This is the thread for everyone to post their work. You should pick a famous Western/English fairy tale or fable and alter it to make it your own. You may want to consider fairy tales from the Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen or one of Aesop’s fables. To make the story your own, you may choose to set the story in a place familiar to you or it may involve that you change the plot. You may imagine new characters or you may . replace the characters from the original work with characters from your own life. All of these choices are completely up to you. You should all aim to write at least 300 words but you may write as much as you like.
To post your writing, simply reply to this post. When you do so, please include the title of the fairy tale/fable you are referencing in the title of your post along with the title of your piece. For example “The Tortoise and the Hare: The Little Engine that Could”. Finally, be sure to sign your post with your name and class day/period for example “Nathan Tues 1-2”. If you are writing an ending to a story you may want to quickly provide the main points in the story leading up to the time you start your version.
Once you have posted your version, you are not finished! Please take time to read things that your classmates have written. You are all required to post a THOUGHTFUL response to at least 2 other pieces of writing. A thoughtful response is more than just saying, “I like this, good job!” You should explain why you hold your views. Although you may be critical of others writing, please remember that we are all working on our writing together it takes a lot of courage for anyone to share so be RESPECTFUL. You can post a review by clicking “reply” to post you would like to respond to.
I will post a piece later this week. I look forward to reading what you all have in your imaginations!
-Nathan
Wuda Creative Writing 
Snow White——The Fairest of Them All
After Snow White married the prince, and the prince became a king ,She also became a queen and live a peaceful life.Although she didn’t have to work like a maid every day, as a virtuous wife, she still had to show her chores. Love, even though she used to be a noble princess. On a winter afternoon similar to the day the story began, it was no longer as young as the beautiful Snow White sat in front of a similar ebony window, sewing the clothes as her mother used to do. In this quiet afternoon, she remembered the life in the forest when she was young. the days when she was living with the seven dwarfs occurred in her mind, she suddenly realized that there was not much difference between the days in forest and the present. She cleaned the house,cooked delicious meals and washed the clothes in order to stay with the dwarfs.Now her father has passed away, his kingdom has merged with the prince’s country with Snow White as the only descendant. Snow White is still busy with family life to live under the protection of the king just the same as living with the dwarfs. She has always been the one living in sympathy, praise and yearning.And a beautiful person like her has got rid of the misfortune and lived a happy marriage now and She has always been content with her own life.
Until one day, she found that the mirror in the bedroom was replaced, she did pay special attention to it until the moment when the mirror began to talk, she was really scared.The mirror said, “O, Sonw White, art the fairest of all,what happened to you,the fairest in the land?”
Snow White was too shocked to overthink the mirror’s words.She asked frightenedly,”Who are you?What are you talking about?”She has no idea of what is this mysterious mirror.The mirror answered,”O my beauty queen,I used to belong to your stepmother, and now I belonged to you.”Snow White was surprised to find this mirror as the magic mirror and she was still afraid of her stepmother so she decided to throw the mirror away.Aware of the queen’s thought,the mirror was unwilling to lose a lord again,shouted”Don’t throw me my queen!Though you are beautiful as always,threats are around the corner now!”The words really strike into Snow White’s deepest terror,as she knew that her beauty is her most powerful weapon.Without beauty,the hunter might have killed her,the dwarfs might have throw her out,and most importantly,the prince might not kiss her and get married with her.Though she alo knew without beauty these things would never happen as her stepmother would not be jealous at her,she’s still afraid that she would lose this peaceful life.So she asked eagerly,”What do you mean about threats?How could I keep my beauty?”The mirror was happy to find the queen’s eagerness about its answer,and so it gave the answer.”O my queen,beauty won’t last forever,it needs your special care.””So what I need to do now?”the queen quickly responded.
“Oh don’t worry my queen,just a little efforts will last your beauty. Wear your stay-laces and leave your loose dress behind.Comb your hair and do a hairstyle that match with your beauty.And alwat remember,don’t eat any apple or anythind made of apples!”
The queen was confused with these require,but she was somehow convinced by this magic mirror as she was too scared to lose her beauty.Since then,she always wear stay-laces and carry a comb with her to keep her haircut and of course,stay away from apples.She asked the mirror everyday”Looking-glass, Looking-glass, on the wall,Who in this land is the fairest of all?”The mirror answer the same sentence everyday,”Thou, O Queen, art the fairest of all!”It’s the very same just as her stepmother used to do,but Snow White believe that she would definitely not be the same evil as her.As the stay-laces are so tight,they hurt her guts and she feel painful to wear them.Along with the pain in the guts,she also find the comb hurt for her hair.But she feel at ease as the answer from the mirror stay the same everyday.The queen is satisfied to maintain her beauty and this peaceful life,but her body become weaker and weaker because of the stay-laces and she always have a headache for keeping a strict hairstyle all day.Finally,one day when she tries tighter stay-laces,she feels a more stronger headache strikes her and she faint to the ground deadly with an decorative apple falling next to her handaccidently.What a coincidence!Snow White still died as her steomother thought,and the mirror said,” Oh, Queen, thou art fairest of all I see,though dead!”
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It is based on the former story. But it is very different from the former. It has a sad ending and therefore it is attractive.
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I resonate with the bad ending so much.It’s more touching than the former one.
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Though I do not like the idea that Snow White depends strongly on her appearance, I really appriciate writer’s imagination.
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What a meaningful story!I was touched by the writer’s imagination and some kind of sarcasm.Yes,beauty can’t last forever.Snow White got lost in the pursuit of the outside and she felt empty.It gives us a lot of revealment.
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Snow White follows her stepmother’s footsteps and pay so much attention to her beauty that she finally lose her life.Their care for beautiful is rooted in their lower family statues than the king.If they lose their beauty,they may be abondoned by their husband.This sad story reflect the inequality between man and woman.It’s so meaningful!
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Such an interesting ending for this classic story ! It’s thought-provoking that Snow White finally became so likely as her stepmother .
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Fantastic！I was thinking that Snow White would be just as jealous as her stepmother during reading, but I was wrong. She was just trapped in her beauty and that’s a pity.
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It’s really an illuminating story.After the Snow White became the Queen,she followed the old way her stepmother went without any realization.Beaty,what shaped her also detroyed her,which makes us deep in thought.
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That’s a really imaginative fairy tale ! Based on the original version, it gives us a new perspective.
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I like this story. It questions why that the Snow White was helped by all and became the queen. Is it just because of her beauty? I don’t think so. Her kind heart and enthusiasm won the love of others. Even when she was misled by the mirror, she didn’t become jealous of others as her stepmother. I believe if the mirror hadn’t misled her, she would not go on the wrong way.
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Sleeping Beauty
Long long ago, there were a king and a queen. After their well-prepared wedding, they had a beautiful daughter.
The King was very glad, and held a grand banquet, and invited all his relatives and friends. Everything went well and people started blessing the lovely girl one by one. Suddenly a witch appeared with black hood covered her face.
The crowd got into a panic. The mysterious woman looked around, she glanced at the king and the queen and finally fixed her eyes on the lovely girl. Then she said:” at her 16, the princess will be hurt by a spindle and die.”
When she prepared to leave, the young girl grabbed her clothes with a smile on her face. No one knew why, but the witch hesitated and turn back. “Well, I changed my mind. She will just fall in sleep and never wake up.
No one noticed that the queen was trembling. She cried out and lost her consciousness.
As the time flied, the little girl grew into a beautiful, kind and lovely princess. Everyone that had ever met her will praise her. As her sixteenth birthday approaching, The king ordered that all the spindles in the country should be destroyed.
Although her parents tried everything to protect her, things just happened, the curious girl got in an ole bell tower where she met a attractive woman. The woman was weaving with a spindle. She looked up at the innocent girl and smiled:” do you want to play with this?”
Upon the princess’s finger touch the spindle, she fell asleep. The woman, no, the witch stood up and took on her black clothes. “It’s just by a hair that I would be your god-mother.” She stroke the young princess’s blond hair gently and spoke out the incantation.
Then there’s only one thing left. The witch stepped out slowly with lots of roses started growing around the tower behind her. When the beautiful woman arrived the palace, everyone was busy with finding the princess, especially the queen. She looked so despaired that she couldn’t stop crying. Then the witch took down her hood.
She was such a beauty. When she came to the queen, she was just no weaker than the queen. Or, in another word, they shared nearly the same attractive appearance. The busy palace suddenly fell silence in shock.
“when I was sixteen, I was an endearing princess too, just like your daughter.” The witch said, yearningly, “isn’t it? Dear sister?”
The queen wept without saying anything.
“But my little girl did nothing wrong” the king shouted angrily. The reply to him was only a dismissive laugh. The witch looked at him with such pity:” Then what about me? Had I ever committed a crime? Why should I be cursed to sleep while the prince who ought to save me be tempted to marry with my sister?”
“It will not make sense to make you two suffered except letting your daughter went through the same thing like me.” The witch left the palace laughing passionately.
The sleeping beauty was waken up by the music. It was holding a grand wedding outside. The country had another princess after her sleep. Now the younger lovely one would get married with a prince.
A witch in black was watching her lovingly. She said that a prince ought to have wake her up. But she just woke up lonely here, watching others’ grand wedding.
“Do you need help?” the witch smiled to the forgotten princess.
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It is a good story! It has turned the good impression of Snow White upside down and broken through the traditional views toward her. Thus, it teaches us a good lesson about what the beauty really is and how we deal with it.
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I put it in the wrong place. Sorry…..
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It is a good story! It has turned the good impression of Snow White upside down and broken through the traditional views toward her. Thus, it teaches us a good lesson about what the beauty really is and how we deal with it. Haha!
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Hansel And Grethel
The old witch lost all her patience, and would not wait any longer. When she wanted to cook Hansel, only to find that wood is not enough. “Grethel,” she called out in a passion, “get some wood quickly!” Grethel went to the forest to pick up wood with tears running down her cheeks. Suddenly, she heard the familiar sweet singing. Following that beautiful snow-white bird, she returned home miraculously.
At this time, the woodcutter was working outside. The stepmother was shocked that Grethel was still alive, pretending to be sad, saying, “My poor daughter! I thought you never coming home again.” Smart Grethel had a thought suddenly, telling her stepmother that there was a candy house in the depths of the forest with endless foods and countless jewels, but only to be entered by kids. The stepmother showed her greedy eyes at once, begging Grethel to lend her clothes. She funnily dressed herself as a little girl and followed the bird to the candy house. When she arrived, she couldn’t stop herself eating the roof.
The old witch found Grethel was back with enough wood and wanted to eat Hansel, but heard a huge sound outside. Because of her poor eyesight, she thought of the stepmother as a fat girl, thinking that she is fatter than Hansel so the taste must be more delicious. Besides, the stepmother was eating so enjoyingly that she didn’t notice the existence of the witch. The old witch took the opportunity to get her off the roof, asking Grethel to lend her a hand to push the “little fat girl” into the oven. The old witch pushed poor Grethel up to the oven, out of which the flames were burning fiercely. “Creep in,” said the witch,” and see if it is hot enough.” Grethel pretended to say,” I don’t know how to do it; how shall I get in?” “You stupid goose,” said she, “the opening is big enough. See, I could even get in myself!” and she put her head into the oven. Then Grethel gave her a push, so that she fell right in, and then shutting the iron door she bolted it! Oh! How horribly the stepmother and the old witch howled. But Grethel ran to Hansel and opened his door, calling out, “Hansel, we are saved; the old witch and our stepmother are both dead!” So he sprang out, like a bird out of his cage when the door was opened; and they were so glad that they hugged tightly.
Following the beautiful snow-white bird again, they finally came back home and saw their father. The guilty woodcutter shed tears of remorse after hearing all what had happened. He finally liberated himself and felt so proud of his bright and brave kids.
After the old witch died, the road to the candy house was so clear to be found. They came back to the candy house again. Magically, this land was fertile and the candy could endlessly be produced. They made it a big farm to solve the problem of famine. Besides, they often invited other people in the village to enjoy a glorious feast and shared them with pearls. Then all their sorrows were ended, and they lived together in great happiness.
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A beautiful story and some nice people!
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Stories like this are always centered on punishing evil and praising virtue, though some people think they are old-fashioned tales, I still belive that it’s one of the kernels of telling stories–spreading kindness to whoever read them, especially when they are presented to children.
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Actually i haven’t read the story before.But your tone of telling the story attracts me so much.Many literary devices like imagery are perfectly used in this story.Very impressive,and the depict of the character is fairly vivid.Hope I can read more of your work!
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Though the ending is the same as the oridinal story,but the writer changed the process and made it more reasonable.Really a excellent story!
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Ugly Duckling
The ugly “duckling” finally became a beautiful white swan.
However,there was still a real ugly duckling who suffered the pitiless ridicule from other duckling and almost lost all his confidence.This ugly duckling had no smooth gentle feather,on the contrary,its feather was rough and dull.His voice was also very different,which resembled the piercing car horns.There was no other duckling playing with him,and he just stood over there,watching others playing in water.He had once heard the story of the ugly “duckling”,after that,he often imagined that someday he would also become a beautiful white swan.
As the autumn went away and the winter came,there being no sign of the duckling becoming a swan,he got more and more frustrated.
One day,the duckling was walking along a big pond,being upset by his peculiar exterior.Suddenly,a whirring of wings in the air overhead drew his attention.He raised his head,and found that it was a flock of beautiful white swans!These white swans were tall and strong,they had snowy white feather and long elegant necks.They softly descended on the surface of the pond,and gracefully drank the water.Their beaks touched water and connected with the shadow,looking like heart-shaped pictures.”Wow,how pretty!If only I had such feather and neck!”The ugly duckling thought.He desired to chat and play with these pure and noble creatures,but his inferiority became his obstacle to approaching the swans.He was afraid that they would tease him like other ducklings.Fortunately,one of the swans saw the duckling,she swam towards the bank,wearing a friendly smile.
The duckling was so shy that he buried his head low and had difficulty saying a word.”Hey.Are you fine?Where are you from?”said the swan.Our poor duckling was still temporarily unable to speak.
“Why do you stay silent?Don’t be nervous!”The swan tried to encourage the duckling to take it easy.”I am so ugly.Nobody likes me.No one is willing to chat and play with me.I feel that my life is meaningless. And I really want to be pretty like you.”said the duckling,almost in a whisper.
“You are so poor,”the swan said with sympathy,”Don’t have such an awful thought.Beautiful appearance dosen’t last long.Only great mind can live forever.Every dog has its day.I believe that you will find your advantage someday.Believe your self.You can live your life to the fullest!”The moment those words were said,she had to fly away with her mates.
Our poor ugly duckling saw they flying farther and farther,he had to go back as the sun dropped.His life was just like yesterday,and he knew that tomorrow would be just like today.But there seemd something different with the previous life.The duckling couldn’t understand,he sat in a pile of yellow leaves and fell into a sweet sleep.
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The biggest difference from the original one is that the ugly duckling did not become a beautiful swan in the end, but he understood that beautiful appearances are not the most important thing to anyone in the world. The story also warns us that we should pay more attention to a wise brain and and a kind heart instead of beautiful appearance.
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“Beautiful appearance dosen’t last long.Only great mind can live forever”What a beautiful sentence!For everyone,our life is filled with many things that isn’t up to ourselves like our family background ,our appearence.However,It isn’t these unchangeable things but our attitude towads our own life that matters in our life.
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It conveys such a different truth that it is one’s inner beauty that counts more than one’s appearance . And it definitely important and meaningful !
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.“Every dog has its day.”Although this time the ugly duckling will never become a swan, but he learned a more important truth — a good heart is always more important than appearance.
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What a meanful story.The ugly duckling didn’t become white swan, but he finally understand that pretty appearance only exist for an instant, while inner beauty will last for ever.
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In this story,ugly duckling did not become the beautiful swan.It conveys
a massage to us that every one have different appearance and the appearance isn’t matter.It is the inner beauty that really matters.This version break the innate pursuit of beauty in Grimm’s Fairy Tales.
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Wow,the ending is so beautiful,it create such a peaceful scene,I like what this story try to convey.It’ true,the external beauty won’t last forever,only the internal beauty exist forever.
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A tale of the fawn
Adapted from The little brother and sister
My dear mother died. My stepmother beat me and my brother every day, so Brother decided to wander forth into the wide world with me.
