Today, though, I'm going to rewrite a short story I wrote a long time ago. It's a little fairy tale and I hope you like it. Come to think of it, I hope I do too.
The Princess
There was once a young princess who lived in the biggest castle in all the land with her father, the king. She was regarded by all who had seen her as the most beautiful girl in the entire kingdom. She had long, curly hair with eyes so blue that if you fell into them you would surely drown. Her dresses were made with the finest silks money could buy. She only used the most expensive ribbons to tie up her hair.
However, with all that she had, there was a large problem. The princess, you see, was lonely. Surely, a princess as lovely as this had many suitors, as this one did, but none of them could satisfy her. It wasn't that they were not handsome, as they all were, but still satisfied she was not.
Each of them tried to win her heart by complimenting her beauty, but this bored her as they were all saying the same things, over and over.
Then they tried bringing her large bouquets of flowers, which she simply planted in the royal garden, already the largest in the land.
Next, they each tried writing her poems. Surely, the words were different, but they all said the same thing.
Then, one day, a stranger appeared in the city. He was from a far off land no one had ever heard of before. He bought a single red rose and walked toward the castle. Outside, many of the princess's suitors were wandering around with long faces.
The stranger asked, "What is wrong, my good fellows?"
One of them said, "We've all tried winning the princess's heart, but we've all failed."
Then one of the other men noticed the rose the stranger was holding. "Look," he said, "this fool thinks he can win the princess's heart with one rose," and started to laugh. The others turned and looked at the stranger and then they started laughing too.
Then another man said, "He's also not as handsome as we are." It was true. He was dressed just as nicely as they were, but his face was plain. He wasn't ugly, but his face was just not remarkable in any way.
Even in the face of this derision, the stranger was undeterred, and even smiled a bit as he turned to walk to the castle gate.
Once he was inside, the stranger was led to the princess's room. As he introduced himself, he gently took her hand in his and brought it to his lips and softly kissed her.
He told her the news of her beauty had not been exaggerated when it had reached him in his faraway land. Then, he did something not one of her suitors had ever done before. He told her a joke.
She laughed. It was a gloriously beautiful laugh and it echoed throughout the castle. The king, not having heard his daughter laugh like this before, ran to her room.
When he arrived, the princess and her prince were locked in a tight embrace, kissing each other deeply. The king, not believing what he was seeing, asked his daughter if she was all right.
The princess said she had never been better and she had found the man she wanted to marry.
And they did marry and lived happily ever after.
The End
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