Long,
long ago in a very small village there lived a beautiful
princess. She lived in a castle. One day she was walking alone in
the forest when she saw something red by a tree. She went over to
it and there was a piece of paper. She picked up the piece of
paper and read it. It said:
If you keep me I will give you three wishes. When you wish the first wish and it comes true you can wish the second wish. And when you finish the second wish, do the same.
She put the piece of paper in her belt and picked up the daruma and walked along. The daruma was on the princess’ shelf on a dark night. The princess found out that the daruma was magic. The magic daruma spread all around Japan. Suddenly a burglar came out of the window. He was very bad, scary and dangerous.
He stole the magic daruma and went out the window. When the beautiful princess woke up, she looked at the shelf. The daruma was gone!
"Oh no!" the princess said.
The princess looked all around but she couldn't find the magic daruma. Back at the burglar's house the burglar asked the daruma how many wishes he could have. The daruma thought a minute. Then the daruma said in his mind, Maybe I can trick him and say four wishes. Yes!
The daruma said to the burglar four wishes.
The burglar quickly said the four wishes.
Soon the burglar said, "When are my wishes going to come true?"
"Soon, very soon," said the daruma.
The next day the burglar said, "My wishes have not come true."
"Ha! Ha! I tricked you! If you wish four wishes, none of your wishes will come true."
The next night when the burglar was asleep the magic daruma wished itself out and as fast as a snap the daruma was on the shelf. He saw the princess sleeping. When the princess woke up she was surprised!
When the princess woke up she saw the daruma on the shelf and said she was surprised. She said her first wish and her first wish was that she wanted to have a husband. Her wish came true. The princess and the man got married. They lived happily ever after. (She uses her other wishes in a different story.