The next morning, Brother was so thirsty that he insisted on drinking it though I told him that whoever drank of the brook would become a fawn. It must be done by the wicked stepmother! But I would never forsake the fawn because he was my dear brother! So we travelled deeper and deeper into the forest and eventually, we decided to dwell in the wilderness.
One day, the King had a great hunt in the forest. Brother required to go to the hunt in the morning and returned at evening. But on the third day, he returned, wounded and washing off the blood. I was so afraid and wept very much but I still couldn’t prevent him leaving the next morning.
‘Let me in, dear Sister.’ I thought my fawn came back! However, a man who had a golden crown upon his head entered and asked me to be his wife. In order to look for shelter, I agreed. Meanwhile, I required the King to allow the Fawn remain with me.
Then I became the Queen and the Fawn was taken good care of. One day, when the King was out hunting, a chambermaid came into my room and laid me in the bath. I was weak and couldn’t stop her making up an immense fire in the stove and running off. Soon I was suffocated.
I realized it was my stepmother. And her jealous daughter replaced me. However, when I managed to appear in my husband’s dream, he recognized me. After punishing the wicked witch and her daughter, the Fawn was disenchanted. Then we lived happily together to the end of our days.
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The frog prince
After the frog became a handsome young prince with beautiful eyes,the princess jaw dropped,not being able to utter a single word. “I was changed into a frog by a witch,only you can release me,”the prince said, “but you intended to broke your promise just for my ugly appearance ,it’s so disappointing and you will get the punishment.”Then he turned around and strode out quickly ,without any hesitation.
The princess,regretful and flurried,buried her face in the palms,weeping sorrowfully.The world seemed collapse,which was destroyed by her own hands.Seeing what had happened ,the steward hurriedly called the king. “Don’t be so worried ,honey,I will give you support no matter what occurred.”He comforted his little princess in a soft voice.Suddenly,however ,the sky turned dark with the wind roaring and howling.Thousands of frogs emerged in the room,jumping here and there.The princess scared to close her eyes and burst into loud crying when her heart beat wildly.The king ordered his subordinates to kill the frogs immediately.However,instead of the frogs decreasing, they multiplied in a short time,like being enchanted.When everyone was at a loss,the frog prince appeared.Holding a golden sword and wearing his armor,he sat on an flying eagle and said “it’ your punishment.” “Please,please spare our life,I will never broke my promise again.”The princess begged in a trembling voice. “I hope you can remember what you said,otherwise it will be more horrible next time.”After his last word dropped,the frogs disappeared and the sky turned calm.Everyone knelt down and kowtowed to express their appreciation though the prince had already gone with wind.
Afterwards,the princess carved every promise into her heart and tried her best to keep promise no matter how difficult the situation was.Two years slipped unknowingly,the princess found that everything in her kingdom became perfect gradually:the extreme severe weather never appeared;the relationships between people were harmonious without any quarreling or fighting.The kingdom was like a heaven where the unhappiness and trouble were filtered out.
Somehow ,the princess often thought of the frog prince and she vaguely felt that the change was linked to him.”it’s your reward. “A familiar sound mixed with wind came into her ears when she happened to pass where she first met the frog prince.
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I will use your story to educate kids. The story emphasizes the importance of keeping one’s promise and it goes beyond personal love.
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I think it is a good story to educate kids. The story emphasizes the importance of keeping one’s promise and it goes beyond personal love.
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The story tells how the princess grew up from another perspective. Unlike a love story, this article tries to create an independent princess image.
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Mercury And The Sculptor
Mercury is the son of Jupiter, the god in charge of business. In his mind, he is always popular with mankind, like an invaluable asset. But one day, he had a strong desire to go to the human world to learn about the estimation he was held by mankind.
Therefore, he disguised himself as an ordinary man and walked into a sculptor’s studio specializing in sculptures of gods. When entering the studio, he was shocked to find that the wall was shabby and the old shelves were shaking slightly. Dozens of statues were arranged randomly on the shelves and on the ground. The sculptor was sighing with a depressed face, staring at the words “sale at reduced prices” on the poster posted on the door.
Seeing a statue of Jupiter among the rest, he inquired the price of it. “A crown,” said the sculptor. “Is that all?” said he, laughing. “And (pointing to one of Juno) how much is that one?” “That,” was the reply, “is half a crown.” “And how much might you be wanting for that one over there, now?” he continued, pointing to a statue of himself. “That one?” said the sculptor. “Oh, I’ll throw him in for nothing if you’ll buy the other two.”
Mercury was puzzled. Wasn’t he the most popular? How could the sculptor only charge for such a low price? He couldn’t wait to ask the sculptor, “It looks like Mercury’s statue is just worthless. But Mercury is the god of business, isn’t he?” “Of course he is the god of business. His flying shoes make him move even faster than the wind blowing across the vast land; his magic wand makes him even more energetic than the dazzling sunlight; his hat with two wings makes him know more information than any other people in the world.” Until this time, Mercury listened happily. Then the sculptor said angrily, “But what did Mercury do with all these advantages? He ignored our requests and only enjoyed himself in the world of gods. He stole Apollo’s cows and played tricks on gods so that the delivery of the business information delayed. He never gives us any convenience hinders us.”
Mercury stood there quietly for a while and walked out of the studio slowly.
Several months later, an ordinary man stood in a grocery across from the sculptor’s studio. Seeing plenty pf people going out of the studio with a statue, Mercury was tickled pink and went on to search for more business information.
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The Rabbit and The Wolf’ One day a rabbit was walking near the hill. He heard someone crying,‘Help! Help!’It was a wolf. A big stone was on the wolfs back. He cried, “Mr. Rabbit, take this big stone from my back, or I will die.” The Rabbit moved the stone from the wolfs back. Then the wolf jumped and caught the rabbit. “If you kill me, I will never help you again.” Cried the rabbit . “Ha,ha!You will not live, because I will kill you.” said the wolf.‘I helped you. How can you kill me? It’s unfair. You ask Mrs. Duck. She will say that you are wrong.” said the rabbit. “I will ask her,” said the wolf. So they went to ask Mrs. Duck. The duck listened to their story and said,” What stone? I must see it. Then I can know who is right. “So the wolf and the rabbit and the duck went to see the stone. “Now, put the stone back, I will say what happened in that time.” said Mrs. Duck. So they put the stone back. Now the big stone is on the wolf’s back again. When the rabbit tried to save the wolf again . The duck stopped him from doing it. Then, everyone realized the situation. The wolf began to cry again. But this time the rabbit just stood there and said nothing. “Your heart is as hard as iron.” Said the rabbit. “In that case, no one would like to help you again.” The wolf felt ashamed at once. He can not think of any word to refute the rabbit. He just kept silent and kept reflecting on what he had done over the years. At last, he shed tears. Those tears are as transparent and clear as a spring. The tears melted the earth. The bare land was suddenly covered with green grass. The stone pressed on his back became numerous flowers, which was very beautiful.After that, the wolf has never done anything unfair. He lives happily with others forever.
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The little match girl
With the match going out, the last wisp of smoke disappeared. The poor little girl was plunged into darkness again. The streetlight shone not far away,while she was too tired to move there. As snow covered her , the little girl also lost her consciousness gradually. Her intellect told her not to sleep in such a situation, but she could only follow her instinct. How to be alive was a too difficult problem for her to consider.
“Warm ,comfortable and soft bed ,smell of hot milk and bread…,this is the world after dying ? Maybe better than the world I lived.”,thinking the girl in haziness. She heard someone called her name to wake her up and opened her eyes to find herself in a totally white room. A white-haired girl who dressed in white clothes was calling her worriedly. The little girl remembered her. The girl named Yuki always came to play with the little girl in winter, especially in snowy days,but when spring came,nobody could find her. And when being asked why she only appeared in winter,Yuki just kept silent.
Finding the little girl was awake,Yuki burst into tears in relaxation and tried to feed the girl bread and milk ungainly. When the girl was eating,she apologized that she hadn’t come earlier unstoppably. The little girl could only tell her it wasn’t her fault.
When talking with Yuki,the girl noticed that the castle was made of snow and the bread and milk would appear again after eating accidentally. Remembering the story of the elf of snow her grandma told her,the girl asked Yuki whether she was the elf of snow. After repeated questioning,Yuki finally admitted it. Then the girl asked Yuki whether she could do her a favor. Believing the girl,Yuki agreed. She wanted Yuki to spread a story around the world,in which nobody help the girl and she died in the street lonely.
“Why didn’t you give the story a good end like you?”,asked the pure elf.
“I think there are many more kids like me around the world who don’t have a ‘Yuki’ to save them. I want the tragic end can impress people more and have an influence on changing the situation.”,the girl answered.
The girl lived with Yuki from then on and every winter they would visit the world together to see if the world changed for the better.
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It is a great adaptation for the story does a wonderful job on imagery,the scene and the words the author used actually become a picture in my mind.
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For Cecilia:Using comparison, parallelism makes the passage have more artistry. And the end is astonishing, though some plots have implied it.
For Xu Ling: He/She used imagery, and have very detailed description. Most importantly, this story is philosophical. It tells us how to live our own life better.
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CINDERELLA
Once upon a time, there was a grand kingdom. And its prince, who was handsome and equality-conscious, was going to be an adult soon. The king was concerned about the succession, “ It is time that my son should have his own princess ” , he thought. As a result, the king planned to hold a dance party to celebrate the adulthood of his son as well as set the son’ marriage.
Although the king was excited ,the prince was nervous. “how can I marry someone I have only seen once?” He once imagined what his wife would be like. “She must be kind and strong, enthusiastic about everyone, even though she may not be a princess.” Then, something magical happened. A little fairy appeared in front of him! “Oh, my boy, why you are so dejected? Is there something I can do for you? ”
“This is amazing!” the prince had never met a fairy before, so he stayed still. “Don’t be afraid, I am coming to help you solve any problem. Now, can you tell me your troubles?” “I am expected to marry a princess, but what I really care about is her character, not her family.” “In that case, I will bring you a kind girl on that special day. And maybe you should go to communicate with your father.” The fairy then disappeared as quickly as she appeared.
The fairy soon found a beautiful and kind girl who lived with her stepmother and stepsister. Her name was Cinderella. She slept on the corner of the roof, wore old clothes that her father bought before he died, and her food was very plain, with little meat. Not only that, the poor girl cooked and did the laundry for the whole family. She was so kind that she made a small nest for the mice. Actually, compared to her stepmother, the mice, the birds, the chickens were more like her loved ones. Although she was so unfortunate, she never complained about life, and lived happily every day. The fairy appreciated Cinderella very much, and left an invitation to the ball.
When Cinderella saw the invitation, she was surprised and excited. After all, few people don’t admire the prince. Although she was quietly preparing, her stepsister was aware of it and took her invitation away. At this point, the prince had finished talking to the king. “I can’t agree you more,” the king said, “you know, as long as you can bring me a chubby grandson, I don’t mind the identity of my daughter. It’s more important that you really love each other.”
But how can a person see the rainbow with the wind and rain? On that special day, Cinderella was locked up by her stepsister, and her only decent dress was torn by her sister. That hypocritical woman went to the ball, dressing up exquisitely. The prince was waiting for his future bride nervously, so was the fairy. When the fairy saw the stepsister of Cinderella, she understood everything in no time. So she quickly flew to the house of Cinderella, only to find that there was nobody. The fairy looked for Cinderella along the road which led to the palace, and finally found her. It turned out that the brave mice stole the key and saved her. The fairy dressed Cinderella up a lot, turned a pumpkin into a carriage , turned the mice into horses. Cinderella appreciated the fairy very much and drove to the palace.
The prince was tired of coping with those who made every effort to please him. When he saw Cinderella, he fell in love with this simple and generous girl. He invited her to dance with him. The music broadcasted and the lights were focused on them. They talked about everything, from natural wonder to the world view. They were both very glad to meet each other. And naturally, they decided to get married.
On the wedding day, not only the king was very happy, but the whole country was happy for the happiness of the prince. The new couple once again thanked the fairy for her help. Since then, they had lived a happy life.
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The little match girl
It was still a dreadfully New Year’s Eve, with snow falling all over the sky tirelessly. The curtain of the night hanging down, all the pedestrians wrapped in their warm clothes quickened their pace towards home, while the little match girl, who was barefoot and was in rags, repeatedly asking the same question, trembling, “Would you like to buy some matches, sir?” But the only reply to her was an indifferent “No”.
The winter this year was exceptionally cold, there’s nothing better than to sit by a warm fireplace at home and enjoy a cup of hot coco. However, it can only mean a pipe dream to the little match girl. With a bad-tempered father who always beat her, she had no choice but to sell the matches in the cold and dark New Year’s Eve. But how can she earn enough money by selling the matches? She never knows.
Cold and hungry, she finally sat down at a small corner and lighted a match, trying to warm herself up. In the bright and warm flame, she saw an old man with a long white beard and a high forehead, who was smiling to her kindly, came to her. “May I know who you are, sir?” in surprise, the little girl asked. “You can call me ‘old man’, you can call me ‘wise man’, you can even call me ‘odd man’, whatever you like, but that’s not the point,” the old man said, “I’m here to help you.” “How can you help me?” the little girl was almost in tears. How she longed for a burning stove, a solid winter coat, a warm New Year’s Eve! “If ordinary matches didn’t sell good, why can’t you try selling special matches?” he said ,leaving the girl with a bag of coins and then disappeared. “Take the money to have a hot soup and start your ‘business’, good luck to you.” The match went out quickly.
The little girl thought about the old man’s words over and over, finally it dawned on her that she could sell the “edible match”. Using the money that the old man gave her, she successfully made the first edible match and introduce the match to one of the biggest match manufacturers in the area.
Finally, her special matches were manufactured and put on the market, which earned she enough money to make hers and her father’s livings. The winter would no longer be a painful season for the little match girl.
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Interesting… The story looks like a modern version of “the little match girl”, where the girl found an opportunity to have a better life.
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The writer gave this match girl a practical living way instead of wonderful fantasy.The girl change her pathetic life with her wisdom,so it reminds us changes will happen if you have creativity.It is so inspiring.
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Harry（施航）, Tues3-4
Continuation of emperor’s new clothes
After the emperor hurried back to the palace, he was so angry that he ordered to catch the two crooks, but searched the whole country and did not see them, so they had already fled to other countries when they took advantage of the parade!
The emperor had no way to look for them,they disappeared like fish in the water. but the emperor every day thought of the best gold he gave to the two crooks, the best and finest raw silk, these things almost spent all the money in the national library.The more the emperor thought it,the more angry he become , he called two old ministers and said: “Before, I let you see new clothes, why do you lie to me, Do you have anything to do with liars? Now there’s nothing, and it’s no use what you say.
“Dear Emperor, we cheat you for fear that you would say we were incompetent or stupid, but also for the loss of our official posts, ” said the two old ministers, “Dear Emperor, I would like to say something to you, do you want to?” ”
“Well, you say it. ”
“Dear Emperor, I advise you not to spend the treasury money on new clothes in the future. ”
“Well… Well, for the sake of our country, that’s all. ”
“Dear emperor, you finally wake up, you will certainly build the country better, I hope you call that honest child and reward again .This little friend saved our country! ”
After that, the emperor sent someone to call the little friend, his father sent him over, his father thought: “It must have been my child who said the wrong thing that day.” ”
The emperor said to the child’s father, “Thanks to your children, otherwise I wouldn’t know I was cheated by a liar.”
And finally,people in this country are becoming honest and the country is getting stronger and stronger.
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Mother Holle: Father mathematics
Once upon a time there was village of math where people all are absorbed in solve math problems.in this village,there was a mathematician who had two sons; one of them was handsome and industrious, the other ugly and lazy. The father, however, loved the ugly and lazy one best, because he was his own son, and so the other, who was only his stepson, was made to do all the complex calculations and was quite the Cinderella of the family. His stepfather sent him out every day to sit by the well in the high road, there to calculate until he made himself almost crazy. Now it chanced one day that his pen suddenly sprang out of his hand and fell into the well. He ran home crying to tell of his misfortune, but his stepfather spoke harshly to him, and after giving him a violent scolding, said unkindly, ’As you have let the pen fall into the well you may go yourself and fetch it out.’
The poor boy went back to the well not knowing what to do, and at last in his distress he jumped into the water after the pen.
He remembered nothing more until he awoke and found himself in a beautiful meadow, full of sunshine, and with countless flowers blooming in every direction.
He walked over the meadow, and presently he came upon a baker’s oven full of bread, and the loaves cried out to him, ’Take us out, take us out! we shall be burnt to a cinder; we were baked through long ago.’ Then he took the bread-shovel and drew them all out.
