By Andrew Lang
Retold by ReadOasis
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(Part 1)

A long time ago, there was a powerful king. He ruled over many people, but he did not care for them. In fact, he took whatever he wanted from anyone. One day, he took two great fields of corn from one of the families of his kingdom.

After he did this, one of the fields was often set on fire. The king was angry, so he sent his soldiers to catch the person who set the fires. But the soldiers didn’t find anyone.

And the fires kept burn...