Do you have a feeling someone likes you? Maybe you've been on a few dates with your crush, but you can't tell if you're reading their signals right. Do they like you or not? Well, according to research, there are a few common signs. Here are some psychological signs to help you recognize when someone really likes you. Number one, that awkward moment when a 2020 research study published in the journal Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology wanted to look at perceived nervous reaction. When someone first meets with someone they find attractive, the researchers documented their 280 study participants retrospective self-reports and found that basically, they were nervous wrecks most of the time, along with blushing, giggling, and an increased heart rate. The study states that both sexes reported speaking faster and being less able to express themselves clearly. And women reported using a higher pitch and having a more unsteady tone of voice during an initial encounter of attraction. What's also interesting is that the researchers asked the participants to rate the reactions of others around them to see if they would view nervous behavior as a sign someone was attracted to them. According to the study, participants reported observing similar nervous reactions by others whom they perceived were attracted to them.  Were you extremely nervous? Even if you were trying to hide it? I bet you may have acted a bit awkward at times. I'm right, aren't I? If you notice someone's behavior strangely shifts when they notice you, this could be a sign you make them nervous. Why? Attraction. So if you notice they're stumbling over their words or get lost in your dreamy eyes, they were probably just unprepared for how amazingly attractive you are. And consequently, act a bit awkward only when they're around you. Number two, forced smile versus kitty and genuine smile. Maybe they aren't just awkward, but they become a bit giddy when they see you. When you see them next, pay close attention to how often they smile and what kind of smile they have on their face. There are a few common facial expressions that could give way to what someone is really thinking or feeling. A descend smile is one of them. Want to know if someone is genuinely smiling in delight? You can simply look out for this smile. According to Healthline, this occurs when the zygomaticus major muscle lifts the corners of your mouth at the same time the orbicularis oculi muscle lifts your cheeks and crinkles your eyes at the corners. Basically, it's the type of smile that reaches up to your eyes causing those wrinkles by your eyes known as crow's feet to appear. This type of smile appears when someone is genuinely happy as opposed to a polite and kind smile or even a forced smile. If you notice they suddenly have a genuine and giddy smile when you approach, it could mean they really like you. Now, do they like you as a friend or as someone more? Watch out for that nervous awkwardness as well. Number three, what do they say when they're busy?  If you have, good for you. What did they say? Did they mention that they were busy at times? If they left it at a, I'm sorry, I'm busy. It could be that they just aren't feeling it romantically or maybe they are indeed really busy, but if they mentioned another time they're available to hang out, this is a good sign that they may like you. Sometimes people simply say they're busy so as not to hurt someone's feelings. Ask them when they're free. If they aren't quite sure and don't follow up with you, it's a pretty clear sign that they're not into you romantically. But if they give you a time and date to reschedule, there's a fair chance that they may like you. Do you like them? Number four, their voice changes around you. So you notice someone talking casually with their friends. Their voice appears to be normal, but then you approach the group and suddenly their voice changes. Language and speak researcher, Dr. Marina Kalashnikova from the University of Western Sydney told ABC Radio Melbourne's Lindsey Burns that the voices of the two people who are speaking to each other, if they are attracted to each other or if they experience positive emotions towards each other. They start becoming more similar, she explains. This could mean they even start to mimic you or their pitch may change if they like you. She further explains that changes in the pitch of our voice or the rate of our speech. So how fast we're speaking are happening according to how we feel about the conversation but without our conscious control. Number five, their pupils do what? You have a hunch this person really likes you and so far you've noticed a few signs but a subtle sign to watch out for is if their pupils dilate when they look at you. One 2016 study published in the journal Evolution and Human Behavior found that pupil size can determine sexual interest. Looking at the results from their study participants, the study concluded that consistent with the notion that pupil dilation is a reliable cue to sexual arousal, sexually interested faces contained objectively larger and darker pupils than did sexually disinterested faces. And according to body language expert Patty Wood, author of Success Signals, a guide to reading body language, dilation is a brain response that occurs when you like and are attracted to something. Hmm, so if you notice someone's pupils dilate when they look deeply into your eyes mid-conversation, this could likely be a sign that they're attracted to you. Their eyes are just really excited to see you. The good thing is, if your pupils dilate an attraction as well, it's a great thing to be revealed. Perhaps you're both a match made in heaven. Number six, something has changed. Hmm, you notice your crush talking with a group of friends. You've seen how they talk to other acquaintances as well, but you notice they tend to noticeably change their vocabulary and manner only around you. Perhaps you even notice them hugging you a bit longer than their other friends. According to Dr. Jeremy Nicholson, Doctor of Social and Personality Psychology and an article for Psychology Today, when someone is attracted to you, they will likely find some excuse to touch you more and will be more receptive to your touch as well. They may even increase their touching over time, going from friendly handshakes to more intimate embraces. Or maybe you notice their behavior simply changes only around you. This plays into how people tend to mimic another's subtle gestures and behavior if they like them, including changing their expressions. Dr. Marina Kalashnikova further explains that we would use more similar expressions, for example, to sound more like. She explains that this can sometimes happen fast over a conversation. So do you notice someone unconsciously changes the way they speak? All because they're simply in awe of you? Or are they just really nervous around you again? It can be difficult to tell if someone likes you at first, but hey, if you watch out for these signs and all goes well, it may be a sign that you should ask them out already. That is if your pupils dilate around them. We hope you enjoyed this video and if you did, don't forget to click the like button and share it with a friend. If you notice any of these behavioral signs of attraction in someone, feel free to comment down below. Subscribe to Psych2Go and hit the notification bell icon for more content like this. As always, thanks for watching.


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CHAPTER 33 SNOWDROP Once upon a time in the middle of winter when the snowflakes were falling like feathers on the earth, a queen sat on a window framed in black ebony and sewed.  And her wish was granted, for not long after a little daughter was born to her, with skin as white as snow, lips and cheeks as red as blood, and hair as black as ebony. They called her Snowdrop, and not long after her birth the queen died. After a year the king married again. His new wife was a beautiful woman, so proud and overbearing that she couldn't stand any rival to her beauty. She possessed a magic mirror, and when she used to stand before it gazing at her own reflection and ask, mirror, mirror, hanging there, who in all the lands most fair, it always replied, you are most fair, my lady queen, none fairer in the land I weaned. Then she was quite happy, for she knew the mirror always spoke the truth. But Snowdrop was growing prettier and prettier every day, and when she was seven years old she was as beautiful as she could be, and fairer even than the queen herself. One day when the latter asked her mirror the usual question, it replied, my lady queen, you are fair, tis true, but Snowdrop is fair far than you. Then the queen flew into the most awful passion, and turned every shade of green in her jealousy. From this hour she hated poor Snowdrop like poison, and every day her envy, hatred, and malice grew, for envy and jealousy are like evil weeds which spring up and choke the heart. At last she could endure Snowdrop's presence no longer, and calling a huntsman to her she said, take the child out into the wood, and never let me see her face again.  The huntsman did as he was told and led Snowdrop out into the wood, but as he was in the act of drawing out his knife to slay her she began to cry and said, oh dear huntsman, spare my life and I will promise to fly forth into the wide wood and never to return home again, and because she was so young and pretty the huntsman had pity on her and said, well run along poor child, for he thought to himself the wild beasts will soon eat her up, and his heart felt lighter because he hadn't had to do the deed himself, and as he turned away a young borough came running past so he shot it and brought its lungs and liver home to the queen as proof that Snowdrop was really dead, and the wicked woman had them stewed in salt and ate them up, thinking she had made an end of Snowdrop forever. Now when the poor child found herself alone in the big wood, the very trees around her seemed to assume strange shapes and she felt so frightened she didn't know what to do. Then she began to run over the sharp stones and through the bramble bushes and the wild beasts ran past her, but they did her no harm. She ran as far as her legs would carry her, and as evening approached she saw a little house and she stepped inside to rest. Everything was very small in the little house, but cleaner and neater than anything you can imagine. In the middle of the room there stood a little table covered with a white tablecloth and seven little plates and forks and spoons and knives and tumblers. Side by side against the wall there were seven little beds covered with snow-white counterpains. Snowdrop felt so hungry and so thirsty that she ate a bit of bread and a little porridge from each plate and drank a drop of wine out of each tumbler. Then feeling tired and sleepy she lay down on one of her beds, but it wasn't comfortable. Then she tried all the others in turn, but one was too long and another too short and it was only when she got to the seventh that she found one to suit her exactly. So she lay down upon it, said her prayers like a good child and fell fast asleep. When it got quite dark the master's little house returned. They were seven dwarfs who worked in the mines right down deep in the heart of the mountain. They lighted their seven little lamps and as soon as their eyes got accustomed to the glare they saw that someone had been in the room for all was not in the same order as they had left it. The first one said, Who's been sitting on my little chair? The second one said, Who's been eating my little loaf? The third one said, Who's been tasting my porridge?  