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This is red, this is yellow

This is red, this is yellow

By bonnie pesinaPublished 3 years ago 3 min read

Abby Hook felt so hopeless and indignant that she nearly fainted. At last, he rushed to the king's palace, and asked to see the king and complain to him. The king received him. He said to the king, "My Lord, I am a stranger, and have been a dyer. I went to the dyers in the city, tried to work with them, but they all rejected me. I will dye red rose, purple; Green grass, pistachio, vegetable oil, parrot color; Black charcoal color, eye medicine color; Orange, lemon in yellow." Then he counted out the colors and said, "Your Majesty, none of the dyers in the city can dye these beautiful colors. They can only dye blue, but they do not hire me as a master, or even as a servant."

"Oh, you're right. Leave them alone. Tell you what, I'll build you a dye house and give you the money. Anyone who interferes with you, I will have him hanged before his dyeing shop." The king then summoned the architect and ordered, "Go with this master to the city and find any place he likes, whether it is a shop or a hotel, and ask the original owner to leave at once and build a dyehouse on the spot. Do as he commands, and do not disobey him."

The king gave Apie Gou a splendid palace dress and a thousand gold pieces, saying, "Keep it and use it." He also gave him a well-saddled steed and two servants.

Epie Gou then put on palace clothes, mounted a steed, and served the servant as if he were an official.

Apie Hook built the dye house

The king thought very highly of Apie Gou, and had a palace furnished for him to sleep in. The next day, Apie Gou rode with the engineers to the city to see the building site. They had their eye on a spot, Apie Hook said:

"This place is just what I want. It's nice."

The engineer called out the landlord and took him to the palace. The king paid a large sum of money to buy the ground, and then began to build a dyehouse. According to the requirements of Apie Gou, the workers finally built a grand scale dye house. Apie Gou reported to the king that the dyehouse was finished and needed money to buy dyeing tools. The king generously gave her money and said, "Here are four thousand gold coins for you to use as capital."

Apie Gou went to the market with her money. It was all blue paint, and the price was very cheap. He collected all kinds of dyes and tools, made up various colors of paint, and first dyed five hundred feet of different colors of cloth for the king, and then hung it in front of his door. Local people have never seen beautiful colors of cloth, passers-by crowded in front of the dye house to visit, asking:

"Master, what colors are they?"

"This is red, this is yellow, this is green..." Apie Hook explained cheerfully.

So Abby Gou's dyeing house was crowded with customers. They all pointed to their favorite colors and said, "Please dye me this color. We'll pay you how much you want."

Apie Hook gave the dyed cloth to the king to look over. When the king saw the bright colors, he was so happy that he redoubled her reward. From then on, all the noble families sent him clothes and cloth to wash and dye, telling him: "Please dye it for me according to the color of..."

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