He went on a little farther, till he came to a free full of apples. ’Shake me, shake me, I pray,’ cried the tree; ’my apples, one and all, are ripe.’ Then he shook the tree, and the apples came falling down upon him like rain; but he continued shaking until there was not a single apple left upon it. Then he carefully gathered the apples together in a heap and walked on again.
The next thing he came to was a little house, and there he saw an old man looking out, with such large teeth, that he was terrified, and turned to run away. But the old man called after her, ’What are you afraid of, dear child? Stay with me; if you will carefully help me solve math problems rightly, I will be very nice to you. You must be very careful, however, to solve all of these you have to keep heart without distraction. For more, I am Father mathematics.’ The old man spoke so kindly, that the boy summoned up courage and agreed to enter into his service.
He took care to do with the problems. The old man was as good as his word: he never spoke angrily to him, and gave him roast and boiled meats every day.
After he stayed on with Father mathematics for some time, and then he began to grow unhappy. He could not at first tell why he felt sad, but he became conscious at last of great longing to go home; then he knew he was homesick, although he was a thousand times better off with Father mathematics with his father and brother. After waiting awhile, he went to Father mathematics and said, ’I am so homesick, that I cannot stay with you any longer, for although I am so happy here, I must return to my own people.’
Then Father mathematics said, ’I am pleased that you should want to go back to your own people, and as you have served me so well and faithfully, I will take you home myself.’
Thereupon he led the boy by the hand up to a broad gateway. The gate was opened, and as the boy passed through, a shower of sunshine fell upon her, then he became intelligent.
’That is a reward for your industry,’ said Father mathematics, and as he spoke he handed him the pen which he had dropped into the well.
The gate was then closed, and the boy found himself back in the old world close to his father’s house. As he entered the courtyard, the cock who was perched on the well, called out:
’Cock-a-doodle-doo!
Your clever son come back to you.’
Then he went in to his father and brother, and as he was so smart that people around all come to see the difficult math problems solved one by one, they gave him a warm welcome. The boy related to them all that had happened, and when the father heard how he had come by his great intelligence, he thought he should like his ugly, lazy son to go and try his fortune. Therefore, he made the brother go and sit by the well and calculate, and the boy threw the pen into the well, and jumped in himself.
Like his brother he awoke in the beautiful meadow, and walked over it till he came to the oven. ’Take us out, take us out! we shall be burnt to a cinder; we were baked through long ago,’ cried the loaves as before. But the lazy boy answered, ’Do you think I am going to dirty my hands for you?’ and walked on.
Presently he came to the apple-tree. ’Shake me, shake me, I pray; my apples, one and all, are ripe,’ it cried. But he only answered, ’A nice thing to ask me to do, one of the apples might fall on my head,’ and passed on.
At last he came to Father mathematics’ house, and as he had heard all about the large teeth from his brother, he was not afraid of them, and engaged himself without delay to the old man.
The first day he was very obedient and industrious, and exerted himself to please Father mathematics, for he thought of the intelligence he should get in return. The next day, however, he began to feel bored for deal with these hard math problems all the time, and the third day he was distracted by the expectation of the beautiful future with intelligence; then he began to lie in rightly proving the math problems. Worse still, he neglected to calculating with patience, and randomly gave wrong results. Then Father mathematics very soon got tired of him, and told him he might go. The lazy boy was delighted at this, and thought to himself, ’The intelligence will soon be mine.’ Father mathematics led him, as he had led his brother, to the broad gateway; but as he was passing through, instead of the shower of sunshine, a great bucketful of pitch came pouring over him.
’That is in return for your services,’ said the old woman, and he shut the gate.
So the lazy boy had to go home covered with pitch, and the cock on the well called out as he saw him:
’Cock-a-doodle-doo!
Your stupid son come back to you.’
Unfortunately, try what he would, he could not get the pitch off and it stuck to him as long as he lived. What’s more, he became a orphan of math, for he can never solve any math problems.
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The Water of Life
Sequel
The original work tells a story about a youngest prince who faced a number of challenges and finally become a king. In the end of the story, two sly brothers of the youngest king took themselves off in a ship and never return.
Several decades had pasted, the sons of the King’s brothers came back to this land. Meanwhile, because of the water of life, the old King was still alive. But he had drank too much water of life , therefore the efficacy of that became sicker and sicker which made the old King crazy and fatuous.
The son of the King’s eldest brother went into the enchanted castle and woke up the enchanted princes. All of the princes were intensely fury after they knew their rings, bread and a sword were stolen by the youngest prince who was a powerful King now. As a result, they drove the massive lions that guarded the castle back to their own provinces to destroy whoever objected to them and built a huge army to crusade against the old King.
The son of the King’s other brother had learned unholy magic oversea from a foe of the Dwarf. Consequently he knew the weakness of the Dwarf was that every full-moon night Dwarf would become a stone caving for some mystical reasons. And thus he found the caving in a full-moon night, broke it into pieces and made an evil magic potion with the pieces. After drinking the potion, he had a stronger magic than the Dwarf, so he went to the old King’s province to avenge on his father instantly.
The drastic war struck all over the land, all hell broke loose. The first son ally with several provinces to fight with the old King’s army. Due to the psychic bread the King had, his army never suffered from starvation. However, the original owner of the sword made it lose its magic to slay all the enemies, and the lions seize the opportunity to devour a number of the King’s soldiers. What’s more, the second son wished something evil, so that, many mountains fell towards the King’s army in an irrevocable way, crushing and stranding countless soldiers. In that case, the old King was too frightened to keep calm, he compelled all of his subjects to join the war to protect his safety and longevity.
A few years passed, the whole land was full of death, the trees were hacked down, the lakes dried out, the farmland was ruined, the buildings were destroyed,and the animals died out. The rivers were always in red due to the hellish slaughter and the sky was always dark due to the extreme grief of people, everywhere in the land was in chaos.
All of a sudden, the heaven and earth was overturned, everything whether good and evil vanished in the uncanny holocaust. There was no King, no prince, no soldier, no magic and no war any more.
In a place of void, an immeasurable colossus called “Nature” lied asleep on his side. In his face, a drop of tear expelled form one of his eyes and millions of people who lived in the “face land” regard it as the water of life. They fought, cheated and snatched for so long time. But one day, the colossus felt a little bit itch owing to the “violent” war and turned himself to the other side, shortly after, everything vanished.
Not sure how long it passed, a new drop of tear flowed out, would there be a new story of the water of life? Perhaps no one would know.
“Accuse not nature.she hath done her part;Do thou but thine.”
————Paradise Lost
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You create a vivid image by using imagery and symbolization. A story worth thinking.
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It’s an innovational way to set the ending under a big view. As for me, the ending of the story really inspired me.
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The Flying Trunk: The Story of A Story Teller
There was a child who inherited all the money of his father, a rich merchant. But, unlike his sagacious father, the young boy wasted his money on playing. Finally, he became very poor and ended up with nothing more than shabby clothes and a peculiar trunk.And the trunk was a magic trunk: if you pressed the lock it could fly above the sky. And that’s why our merchant’s son flew to the country of Turks.
After his arrival in Turks, he began wandering around the Turks until he found a big palace with high windows seemingly rejecting all the visitors. “Do you know about that strange palace?” he asked a woman. “Oh! Our Princess is living there. Because of the prophecy saying that she will be badly hurt by a lover, in such way our King and Queen protect her.”
At the same time in the palace, as for our Princess, it’s another day as boring as a glass of plain water. “How I wish I could get out of the palace and fall in love with an interesting man! ‘But what about the prophecy?’ another voice arises. Hmm …… It seems that there is no way that I can escape such a dilemma.” Thinking about this, our Princess felt more headaches and fell asleep on the sofa …… When she woke up, she was totally shocked to find that there was a man sitting beside her. He said that he was sent by God to see her and release her boredom.
Even though the shabby-looking guy appeared all of a sudden, our Princess felt a little bit happy when he told stories about her. He said that her eyes blinked like stars in the cold dark night, which sailors usually appreciate after a storm. He said that her hair waved like pine forest breezing out fragrances. He said that the best cream made by the beat cook cannot compare with her arms, for they were so white and soft…… In a word, our Princess was impressed by his stories and was willing to marry him. And the merchant’s son promised to come on Saturday, when he will formally ask the King and the Queen to marry their sweetheart to him. She also asked him to prepare a splendid story to amuse her parents. On the very day, the merchant’s son told a story in which different stuffs in a kitchen—matches, tinderbox, old iron pot, earthen pipkin, plates, broom and so on—talking about their origins and stories about their interesting experiences.
At first, the King and the Queen listened to the story carefully, but gradually they knitted their brows and stopped the merchant’s son from telling his story. “We take no interest in your horrible story. Guard, get them out of Turks right away!” “But I do think it’s interesting, and … I love him!” our Princess argued. And thanks to the magic trunk, the merchant’s son grasped his lover and they stepped onto the trunk and flew high above the sky, leaving the rest astonished.
And from then on, the couple travelled around the world, telling stories from here to there. If one day you witnessed a couple murmuring stories to you, please don’t be surprised.
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interesting story.But since the merchant’s son lives such a wasteful life,why did he deserve to steal the princess’ heart and lived a happy life ever since?
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Well…🤣 I guess maybe the son’s experience of telling stories to the Princess and making her happy encouraged him to start to care about others. From then on, he might want to amend himself and began his journey with the Princess?(I don’t really know…)
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The story is really funny and imaginative, and a little weird, too. I hope that you can enrich it and tell us why the princess loved the man. Is it a tragedy about the family education.
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Little Red-Cap:A Different Red-Cap
Once upon a time there was a dear little girl who was loved by every one who looked at her, but most of all by her grandmother, and there was nothing that she would not have given to the child. Once she gave her a little cap of red velvet, which suited her so well that she would never wear anything else. So she was always called little red-cap.
One day her mother said to her, come, little red-cap, here is a piece of cake and some bottles of wine. Take them to your grandmother, she is ill and weak, and they will do her good. Set out before it gets hot, and when you are going, walk nicely and quietly and do not run off the path, or you may fall and break the bottle, and then your grandmother will get nothing. And when you go into her room, don’t forget to say, good-morning, and don’t peep into every corner before you do it.
I will take great care, said little red-cap to her mother, and gave her hand on it.
The grandmother lived out in the wood, half a league from the village, and just as little red-cap entered the wood, a wolf met her. Red-cap did not know what a wicked creature he was, and was not at all afraid of him.
“Good-day, little red-cap,” said he.
“Thank you kindly, Mr. wolf.”
“Whither away so early, little red-cap?”
“To my grandmother’s.”
“What have you got in your apron?”
“Cake and wine. Yesterday was baking-day, so poor sick grandmother is to have something good, to make her stronger.”
“Where does your grandmother live, little red-cap?”
“A good quarter of a league farther on in the wood. Her house stands under the three large oak-trees, the nut-trees are just below. Why are you curious about that?” replied little red-cap,feeling a little strange.
The wolf was thinking to himself, what a tender young creature. What a nice plump mouthful, she will be better to eat than the old woman. I must act craftily, so as to catch both. Hearing little red-cap’s words, he immediately said, “Nothing.Um,you see little red-cap, how pretty the flowers are about here. Why do you not look round. I believe, too, that you do not hear how sweetly the little birds are singing. You walk gravely along as if you were going to school, while everything else out here in the wood is merry.”
Little red-cap raised her eyes, and when she saw the sunbeams dancing here and there through the trees, and pretty flowers growing everywhere, she thought, suppose I take grandmother a fresh nosegay. “You’re right,Mr. wolf.”However,when she turned back her eyes trying to talk to the wolf,she just saw him running straight in the direction of her grandmother’s house. She suddenly realized something was going wrong.
“Wait a moment,Mr. wolf!”little red-cap shouted.The wolf paused,and turned back for fear that his plan had been let out.
Little red-cap came over to Mr. wolf,saying to him in sweet tone.”Thank you so much for mentioning about the flowers,Mr. wolf.My grandma is really fond of flowers.She must be overjoyed to receive these.I’d like to send you a bottle of wine to thank you.”
“Oh,it’s my pleasure,but I……”The wolf said in a little surprise.”It’s really fragrant!Take a smell.Don’t you want to have a try?””All,all right.”The wolf said with joy.”That’s right.I’m going to pick some flowers,goodbye!”little red-cap bounced back to the wood.
The wolf had a taste of wine and found it very tasty.On his way to the grandmother’s house,he couldn’t help drinking out the whole bottle.Feeling dizzy at last,he arrived at the grandmother’s house and knocked at the door.
“Who is there?”
“Little red-cap,” replied the wolf. “She is bringing cake and wine. Open the door.”
“Lift the latch,” called out the grandmother, “I am too weak, and cannot get up.”
The wolf lifted the latch, the door sprang open, and without saying a word he went straight to the grandmother’s bed, and devoured her. Then he put on her clothes, dressed himself in her cap, laid himself in bed and drew the curtains.
Little red-cap, however, had been running about picking flowers, and when she had gathered so many that she could carry no more, she remembered her grandmother, and set out on the way to her.
She was surprised to find the cottage-door standing open, and when she went into the room, a strong,strange feeling came to her nose.She rapidly realized something terrible had happened.With great horror in her mind,she made herself calm down and called out, “good morning,” but received no answer. So she went to the bed and drew back the curtains. There lay her grandmother with her cap pulled far over her face, and looking very strange.
“Oh, grandmother,” she said, “Are you drunk?”
“My dear girl,I think I drink too much to ease my pain.I feel awful now.Come here to stay with me.”the wolf said.”Oh,poor grandma.Let me take some pills to you.They are in the kitchen,right?Just wait a second.”
“Don’t leave me,”The wolf murmured,but he was too dizzy to stand up.After a while,he looked around the room and saw something red on the other side of the room.It seemed like little red-cap.So he tried his best to get up and staggered towards it.It was after he toughly get there with dizziness and a heavy stomach that he realized it was just a red cap on a stick.At that moment,a voice came out behind him.
“Hello,Mr. wolf.Goodbye,Mr. wolf.”Little red-cap said briefly and heaved the knife which she brought from the kitchen and cut down the wolf’s head like lightning.The wolf died down to the ground.Giving a sigh of relief,little red-cap took a pair of scissors, and began to cut open the stomach of the dead wolf. After that the aged grandmother came out alive, but scarcely able to breathe.
When the grandmother gradually recovered,she ate the cake and drank the wine with red-cap,hearing her telling the long story.Red-cap cried to her grandmother,”I’m so sorry,grandma.It’s all my fault.I would no more tell any of my family’s addresses to strangers. ””It’s ok,my dear.”Grandma said,“You saved my life,and it did shock me.In fact,I never realized under my grandchid’s little red cap is such a brave heart.I’m really proud of you.”
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What a brave girl the little red cap is in this story! The author makes a few changes to the original work and applies new meanings to it. A kid is not solf or weak any more, she can go through the difficulties by herself. That’s really a nice adaption.
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Cinderella：Be the one who rescues you
Once upon a time, a beautiful and virtuous princess of a small kingdom married a duke of the neighboring country, and they soon had a little daughter, called Ella, after their marriage. Under the careful and gentle raising and protecting of her parents, Ella gradually grown from a tiny baby to a lovely and sensible girl.
But good times don’t last long. When she was 12 years old, her mother fell gravely ill and before she passed away, she called Ella to her bedside ,giving her some books and gently saying: “Always be kind and strong and trust in your heart.” Soon after her mother died, her father remarried another wife, who took two daughters of her own to the family. Ella was so sad that the good old days could never come back again, and what makes her even more grieved is that she had no one to comfort her, for her father now had a entirely new family and she is the one who felt left alone. But she didn’t know that something even worse was waiting for her around the corner.
It happened once that her father was going to another country to have a negotiation, and asked her what she wanted. “The first sprig that rubs against your hat on your way home.” she said. But unluckily, bad news came that her father was drowned in a shipwreck and will never come back home, and not surprisingly, her step-mother inherited his father’s property and came in charge of the house.
The evil step-mother and sisters took her fine cloths and gave her an old frock to put on. They forced her to rise early before the daylight to do hard work: to boil the water, to make the fire, to cook and to wash. She had no bed to lie down on but was made to lie in the kitchen among the ashes, and was so called Cinderella.