The fifth said, Who's been using my little fork? The sixth said, Who's been cutting with my little knife? The seventh said, Who's been drinking out of my little tumbler? Then the first dwarf looked around and saw a little hollow in his bed. And he asked again, Who's been lying on my bed? And the others came running around and cried when they saw their bed someone his lane and ours too. But when the seventh came to his bed he started back in amazement for there he beheld Snowdrop fast asleep. Then he called the others who turned their little lamps full on the bed, and when they saw Snowdrop lying there they nearly fell down with surprise. Goodness gracious they cried! What a beautiful child! And they were so enchanted by her beauty that they did not wake her but let her sleep in the little bed. But the seventh dwarf slept with his companions one hour in each bed, and in this way he managed to pass the night. In the morning Snowdrop awoke, but when she saw the seven little dwarfs she felt very frightened, but they were so friendly and asked her what her name was in such a kind way that she replied, I am Snowdrop. Why do you come to our house? continued the dwarfs. Then she told them how her stepmother had wished her put to death and how the huntsmen had spared her life, and how she had run the whole day till she had come to their little house. The dwarfs when they had heard her sad story asked her, Will you stay and keep house for us, cook, make the beds, the washing, sew and knit? And if you give satisfaction and keep everything neat and clean you shall want for nothing. Yes, answered Snowdrop, I will gladly do all you ask. And so she took up her abode with them. Every morning the dwarfs went to the mountain to dig for gold, and in the evening when they returned home Snowdrop always had their supper ready for them. But during the day the girl was left quite alone, so the good dwarfs warned her saying, Beware of your stepmother, she will soon find you are here, and whatever you do don't let anyone into the house. Now the queen, after she thought she had eaten Snowdrop's lungs and liver, never dreamed but that she was once more the most beautiful woman in the world, so stepping before her mirror one day she said, Mirror, mirror, hanging there, who in all the lands most fair? And the mirror replied, My Lady Queen you are fair, tis true, but Snowdrop is fair far than you. Snowdrop, who dwells with the seven little men, is as fair as you, as fair again. When the queen heard these words she was nearly struck dumb with horror for the mirror always spoke the truth and she knew now that the huntsman must have deceived her and that Snowdrop was still alive. She pondered day and night how she might destroy her, for as long as she felt she had a rival in the land, her jealous heart left her no rest. And last she hid upon a plan.  In her guise she went over the seven hills till she came to the house of the seven dwarfs. Then she knocked at the door, calling out at the same time, Find wares to sell, find wares to sell, Snowdrop peeped out the window and called out, Good day, mother, what have you to sell? Good wares, find wares, she answered, laces of every shade and description.  Surely, I can let the honest woman in, thought Snowdrop. So she unbarred the door and bought the pretty lace. Good gracious child, said the old woman, what a figure you've got. Come, I'll lace you up properly for once. Snowdrop, suspecting no evil, stood before her and let her lace her bodice up. But the old woman laced her so quickly and so tightly that it took Snowdrop's breath away and she fell down dead. Now you are no longer a fairest, said the wicked old woman, and then she hastened away. In the evening the seven dwarfs came home. And you may think what a fright they got when they saw their dear Snowdrop lying on the floor, as still and motionless as a dead person. They lifted her up tenderly. And when they saw how tightly laced she was, they cut the lace in two, and she began to breathe a little and gradually came back to life. When the dwarfs heard what had happened, they said, depend upon it, the old peddler wife was none other than the old queen. In the future you must be sure to let no one in if we are not at home. As soon as the wicked old queen got home she went straight to the mirror and said, mirror, mirror, hanging there, who in all the lands most fair? And the mirror answered as before, my lady queen, you are fair, it is true, but Snowdrop is fair far than you. Snowdrop dwells with the seven little men, is as fair as you as fair again. When she heard this she became as pale as death, because she saw it once that Snowdrop must be alive again. This time she said to herself, I will think of something that will make an end of her once and for all. And by the witchcraft which she understood so well, she made a poisonous comb. Then she dressed herself up and assumed the form of another old woman. So she went over the seven hills till she reached the house of the seven dwarfs and knocking at the door she called out, find wares for sale. Snowdrop looked out of the window and said, you must go away for I may not let anyone in. But surely you are not forbidden to look out said the old woman. And she held up the poisonous comb for her to see it pleased the girl so much that she let herself be taken in and open the door. When they had settled their bargain, the old woman said, now I'll comb your hair properly for you for once in the way. Poor Snowdrop thought no evil, but hardly had the comb touched her hair than the poison worked and she fell down unconscious. Now my fine lady you're really done for this time said the wicked woman and she made her way home as fast as she could. Fortunately it was now near evening and the seven dwarfs returned home. When they saw Snowdrop lying dead on the ground, they at once suspected that her wicked step mother had been at work again. So they searched till they found the poisonous comb and the moment they pulled it out of her head, Snowdrop came to herself again and told them what had happened. Then they warned her once more to be on her guard and to open the door to no one. As soon as the queen got home she went straight to her mirror and asked, mirror, mirror hanging there, who in all the lands most fair? And it replied as before, my lady queen you are fair to is true, but Snowdrop is fair far than you. Snowdrop who dwells with the seven little men is as fair as you as fair again. When she heard these words she literally trembled and shook with rage. Snowdrop shall die, she cried. Yes, though it cost me my own life. Then she went to a little secret chamber which no one knew of but herself and there she made a poisonous apple. Outwardly it looked beautiful, white with red cheeks so that everyone who saw it long to eat it. But anyone who might do so would certainly die on the spot. When the apple was quite finished she stained her face and dressed herself up as a peasant and so she went over the seven hills to the seven doors. She knocked at the door, as usual but Snowdrop put her head out of the window and called out, I may not let anyone in, the seven doors have forbidden me to do so. Are you afraid of being poisoned? asked the old woman. See, I will cut this apple in half.  But the apple was so cunningly made that only the red cheek was poisonous. Snowdrop longed to eat the tempting fruit and when she saw that the peasant woman was eating it herself she couldn't resist the temptation any longer and stretching out her hand she took the poisonous half but hardly had the first bite past her lips then she fell down dead on the ground.  When she got home she asked the mirror, mirror, mirror, hanging there, who in all the lands most fair? And this time it replied, you are most fair, my lady queen, none fair in the land I wean. Then her jealous heart was at rest at last as much at rest as a jealous heart can ever be. When the little dwarfs came home in the evening they found Snowdrop lying on the ground and she neither breathed nor stirred. They lift her up and looked round everywhere to see if they could find anything poisonous about. They unlaced her bodice, combed her hair, washed her with water and wine, but all in vain the child was dead and remained dead. Then they placed her on a buyer and all the seven dwarfs sat round it, weeping and sobbing for three whole days. At last they made up their minds to bury her but she looked as blooming as a living being and her cheeks were still such a lovely color that they said, we can't hide her away in the background. So they had a coffin made of transparent glass and they laid her in it and wrote on the lid in golden letters that she was a royal princess. Then they put the coffin on top of a mountain and one of the dwarfs always remained beside it and kept watch over it and the very birds of the air came and bewailed Snowdrop's death first an owl and then a raven and last of all a little dove. Snowdrop lay a long time in the coffin and she always looked to the same just as if she were fast asleep and she remained as white as snow as red as blood and her hair as black as ebony. Now it happened one day that a prince came to the wood and passed by the dwarf's house. He saw the coffin on the hill with a beautiful Snowdrop inside it and when he had read what was written on it in golden letters he said to the dwarf give me the coffin I'll give you whatever you like for it but the dwarf said no we wouldn't part with it for all the gold in the world. Well then he replied give it to me because I can't live without Snowdrop I will cherish and love it as my dearest possession. He spoke so sadly that the good dwarfs had pity on him and the prince made his servants bear it away on their shoulders. Now it happened that as they were going down the hill they stumbled over a bush and jolted the coffin so violently that the poisonous bit of Apple Snowdrop had swallowed fell out of her throat. She gradually opened her eyes lifted up the lid of the coffin and sat up alive and well. Oh dear me where am I she cried. The prince answered joyfully you are with me and he told her all that had happened adding I love you better than anyone in the whole wide world will you come with me to my father's palace and be my wife. Snowdrop consented and went with him and the marriage was celebrated with great pomp and splendor. Now Snowdrop's wicked stepmother was one of the guests invited to the wedding feast. When she addressed herself very gorgeously for the occasion she went to the mirror and said mirror mirror hanging there who in all the lands most fair and the mirror answered my lady queen you are fair it is true but Snowdrop is fairer far than you and the wicked woman heard these words she uttered a curse and was beside herself with rage and mortification at first she didn't want to go to the wedding at all but at the same time she felt she would never be happy till she had seen the young queen. As she entered Snowdrop recognized her and nearly fainted with fear but red hot iron shoes had been prepared for the wicked old queen and she was made to get into them and dance till she fell down dead. Chapter 34 The Golden Goose There was once a man who had three sons the youngest of them was called Dullhead and was sneered and jeered at and snubbed on every possible opportunity. One day it happened that the eldest son wished to go into the forest to cut wood and before he started his mother gave him a fine rich cake and a bottle of wine so that he might be sure not to suffer from hunger or thirst.  