the backs, Dr. Prosper Alpanus, a magician wandering incognito, visited Kerpes. Balthasar immediately recognized him as a magician, but Fabian, spoiled by enlightenment, doubted at first; however, Alpanus proved his power by showing Zinnober to his friends in a magic mirror. It turned out that the dwarf is not a wizard or a dwarf, but an ordinary freak who is helped by some secret power. Alpanus discovered this secret power without difficulty, and the Rosabelverde fairy hurried to pay him a visit. The magician told the fairy that he had made a horoscope for a dwarf and that Tsakhes-Zinnober could soon destroy not only Balthazar and Candida, but the whole principality, where he became his man at court. The fairy is forced to agree and refuse Tsakhes her patronage - all the more so since Alpanus cunningly broke the magic comb with which she combed his curls. The fact of the matter is that after these combing, three fiery hairs appeared in the head of the dwarf. They endowed him with witchcraft power: all other people's merits were attributed to him, all his vices to others, and only a few saw the truth. The hairs were to be pulled out and burned immediately - and Balthazar and his friends managed to do this when Mosh Terpin was already arranging the engagement of Zinnober with Candida. Thunder struck; everyone saw the dwarf as he was. They played with him like a ball, they kicked him, he was thrown out of the house - in wild anger and horror he fled to his luxurious palace, which the prince gave him, but the confusion among the people grew unstoppably. Everyone heard about the transformation of the minister. The unfortunate dwarf died, stuck in a jug where he tried to hide, and as a last blessing, the fairy returned to him the appearance of a handsome man after death. She did not forget the unfortunate mother, the old peasant woman Lisa: such a wonderful and sweet onion grew in Lisa's garden that she was made the personal supplier of the enlightened court. And Balthasar and Candida lived happily, as a poet should live with a beauty, whom the magician Prosper Alpanus blessed at the very beginning of his life.

LITTLE TSACHES NAMED ZINNOBER Story (1819) In a small state ruled by Prince Demetrius, each inhabitant was given complete freedom in his endeavors. And fairies and magicians put freedom above all else, so under Demetrius many fairies from the magical land of Jinnistan moved to a blessed little principality. However, after the death of Demetrius, his heir Paphnutius decided to introduce enlightenment in his fatherland. He had the most radical ideas about enlightenment: any magic should be abolished, fairies are busy with dangerous witchcraft, and the ruler's first concern is to grow potatoes, plant acacias, cut down forests and instill smallpox. Such enlightenment dried up the flourishing land in a matter of days, the fairies were sent to Jinnistan (they did not resist too much), and only the fairy Rosabelverde managed to stay in the principality, who persuaded Paphnutius to give her a canoness position in a shelter for noble maidens.

This kind fairy, the mistress of flowers, once saw on a dusty road a peasant woman, Liza, asleep on the side of the road. Lisa was returning from the forest with a basket of brushwood, carrying in the same basket her ugly son, nicknamed little Tsakhes. The dwarf has a disgusting old muzzle, twig legs and spider arms. Taking pity on the evil freak, the fairy combed his tangled hair for a long time ... and, smiling mysteriously, disappeared. As soon as Lisa woke up and set off again, she met a local pastor.

For some reason, he was captivated by the ugly baby and, repeating that the boy was wonderfully good-looking, decided to take him up. Liza was glad to get rid of the burden, not really understanding how people could like her freak.

Meanwhile, the young poet Balthazar, a melancholy student, is studying at Kerepes University, in love with the daughter of his professor Mosh Terpin, the cheerful and charming Candida. Mosh Terpin is possessed by an ancient Germanic spirit, like. he understands it: heaviness combined with vulgarity, even more unbearable than the mystical romanticism of Balthasar. Balthazar strikes at all the romantic eccentricities so characteristic of poets: he sighs, wanders alone, avoids student feasts; Candida, on the other hand, is the embodiment of life and gaiety, and she, with her youthful coquetry and healthy appetite, is a very pleasant and amusing student admirer.