Despite the hardships she faces, she always remembered her mother’s words: be kind and be strong. She cherish every moment when she could read the books and masterpieces that her mother gave her. As times goes by, Cinderella became a gentle and knowledgeable maiden.
Now it happened that the king of the country held a feast and out of the girls who came to it his son will choose a bride for himself. And certainly, Cinderella’s family was invited. But the evil step-mother deceived the king that she had already died of a serious disease and locked her in attic.
The night came, and her step mother and sitters went to attend the feast and left her at home. How she wanted to go to the palace! But she was locked and she had no beautiful dresses to wear to the ball. She cannot help crying. But at this time, she remembered her mother’s words: be strong. So she struck the door heavily with her feet and finally the door burst open. She quickly dressed herself wearing her mother’s old dress and rushed to palace. But worse still, she is told that she could not enter the palace because she didn’t have an invitation letter.
If you think that a fairy godmother will appear and help her, you are wrong. She was not allowed to go in the end and felt so disappointed. How she wanted to go into the palace and see the prince-the one that she fell in love with at first sight when she first came to the palace when 10 years old. Sadly, she wrote a verselet on the palace wall:
If we can only encounter each other
rather than stay with each other,
then I wish we had never encountered.
And she went back home before anyone discovered.
The next day, news came from the palace that the prince was not satisfied with any girl who came to the ball but he was deeply attracted by the verselet written on the palace wall. And he announced that the one who wrote it will be his wife. Now everyone was curious about it and many girls pretend to be the writer, but when they were asked to write another one, no one was able to do it.
One day, the servant of the prince went to their house and asked if any one of them could write poems. How Cinderella wanted to tell the prince the fact but again she was locked in the attic. This time she quickly wrote a poem on a paper and threw the paper down to the living room. The servant saw it and took it back to the prince.
The prince excitedly read the poem:
Summer for thee, grant I may be
When summer days are flown!
Thy music still, when Whippoorwill
And Oriole—are done!
For thee to bloom, I’ll skip the tomb
And row my blossoms over!
Pray gather me—Anemone—
Thy flower—forevermore!
That was the girl he was looking for! He ordered the servant to guide him to Cinderella’s house but the evil step-mother cheated that there Ella had died years ago.
At this critical moment, Cinderella began to sing:
Lavender’s blue, vdilydily, lavender’s green.
When I am queen, dilydily, you shall be king.
Call up you men, dilydily, set them to work.
Some to make hey, dilydily, some to cut corn.
While you and I, dilydily, keep ourselves warm.
Lavender’s green, dilydily, lavender’s blue.
If you love me, dilydily, I will love you.
Her beautiful voice attracted the prince’s attention and followed the song the prince went to the attic. When he opened the door, he saw Cinderella standing there as if she were waiting for him. He gently walked to her and took her hand,” you are my right bride.”
(writer’s words: The story seems much like the original one but the difference is that there is no magic power and no fairy godmother to help Cinderella. She had to fight for her own future and she is the only one that could rescue her. I created this story perhaps because I don’t believe in magic power. Just as president Xi put it:” Money doesn’t grow on trees and happiness is gained by hard work.” I believe that the only one that could rescue you in hot water is you yourself.)
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God helps those who help themselves. The feature that the fight of Cinderella have nothing to do with any fairy or magic power impressed me mightily. And I have to say that those poems were used wisely, which strengthened our Fighter’s charm as well as the story’s.
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The Little Match Girl
“I really want to go home early.” The little girl thought. But at the thought of dad, his angry face and his big fist, she shivered.
The little girl struck another match against the wall,and this time it was her grandmother who appeared in the circle of flame.She saw her quite clearly and distinctly,looking so gentle and happy.
“Grandmother!”cried the little creature,”Oh,do take me with you!I know you will vanish when the match goes out;you will vanish like the warm stove,the delicious goose,and the beautiful Christmast tree! Please take me out of this cold world and dad who must detest me as a burden!”
She hastily struck a whole bundle of matches,because she did so long to keep her grandmother with her.The light of the matches made it as bright as day.But grandmother just took the match box in the little girl’s hand and put something in it,which then was shining.
“Dear,there’s a gift for you in it,which will give you what you want most. But remember, don’t open it until then.” As long as the voice fell,the fire went out and grandmother’s figure disappeared in the dim light. Meantime,the matchbox also gradually darkened and became very common.
The little girl looked at the present through her tears. She thought of going home, but she didn’t dare to go back. She walked blankly on the snowy street. A big house decorated with ground glass, colorful lights, Christmas trees, roast goose and stove made she dazzled. She swallowed hard and raised the matchbox in her hand.” roast goose, warm stove, Christmast tree……”She closed her eyes and murmured. But there was nothing when she opened her eyes.
The little girl was so confused that she repeated her meditation, looking forward to miracles. But still nothing happened. She urgently wanted to sneak a look at the matchbox.But thought of what her grandmother said,she gave up the idea.
She walked on the bridge in a daze. The wind made her face ache and blew her red scarf into the river.She sat under a dilapidated and leaky bridge. She had been staring at the matchbox in her hand, expecting it to shine again.” Is this really a magical treasure? Why can’t it give me what I want most as grandmother said?”She kept wondering.
As the snow got heavier and heavier, she huddled up,feeling colder and colder, her body getting weaker and weaker. In a daze, she heard a shout. Someone is calling her name, like her father’s voice.She wanted to run out,but but the fear made her subconsciously shrink back into the bridge. The shouts outside were more and more urgent and dad’s voice was a little hoarse.She pinched the matchbox in her hand and stepped out of the bridge barefoot and timidly.
Dad had her wet red scarf in the hand. He held the little girl tightly.
“I hadn’t sell any matches today.” The little girl looked at her toes and whispered.“But grandmother gave me this gift, saying that I can get what I want most!” She happily held the matchbox up for her father to see.
But dad didn’t care about that inconspicuous matchbox. All he saw were his daughter’s red hands and feet. Dad leaned down and picked up the little girl.They were on their way home blissfully.Although the snow blew and the cold wind cut the face,the little girl didn’t feel cold at all.
“I have really got what I want most! Thank you for the Christmas gift, grandmother!” She held the matchbox tightly in her hand,giving her sincere gratitudes to grandmother in heaven.
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A really sweet story,which vividly shows us the precious love for the family. Different from the orignal ending which said the little girl died without hope and love,this ending give her the love from her father,which is her best want.But why her father turned the attitude to her is a bit unclear.
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Prince turned frog
Once upon a time , in the castle lived a handsome prince and a charming princess.The relationship between them was more stable than the stone,thus making them envied by the all couples around the world.
Particularly worth mentioning was the beauty of the princess—a pair of almond-eyes shine bright like a diamond even in the middle of the night;the little red lip and rosy cheek could push all men lose their hearts to her;the pitch-black hair as well as the snow-white skin will make Venus self-contemptuous.
Sadly,the beauty wasn’t always a treasure, it may also bring disaster to our life.Due to the beauty the princess owned,she was begrudged by many other ugly girls in the country,among whom there was a witch who enjoyed depriving others’ beautiful appearance,so the princess unfortunately became her next target.
2 months later, the royal held a celebrating party to memorize the establish of the kingdom, each resident in this country was invited to attend the party,so the witch came as well.In the great feast, after the princess sat down and had some delicious cakes,the witch cantankerously passed a bottle of water to the kind lady and whispered:”please drink it ,I believe you are thirsty now after having those cakes.”
“Oh ,thank you so much”The kind princess said and drank it all.
But when the feast came to an end and the princess went to sleep,she suddenly felt that she was in great uncomfortable,then she lost consciousness and was carotic.Day after day ,about 3 months later,although the prince had tried all methods to cure his beloved wife,the situation didn’t went any well and somehow even worse.In a rainy afternoon ,the heart beat of the princess disappeared and she could never open her eyes once more.
The death of the princess was such a heavy blow to the prince ,his drunkenness depleted the energy of his life,he even refused to assist his father in ruling the kingdom,life was almost like the hell which was full of suffering and desperation.The only way he could acquire comfort was to pray for the god and begged him could return his princess back.
Actually,the god heard the prince heart-broken praying so he sent a fairy down to the man’s world to help him achieve his dream.In a rainy afternoon,the man and the prince met each other.
“Who are you?what are you doing here?”asked the prince.
“I’m a fairy.I can turn your dead wife into a sleeping beauty.I can make her heart beat again,I can make her look the same beautiful as before，I can make your words accessible to her.But after all,she couldn’t open her eyes and talk to you.Will you allow me to use my magic power?”
“Of course I will'”
“But there are some steps need to be done first also.you need to defeat the witch and so I can make sure there is no disturbance when I’m curing.'”
“I’ll make it.wait me!'””
The prince went on the journey of killing the wither immediately.He met dangerous lions, fake roses,he went through cold winter as well as cruel summer. After 3 months of hard working,he finally succeeded in arriving at the seaside.
He met the ugly and disgusting witch and take his sword out.
He angrily screamed”you killed my life and I will kill you.”
It’s a war between justice and evil,it’s a war between knight and witch.it’s also a war about the prince life. The knight who represented love thrust at the witch.All their strength they gained had been used. They fought for 3 days and the prince ultimately succeeded.But sadly ,he turned into a frog because he was attacked by the witch’s magic.
The little frog jumped back to the castle and looked at his sweet honey. He found some flies were sleeping near his darling.He spitted out his tongue and swallowed them up,in this way,his princess would have a nice dream,though he would be an ugly frog forever,he also regard it as a happy ending.
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From this story, I know that love may not mean being together, but means company and protection.Sacrificing myself to give you happiness is also the prince’s way to love his beautiful princess.
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THE FOX AND THE GRAPES
Once upon a time, a hungry fox walked alone, looking for something to eat. All of a sudden, he saw some plump, tempting grapes, which seemed like strings of fancy pearls, hanging from a vine that was trained along a high trellis. And because of extreme hunger, he did everything he could to pick up them, jumping as high as he could. But his efforts were all in vain.
In low spirits, he thought that it was unfair to him that he was born to have such a short body and not be able to reach things in high position. The resentment tortured him like a devil. Considering there was no use staying there and desiring the grapes stupidly, he was ready to leave. And then, just on the point of his leaving, an excellent idea came up in his mind. He stood there, confidently and affirmatively, as if he had discovered something extraordinarily important, shouting in order to make himself heard by everyone near this place, “I thought those grapes were ripe, but I see now they are quite sour!” Then he left in satisfaction.
Hearing it, almost every animal believed his words and never attempted to pick up the grapes. However, one little monkey doubted it. So, he climbed up the vines and ate the grapes, finding it so sweet and delicious! After coming back, he told the truth to every animal. Thus, all animals knew that the fox was lying and felt angry with him. An elephant brought the fox to them and everyone censured him. They said, “You are a selfish fox! Cheat all of us shamelessly!”
Hearing the words, the fox was very sad and angry. And he went to destroy all the grapes when everyone was asleep. After finishing this, he went to the forest, crying, feeling the unfairness. The sound of cry was so loud that waked the old goat living nearby. He went out to have a look at what was happening. He asked the fox, “Why are you crying here, so sad?” The fox answered: “What a partial guy the God is, giving me short body from birth? It makes me not able to reach the delicious grapes like any other taller animals do! I am jealous of them! I know what I did is wrong, but can anyone compensate me for my unchangeable weakness, short height, if I didn’t do this? Life is so unfair!”
The old goat listened to him carefully and smiled, saying: “I can actually understand your feelings. It doesn’t matter for you to have such feelings. Surely there is no one in the world who has no weakness, and it naturally bring them some unhappiness. But it is not unfair. On the contrary, it is fair that everyone has weaknesses. Just for this reason, everyone should help each other to achieve some goals together. Friendship is the warm hands supporting you up to your goals. Even though you can’t get the grapes, you can ask someone to help you instead of compensating your upset in this way.”
Then, the fox got illuminated and went back to admit his mistakes to other animals. They lived together happily again.
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The Little Match Girl
The little match girl was so cold that she decided to burn a match to warm herself.Then a goose went into her sight.She extended her hand…
“How can a roast goose be so fairy?”she thought doubtfully.Suddenly,the light went out.The little girl found what in her hand was a spotted dog,which was as big as baseball.“What a lovely puppy!”The little girl picked up the dog. “Hey look!There is a brand attached to your necklace–COCO,5 GREEN STREET.”It seemed that this dog was lost in such a big snow. “Well,let me help you.”
With a spotted dog in her hand,the girl got on the way of finding 5 Green street.However,walking barely on the freezing floor was not something enjoyable.Every step was like a needle.Slowly moving,the little girl walked with the dog until it was fully dark. “Don’t be afraid,coco.I’ll bring you home.”The girl kept muttering,while her eyesight was more and more blurred,her body was more and more clumsy.All of a sudden,coco started to bark,it seemed that he found something special. “coco,my sweat, where are you” “coco”The little girl smiled “coco,you are at home!”The girl lighted all of her matches to make themselves noticed.But,unfortunately,this poor girl used up all of her energy,and fell down to the ground…
The next morning,the match girl waked up to see that she was lying on a wide bed,covered with a quilt that was as white as snow.At the corner of the house,an old woman was working on the stove. “Grandma?”The little girl thought she must be dreaming.The old woman turned back to the girl.Smiling and said, “God bless you,my poor girl.I’m not your grandma.I’m just a lonely old woman,coco is my only family.I’m so grateful that you saved him.You are such a kind girl.”Hearing those thankful words,a touch of red clouds rose from the cheek of the little girl. “My poor girl.We are family from now on,I’m your grandma.You are my child.”The old woman fondled the girl,with coco beside.
The sky returned to be beautiful after the snowstorm.Without the worry of suffering from cold and hunger,the match girl lived happily with the old woman and the dog ever after.
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I like this story.Good people will be rewarded.Helping others is helping ourselves. The little girl tried her best to help Coco and finally got a new warm family. She received happiness instead of dying lonely.I think she deserves this happy ending for her kindness.
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It’s a warm story.Unlike the original ending that the poor girl died on the street,which make us feel sad for the miserable world,this ending reminds us that there are kindness and fortune for the good people in the world.
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Reading this cute and sweet story is so warm in this cold night. I like this story,” without the worry of suffering from cold and hunger,the match girl lived happily with the old woman and the dog ever after.” What a happy ending for kind people!
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Cinderella Lost Her Slipper
Now the prince got the Golden slipper, however，the fine beauty was gone. All he had were sadness and eagerness to find the lady.
The other side，Cinderella got home with a smile. Her sisters sarcastically said , what are you smiling? Is it because a son of peasant that have proposed to you? That sounds pretty nice to you because it is the only thing that you deserve. But Cinderella just kept smiling. Seemed that she really had an enjoyable experience. Maybe she was looking for something to happen .
Next day, the prince announced that he would find the owner of the golden slipper, whatever it would take. Thousands of fair ladies flooded into the palace to take a chance，however, none of them can fit the shoe. When the Prince was about to give up, Catherine showed up. She was a princess from Aaron Dale，whose skin was just like white snow. Her cheek flushed at the sight of the prince. The idea of finding Cinderella slipped his mind in no time，and they engaged secretly a month later. What an intimate couple！
But Cinderella just kept waiting with no idea that the prince found another woman. In the meantime，stepsisters continued to tease her， “What the hell are you obsessed with?Are you really dreaming of being married with the prince? Donkies are always idiots. ” Every time Cinderella would ignore them，thinking what took him so long to find her? She prayed in front of that tree every day, but no dove had come over ever since. Eventually she spend her entire life in that illusion.
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That is a very authentic story I think. Although its ending is not such happy, it exposes the turth of that period. After reading the story, I feel so lucky that today’s society has a much higher social mobility.
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The Little match girl
It was dark and cold. It was snowing. On New Year’s Eve, a bareheaded little girl was walking in the street. Her feet were red and green with cold. She was cold and hungry. She sat down in a corner and huddled together. Her house was as cold as the street. Her hands were almost frozen. She drew out a match and lit it on the wall. The little girl is like sitting in front of a hot stove.
She just put her foot out and the match went out. She had only one burnt matchstick in her hand. She struck another match, and a roast goose jumped out of the plate, with a knife and fork on its back, and came to her. The match went out again, and there was only a thick, cold wall in front of her. She struck another match. This time, she sat under the beautiful Christmas tree. The little girl just reached out her hand to the picture, and the match went out again.