But this clever son replied if I give you my cake and wine I shall have none left for myself you just go your own way and he left the little man standing there and went further on into the forest. There he began to cut down a tree but before long he made a false stroke with his axe and cut his own arm so badly that he was obliged to go home and have it bound up. Then the second son went to the forest and his mother gave him a good cake and a bottle of wine as she had to his elder brother. He too met the little old grey man who begged him for a morsel of cake and a draft of wine. But the second son spoke most sensibly to and said whatever I give to you I deprive myself of just go your own way will you? Not long after his punishment overtook him for no sooner had he struck a couple of blows on a tree with his axe then he cut his leg so badly that he had to be carried home. So then Dullhead said Father let me go out and cut wood. But his father answered both your brothers have injured themselves you had better leave it alone you know nothing about it. But Dullhead begged so hard to be allowed to go that at last his father said very well then go perhaps when you have hurt yourself you may learn to know better. His mother only gave him a very plain cake made with water and baked in the cinders and a bottle of sour beer. When he got to the forest he too met the little grey old man who greeted him and said give me a piece of your cake and a draft from your bottle I am so hungry and thirsty. And Dullhead replied I've only got a cinder cake and some sour beer but if you care to have that let us sit down and eat. So they sat down and when Dullhead brought out his cake he found it turned into a fine rich cake and the sour beer into excellent wine then they ate and drunk and when they had finished the little man said now I will bring you luck because you have a kind heart and are willing to share what you have with others. There stands an old tree cut it down and amongst its roots you'll find something with that the little man took leave then Dullhead fell to it once to hew down the tree and when it fell he found amongst its roots a goose whose feathers were all a pure gold. He lifted it out carried it off and took it with him to an inn where he meant to spend the night. Now the landlord at the inn had three daughters and when they saw the goose they were filled with curiosity as to what this wonderful bird could be and each long to have one of its golden feathers. The eldest thought to herself no doubt I shall soon find a good opportunity to pluck out one of its feathers and the first time Dullhead happened to leave the room she caught hold of the goose by its wing but lo and behold her fingers seemed to stick fast to the goose and she could not take her hand away. Soon after the second daughter came in and thought to pluck a golden feather for herself too but hardly had she touched her sister then she stuck fast as well. At last the third sister came with the same intentions but the other two cried out keep off for heaven's sake keep off. The younger sister could not imagine why she was to keep off and thought to herself if they are both there why should not I be there too. So she sprung to them but no sooner had she touched one of them then she stuck fast to her so they all three had to spend the night with the goose. Next morning Dullhead tucked the goose under his arm and went off without in the least troubling himself about the three girls who were hanging onto it. They just had to run after him right or left as best they could. In the middle of a field they met the parson and when he saw this procession he cried, for shame you bold girls what do you mean by running after a young fellow through the fields like that. Do you call that proper behavior? And with that he caught the youngest girl by the hand to try and draw her away but directly he touched her he hung on himself and had to run along with the rest of them. Not long after the clerk came that way and was much surprised to see the parson following the footsteps of three girls why where is your reverence going so fast cried he don't forget there is to be a christening today and he ran after him caught him by the sleeve and hung on to it himself. As the five of them trotted along in this fashion one after the other two peasants were coming from their work with their hose. On seeing them the parson called out and begged them to come and rescue him and the clerk but no sooner did they touch the clerk than they stuck on two and so there were seven of them running after dullhead and his goose. After a time they all came to a town where a king reigned whose daughter was so serious and so on that no one could ever manage to make her laugh so the king had decreed that whoever should succeed in making her laugh should marry her. When dullhead heard this he marched before the princess with his goose and his appendages and as soon as she saw these seven people continually running after each other she burst out laughing and could not stop herself. Then dullhead claimed her as his bride but the king who did not much fancy him as a son-in-law made all sorts of objections and told him he must first find a man who could drink up a whole cellar full of wine. Dullhead befought him of the little grey man who could he felt sure help him so he went off to the forest and on the very spot where he had cut down the tree he saw a man sitting with a most dismal expression of face. Dullhead asked him what he was taking so much to heart and the man answered, I don't know how I am ever to quench this terrible thirst I am suffering from. Cold water doesn't suit me at all. To be sure I've emptied a whole barrel of wine but what is one drop on a hot stone? I think I can help you said Dullhead come with me and you shall drink to your heart's content.   He required Dullhead to find a man who could eat a mountain of bread. Dullhead did not wait to consider long but went straight off to the forest and there on the same spot set a man who was drawing in a strap as tight as he could round his body and making a most woeful face the while. Said he, I've eaten up a whole oven full of loaves but what's the good of that to anyone who is as hungry as I am?  Dullhead was delighted and said get up and come with me and you shall have plenty to eat and he brought him to the king's court. Now the king had given orders to have all the flour in his kingdom brought together and to have a huge mountain baked of it but the man from the wood just took up his stand before the mountain and began to eat and in one day it had all vanished. For the third time Dullhead asked for his bride but again the king tried to make some evasion and demanded a ship which could sail on land or water. When you come sailing in such a ship said he, you shall have my daughter without further delay. Again Dullhead started off to the forest and there he found the little old grey man with whom he had shared his cake and who said, I have eaten and I have drunk for you and now I will give you the ship. I have done all this for you because you were kind and merciful to me. Then he gave Dullhead a ship which could sail on land or water and when the king saw it he felt he could no longer refuse him his daughter. So they celebrated the wedding with great rejoicings and after the king's death Dullhead succeeded to the kingdom and lived happily with his wife for many years after. Grimm End of chapter 34 of the Red Fairy Book There was once upon a time a couple of poor folks who lived in a wretched hut far away from everyone else in a wood. They only just managed to live from hand to mouth and had great difficulty in doing even so much as that. But they had three sons who lived in the woods and they lived in the woods and had great difficulty in doing even so much as that. But they had three sons and the youngest of them was called Cynderlad for he did nothing else but lie and poke about among the ashes. One day the eldest lad said that he would go out to earn his living. He soon got leave to do that and set out on his way into the world. He walked on and on for the whole day and when night was beginning to fall he came to a royal palace. The king was standing outside on the steps and asked where he was going. Oh I'm going to seek a place where the others said the youth. A wilted out served me and watched my seven foals ask the king. The salkans watched them for a whole day and tell me at night what they eat and drink that I shall have the princess and half my kingdom. But if the salkans not I will cut three red stripes on my back. The youth thought that it was very easy work to watch the foals and that he could do it well enough. Next morning, one day was beginning to dawn the king's master of the horse let out the seven foals and they ran away just after them just as it chanced over hill and dale through woods and bogs. When the youth had run thus for a long time he began to be tired and we had held on a little longer he was hardly weary of watching at all. And at the same moment he came to a cleft in a rock where an old woman was sitting spinning with her distif in her hand. As soon as she caught sight of the youth who was running after the foals till the perspiration stringed down his face she cried, I'm hither my handsome son and let me calm your hair for you. The lad was willing enough so he sat down in the cleft of the rock beside the old hag and he laid his head on her knees. And she calmed his hair all day while he lay there and gave himself up to idleness. When evening was drawing near the youth wanted to go I may as well just go