Meanwhile, a new face invades the touching university reserve, where typical burches, typical enlighteners, typical romantics and typical patriots personify the diseases of the German spirit: little Tsakhes, endowed with a magical gift to attract people to him. Having wormed his way into Mosh Terpin's house, he completely charms both him and Candida. Now his name is Zinnober. As soon as someone reads poetry in his presence or expresses himself wittily, everyone is immediately convinced that this is the merit of Zinnober; if he meows vilely or stumbles, one of the other guests will certainly be guilty. Everyone admires the grace and dexterity of Zinnober, and only two students - Balthasar and his friend Fabian - see the ugliness and malice of the dwarf. Meanwhile, he manages to take the place of a freight forwarder in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and there a Privy Councilor for Special Affairs - and all this is a deception, because Zinnober managed to appropriate the merits of the most worthy.

It so happened that in his crystal carriage with a pheasant on the goats and a golden beetle on the heels, Dr. Prosper Alpa-nus, a magician wandering incognito, visited the city. Balthazar immediately recognized him as a magician. Fabian, corrupted by enlightenment, had doubts at first; however, Alpanus proved his power by showing Zinnober to his friends in a magic mirror. It turned out that the dwarf is not a wizard or a dwarf, but an ordinary freak who is helped by some secret power. Alpanus discovered this secret power without difficulty, and the Rosabelverde fairy hurried to pay him a visit. The magician told the fairy that he had made a horoscope for a dwarf and that Tsakhes-Zinnober could soon destroy not only Balthazar and Candida, but the whole principality, where he became his man at court. The fairy is forced to agree and refuse to Tsakhes in her patronage, especially since the magic comb with which she combed his curls, Alpanus, not without intent, broke.

The fact of the matter is that after these combing, three fiery hairs appeared in the head of the dwarf. They endowed him with witchcraft power: all other people's merits were attributed to him, all his vices to others, and only a few saw the truth. The hairs were to be pulled out and burned immediately - and Balthazar and his friends managed to do this when Mosh Terpin was already arranging the engagement of Zinnober with Candida. Thunder struck; everyone saw the dwarf as he was. They played with him like a ball, they kicked him, he was thrown out of the house - in wild anger and horror he fled to his luxurious palace, which the prince gave him, but the confusion among the people grew unstoppably. Everyone heard about the transformation of the minister. The unfortunate dwarf died, stuck in a jug where he tried to hide, and as a last blessing, the fairy returned to him the appearance of a handsome man after death. Nor did she forget the unfortunate mother, the old peasant woman Lisa: in Liza's garden grew such wonderful and sweet onions that she was made the personal supplier of the enlightened court.

And Balthasar and Candida lived happily, as a poet should live with a beauty, whom the magician Prosper Alpanus blessed at the very beginning of his life.

Tsakhes is a minion of fate, ugly in every way, but universally admired thanks to three magical hairs. The fairy-tale image of C. has a deep meaning: it reflects one of the irrational aspects of the world order - the triumph of injustice, which arises by chance and acquires the force of law. The history of C. can be seen as one of the illustrations of the interaction between good and evil. The activity of the good beginning is expressed in the desire to eliminate the imperfection that nature allows: the Rosabelverde fairy, taking pity on the poor peasant woman, takes under the protection of her little freak son. Lacking the simplest virtues of normal human being(he rather resembles an evil animal), C. is rewarded with a wonderful property: everything ugly that comes from him is attributed to someone else and, conversely, everything pleasant or wonderful that anyone else does is attributed to him. He begins to give the impression of a charming child, then a young man "gifted with the rarest abilities", a talented poet and violinist. He overshadows the young prince, distinguished by his sophistication of appearance and manners, so much that those around him assume a princely origin. Finally, he becomes a minister, whom the prince marks with an order made especially for him, and all this is accordingly connected with the fact that another, really worthy, undeservedly feels resentment or shame, and sometimes simply fails in his career or in love. The good done by the fairy turns into inexhaustible source evil. The insignificance of Ts. nevertheless reveals itself in the end that befalls him. Fear of a raging crowd, suddenly seeing a small monster in the window of the minister's house - his house - makes him seek reliable shelter in a chamber pot, where he dies, as the doctor states, "from fear of dying."

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