She struck another match. This time, in the light of the fire, there was a grandmother who loved her. She was so gentle and loving. She quickly struck the whole match. Grandma held her in her arms. They flew away in the light and happiness. They flew higher and higher to the place where there was no cold, hunger or pain
The second day, when the sun rose up, the children began to play outside on the ground covered by the snow. With a cry burning out, the little girl woke up. She called all her grandma’s names.
Her mother rushed in as soon as she heard the cry. The little girl couldn’t control herself anymore, she kept repeating one thing:It is a dream. My God.
Her mother patted her back smoothly, said:No need to afraid, I’m here.
The little girl said:I know, I just miss my grandma.
The mother smiled:We can visit her now. Get up and we can start soon.
After a short trip, they arrived at the grandma’s house.
The bell of Christmas rang at the moment. The The whole family got together and showed their feelings without reservation.Who can say it’s not another happy day?
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I like this warm ending:)
This is what fairy tales should be.
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Wow, James， that is a marvelous article. At first I thought it was a sad story， but as I read on， I found the atmosphere had become warmer. It all talks about a little girl who loves her grandmother so much. It gives me strength in the cold winter.
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Suffering from the pain,the little mermaid still couldn’t help thinking—what made her fall in love with the prince? Maybe was the handsome face in the sun;Maybe was the lively light in his eyes;Maybe was the gentle wind Rippling her heart.
Is that really worthy?
She doesn’t really sure about that.
Come on! Be more brave! Have a try!
That’s really what she thought at that time.
But now, when the little mermaid gaze at the dancing couple, she hesitate.
What is love? The little mermaid ask herself over and over again.
It can not be seen, it can not be touched, It can not be smelled. It’s just in your heart, seemly like the passion—even though you don’t know what it exactly is, but you know it exists.
Whatever.
The little mermaid is slowly becoming transparent. Her consciousness becomes blurredblurred. Then, she has a dream.
In the dream, the little mermaid see herself asking her mom:“mommy,what is love?”Mom gently strokes her head, answering:“oh my baby,love is hard to describe unless you really feel it.But one thing is certain—love will persuade you to become a better person.If the love make you diffident,that’s not the true love.”
Yes, that’s right.
When the little mermaid gradually opens her eyes, she find her isn’t at the heaven. What she see is the witch. The witch impatiently say:“Oh my god,my darling,you finally wake up.Now,decide,change or not?”
“All the thing are just…the dream?”
“Hey little baby,hurry up,don’t waste my time!Have you decided…”
“sorry.”the little mermaid interrupt the witch, “I don’t want to make the deal anymore.”On saying, the little mermaid turn around and leave without hesitation.
“Maybe I can never love another person,but I don’t want to chase a love that makes me not like me.”
A week later, the prince’s ship appears again, the little mermaid stare at the prince, softly say :Goodbye. Best wishes to us.
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The Little Mermaid
In the previous life, the little mermaid Leaf could not bear to kill the prince and cast herself into the sea, changing into foam. God was moved by the love of the little mermaid, giving her the chance to live again. In this life, they no longer had the memory of the previous life.
It’s Leaf’s responsibility to make sure people don’t know about the existence of mermaid. She secretly patrols the shore every day to make sure that the mermaid don’t play there. Often seeing a handsome man come to the seaside, she had a strange familiarity with him.
Leaf was on her duty as usual this day. She found that a gorgeous ship was approaching. There was a strong wind, and the huge waves were hurtling towards the ship with their bloody mouths open. The wind was roaring and hitting, the sails were rattling and turning, and the ship was leaning and wobbling when the wind and waves hit it. She heard someone on the boat giving an order and the voice was so familiar. The boat couldn’t help tossing and then overturned. So kind was Leaf that she used her power to send those people to the shore. When she was about to leave, she found the man often seeing the sea. She could not help but use her power to recover his wound. Then she left.
Someday, a party was held nearby to arrange prince’s engagement ceremony with the princess of neighboring country. When Leaf saw the familiar man and a beautiful girl surrounded by others, she realized that the man was the prince. They seemed well matched. Leaf happily decided to give them the hair band that her grandmother gave her as an engagement gift. She led the prince and princess to the back of a reef. They saw the crystal band surprisingly given that they had never seen such a pure crystal before. The prince picked up the band and carefully rubbed it. He said to the princess, “This left crystal hair band looks so beautiful and valuable that its owner must be very worried. Let’s send a lost. “The princess agreed.
Leaf did a bad thing with good intentions. Seeing the lost and found all over the country, she had no choice but to go back and confess it to her grandmother. Grandma was angry because the hairband was unique to the mermaid family. She lent her ring to Leaf, which would allow the mermaid to grow into an adult in a week.Leaf swore that she would come back within seven days, whether she took the ring or not, and that no one would know her identity as a mermaid in the process.
Leaf met the prince. The prince fell in love with her the first time he saw her.Her eyes were like a deep ocean.The prince saw infinity in her eyes. Her golden hair, flower-like delicate face and charming dimple were exactly what the prince expected. Leaf was eager to get back her hair band, but the prince said that there were too many “owners” recently, they still needed time to judge. So Leaf was forced to stay.
In the next few days, the prince warmly invited her to go sighting. Leaf was surprised. The prince told her that he had a very familiar feeling for her, hoping to become friends with her. So under the arrangement and company of the prince,she enjoyed the beautiful scenery happily. But she always abode by the etiquette and kept a normal distance from the prince.
There was only one day left.Leaf asked the prince if she could take the band. The prince felt Leaf’s determination to leave. With heaven and earth being witnesses, in a sea of flowers, he expressed his love to Leaf. He gazed affectionately at her and confessed that the marriage was actually an excuse to prevent the third country from waging war. Leaf was moved by the prince’s tenderness and affection. But they are doomed not to be together. If love means sacrifice and concession, it’s better to live a good life separately. Leaf refused the prince’s courtship.
Leaf told the prince that she never belonged to this place. Even if she was imprisoned here, she would wither like a rose. The prince’s heart was broken. Although he wanted to keep her, he didn’t want her to be unhappy. Leaf should be free and can pursue what she wants. He returned the band to Leaf. With a broken heart,he entreated her not to go again. But she left and never came back.The prince, suffering with his passionate love for her,canceled his engagement and died in the battle.And Leaf guarded her family forever.
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The article is based on a CK2 mod, HMI. It is generally the original settings of the mod.
Samarkand, the capital of Timur Empire. Although it was already March, people of Transoxiana can also feel the cold air coming from Siberia. Here was the very frontline of confrontation between Nomads and settlers. Everything here does not seem to welcome prisoners from the distant Mediterranean world.
If Samarkand was a cage, the cavalries who guard the prisoner van were the chain. The canary in the prisoner van, the Basilissha Pompeo Magno, was now in control of the emir.
The end of the journey was the military camp of the Guards. Shah Rukh, the fourth son of emir was already waiting there. Having seen the luxurious carriage, he now knew what a monster his father fought with.
It was very clear to Shah Rukh that Byzantium Empire was completely defeated by Timur in battle of Ankara, but she did not lose her ambition and strength. The request to release hostages was sent to Timur immediately, alongside with the request was 20000 ducats showing the honesty or maybe strength.
This pretentious gesture made Shah Rukh remembered domineering Tokhtamysh. Sure enough, regardless of men and women, if you can’t see your strength and attack enemies that are much stronger than you, the only thing waits you is sad demise.
However, the situation was not good enough to Timur empire. Turks, Jalal, Turkmen, even Indians were waiting for chance to gain independence. Byzantium empire, controlled by the secretary ship regent Volta, just erased the Second Bulgarian Empire from the map. Ming Empire was waiting for the tribute from Timur.
All of these ingredients leaded to the collapse of Timur Empire two years after. And of course, the very first army entered Samarkand was leaded by Volta.
Background:
At that time, there were two empire recognized hm pagan as the state religion, Byzantium empire, Empire of Trebizond and Ottoman empire. For religious and geopolitics reason, they were in conflict with Timur, an Islamic state. The conflict was too hard to reconcile. The battle of Ankara was the result of the situation
The battle of Ankara happened in 1402. To everyone’s surprise, the united army consisted of Griffin cavalry and janissary was completely defeated by Timur army. The basilissha Pompeo Magno and his husband Bayezid I was captured.
End:
Jackal, the daughter of Shah Rukh, became the caliph of hm Islamic world
Pompeo Magno now is preparing for integrate the Balkans
In 1444, the Pope was convinced of the weakness of Byzantine and Ottoman…
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Cinderella Man
By: Dave Hugo Jeffery Ruff Edward Desperado
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I used to have nothing to tell or to write about, because people would turn their asses to me when they knew me. I have to say that it’s not supposed to my fault. My mother was a slut, by saying that, I mean she was a prostitute. I’ve no idea why she wanted to give birth to me in that broken hotel room that stank, but I’m saying this for sure that she must regret having me. I bet that she only had that Givenchy dress, that Chanel purse and that big, ugly diamond ring on her mind, well, maybe a pearl necklace could be added. She married a businessman running a company called Cinderella just for her pale face. I never asked how my Mr. Marcus ran into the woman, but I read it from some novels that males with some money did enjoy going to the strip club and packed a girl away.
Mr. Marcus never liked me, except my job of repairing the closestool. They had two more children, lazy, fat and selfish, who wore large clothes trying hard to cover their big bellies.
“I’m gonna go shopping with your mother, oh honey you look nice with that Givenchy dress just as usual,” he then kissed on her boos, “what do you two want, kids?”
“The latest Air Jordan, pop.” said the first one.
“The newest Iphone……” said the second.
“Oh, fuck.Pop, I want the exactly new Iphone, too.” the first on cut in.
“Ha! No problem, kids. What about you, Cyril M?” he gave me that look showing me specifically the money left for you was only 7 bucks, or even less.
“Whatever novel you prefer, please, Mr. Marcus.”
“Good. Let us go, my lady.” he kissed on her boos again, “don’t forget to repair the closestool, Cyril M.”
“I won’t, Mr. Marcus.” he didn’t think that I deserved a last name like his two precious fart asses, and since I never saw my real father, he mercifully decided to call me Cyril M.
The flabby brothers went on playing their video games, and I went to their toilet.
This was a day of my life, and almost every day of my 27 years, living in a big house but have no permission to sleep on a couch, not different from a watchdog, well maybe worse than that.
This was also the first day I heard the name of Deborah.
Mr. Marcus came back when their children had already eaten a whole chicken that I cooked.
“Good News! Kids, guess who I just met in the shopping mall!”
“Where is my Iphone, pop?”said the second.
“Here it is. Just listen, I met John Smith and had a brief conversation with him in the mall, he’s interested in a new project together with Cinderella. And he invited us to his party tomorrow night, he said he really want to find a son-in-law for his daughter, beautiful Deirdre, during the party.”
“Is the Deborah the one gets a million fans on the Instgram?” said the first.
“I think so, honey.”
I suddenly felt something heated running in my blood by the time I heard the name, frankly. Deborah, Deborah, I couldn’t stop myself repeating the very name.
“We’ll have our boy’s suit and tie prepared tomorrow, and, of course, your new dress, darling. Now let’s have supper.”
Deborah, Deborah.
“Cyril M, why are you still here, go to your room and have your own meal.”
“Yes, Mr. Marcus.” You must be wondering what my room looked like, well, it’s a carpet near the fireplace.
After cleaning their table which looked like an aftermath, I dipped some Whisky Mr. Marcus left in his glass and tried to find Deborah with my new phone, by saying new phone, I mean the old phone of the second that Mr. Marcus handed me to sell to the thrift store.
And I found her.
Deborah, Deborah.
Well, fuck it, just another fantasy. I thought to myself.
I started reading the new book Mr. Marcus bought to me which had a “on sale” sticker on it. The book’s name was Novecento. Un monologo, about a man was born and spent his whole life on a steamship, playing good piano, but lonely and alone till the end of his life.
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I think the first crystal elf I saw was on the side mirror.
I drove them to the tall building the next day. Mr. Marcus wore a white suit with a ridiculous red bow tie, the prostitute wore a new Givenchy dress, and the two fat brothers all wore like the ones doing comic monologue instead of coming to a rich man’s party on the 72nd floor.
“Go park the car in and wait in the parking lot till the party’s over.”
Well, fuck it, just another fantasy. I thought to myself again.
I parked the car and decided to take a nap. However, by the time I opened my eyes, I noticed something on the side mirror. It looked like a little pumpkin carriage, but it’s crystal and shining, with some butterflies that were also crystal flapping their wings around the pumpkin. I suddenly got curious and got off the vehicle.
The crystal pumpkin carriage disappeared and then came out from the ground 20 feet away. I reached the crystal little thing again and it teleported 20 feet away again. I followed it to a large stone wall, and I found it weird to catch the sight of a wall as big as a building.
As I came close to the wall, there’s a strong force fiercely sucked me into the wall.
I passed out for a while and all of a sudden I found myself in a fancy restroom. I looked into the mirror and got shocked.
My clothes made out of rags are gone and on my body was a fine and suitable swallow-tailed coat. It took me a long time to finally move myself.
“Young man.” I heard a voice at first and then I noticed again a crystal pumpkin carriage on the mirror, no, not just one, there were at least a hundred.
“We are the elves of heart, we must remind you that the magic will be gone when the clock strikes 12.”
“What magic?” I asked. Instead of replying, they vanished.
I looked at the Rolex watch on my wrist, which I don’t understand why it’s here. It’s 10:27.
10:32 I walked out of the restroom door.
“Isn’t the party on the 72nd floor such a wonderful thing, you handsome boy.” a old lady tapped on my back.
“Yes, madam.” I replied instinctively. Damn, those elves got me into the party, but why?
Whatever, I chose to waste my time at the bar and in the liquor.
“Four roses, please.”
“yes, sir.”
Well, one of the greatest thing you read from those novels describing the life of upper class is that you can say a lot of interesting names at the bar, which is also of no use.
10:46 I kept ordering drinks with weird names.
“Two……beers.” A familiar voice showed up beside my ears. It was the second.
“Oh, man, you look just like my shitty driver, he cooks much more shitty than the cook here.” he sounded tipsy, but it’s good that he didn’t recognize me for my suit and well-combed hair.
He walked away with two beers and went straight to a tall girl in a white dress.
It was Deborah.
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11:00 I was enjoying White Lady, what a name.
“Tequila, please.” Deborah should have been walking around with her perfect body, but she’s now at the bar. I did try at first to start a conversation but still, fuck it.
“How happy is the blameless vestal”s lot! The world forgetting, by the world forgot.” she said while drinking the Tequila.
“Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind! Each prayer accepted, and each wish resigned.” I continued her poem.
“Ha, I never thought that some one at the party could have read the poem.” she looked at me.
“Alexander Pope, am I right?” Her eyes were akin to a dark blue ocean with mysterious and charming creatures living inside, her roman nose was ingeniously and delicately wrought, her skin was akin to that of Venus rising on the half shell, her fingers are hauntingly beautiful and her every move radiate the aroma of elegance.
“So, who are you? I don’t remember you walking out of the elevator.” she said.
“Well, you know the Cinderella?”
“O, so you’re from the Marcuses.”
“Well, my last name is simply an M.”
“So, what are you? Cinderella M?”
“Well, I’d really appreciate it if you could call me Cinderella Man.”
“Okay,” she laughed, “Cinderella Man, Cinderella Man. I’m Deborah, by the way.”
“I know.” Deborah, Deborah.
“Can you talk about the book you’ve read recently, because I really want to share mine with somebody.”
I talked about Novecento. Un monologo, and she said it was adapted for a movie.
She talked about the book called Atonement for a really long time. It’s a long story set in WWII, a young lady called Cecilia and a very handsome man Robby were madly in love. However, good things don’t last long, they were separated because of a naive act of the 13-year-old girl Briony. And they were, again, sadly separated for their death during the war. One died of hunger the day before the British retreat to Dunkirk, one died of flood as a volunteer. I loved it when she show her obsession, for she was so beautiful yet so unaware of it.
“Would you like to have a dance? It would be my pleasure.” she said.
“The pleasure is all mine.” How can I extend my pleasure in words.
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12:00 We kissed.
Then I felt a shock. I realized it was the time.
“Sorry, it might be the alcohol, I need to use the restroom.”
I held her hand, the pure jade, for the last time and headed to the bathroom.
By the second I entered, I passed out again.
When I woke up, I was inside the vehicle, hearing Mr. Marcus knocking the window.
“What the fuck? Cyril M.” I opened the door and made an apology.