straight home again said he for it is no use to go to the king's palace. Wait till it is dust said the old hag and then the king's foals will fly this place again and you can run home with them and no one will ever know that you have been lying here all day instead of watching the foals. So when they came back she gave the lad a bottle of water and a bit of moss and told him to show these to the king and say that this is what his seven foals ate and drank. Has the watch faithfully and well the whole day long said the king when the lad came into his presence in the evening yes that I have said the youth then you were able to tell me the foals eat and drink said the king so the youth produced the bottle of water and a bit of moss which he had got from the old woman saying here you see their meat and here you see their drink then the king knew how the his watching had been done and fell into such a rage that he ordered his people to chase the youth back to his own home at once but first they were to cut three red stripes in his back and rub salt into them. When the youth reached home again anyone can imagine what a state of mind he was in he had gone out once to seek a place he said but never would he do such a thing again. Next day the second son that he would now go out into the world to seek his fortune his father and mother said no and made him look at his brother's back but the youth would not give up his design and stuck to it and after a long long time he got leave to go and set forth on his way. When he had walked all day he too came to the king's palace and the king was standing outside on the steps and asking where he was going. When the youth applied that he was out in search of a place the king said that he might enter into his service and watch his seven foals then the king promised him the same punishment and the same reward that he had promised his brother. The youth at once consented to this and entered into the king's service for he thought he could easily watch the foals and inform the king what they ate and drank and the gray light of dawn the master of the horse let out the seven foals and off they went again over hill and dale and off went the lad after them but all went with him as he had gone with his brother when he had run after the foals for a long long time and was hot and tired he passed by a cleft in the rock where an old woman was sitting spinning with a distif and she called to him come hither, come hither my handsome son and let me comb your hair. The youth liked the thought of this let the foals run where they chose the rock by the side of the old hag so there he sat with his head on her lap taking his ease the live long day the foals came back in the evening and then he too got a bit of moss and a bottle of water from the old hag which things he was to show the king but when the king asked the youth can stuff tell me what my seven foals eat and drink the youth showed him a bit of moss and the bottle of water and said yes here may you hold their food and hear their drink and he commanded that three red stripes should be cut on the lads back that salt should be stern upon them and then he should then be instantly chased back to his own home so when the youth got home again he too related all that had happened to him and he too said that he had gone out in search of a place once but never would he do it again on the third day Sid the lad wanted to set out he had a fancy to try to watch the seven foals in a selfie set what I when all went so well with us do you suppose you were going to succeed you look like succeeding you have never done anything but lie and poke about among the ashes that day yes I will go to said Sid the lad for I have taken it into my head the two brothers laughed at him and his father and mother begged him not to go but all to no purpose and Sid the lad set out on his way so when he had walked the whole day he too came to the king's palace darkness began to fall there stood the king outside on the steps and he asked whether he was bound I'm walking about in search of a place said Sid the lad from whence do you come then inquired the king for by this time he wanted to know a little more about the men before he took any of them into his service so Sid the lad told him once he came and that he was brother to the two who would watch the seven foals for the king and then he inquired if he might be allowed to try to watch them on the following day all shame on them said the king for it enraged him to even think of them if thou art brother to those two thou art not good for much I have had enough of such fellows but as I have come here you might just give me leave to make the attempt said Sid the lad oh very well if thou art absolutely determined to have thy back flayed thou mayst have thine own way if thou wilt said the king I would much rather have the princess said Sid the lad next morning in the gray light of dawn the master of the hordes let out the seven foals again and off they set over hill and dale through woods and bogs and off with Sid the lad after them when he had run thus for a long time he too came to the cleft in the rock there the old hag was once more sitting spinning from her distaf and she cried to Sid the lad come hither come hither my handsome son and let me comb your hair for you come to me then come to me said Sid the lad as he passed by jumping and running and keeping tight hold on one of the foals tails when he got safely past the cleft in the rock the youngest foal said get on their back for we still have a long way to go Sid the lad did this and thus they journeyed onwards a long long way thus thou see anything now as the foal no Sid the lad so they journey onwards a good bit further thus thou see anything now as the foal oh no said the lad when they had gone thus for a long long way the foal again asked thus thou see anything now yes now I see something that is white Sid Sid the lad it looks like the trunk of a great thick birch tree yes that is where we are to go in said the foal when they got to the trunk the eldest foal broke it down on one side and then they saw a door where the trunk had been standing and inside this there was a small room and in the room there was scarcely anything but a small fireplace and a couple of benches but behind the door hung a great rusty sword and a small pitcher canst thou wield that sword as the foal Sid the lad tried but could not do it so he had to take a drop from the pitcher and then one more and after that still another and then he was able to wield the sword with perfect ease good said the foal and now thou must take the sword away with thee and with it thou shalt cut off the heads of all seven us on thy wedding day then we shall become princes again as we were before for we are brothers of the princess whom thou art to have when thou canst tell the king what we even drink but there is a mighty troll who has cast a spell over us when thou has cut off our heads thou must take greatest care to lay each head at the tail of the body to which it belonged before and then the spell which the troll has cast upon us will lose all its power Sid the lad promised to do this and then they went on farther when they had traveled a long long way the foal said does thou see anything no said Sid the lad so they went on a great distance further and now inquired the foal sees thou nothing now alas no said Sid the lad so they traveled onward again for many and many a mile over hill and dale now then said the foal does thou not see anything now yes said Sid the lad I see something like a bluish streak far far away that is a river said the foal and we have to cross it there was a long handsome birge over the river and when they had got to the other side of it they again traveled on a long long way and then once more the foal inquired if Sid the lad saw anything yes this time he saw something that looked black far far away and it was rather like a church tower yes said the foal we shall go in that when the foals got into the church yard they turned into men and looked like the sons of a king and their clothes were so magnificent that they shone with splendor and they went into the church and received bread and wine from the priest who was standing before the altar and Sid the lad went in too but when the priest laid his hands on the princes and read the blessing they went out of the church again they went out too but he took with him a flask of wine and some consecrated bread no sooner had the seven princes come out into the church yard then they became foals again and Sid the lad got up on the back of the youngest and they returned by the way they had gone only they went much, much faster first they went over the bridge and then passed the trunk of the birch tree and then passed the old hag who sat in the cleft of the rock spinning and they went by so fast that they could not hear what the old hag screeched after him, but heard just enough to understand that she was terribly enraged it was all but dark when they got back to the king at nightfall and he himself was standing in the courtyard waiting for them has thou watched well and faithfully the whole day, said the king to Sid the lad I have done my best, replied Sid the lad then now canst tell me what my seven foals eat and drink, asked the king so Sid the lad pulled out the consecrated wine and showed them to the king here you may behold their meat and hear their drink, said he yes, diligently and faithfully hast thou watched, said the king and thou shalt have the princess and half the kingdom so all was made ready for the wedding and the king said that it should be so stately and magnificent that everyone should hear of it and everyone inquire about it but when they sat down to the marriage feast the bridegroom arose and went to the stable for he said that he had forgotten something which he must go and look to when he got there he did what the seven foals had bitten him and cut off the heads of all the seven, first the eldest then the second and so on according to their age and he was extremely careful to lay each head at the tail of the foal to which it had belonged and when that was all done all the foals became princes again when he returned to the marriage feast with the seven princes the king was so joyful that both kissed Cinderella and clapped him on his back and his bride was still more delighted with him than she had been before half my kingdom is thine already said the king and the other half shall be thine after my death for my sons can get countries and kingdoms for themselves now that they have become princes again therefore as all may well believe there was joy and merriment at that wedding end of chapter 35 the seven foals by Wendelin January 26th 2009 chapter 36 of the red fairy book this is a LibriVox recording all LibriVox recordings are in the public domain for more information or to volunteer please visit LibriVox.org the red fairy book by Andrew Lang chapter 36 the Marvelous musician there was once upon a time a time, a marvellous musician. One day he was wandering through a wood all by himself, thinking now of one thing, now of another, till there was nothing else left to think about. Then he said to himself, Time hangs very heavily on my hands when I am all alone in the wood. I must try and find a pleasant companion. So he took his fiddle out and fiddled till he walked the echoes round. After a time a wolf came through the thicket and trotted up to the musician. Oh, it's a wolf, is it? Said he. I've not the smallest wish for his society. But the wolf approached him and said, Oh my dear musician, how beautifully you play. I wish you teach me how it's done. That's easily learned, answered the fiddler. You must only do exactly as I tell you. Of course I will, replied the wolf. I can promise that you will find me a most apt pupil. So they joined company and went on their way together. And after a time they came to an old oak tree which was hollow and had a crack in the middle of the trunk. Now, said the musician, if you want to learn to fiddle, here's your chance. Lay your front paws in this crack. The wolf did as he was told, and the musician quickly seized a stone and wedged both his forepaws so firmly into the crack that he was held there, a fast prisoner. Wait there till I return, said the fiddler, and he went on his way. After a time he said to himself again, Time hangs very heavily on my hands when I'm all alone in the wood. I must try and find a companion. So he drew out his fiddle and fiddled away lustily. Presently a fox slung through the trees. Ah, and what have we here? said the musician. A fox? Well, I haven't the smallest desire for his company. The fox came straight up to him and said, My dear friend, how beautiful you play the fiddle. I would like to learn how you do it. Nothing easier, said the musician, if you'll promise to do exactly as I tell you. Certainly, answered the fox, you have only to say the word. Well, then follow me, replied the fiddler. When they had gone a bit of the way, they came to a path with high trees on each side. Here the musician halted, bent a stout hazel bow down to the ground from one side of the path and put his foot on the end of it to keep it down. Then he bent a branch down from the other side and said, Give me your left front paw, my little fox, if you really wish to learn how it's done. The fox did as he was told and the musician tied his front paw to the end of one of the branches. Now, my friend, he said, Give me your right paw. This he bound to the other branch and having carefully seen that his knots were all secure, he stepped off the ends of the branches and they sprang back, leaving the poor fox suspended in midair. Just you wait where you are till I return, saved the musician and he went on his way again. Once more he said to himself, Time hangs heavily on my hands when I'm all alone in the wood. I must try and find another companion. So he took out his fiddle and played as merrily as before. This time a little hare came running up at the sound. Oh, here comes a hare, said the musician. I've not the smallest desire for his company.  I wish I could learn how you do it. It's easily learned, answered the musician. Just do exactly as I tell you. That I will, said the hare. You will find me a most attentive pupil. They went on a bit together till they came to a thin part of the wood where they found a naspen tree growing. The musician bound a long cord round the little hare's neck, the other end of which he farsened to the tree.  The little hare obeyed, and when it had run twenty times round the tree, the cord had twisted itself twenty times round the trunk, so that the poor little beast was held a fast prisoner, and it might bite and tear as much as it liked. It couldn't free itself, and the cord only cut its tender neck. Wait there till I return, said the musician, and went on his way. In the meantime the wolf had pulled and bitten and scratched at the stone, till at last he succeeded in getting his paws out. Full of anger, he hurried after the musician, determined when he met him to tear him to pieces. When the fox saw him running by, he called out as loud as he could. Brother Wolf, come to my rescue. The musician has deceived me too. The wolf pulled the branches down, bit the cord in two, and set the fox free. So they went on their way together, both vowing vengeance on the musician. They found the poor imprisoned little hare, and having set him free also, they all set out to look for their enemy. During this time the musician had once more played his fiddle, and had been more fortunate in the result. The sounds, pierced to the ears of a poor woodman, who instantly left his work, and with his hatchet under his arm, came to listen to the music. At last I've got a proper sort of companion, said the musician, for it was a human being I wanted all along, and not a wild animal. And he began playing so unshantingly that the poor man stood there, as if bewitched, and his heart leaped for joy as he listened. And as he stood thus, the wolf and fox and little hare came up, and the woodman saw at once that they meant mischief. He lifted his glittering axe, and placed himself in front of the musician, as much as to say, If you touch a hare of his head, beware, for you will have to answer for it to me. Then the beasts were frightened, and they all three ran back into the wood, and the musician played the woodman one of his best tunes by way of things, and then continued his way. Note, grim. End of Chapter 36 The Marvelous Musician Recording by Eswa in Belgium in January 2009 This is a very old story. The Danes who used to fight with the English in King Alfred's time knew this story. They have carved on the rocks pictures of some of the things that happen in the tale, and those carvings may still be seen. Because it is so old and so beautiful the story is told here again, but it has a sad ending. Indeed it is all sad, and all about fighting and killing, as might be expected from the Danes. Once upon a time there was a king in the north who had won many wars, but now he was old. Yet he took a new wife and then another prince who wanted to have married her, came up against him with a great army. The old king went out and fought bravely, but at last his sword broke, and he was wounded and his men fled. But in the night when the battle was over his young wife came out and searched for him among the slain, and at last she found him and asked whether he might be healed. But he said no.  And he told her that she would have a son, and that sudden would be a great warrior, and he would avenge him on the other king, his enemy. And he bade her keep the broken pieces of the sword to make a new sword for his son, and that blade should be called Graham. Then he died, and his wife called her maid to her and said, Let us change clothes, and you shall be called by my name and I by yours, lest the enemy finds us. So this was done, and they hid in a wood, but there some strangers met them and carried them off in a ship to Denmark. And when they were brought before the king, he thought the maid looked like a queen, and the queen like a maid. So he asked the queen, How do you know in the dark of night whether the hours are wearing to the morning? And she said, I know, because when I was younger, I used to have to rise and light the fires, and I still waken at the same time. A strange queen to light the fires thought the king. Then he asked the queen, who was dressed like a maid, How do you know in the dark of night whether the hours are wearing your dawn? My father gave me a gold ring, said she, and always ere the dawning, it grows cold on my finger. A rich house where the maids were gold, said the king. Truly you are no maid but a king's daughter. And so he treated her royally, and as time went on she had a son called Sigurd, a beautiful boy and very strong. He had a tutor to be with him, and once the tutor bade him go to the king and ask for a horse. Choose a horse for yourself, said the king, and Sigurd went to the wood. There he met an old man with a white beard and said, Come, help me in horse choosing. Then the old man said, Drive all the horses into the river, and choose the one that swims across. So Sigurd drove them and only one swam across. Sigurd chose him, his name was Granny, and he came of Slepnir's breed, and was the best horse in the world, for Slepnir was the horse of Odin, the god of the north, and was as swift as the wind. But a day or two later his tutor said to Sigurd, There is a great treasure of gold hidden not far from here, and it would become you to win it. But Sigurd answered, I have heard stories of that treasure, and I know that the dragon Fafnir guards it, and he is so huge and wicked that no man dares go near him. He is no bigger than other dragons, said the tutor, and if you were as brave as your father you would not fear him. I have no coward, said Sigurd, why do you want me to fight with this dragon? Then his tutor, whose name was Regan, told him that all this great horde of red gold had once belonged to his own father, and his father had three sons. The first was Fafnir, the dragon, the second was Otter, who could put on the shape of an Otter when he liked, and the next was himself Regan, and he was a great smith and maker of swords. Now there was at that time a dwarf called Andvari, who lived in a pool beneath a waterfall, and there he had hidden a great horde of gold, and one day Otter had been fishing there and had killed a salmon and eaten it and was sleeping like an Otter on a stone.  