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Well, you must be waiting the end of the story brings a happy ending where Deborah comes and brings a golden slipper. The truth No.1, I don’t remember dropping anything there, and No.2 I still don’t know whether it’s a dream or not.
I’m writing this, in the strong hope that Deborah may happen to see it someday and comes to tell me it’s not your stupid fantasy. And my life will be changed. She will be in love with Cinderella Man, talking about all the literary works she read. We might run away with all of this, maybe going to L.A. or New York, no need for money, reputation and any bullshit. I started a career as a writer, at first for magazines and newspaper, and then become a independent author after publishing my first full-length novel on my own. She will be supportive and romantic all the way, and I will someday somehow describe her unmatchable charm in my works, as well as our fantasy-embroidered and kaleidoscope-like crush, worship, lust, relish, ardour, enthusiasm, fervor, infatuation and love. We can make a family, having a daughter as pretty as you. You tell her stories better than the Grimm Brothers’.
And I’m waiting, Cinderella Man is waiting.
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It’s really a story of infinite imagination. Romantic, moving and a little sad, I love your style! Keep waiting. I believe she will come.
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Hansel and Grethel
Now she ran to Hansel, and, opening his door, called out, “Hansel, we are saved; The old witch is dead!” So he sprang out, like a bird out of his cage when the door was opened.
They gladly huged and kissed each other over and over again.
Now they had nothing to fear. Hansel and Grethel excitedly began to aten the food in the witch’s house. Grethel said to her brother:“When will we go back home?I missed our dad.” Hansel got into silence. After a moment, he answered:“I don’t want to go back again.Our dad abandoned us twice. ” His tears rolled down his face, shining like pearl.
Grethel’s face turn into a red apple,“How can you say that!He is our dad and had brought us up! Without him,we won’t be able to grow up!” Hansel shook his head and insisted：“If we stayed in the forest or cannot kill the witch, we were dead now. He gave us life but chose to kill us. Nobody can easily choose to end other’s life. Morever, he is our dad! And if we go back home, our stepmother will try to kill us the third time. They had abandoned us twice, and they will abandoned us for a thousand time.” Grethel was still in hesitation. “Don’t be worried, Grethel. We will live happily here.” So Grethel didn’t say that again and dicided to live with her brother in the fancy house.
At the same time, their father was in great regret. “They are my dear children, I don’t want to abandon them!” “I’ve already said! We had no more food for them! ” His wife shuted to him. “I will go into the forest and find them.”the poor woodcutter said,“No matter how hard it is, I will bring them up for sure.” So the man went into the forest to find his children. After several days’ searching, he found the fancy little house and saw his two children. He sincerely apologized to them and all their sorrows were ended. From then on, they live together in great happiness.
The sun smiled brightly in the sky, shining the reunited family.
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The Thousand Nights and One Night
Since the minister sent his elder daughter, Shahrazad to the palace to marry the king, the king has not asked for another young girl for 900 days. It seems that as long as Shahrazad continues to tell stories for the king until, maybe the day when the grim reaper comes to him, all the other girls in this country can be saved.
However, what I want to tell today is not a smooth fairy tale for 3-year-olds. The goddess, who had once educated the king and his brother not to believe any women, saw all of these and feels being challenged. So she put a spell on Shahrazad, stealing those wonderful stories away from her brain. As a result, after such a long time, on the morning of the 901st day, the “walking story book” , Shahrazad herself suddenly found that there is no good story in her brain to tell.
Even feeling astonished, the confident girl calmed down quickly and believed that she can think of, or even make up an attractive story before the night comes. In order to look for some spirits, she decided to go to the garden of the palace, which is said to be very glorious but has been forbidden to get in after the “queen issue”, not known to her at this point. Hardly had she got the gate of the garden when she was stopped by the guard. However, having not seen any woman after the king killed the queen and all the women slaves, the guard was surprised to see such a beautiful girl appearing in the palace.
“It is not allowed to step in,madam.” Although confused about who the girl is, the guard said to Shahrazad respectfully.
“Why? I heard from my father that there are many glorious blooms during this season. Such beauty should not be shut and wasted!” said Shahrazad.
“Once, madam. Since the king ordered to close the garden about 3 years ago, all the plants have withered. By the way, it’s really strange to see girl like you appearing in such a place. Could you please tell me who you are?” Shahrazad hesitated for a while, considering whether to trust such a guard. But seeing the young face and the pure eyes of him, she chose to believe her feelings.
“I’m Shahrazad, the daughter of the minister, and the wife,”she stopped,smiled bitterly, “the wife of the king.” “Oh, I feel awfully shamed for giving offense to you, my queen!” The guard felt so regretful for saying such words before that almost knelt on the ground when Shahrazad held his arms to get him up. “Never mind. It is likely that I will not be your queen next morning.” Shahrazad sighed, frustrated for her blank brain. “How could that be, my queen? Even I heard that you are the only one who made the king fascinated with.” the guard asked innocently.
Being asked, the brave and persistent girl felt helpless and lonely for the first time, so that she told everything to the guard. The boy listened quietly, deeply touched by the kindness and courage of the young girl. “So you cannot think of any stories now, and you come to the garden for spirits?”
Shahrazad nodded yes silently, beautiful eyes darkened in sadness.
“Well, I am not sure if I can help you, my queen. But to be honest, we guards love stories too. And we sometimes share stories together. Maybe I can tell you some good ones in which you can choose for the king.” “Really? That’ll be very nice!” replied Shahrazad, eyes shining again.
So the guard told a story he once heard of, which is later told by Shahrazad to the king. Along with vivid description and sweet voice, the king was totally sunk in the story. And just like every night before that night, seeing the approaching of morning, Shahrazad discreetly fell silent. “What a story, Shaharazad! I can’t wait to come to the end!” The king said excitingly.
“That’s my pleasure, my king.We could continue it tonight and have some more interesting stories.” Shaharazad smiled gracefully, couldn’t wait to rush to the garden to meet the young, kind, and helpful guard. “this time,” she thought to herself, “I must ask about his name…”
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Woodman and Hermes
One day, a woodman was going to chop wood in the forest. When passing by a river, his axe fell into it on account of his carelessness. The river was so deep that the woodman was unable to get his axe back. He had no option but to sit on the bank and wept bitterly.
Hermes，the son of Zeus and Maia, happened to see the poor guy. He felt quite sorry for the woodcutter. After asking what had happened, Hermes jumped into the river without saying anything more. The woodman being at a loss, Hermes showed up all of a sudden, with a gold axe in his hand. “Is it yours?” asked Hermes. The woodman had a look and said no. After a while, Hermes salvaged another silver one, asking whether it was his. But the woodman denied once again. Hermes went down the third time, and finally fetched an ordinary axe, which the woodman said was the one he had lost. Pleased with the woodcutter’s honesty, Hermes gave both gold and silver axes to him as gifts.
The woodman went back with three axes, only to be seen by a stranger. The man introduced himself as Suez, and then questioned why he took three axes at the same time. The kind woodman told this unexpected experience to Suez. “Such good things should exist?!” shouted Suez. The woodman had no idea about what to say, so he left.
Suez hurried to the river, throwing his axe into the rushing water. Then he sat down on the bank and pretended to cry. Sure enough, Hermes came up to him. Soon Hermes picked up a gold axe and then a silver one. But Suez accepted neither of them. Busy for a long time, Hermes seemingly failed to find out Suez’s axe. “I’m sorry.” He disappeared quickly after the apology, with Suez sitting by the river alone.
……
Hermes was in seventh heaven. In his arms was an axe made of diamond.
……
However, Suez smiled after Hermes’s leaving. “Naive,”said Suez, or maybe we should call him Zeus instead,“My son.”
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The Frog Prince 2
Once upon a time,after the frog turned back into a prince and spent blessed time with the pretty princess,something wretched happened.
One day ,the prince and his wife went to a forest for a camping,no servant following.Unfortunately,the princess caught a cold and was thirsty for water.So the prince left and searched for water alone.However,the witch who had cursed the prince cursed him again.This time,the prince turned into a lark.After cursing,the witch said,”only when someone locks you in the birdcage can you become a man again.”
The lark,also the prince,flew back to their camp,not forgetting bringing his wife some fruits.After the princess ate the fruits,she quickly got over her cold.But she could not find her husband.Then,she searched the whole forest,only to find the clothes his husband used to wear.So she thought his husband may had died.Under the great grief,the princess went back to the palace alone,even not noticing that the lark flew and singing about her.
As the day went on,the princess started to feel strange about the dark.Because the dark just flew near her,he also sang near her in the daytime.The princess started to regard the lark as a friend.Everyday she told the dark how much she missed her husband.The lark was so moved that he decided to find a birdcage.So one day,after the princess fell asleep,he flew out.He first flew into the garden,where there are many empty birdcages.So he decided to break the entrance down.But the door was made of iron.He could not make it.However,he made very big noises,which woke the princess up.The princess did not want to lock the lark,but he was so stubborn that the prince had to lock him in.
Just at that moment,something amazing happened,the lark disappeared.Instead,the handsome prince came back.he came forward and gave the princess a lovely hug and told the whole story.The princess was so shocked that she could not say a single word.
After that,the prince and princess led a joyful life.
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The New the Farmer and the Snake
One winter a farmer found a snake stiff and frozen with cold. He had compassion on it, and taking it up, placed it in his bosom. The snake was quickly revived by the warmth……
The snake came to itself, thinking “Oh, it’s winter now. I should be hibernating right now. But why am I awake? Why the surroundings are all clothes and smell of people? It’s the high environment temperature that woke me up. The strong smell of people must come from a strong man. Oh my god!!!!!!! I world be put into a bowl to make a soup or kept in a cage to produce snake venom.” The snake believed that one shall stand, one shall fall. It curled up ,pretending it was still sleeping. And it tried to find a chance to aim and bite the man.
“Was it already dead?”, the man thought “I found it in such a cold hole, and it had kept its posture for hours.” The man held the snake more strongly hoping it would revive early. As he held more strongly, the snake got close to the man’s chest. The snake seized the opportunity, suddenly shoot off like a bullet and bite the man to death.
The man regretted. The snake ran away, tried everything to find enough food for another hibernation, but failed. Finally, the snake died beside the dead man.
People found the dead man and the dead snake next year. They regarded the snake as a bad and foxy demon. On the contrary, the man was seen as a hero who killed the snake to protect the villagers.
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Oh,I forgot something.It’s Nathan’s class Wed. 3-4
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It was the middle of winter, when the broad flakes of snow were falling around, that the queen of a country many thousand miles off sat working at her window. The frame of the window was made of fine black ebony, and as she sat looking out upon the snow, she pricked her finger, and three drops of blood fell upon it. Then she gazed thoughtfully upon the red drops that sprinkled the white snow, and said, ‘Would that my little daughter may be as white as that snow, as red as that blood, and as black as this ebony window frame!
But this queen died; and the king soon married another wife, who became queen, and was very beautiful. At first, she tried to get along with the Snowdrop as a qualified stepmother. But the girl who just lost her mother relieved all her bad temper to the queen. The king just pampered his daughters a lot. She had been tolerated. She had a fairy looking glass, which knows who was the fairest lady in the land.
Then the glass one day answered the queen, when she went to look in it as usual:
‘Thou, queen, art fair, and beauteous to see, but Snowdrop is lovelier far than thee! ‘
When she heard this she turned pale with rage and envy, all the grievances and anger come to her mind at the same time. So she called to one of her servants, and said, ‘Take Snowdrop away into the wide wood, that I may never see her any more. ‘ Then the servant led her away; but his heart melted when Snowdrop begged him to spare her life.
Then poor Snowdrop wandered along through the wood in great fear; In the evening she came to a cottage among the hills, and went in to rest, for her little feet would carry her no further. Everything was spruce and neat in the cottage: on the table was spread a white cloth, and there were seven little plates, seven little loaves, and seven little glasses with wine in them; and seven knives and forks laid in order; and by the wall stood seven little beds. As she was very hungry, she picked a little piece of each loaf and drank a very little wine out of each glass; and after that she thought she would lie down and rest. So she tried all the little beds; but one was too long, and another was too short, till at last the seventh suited her: and there she laid herself down and went to sleep.
By and by in came the masters of the cottage. Now they were seven little dwarfs, that lived among the mountains, and dug and searched for gold. They lighted up their seven lamps, and saw at once that all was not right.
the seventh saw Snowdrop, and called all his brethren to come and see her; and they cried out with wonder and astonishment and brought their lamps to look at her, and said, ‘Good heavens! what a lovely child she is! ‘ And they were very glad to see her, and took care not to wake her.
In the morning Snowdrop told them all her story; and they pitied her, and said if she would keep all things in order, and cook and wash and knit and spin for them, she might stay where she was, and they would take good care of her. Then they went out all day long to their work, seeking for gold and silver in the mountains: but Snowdrop was left at home. As a princess accustomed to luxury, having servants to look after her, she was utterly ignorant of housework. She almost made everything out of order. Gradually, beautiful appearance couldn’t smooth down their anger. They started to yell at her, treated her as a maid.
But the queen, not lived so happily after the leaving of the snowdrop. The real cause of her pain was a lack of love. She realized that they were both the victims of the times they lived in. She asked the glass agin, only want to know whether the poor girl is alive or not.
And the glass answered: Over the hills, in the greenwood shade, Where the seven dwarfs their dwelling have made, There Snowdrop is hiding her head, being invaded.
Then the queen was very much surprised. She wanted to save her, but before this, the snowdrop had to learn something. The first class is to resist the temptation.
So she went by herself into her chamber, and got ready a poisoned apple: the outside looked very rosy and tempting. Then she dressed herself up as a peasant’s wife, and travelled over the hills to the dwarfs’ cottage, and knocked at the door; but Snowdrop put her head out of the window and said, ‘I dare not let anyone in, for the dwarfs have told me not. said the old woman, ‘but at any rate take this pretty apple; I will give it you. ‘
‘No, ‘ said Snowdrop, ‘I dare not take it. ‘
‘You silly girl! ‘ answered the other, ‘what are you afraid of? Come! do you eat one part, and I will eat the other. ‘ Now the apple was so made up that one side was good, though the other side was poisoned. Then Snowdrop was much tempted to taste, for the apple looked so very nice; and when she saw the old woman eat, she could wait no longer. But she had scarcely put the piece into her mouth, when she fell down dead upon the ground. This time nothing will save thee, ‘said the queen;
When evening came, and the dwarfs had gone home, they found Snowdrop lying on the ground: no breath came from her lips. They lifted her up, the little girl seemed quite dead. So they laid her down upon a bier, they thought they would bury her: but her cheeks were still rosy; and her face looked just as it did while she was alive; so they said, “what a magical scene! We can benefit from her!”
One day, the queen came to the hill, offered the dwarfs money to take her away. The queen just take Snowdrop back to the palace, fed her the antidote, and Snow white awoke. The queen told her all the story, and taught her “Only your strong enough, will not be trampled.” Finally, the snowdrop became an independent queen, leading the country to glory.
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[Previously on The Mermaid]
“Now the slaves began to dance, graceful undulating dances to enchanting music ; thereupon the little mermaid lifting her beautiful white arms and raising herself on tiptoe glided on the door with a grace which none of the other dancers had yet attained. With every motion her grace and beauty became more apparent, and her eyes appealed more deeply to the heart than the songs of the slaves. Everyone was delighted with it, especially the prince, who called her his little foundling, and she danced on and on, not withstanding that every time her foot touched the ground it was like treading on sharp knives. The prince said that she should always be near him, and she was allowed to sleep outside his door on a velvet cushion.”
[Now comes my part]
With dizzying excitement, the little mermaid just can’t fall asleep. She raised herself on tiptoe glided on the floor, turning and turning around, silently and lithely.
All of a sudden, from the darkness came an abrupt round of applause. The little mermaid turned her head with tremendous fear, for not knowing who there was.
“Take it easy, my poor little girl.” A woman said softly. “I know exactly who you are. Glad to meet you, little mermaid princess.”
If the little mermaid hadn’t lost her voice, she must burst into screaming. But now she couldn’t speak even one word, so she just opened her beautiful eyes widely.
“I know, because we are just the same.” The woman continued. “To be frank, I used to be a mermaid like you. I happened to have a glimpse of a human prince, and can’t help falling in love with him. Then you can guess, I made a deal with a wicked witch. But confusingly, she didn’t even take a piece of my hair. When I mentioned the remuneration, she smiled with evil designs, ‘Sooner or later, you will find it by yourself.’”