Then the person who had killed Otter went down and caught the dwarf who owned all the treasure and took it from him. Only one ring was left which the dwarf wore, and even that was taken from him. Then the poor dwarf was very angry, and he prayed that the gold might never bring any but bad luck to all men who might own it, forever. Then the Otter's skin was filled with gold and covered with gold, all but one hair, and that was covered with the poor dwarf's last ring. But it brought good luck to nobody. First Fafner the dragon killed his own father, and then he went and wallowed on the gold and would let his brother have none, and no man dared go near it. When Sigurd heard the story he said to Regan, make me a good sword that I may kill this dragon. So Regan made a sword and Sigurd tried it with the blow on a lump of iron and the sword broke. Another sword he made and Sigurd broke that too. Then Sigurd went to his mother and asked for the broken pieces of his father's blade and gave them to Regan. And he hammered and wrought them into a new sword so sharp that fire seemed to burn along its edges. Sigurd tried this blade on the lump of iron and it did not break, but split the iron in two. Then he threw a lock of wool into the river and when it floated down against the sword it was cut into two pieces, so Sigurd said that sword would do. But before he went against the dragon he led an army to fight the men who had killed his father and he slew their king and took all their wealth and went home. When he had been at home a few days he rode out with Regan one morning to the heath where the dragon used to lie. Then he saw the track which the dragon had made when he went to a cliff to drink and the track was as if a great river had rolled along and left a deep valley. Then Sigurd went down into that deep place and dug many pits in it and in one of the pits he lay hidden with his sword drawn. There he waited and presently the earth began to shake with the weight of the dragon as he crawled to the water and a cloud of venom flew before him as he snored it in wards that would have been death to stand before him. But Sigurd waited till half of him had crawled over the pit and then he thrust the sword gram right into his very heart. Then the dragon lashed with his tail till stones broke and trees crashed about him. Then he spoke as he died and said, whoever their heart has slain me, this gold shall be thy ruin and the ruin of all who own it. Sigurd said, I would touch none of it if by losing it I should never die, but all men die and no brave men let's death frighten him from his desire. Die thou, Fafner. And then Fafner died. And after that Sigurd was called Fafner's Bane and Dragon Slayer. Then Sigurd rode back and met Regan and Regan asked him to roast Fafner's heart and let him taste of it. So Sigurd put the heart of Fafner on his stake and roasted it, but at chance that he touched it with his finger and it burned him, then he put his finger in his mouth and so tasted the heart of Fafner. Then immediately he understood the languages of birds and he heard the woodpeckers say, there is Sigurd roasting Fafner's heart for another when he should taste of it himself and learn all wisdom. The next bird said, there lies Regan ready to betray Sigurd who trusts him. The third bird said, let him cut off Regan's head and keep all the gold to himself. The fourth bird said, that let him do, then ride over Hinfeld to the place where Brunnhild sleeps. When Sigurd heard all this and how Regan was plotting to betray him, he cut off Regan's head with one blow of the sword-gram. Then all the birds broke out singing. We know fair maid, a fair maid in sleeping. Sigurd be not afraid. Sigurd, when thou the maid, fortune is keeping. High over Hinfeld, red fire is flaming, there doth the maiden dwell, she that should love thee well, meet for thy taming. There must she sleep till thou comes for her waking, rise up and ride for now, sure she will swear the vow, fearless of breaking. Then Sigurd remembered how the story went that somewhere, far away, there was a beautiful lady enchanted. She was under a spell that she must always sleep in a castle surrounded by flaming fire, and there she must sleep forever till there came a night who would ride through the fire and waken her. There he determined to go, but first he rode right down the horrible trail of Fafner, and Fafner had lived in a cave with iron doors. A cave dug deep down in the earth and full of gold bracelets and crowns and rings, and there, too, Sigurd found the helm of dread.  All these he piled on the back of a good horse granny, and then he rode south to Hinfeld. Now it was night, and on the crest of the hill, Sigurd saw a red fire blazing up into the sky, and within the flame a castle and a banner on the topmost tower. Then he set the horse granny at the fire, and he leapt through it lightly, as if it had been through the heather. So Sigurd went within the castle door, and there he saw someone sleeping, clad all in armor. Then he took the helmet off the head of the sleeper, and behold, she was the most beautiful lady. And she wakened and said, ah, it is Sigurd, Sigmund's son who has broken this curse, and comes here to waken me at last. This curse came upon her when the thorn of the tree of sleep ran into her hand long ago as a punishment because she had displeased Odin the God. Long ago, too, she had vowed never to marry a man who knew fear, and dared not ride through the fence of flaming fire. For she was a warrior maid herself, and went armed into battle like a man. But now she and Sigurd loved each other and promised to be true to each other, and he gave her a ring, and it was the last ring taken from the dwarf and Vari. Then Sigurd rode away, and he came to the house of a king who had a fair daughter. Her name was Gudrun, and her mother was a witch. Now Gudrun fell in love with Sigurd, but he always was talking of Brunhild, and how beautiful she was, and how dear. So in one day, Gudrun's witch mother put poppy and forgetful drugs in a magical cup, and Bade Sigurd drank to her health, and he drank, and instantly he forgot for Brunhild, and he loved Gudrun, and they were married with great rejoicings.  So forth they rode to her father's house, for Brunhild has quite gone out of Sigurd's mind by reason of the witch's wine, but she remembered him and loved him still. When Brunhild's father told Gunner that she would marry none but him who could ride the flame in front of her enchanted tower, and that they rode, and Gunner said his horse set the flame, but he would not face it. Then Gunner tried Sigurd's horse, Granny, but he would not move with Gunner on his back. Then Gunner remembered witchcraft that his mother had taught him, and by his magic he made Sigurd look exactly like himself, and he looked exactly like Gunner. Then Sigurd, in the shape of Gunner, and in his mail, mounted on Granny, and Granny left the fence of fire, and Sigurd went in and found Brunhild, but he did not remember her yet, because of the forgetful medicine in the cup of the witch's wine. Now Brunhild had no help but to promise she would be his wife, the wife of Gunner, as she supposed, for Sigurd wore Gunner's shape, and she had sworn to wed whoever should ride the flames, and he gave her a ring, and she gave him back the ring that he had given her before in his own shape as Sigurd, and it was the last ring of that poor Dwarf and Vari. Then he rode out again, and he and Gunner changed shapes, and each was himself again, and they went home to the witch-queens, and Sigurd gave the dwarves ring to his wife, Gudrun, and Brunhild went to her father and said that a king had come called Gunner, and he had ridden the fire, and she must marry him. Yet I thought, she said, that no man could have done this deed but Sigurd, Fafner's bane, who was my true love, but he has forgotten me, and my promise I must keep. So Gunner and Brunhild were married, though it was not Gunner but Sigurd in Gunner's shape that had ridden the fire. And when the wedding was over and all the feast, then the magic of the witch's wine went out of Sigurd's brain, and he remembered all. He remembered how he had freed Brunhild from the spell, and how she was his own true love, and how he had forgotten and and buried another woman, and warned Brunhild to be the wife of another man. But he was brave, and he spoke not a word of it to the others to make them unhappy. Still he could not keep away the curse which is to come on everyone who had on the treasure of the Dwarf and Vari, and his fatal golden ring. And the curse soon came upon them all. For one day, when Brunhild and Gundrun were bathing, Brunhild waded farthest out into the river, and said she did that to show she was Gundrun's superior. For her husband, she said, had ridden through the flame when no other man dared face it. Then Gundrun was angry, and said that it was Sigurd, not Gunner who had ridden the flame, and had received from Brunhild that fatal ring, the Ring of the Dwarf and Vari. Then Brunhild saw the ring which Sigurd had given to Gundrun, and she knew it and knew all, and she turned his pale as a dead woman and went home. All that evening she never spoke. Next day she told Gunner, her husband, that he was a coward and a liar, for he had never ridden the flame but had sent Sigurd to do it for him, and pretended that he had done it himself. And she said he would never see her glad in his hall, never drinking wine, never playing chess, never embroidering with the golden thread, never speaking words of kindness. Then she ran all her needlework asunder and wept aloud, so that everyone in the house heard her, for her heart was broken and her pride was broken in the same hour. She had lost her true love of Sigurd, the slayer of Fafner, and she was married to a man who was a liar. Then Sigurd came and tried to comfort her, but she would not listen, and she said she wished the sword stood fast in his heart. Not long to wait, he said, till the bitter sword stands fast in my heart, and now will not live long when I am dead. But dear Brunhild lived and be comforted, and love gunner thy husband, and I will give thee all the gold, the treasure of the dragon Fafner. Brunhild said, it is too late. Then Sigurd was so grieved, and his heart so swelled in his breast, that it burst the steel rings of his shirt of mail. Sigurd went out, and Brunhild determined to slay him. She mixed Serpents Venom and Wolf's Flesh, and gave them in one dish to her husband's younger brother. And when he tasted of them, he was mad, and he went into Sigurd's chamber while he slept, and pinned him to the bed with the sword. But Sigurd woke, caught the sword grim into his hand, and threw it at the man as he fled, and the sword cut him in twain. Thus died Sigurd, Fafner's bane, whom no ten men could have slain in fair fight. Then Gundren wakened, and saw him dead, and she moaned aloud, and Brunhild heard her, and laughed. But the kind horse granny lay down and died of very grief, and then Brunhild fell a-weeping till her heart broke. So they attired Sigurd in all his golden armor, and built a great pile of wood on board his ship. And at night, laid on it the dead Sigurd and the dead Brunhild, and the good horse granny, and set fire to it, and launched the ship, and the wind board blazing out to sea, flaming into the dark. So there were Sigurd and Brunhild burned together, and the curse of the dwarf envari was fulfilled. End of Chapter 37 The Story of Sigurd Recording by Wendelin February 1st, 2009 End of The Red Fairy Book by Andrew Lang