“As the greatest beauty in the palace, I married the prince naturally. It was definitely a period of golden time, with music singing, firework blooming, and the most important, the company of my dear husband, every day was like a fairy tale.”
“But soon comes the remuneration. My time, was sped up. Though our mermaids can live as long as three hundred years, it’s almost negligible in face of time. Days pass by and senility comes,” She steps forward, to make the little mermaid see her wrinkled face clearly, “Soon I lost my youth and beauty forever. Needless to say, my husband got tired of me, then finally, forsook me. I got to know that I wasn’t the unique one, while nobody would be. Countless beauties come and go, no exception, no one can stay forever. It’s cruel, but it’s the truth.”
“So my sweetie,” the woman embraces the shivering little mermaid tenderly. “ You are an independent individual, not someone’s slave, nor an insignificant puppy. You should bravely pursue your own happiness, seek for someone who loves you, respects you and treats you equally. You deserve a more colourful life.”
May she is right. The mermaid wept, decides to have a test.
The next day before Helios drives his flaming chariot across the sky, the mermaid flees silently from the palace, hiding herself cautiously behind the big rock where they first met. Soon the prince finds that the mermaid has gone, then he angrily orders his guards to find the missing girl. They search around and around, but know one think of that remote corner.
“Your Highness, we just can’t find the girl.” One guard says, shaking.
“GO ON !” He cried out, “till you find her.”
“But…but we must set out now. We are scheduled to visit the neighbouring kingdom, to marry the princess there.”
During those past nights, when the mermaid went out on to the marble steps to cool her burning feet, she felt sharp pain like walking on knives. Now she finally knows, it can’t be more painful when she hears these words.
“…You are right.”The prince says, sorrowfully but determined. “Though she is my dearest child, I can’t betray the girl who saves my life.”
“Alas! He does not know that it was me who saved his life,” the mermaid thinks to herself, “He only regards me as his pet, never as his lover!” She cries, means to shout but silently, almost goes to die.
The woman’s words are seemingly still around her ears. “You should bravely pursue your own happiness, seek for someone who loves you, respects you and treats you equally. You deserve a more colourful life.”
She deserves, and she will. She will get all she has lost back, and find her own way to the eternal life.
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Tangled: The Story After Ever After
Tangled is a Disney fairy tale adapted from the Grimm’s Fairy Tales, which focuses on a young girl named Rapunzel. Rapunzel’s father and mother are beloved King and Queen. The Queen got really sick when she was about to give birth to Rapunzel, but the discovery of a magical golden flower healed the Queen. As a result, the little princess, Rapunzel, was born with beautiful golden hair. However, the Mother Gothel, who used to hoarding the golden flower’s healing power to keep herself young, broke into the castle, and stole Rapunzel. She raises Rapunzel up secretly in a hidden tower within the forest until Rapunzel is 18 to use the magical power of her golden hair. When Rapunzel is almost 18, a “thief” named Flynn Rider whose real name is Eugene Fitzherbert accidentally brakes into the tower, and the two of them make a deal: Rapunzel wants Eugene to take her to see the lanterns that light up the night on her Birthdays in person, and Eugene can get his bag back this way. They get out of the tower and take a lot of adventures. Finally, they defeat the evil witch and fall in love with each other. In the end of the original story, they live happily ever after. The following is my version of the story that happens after “ever after”.
After the wedding of Rapunzel and Eugene, the life of them seems to return to peace. But a new situation arises: Eugene wants to control the personal life of Rapunzel, making her hard to breathe. He sets a list of limitation for Rapunzel, including not allowing her to hang out with friends without his permission. “You only belongs to mine, so you have to submit to me.” said Eugene with a smile that seems no longer appeal to Rapunzel. Rapunzel is contradictory: she’s not sure whether she still love Eugene as who he is now or not. She’s in a dilemma. The King and Queen discover this, and they thus invite a prophet who can read people’s mind to see if Eugene still loves their daughter. It turns out that Eugene is a bad guy and what he wants is only the power of the magical golden flower. He doesn’t love Rapunzel at all; on the contrary, he just uses her as a tool for his own purpose. The King and Queen are astonishing and angry, so they drive Eugene out of the kingdom at once without announcing Rapunzel. When Rapunzel finds out what happens, Eugene is far away. At first, she is mad at her parents for not informing her in advance. Also, she herself can’t identify if she still love him. But after she knows the truth, she understands her parents and thanks them for what they have done for her from the bottom of her heart. After that, Rapunzel lives with her parents happily ever after.
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Jonathan（庄翰） Mon 3~4
Once upon a time , there was a kingdom . There was a castle in the kingdom where the king lived . The king had a daughter , a princess ,who was really beautiful . However , she was not happy at all . As the princess of the kingdom , she had to behave as expected , all those manners are driving her crazy ,she just wanted to be who she really was . She wanted to put an end to this kind of life .
One day , a dragon flew in to the realm of the king , it was said that his armor is like tenfold shields, his teeth are swords, his claws spears, the shock of his tail a thunderbolt, his wings a hurricane, and his breath, death . The kingdom got into great panic , but the princess is strangely calm .
When the dragon did came , she stood on the balcony , facing the dragon alone .
“ Take me with you ! ” said the princess . “ Why would I ？“ the dragon seem confused .
“Isn’t it so kind of tradition for a dragon to take the princess away when he burns down the whole city ? ” “ Okay , first , I am not going to burn this place to the ground , second , it semms like you are asking me to kidnap you . ” “ Yeah , whatever , just do it .”
So off they went , back to where the dragon came from . They lived happily for a long time , the princess could finally be who she really was . No more rules and manners , she could run and jump , she could case the birds , she could finally laugh from the bottom of her heart. But it didn’t last forever , The king sent his best troop to rescue his daughter , and the dragon , known as ” the kidnapper “ by the people , was slayed .
Years after she came back to the castle , she would always stands on the balcony , lost in her thoughts ,and no one had ever saw her smile again . .
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Your story amazed me and told us a simple but forgettable lesson: What suits you is the best, not someting that people thinks suitalbe to you. The princess was brave but tragic. We all should not push others to do someting they actually hate to do. To respect is to understand.
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The Thousand Nights and One Night
Since the minister sent his elder daughter, Shahrazad to the palace to marry the king, the king has not asked for another young girl for 900 days. It seems that as long as Shahrazad continues to tell stories for the king until, maybe the day when the grim reaper comes to him, all the other girls in this country can be saved.
However, what I want to tell today is not a smooth fairy tale for 3-year-olds. The goddess, who had once educated the king and his brother not to believe any women, saw all of these and feels being challenged. So she put a spell on Shahrazad, stealing those wonderful stories away from her brain. As a result, after such a long time, on the morning of the 901st day, the “walking story book” , Shahrazad herself suddenly found that there is no good story in her brain to tell.
Even feeling astonished, the confident girl calmed down quickly and believed that
she can think of, or even make up an attractive story before the night comes. In order to look for some spirits, she decided to go to the garden of the palace, which is said to be very glorious but has been forbidden to get in after the “queen issue”, not known to her at this point. Hardly had she got the gate of the garden when she was stopped by the guard. However, having not seen any woman after the king killed the queen and all the women slaves, the guard was surprised to see such a beautiful girl appearing in the palace. “It is not allowed to step in,madam.” Although confused about who the girl is, the guard said to Shahrazad respectfully.
“Why? I heard from my father that there are many glorious blooms during this season. Such beauty should not be shut and wasted!” said Shahrazad.
“Once, madam. Since the king ordered to close the garden about 3 years ago, all the plants have withered. By the way, it’s really strange to see girl like you appearing in such a place. Could you please tell me who you are?”
Shahrazad hesitated for a while, considering whether to trust such a guard. But seeing the young face and the pure eyes of him, she chose to believe her feelings.
“I’m Shahrazad, the daughter of the minister, and the wife,”she stopped,smiled bitterly, “the wife of the king.”
“Oh, I feel awfully shamed for giving offense to you, my queen!” The guard felt so regretful for saying such words before that almost knelt on the ground when Shahrazad held his arms to get him up.
“Never mind. It is likely that I will not be your queen next morning.” Shahrazad sighed, frustrated for her blank brain.
“How could that be, my queen? Even I heard that you are the only one who made the king fascinated with.” the guard asked innocently.
Being asked, the brave and persistent girl felt helpless and lonely for the first time, so that she told everything to the guard. The boy listened quietly, deeply touched by the kindness and courage of the young girl.
“So you cannot think of any stories now, and you come to the garden for spirits?”Shahrazad nodded yes silently, beautiful eyes darkened in sadness.
“Well, I am not sure if I can help you, my queen. But to be honest, we guards love stories too. And we sometimes share stories together. Maybe I can tell you some good ones in which you can choose for the king.”
“Really? That’ll be very nice!” replied Shahrazad, eyes shining again.
So the guard told a story he once heard of, which is later told by Shahrazad to the king. Along with vivid description and sweet voice, the king was totally sunk in the story. And just like every night before that night, seeing the approaching of morning, Shahrazad discreetly fell silent. “What a story, Shaharazad! I can’t wait to come to the end!” The king said excitingly. “That’s my pleasure, my king.We could continue it tonight and have some more interesting stories.” Shaharazad smiled gracefully, couldn’t wait to rush to the garden to meet the young, kind, and helpful guard. “this time,” she thought to herself, “I must ask about his name…”
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The Story After Cinderella’s Story
The first scene
In the palace
Cinderella moves around restlessly, surrounded by servants in the palace.
Cinderella: It is said that you can live without sorrow and anxiety if you marry your Prince
Charming. Well, I’d like to say life can’t be so idealistic.
Servant A:Milady, prince is looking for you.
Cinderella:Who cares? Let him wait for me.—— Marriage is the grave of love, especially for a
noble family. The bloody strict noble restrictions and fetters can drive a madman crazy.——Oh, dear. I’m coming.
Servant B:Milady. Please don’t forget tonight’s dinner party. Evening wear needs preparing
Cinderella:I can remember that bloody well, the damned dinner party——Jesus!It reminds me
that my foolish wish to go to the feast. What an idiot! If you have a look at the flattering and arrogance in anyone of the party, it will be the last place you want to set your foot in, let alone dance at the party.——Oh, my dear prince, I am not quite myself today, I want to go out to have a relax.
Prince: My love. You needn’t go to anywhere. Just stay with me, stay in my sight, both of us can
rise to the heaven of love.(Give Cinderella a hug)
Cinderella: But your love makes me stifled(Get away from prince’s hug and leave quickly)
Servant C:Milady seems to be unhappy today.
The second scene
In Cinderella’s bedroom
Cinderella lies on her bed , give out a long sigh after another.
Maid:Milady, someone wants to see you.
Cinderella:Just tell him I am not fine and need rest.
Maid:But the person said that he is one of the doves.
Cinderella:(Quickly get up)Jesus!Why does he choose to come here at such time! Please let him come in.And dare you tell this to any other people!
(Maid quickly leaves, and the thief go swaggering on the stage)
Thief:It’s glad to see your well-being, my lady, or poor Cinderella
Cinderella:I remember having paid you well. Why do you come back here.
Thief: Well, I just have run out of my money when gambling. It’s my honour if you can do me a
favour.
Cinderella: Greedy can only bring people unfortunate.
Thief: Well, I do understand. But I want to call your attention to the fact that your stepsisters are
quite suspicious about where your dress and slippers come from. You know, they awfully agree with the king’s family taste. It can’t be a coincidence… …
Cinderella: Fine.How much do you want?
Thief:(Smile hypocritically)He who knows current affairs is a hero.
The third scene
In the garden of the palace
Stepsister: Cinderella!Hey, Cinderella!Here!
Cinderella: Why are you here? Do you want another toe of yours to be cut off?
Stepsister:I’m sorry, Cinderella. I know it’s unreasonable to request you, we are not qualified to
be your family members. But it’s your father, your father is seriously ill now, and our wealth is confiscated because we cheat the loyal family… …
Cinderella:Serves you right.
Stepsister:Hey! Cinderella, I don’t mind if you blame me, but it’s your father!How can you be so
Cruel!
Cinderella:Cruel? You say I am cruel.Why don’t you look at mirror?Aren’t you crueler thousands
of times than me?And you want me to have sympathy for my father?Yuk!I would rather him to be punished in the hell.He marry stepmother just for her title as a duchess. And he can sacrifice his biological daughter’s dignity and happiness to please that buckeen.You want me to help such a father?Dream on!
Stepsister:But he is your FATHER!And we can only depend on you, wife of the crown prince.
Cinderella:Yes! Just because he is my FATHER, and I’m his DAUGHTER. I have to give up my
inheritance right as he wish, I have to obey your order because he makes tacit permission, I can’t go to the feast for I’m the daughter of a maid instead of a buckeen. Why, on bloody hell, do you think that I will help him?
Stepsister:But you are the most powerful one in our family now, we cannot rely on others but
you.
Cinderella:Ha!Do you know why I swear to be wife of the crown prince? As a woman, I can’t fight
like a man for my honour, dignity and happiness. Nor do I own any power, wealth and title——As a penniless young girl, there is no strength in your hand.Your only weapon is your good look, with which you can get the highless power collapsing at your feet, with which you can touch god’s beard, with which you can order uncountable blade to fight for you.So what can I do? Can I act as a man to propose a duel in order to restore my dignity?No, I can’t.I can only use my body to seduce a stupid prince, despicably climb onto the top of the power, and then settle your foot on your enemy’s head.
Stepsister:But the base of your power seems not so stable. Some people are still suspicious about
where you night dress come from——even your family member haven’t seen such a elegant dress.At least I don’t believe that rumor.You still need our help.Listen, we can make up a story like this… …
Cinderella:Guard!
Stepsister:Fine.Cinderella.I don’t need you to send me out.I can go away by myself. But don’t
forget our mother, she won’t miss any chance to take revenge.Goodbye, milady.
The fifth scene
In Cinderella’s Bedroom
Prince:Cinderella!
Maid:I’m sorry, Highness.Lady Cinderella said she didn’t feel like herself.
Prince:Get away!
Prince:Please give me an explanation, Cinderella. I believe our love won’t be worn out by such a
misunderstand.
Cinderella:Love? Aha!You call that love? Bah!I feel awful for I insult this word——How dare you
boast without shame saying”I LOVE YOU”. Do you really love me?Do you really love my soul? Yuk!I can only feel your lust for my body. I can confirm it from the time when you judge your bride from their feet!
Prince:Cinderella,calm down,I don’t want to make a mess. It would be a scandal for the royal
family if its wife of the crown prince is a thief.But we can conceal the fact, if you accept to give away your wealth inherited from your father to national treasury.Then you can continue to be my wife. I can say for sure that you will be satisfied with our palace, wealth and servants.
Cinderella:To be your wife, and be your slave forever? Stop kidding!Your palace is my jail, your
wealth is my debt, and your servants are my jailer! You think I’m afraid to be a thief? You think I will cherish my title?No! They are just my tool to take revenge!I won’t let them fetter my soul! You said I am a thief.But is there anything in your treasury not stolen from the people?And you even want to steal my wealth.Aha!I won’t let your conspiracy succeed, I will tell everyone that I am a thief, and I will tell them I have no choice but to be a chief. It’s you, your loyal family , you men, that makes a weak woman to go to the bad!
Prince:Cinderella, calm down! We can have a talk… …
To be continued
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The Race Between Rabbit and Tortoise
At the first running race, the rabbit lost to the tortoise because of his arrogance. He slept on the way and the tortoise slowly caught up with him. Finally when the tortoise reached the terminal point, the rabbit just woke up. The rabbit felt very regretful and asked to have a new race. To his surprise, the tortoise agreed with him. So a new race began.
Before the race began, the tortoise said to the rabbit : Your speed is ten times faster than mine, in view of the big difference between our speed, I hope you could let me run 100 meters first and ran at a uniform speed so that the race is fair. The rabbit thought that even you run 100 meters more than me, I could still exceed you. So the rabbit agreed.
So the race began, after the tortoise ran 100 meters, the rabbit began to run. Before long, the rabbit got closer and closer to the tortoise. He laughed happily and said to the tortoise : I would exceed you ! I am the winner ! The tortoise said nothing but continued running. As time went by, something strange happened, no matter how hard the rabbit ran, he could never catch up with the tortoise. Finally the tortoise won the race again.