Welcome to digital asset news to get top stories and cryptocurrency digital assets and break them down to bite-sized pieces tonight We've got some interesting stuff first up General Motors CEO says nothing precludes them from accepting Bitcoin if there's consumer demand So the biggest story here is that it's not that they're actually going to start accepting Bitcoin But they would do it and all we have to do is find a little bit of demand Take a look at that on top of the fact that billionaire Mark Cuban is getting into DeFi And this to me is fascinating because for the longest time Mark has been doing nothing But talking negatively about cryptocurrency and all of a sudden once he starts doing his own research Here he is at the forefront and finally some good news the theory of improvement proposal EIP 1559 is set to have its first test net block and it looks like we could actually be doing these in the next couple of days To where we have a full launch in July So we'll take a look at what's going on there Hopefully we can decrease those god-awful Ethereum fees, but first let's take a look. Let's go on the market I'm not gonna get into this big time, but it's down total market cap is down negative seven percent 1.6 trillion dollars drone power from the Fed came out so they're not gonna really do too much Not gonna raise too many things and seems like there's not a big issue However, I do think they're gonna do a lot more money printing. So to me I see this as as a bullish symbol anyhow. I think they're gonna print more money I think even though that drone can actually say no, there's nothing. There's no inflation going on I think we all know the truth as you take a look at what's going on for the cost of goods and services Tell me that those aren't going up. So that is what's going on the the the market itself is down a little bit and just real quick Bitcoins that that's the 386 2300. So we're down not massively And if you're new to crypto, don't be alarmed by this this literally is just Wednesday and it's not a big deal. Let's get into the big stories and see what's gonna go on long term So to talk about the big stuff first of all this story about General Motors I find it fascinating that first of all the CEO would even talk about it and second of all but the dentist's just did not dismiss it like it was some type of of Crazy internet money that no one would ever use when I got in 2017. That's exactly what it was looked at It was a very highly speculative Asset and people would even call it an asset and now here we have CEOs going, you know, we get into that So this what's going on? This was just released about less than an hour ago and it states GM will accept Bitcoin if there's demand And this was actually an interview on CNBC done today The CEO is Mary Barra was asked whether GM will be accepting crypto for payments She said there's nothing that precludes us from doing that We'll be driven by our customers, which is exactly what you should do if the customers want to pay in Bitcoin Or pay an Ethereum or pay an XRP or whatever else it is I wouldn't just accept the payment and that's it Certainly we want to make the whole buying ownership experience as easy as possible We will follow their lead and then she's talking about the car salesman that guy that I don't really talk about too much and That car salesman from Tesla said this week that Tesla will resume accepting Bitcoin When there's confirmation of reasonable 50% clean energy used by miners with positive future trend good luck trying to Figure that out and how that actually you can actually quantify that and actually prove it I that's not my job. My job is to sit here and tell you what's going on the news So look the reason why I talked about this is again because I just find it Just blows my mind that just a couple of short years ago all the big institutions.  You had a Paul Tudor Jones. He had everybody He had a Ray Dalio just saying like this is the dumbest thing and this is just tulip mania Well, they still say it's too many and it's never gonna get off the ground then all of a sudden it's amazing how No one's using Bitcoin and they say, okay. Well, just a few people using Bitcoin. Okay Well, now it's just for a list of activities. Okay. Well now it's for large institutions But countries don't use it and now it's like oh well only small countries like El Salvador uses it Do you see where we're going with this and now we've got a large corporation global corporation who was just nonchalantly like Yeah, I mean we could accept that why not so We didn't just get a dismissed We're actually moving in the right direction and I kind of see where things are going the hard part though It's just figuring out about how long it is and can you hang on and that's why I always cost talk about dollar cost Averaging and just kind of getting into those positions which leads me to my next point Which a person that I think of the exact same thing that I'm talking about is Mark Cuban. So Mark Cuban He's on Shark Tank billionaire got into the old comm era and made a ton of money good for that guy But his whole thing was he was saying the exact same thing I just talked about nobody uses Bitcoin Nobody uses cryptocurrency. It's just tulip mania. It's gonna be a bubble It's gonna pop and now all of a sudden he's like well Bitcoin's got its place And now of course after he's done his own research research and really taking a look at what's going on All of a sudden he's like, you know what would really do really well Ethereum polygon Matic. Oh, I invested a ton of Matic and da da da da da So here we go another example of people when they just do their research and see where things are going They're like this doesn't make a lot of sense. So what's going on here On June 13th the billionaire investor coast of Shark Tank explained his fascination with DeFi in an editorial polish to his blog And I'm not gonna read the whole thing. It's boring But really what he stressed about was that yield farming via staking and liquidity Providing are the core features of DeFi and as far as the economy's concerned He believes DeFi could be the next great growth engine and it's not just him But it's his partner in crime Kevin O'Leary. Mr. Wonderful. We're actually like I think he's a pretty entertaining guy And from what I hear from the from the team over at market rebellion Super nice guy exact opposite of what you actually see and hear when he's on tv And he is all about DeFi But he makes it very mystical like it's like this really hard thing to do and it's really tough to to yield And do do farming and things like that But it's not that tough at all But what he's gonna do is make it very complex so that people will buy his next product because I guarantee he's coming out with one Anyhow Cuban says examples of such such exchanges that I use are zapper.fi quickswap.exchange Banker.network and uniswap. So that makes me feel good because the same things that I use this guy's using And uh, he's only about a couple of years late to the party But whatever I I'll take him as long as he's here and then to finish up He says Not for DeFi exchanges But what makes running a DeFi exchange so much better than a traditional centralized financial business of this And any kind is that rather than the owners of the business Investors and their creditors Putting up capital for all the transactions take place liquidity providers do everything for them And he says everything is controlled by smart contracts fully automated and pretty much is permissionless and great And that's what I think we all kind of see coming and to me When he gets into this this whole story about you know, this is what makes it great you really kind of have to take a look at What this could actually do and then his last statement Really kind of brings true he says He envisions DeFi and crypto as being important global transformation But he says if the us doesn't pay attention The country could miss out on the next great growth engine and he talks about on the early days internet We foster and support innovation But it looks like we're doing the exact opposite thing and that's what he's hoping to get get away from so look Mark humans, right didn't ever thought I'd say that but he is correct if If America just kind of overlooks first of all blockchain Uh, they just give her to that and say or not give her to just overlook it That's a problem if they overlook cryptocurrency digital assets If they take a look at what could potentially be a great thing as far as decentralized finance As it becomes a real world global Type of thing that is used throughout different countries not just first world countries, but third world countries And then we're going to fall way far behind and we're going to just be just as bad as china China I think is making a huge mistake with the bitcoin mining Kicking everybody out just going with the digital nuance. They can control everything in their country But that is up to them and I'm for one happy that they're doing it because I am ecstatic that all these bitcoin miners are coming to north america and parts of europe as well because uh, you know if you don't Think if you think that china is the most open and transparent country out there Then he had another thing coming and not that america's Is like the greatest uh, like we totally you know, the the government is totally transparent everything else Don't be naive. Come on. Let's be honest, but uh, i'll take america Over china as far as like a little bit of transparency what's going on any day of the week And I have no problem with the chinese people Just the chinese government that is the problem because they're trying to shut down everything so Defi I think is a pretty great thing and I think it's going to lead us into our next piece which If you're thinking about like what? Loans can do what things can do as far as uh, as defi. There's a great Uh podcasts that it had on isaia jackson and he's from uh, bitcoin and black america And what he talks about is how not just blockchain, but but defi loans Uh being able to bank the unbanked. This is just in america How it can actually help a ton of people, especially in those communities of where isaia is talking about So if we see something like that can actually like help these things So much the better now, let's just extrapolate that from america and take that out to india where the banks are going to india that much especially in the very poor sectors Especially in sub-saharan africa So if you can get into those areas And do decentralized finance because the banks aren't coming then you can actually bring everybody into a world inclusion. 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Let's finish up on our last piece So last piece ethereum improvement proposal eip of 50 59 to have the first test net block So if you're not familiar with 30 59 all this is going to do is going to reduce gas fees Do it doesn't number a number of certain ways One of the things that's interesting is that it's it could actually slow down a little bit for the transactions But if you want to speed up your transactions All you have to do is just there's going to be some way for you to tip the miner to increase The speed wish that will work with uh Uber but uh that is essentially what's going on in a nutshell me personally was a little bit skeptical because The ethereum foundation has sometimes not missed or has kind of missed their marks But it looks like they're right on time So the much awaited fee burning upgrade of the ethereum network known as eip 50 59 Said to have its first test net block on 24th of june So we're looking at 16th of june so not too far away about a little bit more than a week The new development was passed across by the ethereum 1.0 coordinator tim bico. I think I said that right Tim bico said this with all clients comfortable with their 15 59 implementation We agreed it made sense to set test net blocks now Some of the json rpc changes mentioned at the beginning of may Come after the test net forks, but all the consensus related changes for 15 59 are ready to go that to me is amazing I did not think they would make it. I thought there would be a lot more internal grumbling and rumbling and people would just drag their feet But it looks like they're just going to move forward and uh for whatever the miners May have said that they were going to stage a protest. Looks like it didn't happen so Moving down to finish this up All the forks mentioned above are test nets and here are all the different events And the time date so you're looking at july june 24th june 30th july 7th But there's all all test nets this implies that they emulate the live ethereum network But they're only meant to test in order to know how the might the Upgrade would perform on the main net itself Considering previous reports that's been estimated the upgrade will go live by the end of july However, when it's deployed whether july or august depends on the outcome of of course the test net so this to me is positive news and if they can do these things if they can Reduce the fees But keep the transactions at near or maybe a little bit faster with the tipping. I mean that would be great I think the real question would be how much and how often would you have to tip? uh The miners to actually make it a worthwhile or a quick enough Transaction because if you want you to go global and you're trying to service everything that people are doing You can't just keep doing that you can't just go well Just tip them and then it'll be fast enough or just tip this or tip that It has to be things people want things now. They want things fast. They want things cheap So I think this is just the first step to what will eventually happen is hopefully e2.0 We'll come down the pipe and we'll see how that all works again I hold bitcoin. I hold ethereum. I hold avalanche.  I'm not against ethereum. I don't care which one wins I got them both. So, uh, i'm rooting for both. Hopefully they both win. I don't really It doesn't really matter to me. I'm just an investor and that's uh, really all we got for tonight. 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Illegal doesn't matter if it's in joint or not. It's look at Andrews. Look at that. Hey, you became a cop. Congratulations Thank you Know this since I saw your face. Are you wearing lipstick? No, I got taste twice you get tased in the face No, I've been taste twice though. Okay. I want to get that checked out. Anyways, uh the pledge or so the oath Cletus you want to join us or should I do it? Oh, I would love to do that actually can I send you the script?  I know that thing by heart impressive. Okay. Well, you want take it away Parmesan get to the back. Huh? Parmesan get to the back. Yes All right now repeat after me. I Tony Andrews. I Tony Andrews do solemnly swear Do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the state of San Andreas That I will support and defend the Constitution of the state of it, San Andreas Against all enemies foreign and domestic against all enemies foreign and domestic that I will bear true faith and Allegiance to the Constitution of the state of San Andreas that I will bear true faith and To the Constitution of the state of San Andreas that I will take this obligation freely without any mental Reservation or purpose of evasion Do you repeat that dad dad coming Andrews? You're supposed to break it up that I will take this obligation freely that I will take this obligation freely without any Without and you can do more than that without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion And that I will well and faithfully discharge That I will well and faithfully discharge the The duties of the office upon which I'm about to enter is there something funny clear this sorry I had some in my throat Sorry, can you repeat that sir? I didn't understand over you That I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office upon which I'm about to enter the duties of the office That I'm about to enter. There you go. Amen. Amen Officer Andrews with the powers given to me as a captain of the Los Santos police department I will recognize your sworn law enforcement officer with an L. O. Speedy welcome aboard Thank you captain.  It really is it was good to be back in uniform They're clear. Uh-huh.  No, but I should have help somebody stole my you steal my wallet rookie. Is he deaf now what? It's sergeant sergeant pastrami.   I don't even know you I Didn't even know myself clearly. Are we gonna have a problem? No, no, we're not we're gonna have zero problems Andrews basically built this place with his with his own two hands him and kale so say how much the cornwood I was a long time ago. That's true. Actually, they were Hiring standards are different as well Yeah, about that Yeah, that's crazy. You built this place and now you get to be a cop that makes no sense. You single what? What's wrong with this man forward? I Wanted I just wanted to mr. Rookie or is it safe that we give him a gun? I think we actually we didn't even give him a magazine with loaded bullets in it And more on it doesn't matter mr. And mr. Is the same whether you're single or married. You always are getting along swimmingly McNulty, I don't know what this should happen to your the hiring standards are horrible now. Yeah, we've been complaining about it What's the matter? Wow juice over here is on the floor You do look like a hairy process. Okay, there's the clowns How do you know that? Parmesan over here would like me to demonstrate my skills of tasing on him now Joey right here says that he likes being tased Obviously as a police officer need to be able to learn how to use a taser and make sure that you know He's a properly so go ahead and I demonstrate and apply. Oh my god, I Think I hit him sir All right, Joey you good Joey All right, so the taser works.  I am back in uniform Let's not get fired on the first day within the first 20 minutes.  How do you come back to your local, please? Of course sir, thank you No, sir, I just pulled the vehicle that officer cornwood is in out and that's it So you did drive a vehicle. No, I have not driven a vehicle. I Yeah, you have driven it. You know what we can look at the logs. That's okay Actually, I'll go ahead and pull logs from my from Bob back there I was officer Joey saying that I pulled I drove a vehicle and mess up on my John What information did you have that that he drove this vehicle? I just assumed because I didn't think Thank you for coming down you go ahead There's one yes, sir I'm a John. Come here Integrity Try to put that broken-ass car on me.  You don't know he has no idea what the hell. He's got himself into radio check It's cornwood.  Hey, hey, watch where you're driving jackass It's the corner with us a red light it was where we going I want to show you something I found before before I got All right, so tomorrow we're gonna bring justice back to Los Anzosa. Oh, that's right. We are we're gonna drive away from every shitty All that I see. Uh-huh. No ain't no way. We're gonna be stuck on no court case for six hours tomorrow That ain't happening. Yeah, absolutely right. There is no way we go to court. We definitely are going to court We are not gonna wear there. There is no damn way You know what? Hey, you know what?  I don't know Oh, oh, here we go.  Maybe soon. There you sit. You better turn it on quick now because You know now that you're my you're my cadet rolls of reverse a little bit. Hey, thank you Listen, it's only a short period of time where I'm gonna be a little I just need to get you know Just you just get my feet wet again. Just there as my training wheels.  That's just how it is What's going on in the sky right now? Why oh, uh, yeah I don't know if it's a seasonal ending is Jesus is Jesus coming back.  I don't know why having so damn bad But hopefully it's just a seasonal thing and it stops you because this is really bad Oh, you're trying to look for the PD. Yeah, I want to I want to show you what I found before You know, I came up here doing a little bit of you know reminiscent to see what all's going on up here Recon Malton told me I should come up here. I'd love it. Take a look at this Whoa, yeah. Yeah, you see that. This is like your cabin. Oh, that's where you should be. Yeah, it doesn't look pretty damn good It's really nice.  Whoa Yeah, this nice Imagine mr..  Yeah, I might need a This jack-off chair mr.. Cornwood. No, it is not I would never do that Why is there so many stains on it? Yeah, I don't know why it looks that way It's okay if you do it. No, I know I know I've been lonely for a little bit No, I know I'm not I don't think I got the damn law.  No, why cuz I've been busy. I've been working doing what arresting criminals We've been driving around for 15 minutes and we haven't seen sign of life So I don't know what you've been doing my damn dispatch just went off about damn near six times saying we got robbery with a deadly weapon Why aren't we going to the call mr. Cornwood? Yeah, somebody'll take care of it. What do you think here? Look at this see these lockers These are refurbished take a look at this you won't believe what I found in one of these now You know how you can't get no damn guns right now in the city. Yeah, take a look at why they're just expensive shit right now Now see this is the pd. Glock right look at what I found found loose seal in there.  I ain't getting in trouble. You see that gun. I got it see that Don't that feel nasty. What'd you get yourself in trouble with this things? I won't hey, yeah, I've pulled it out and no ain't nobody sending me nobody noticed that I got a different one Yeah, you remember that time I hit that old gene Paul like this. I gave him one of these in the sales Don't tell me mr. Gene Paul around still oh, he's back But you know what he's a he's turning a new leaf He's a business a new leaf from a new tree from a new universe from a new heaven from a new swan I flew with the new leaf. Yeah, I've heard this before I've heard that 57,000 times that a new leaf was turned That leaf was destroyed 13 seconds after he said it Well, hopefully they get this place up and right. This is a nice looking sheriff's apartment This is part of the reason why I was running for mayor is I would love to see the city grow I really want to see the north kind of enhanced. Yeah It's always that's always been an issue or yeah, it's very scarce up here of things to do.  Oh Jesus.  There's no parking spots out here.  All right All right, well, I'll see you tomorrow, Mr. Cornwall. We're gonna we're gonna bring back justice to the city I am a Andrews.  You don't even know see you tomorrow As we get that dash cam working now.