At the terminal point, the rabbit was very confused. He said to the tortoise : I wonder the reason why I could never caught up with you. Do you have super power? The tortoise said : you have no idea of the wisdom, this is the wisdom of Zeno Paradox ! In the race, you must first reach the starting point of me. When you reached 100 meters, I had already run 10 meters forward. So you had to keep chasing, and when you had run another 10 meters,I had already run another meter. In this way, I would make an infinite number of starting points. I would always make a distance between the starting point and myself, no matter how small the distance was, as long as I kept running forward, you could never catch up with me !
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Wolf Is Coming
There is a little boy named Rohan Kishibe who shepherds and lives in MORI OH CHO.His daily life is boring enough with watching so many sheep day in and day out.Because of the poverty of his family, he was ordered to help the richest family shepherd so that his single-parent family could obtain a small sum of money.
The rich in his town are mean, and the means of obtaining wealth that they used is notorious. They plotted to kill a miser in neighboring county and divide up stolen goods,becoming the rich in their town.However, no one knows how they got the vast fortune.Meanwhile, they laundered money by purchasing a large amount of sheep that are certain to fetch a good price at the annual agricultural trade fair, and their wish would become true.With other 6 shepherd boys, Rohan Kishibe herds sheep on the grassland near their little town at the foot of the Mount Kira-Yoshikage.
However, the son of the miser who lived far away from home suddenly came back, only to find his father’s body was covered with maggots on November 18.With great sorrow, he made up his mind to find the murderer. After gathering clues during the whole December and the next year, he found the most suspicious men.
When Rohan started to become a shepherd boy, the strong-willed son nicknamed BITES-THE-DUST clean up all the rest of the house and left for MORI OH CHO. After four-day-walk, he reached the grassland where he found 7 boys shepherding.All of a sudden, he realized that there are there ill-behaved guys who became rich in a few days living in this town and it was them that he kept finding. Fortunately, he has known that they purchased sheep and became the only three farmers raising sheep.
He knows that this is a good choice to make further investigation, so he forged a fake name ,Yuya Fungami. While the other boys don’t notice, he pinned Rohan down by setting traps and educed him into trying to make a deal that Rohan can use information to trade for his life.Although Rohan says ”Da ga ko to wa ru”immediately, which means he would not yield, he is still moved by the good reward. The crafty son promised to give him the gold equivalent of thirty sheep, so Rohan told him all the information about his employers.
Just like they said in advance, Rohan barker out, ”Wolves is coming from the mountain” and scared away the other boys. Then four guys who are the son’s hired roughnecks drove all the sheep away.
Rohan got the equivalent of 30 times the monthly wage in gold coins, and the son with his hired roughnecks prepared to break into the foes’ houses and kill the whole family by the way.
The Kishibe’s moved to another town use the gold coins and live a happy life.
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The Frog Prince :A Story About Honesty
But as he fell he was changed from a frog into a handsome Prince with beautiful eyes.”why were you change from a frog into a man?”the Princess answered suprisedly.”Actyually I was changed into a fog by a witch.You are the only one who can save me from that magic spell”.
The Princess looked at his beautiful eyes,addicted and shy.Then the king came in following the noise,only to find the Prince in the room.After listening to the story of the Prince,he decided to marry his favourite daughter,the Princess who save the Prince,to the handsome Prince.The Princess ,who had fell in love with Prince with beautiful eyes on her first sight,was naturally happy.
However,The Prince denied without giving any explaination,reducing the Princess to embarrassment and sadness.The Princess run out of the palace,falling into a big hole.she cried loudly,but no one come to her saving.when the Princess was too tired to cry,a ugly old women heard her voice.The pringcess begged her assistment.The old lady said slowly,”I couldn’t help you out except that you can give me your favourite golden ball.”The Princess was so hungry and cold that she agreed without hesitation.With the lady’s help,the Princess was saved out.She appointed to give the ball to the old lady tomorrom besides the hole.
after she returning the palace,she regreted to make such a promise.She ,decide to eat her words and not go to the appointed time for her love for the ball.
On the second day,the Princess stayed in the palace for the whole day and did not go to the appointed place.On the evening,when she was about to go to bad,she find the old lady beside her bed,dressed in clothes of witch.The old lady said”You are such a dishonest girl,I will punish you and change you into a ugly frog and you can’t be changed into people until you can have the Prince’s kiss”,On the old lady wave her magic stick,the Princess was changed into a frog!
The Princess was too afraid to face the king,she jump into a pond near the palace and cried everyday.One day,the Prince with beautiful eyes came to the pond to drink water and find the crying frog.After hear the story of the the Princess,he kissed the frog without hesitation.The Princess was changed into people.The Princess said sincerely,”I’m sorry for my dishonesty and judging a book by its cover.” The,Prince smiled at her ,hugged her tightly and said”That is why I denied the marriage.I’m happy that you have acknowledge your shortcoming.”
At an end,the Prince and the Princess got married and lived together happily.
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Your imagine is so cool! I admire the importance of honesty you express in the story. Also, the story has a happy ending which is reasonable. I really like it.
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The Frog Prince 2
Once upon a time,after the frog turned back into a prince and spent blessed time with the pretty princess,something wretched happened.
One day ,the prince and his wife went to a forest for a camping,no servant following.Unfortunately,the princess caught a cold and was thirsty for water.So the prince left and searched for water alone.However,the witch who had cursed the prince cursed him again.This time,the prince turned into a lark.After cursing,the witch said,”only when someone locks you in the birdcage can you become a man again.”
The lark,also the prince,flew back to their camp,not forgetting bringing his wife some fruits.After the princess ate the fruits,she quickly got over her cold.But she could not find her husband.Then,she searched the whole forest,only to find the clothes his husband used to wear.So she thought his husband may had died.Under the great grief,the princess went back to the palace alone,even not noticing that the lark flew and singing about her.
As the day went on,the princess started to feel strange about the dark.Because the dark just flew near her,he also sang near her in the daytime.The princess started to regard the lark as a friend.Everyday she told the dark how much she missed her husband.The lark was so moved that he decided to find a birdcage.So one day,after the princess fell asleep,he flew out.He first flew into the garden,where there are many empty birdcages.So he decided to break the entrance down.But the door was made of iron.He could not make it.However,he made very big noises,which woke the princess up.The princess did not want to lock the lark,but he was so stubborn that the prince had to lock him in.
Just at that moment,something amazing happened,the lark disappeared.Instead,the handsome prince came back.he came forward and gave the princess a lovely hug and told the whole story.The princess was so shocked that she could not say a single word.
After that,the prince and princess led a joyful life.
上次传忘记写名字了。。。
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The Modern Mermaid
In the deepest of the most beautiful ocean, there lived a Queen, who had three children. The eldest one, beautiful but arrogant, the middle one, clever but lazy, the youngest one, Cecilia, considerate and ambitious. Despite of the fact that Cecilia was too young to be an heir, the Queen insisted choosing her to be the Zeus in the ocean.
As a result, Cecilia was cultivated systematically in every aspect. From politics to economy, from dressing to manners, from eloquence to diplomacy. Like her great mother, Cecilia lived up to everyone’s expectations, she was born to be a queen, a historic queen. But, in the deepest of her mind, which was deeper than the ocean, there was a tiny instant idea, which urged her to dash to somewhere, somewhere even she did not exactly know. It was just a breeze in her mind, light and warm, but soon totally disappeared. As time went by, the idea was a secret, which she never told to anyone, even to her dearest mother. I bet, she would always cherish it in her heart or maybe forget it some day if that day had not come…
It was the most significant and boisterous day. It was the most happiest day in Cecilia’s life, too. Well, she then did not know, of course. It was a pomp which celebrated the union and harmony between humans and mermaids. The queen hosted it and took it seriously. Because she intended to introduce her dearest sweetie officially to everyone in the world as her heir. Cecilia was dressed up elaborately and she was the most pulchritudinous mermaid. When she was walking downstairs in full view of the public, she suddenly glimpsed a pair of eyes, which was deeper than anyone else and instantly aroused her deepest idea. She was captured immediately and hurt her ankle.
Her unsteady walk drew her mother’s attention. She rebuked her in a low voice, but Cecilia paid no attention this time. She looked for the eyes desperately, then she found herself being looked as well. He was an average man who came from land. His name was Evan. Cecilia was frozen, she couldn’t move. Although there were hundreds of people standing against between them, Cecilia felt like they were just standing face to face. But, her mother witnessed all of this, looking worried.
After the pomp, Cecilia was called to her mother’s study. Before she could say a word, the queen said: ‘I have seen everything during the celebration. To be honest, Cecilia, I am shocked. The boy is not handsome at all, he is just a normal person who is neither prosperous nor promising. What is the most important is that you should merry a mermaid, not a man. You are the future queen of the ocean. Can’t you understand what it means? ’Hearing this, tears rolled in her eyes, but she said calmly:‘For years, mummy. I have had an idea in my mind. I did not understand what it was, but today, I suddenly realized that it was love, not the love between us, not the love I was given, not the love which contains greed. It was the love for me to give. I do not care his identity at all, no matter how normal or poor he is, the only thing that I care about is that he can understand me, even he didn’t say a word. Of course I know I am going to be the queen, but I was wondering…’
Just at that moment, Evan rushed into the room anxiously, He bowed and said:‘Please forgive me, your highness. My name is Evan, I am a normal human, but I love your daughter, I can understand her, even she didn’t say a word. I know I should not bother you. But I am wondering if you could give me a chance?’
The queen was moved by the two lover’s love and sincerity. However, Cecilia could not shirk her responsibility as a member of the royal family. Evan can not be a mermaid as well. As a result, the two lovers had no choice but to take their responsibilities to strengthen the friendship between humans and mermaids.
Many years passed. It was so long that it seemed time grew old, too. There was another celebration, more grand and splendid than the former. At that time, Cecilia had already given her throne to her heir. When she was walking downstairs in full view of the public, she suddenly glimpsed a pair of eyes, which was deeper than anyone else. She looked for the eyes desperately, then she found herself being looked as well…
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It’s a wonderful story about the little marmid. I see a girl who prefers her own career to love. It’s not a typical ending about princess but an innovating one. I think the mean idea the writer wanted to express is the proper right of the women, which is that the women are independent without the help of the man.
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Fairy story(actually two little stories about happiness I want to share with you~)
1. OH, IF I COULD BUT BE HAPPY!
Adapted from “OH, IF I COULD BUT SHIVER”
A father had two sons, the elder of whom, named Tom, was forward and clever enough to learn a lot of things; but the younger, Jack, was so stupid that he could learn nothing and have nothing to do. Tom always helped his father to earn money. Every time he came back from the fair, he gave his father some coins. “Well done! I’m so happy.” said the father excitedly, counting the coins, “What about you,Jack? Do something to make me happier. ”“But I don’t even know what happiness means. I want to find the meaning of happiness.” said Jack confused. The elder brother laughed when he heard the speech and thought to himself, “Ah! My brother is such a simpleton that he don’t know such a simple concept.”
The father felt shame of his little son. He gave Jack fifty dollars, letting him go to find the meaning of happiness.
As soon as day broke the youth put his fifty dollars into a knapsack and went out upon the high road, saying continually, “Oh, if I could but be happy!”
Presently a man came up, who overheard the boy talking to himself.
“Poor little boy, are you out of money?”
“No, the money I have is enough for living.” answered the boy.
“Then that is a good reason to be happy.” said the man.
“Why could a piece of metal make a person happy?” the boy said, disappointed.
“Oh,if I could but be happy!” He kept going and encountered an old ragged lady. Sympathized with her, Jack gave all of his money to the lady. Suddenly, the old lady turned into a beautiful fairy and said, “You are a man with a heart of gold. Let me give you a chance to be happy.” Hopefully, Jack followed the fairy to a gorgeous castle. A king happily greeted him,
“You are such a kind and handsome man, easily passing my test. I will marry my daughter to you.”
“You felt happy?”asked the fairy.
“Not really, why would I feel happy about the fleeting beauty.”answered the boy, confused.
Keep going. He met the goddess of love and the devil of gluttony, however, it seemed that none of them could make him happy.
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The stupid boy, Jack, knowing nothing, chased the footprint of happiness for a life time,enthusiastically and hopefully. He helped a great many people, went to different places and experienced a lot of things, living a enriched life. “Oh, if I could but be happy!” He always said, but everyone who knew his stories believed happiness is always at his side.
2.WHERE AM I?
One day, a man on a journey suddenly went into a mysterious place. There are so many great things that he used to dream of. Delicious food, beautiful ladies and countless money, he could get them immediately if he wanted. “It must be Heaven.” thought the man.
He lived the perfect life happily for about one month.
Getting a little bored, the man went to the office of the manager and asked,
“Excuse me, is there any work to do?”
“No.” said the manager affirmatively.
“Is there any trouble to deal with?”
“No.” again, said the manager.
“Don’t even have a job?” the man lost his patience.
“I’m afraid we don’t provide with these things, sir.”
“My God! What’s the difference between here and hell!”,the man got angry.
“I’m sorry, sir,but where do you think you are?” said the manager slowly.
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Your stories are really thought-provoking. We all should work hard to get whatever we want and find happiness during the process. To reap where one has not sown is impossible and boring.
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I was totally captured by your first story. To be honest, the style and characteristic of the story is just like the impression you left on me, thoughtful and rational. I suppose the true meaning of this story depends on everyone, and that reminded me of a sentence：We chased after it, when it was all around us. I figure this boy did not realize that happiness is not a state, it is a course.
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The little match girl
It was the last day of the old year. The weather was dreadfully cold. Snow poured down like goose feather, covering everything as a white coat. Cold as it was, a little girl was still wandering in the street, wearing shabby clothes and one slipper, for the other was not found. The girl carried a small bundle of matches in her hand, which she must sold to earn her living. However, no one had bought any of them in the daytime; no one had given her a single penny. Trembling with cold and hunger, the little girl knocked on the door of a house.
An old lady opened the door.’ Do you need some matches? It is pretty cheap.’ The girl looked at the old lady and said. However, the old lady answer nothing but let her enter the house. The old lady then handed her a pair of old but warm shoes for the girl to change into.
After changing her clothes, the old lady said to the girl, ’I will buy all of your matches, but you have to do me a favor.’ ‘What should I do?’ The girl asked doubtfully. ‘I bought many beautiful candles as holiday gifts for my neighbors. Please help me send them to my neighbors. And each candle is matched with a match I bought from you.’ The old lady then give her a bag full of colorful candles. ‘Don’t forget to say happy new year to them.’
The little girl left the lady house, knocked on her neighbor’s door. A beautiful woman opened the house. ‘Happy new year! This is from the old lady living next to you!’ The women smiled and said,’ I also have something to give you.’ She gave the girl a freshly prepared roast chicken. Each family give the girl some presents after she sending them the candles and the matches.
The girl went back to the old lady house with many presents.’ These are the presents your neighbors give to you.’
’ These are all for you.’ The old lady shook her head and smiled,’ This is your reward for helping me.’
‘Happy New Year!’ The little girl remembered what the old lady said at last. It is not the gifts but the kindness of the old lady warmed the cold night of the girl. On the way home, the little girl felt that the new year was full of hope.
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You give a really heart-warming ending to the story! According to your story, I can sense the kindness between even strangers. From my point of view, your ending is better than the original one!
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The Emperor’s New Clothes
The emperor went on, pretending to be proud.He stood as straight as a ramrod. It was so straight that his shoulders and back were a little sore. The courtiers who followed knew they were doing something ridiculous, but dared not laugh, so they clenched their lower lips tightly. In the guard team, everyone stared at the ground and even did not dare to look at their companions sideways.They were afraid that when they looked at each other, they could not hold back and burst out laughing.
But the people were not trained like courtiers, and they could not think of clenching their lips or staring at the ground. Now that the truth was debunked, the laughter was boiling. “Look!A emperor without clothes!”
When the emperor heard these words, he was very embarrassed and told the ministers, “Didn’t you hear these unfaithful people gossiping there?Why were you indifferent there? Whoever deliberately says bad things is a bad guy.It is a rebel.I order you to catch them immediately and kill them! ”
Afraid to neglect, the ministers immediately ordered their men to sound the trumpet, summon the people, and release the new law in the harshest tone. Sure enough, the laughter stopped at once. The emperor was comforted and began to move on again. From then on, of course, the emperor could no longer wear anything else. When he went up, when he returned to the harem, he was always naked, and he often touched this and that with his hands, pretending to be tidying up the folds of the clothes.
All the ministers who dared to tell the truth were killed. The kind people finally could not bear the cruel emperor. They picked up their weapons and killed the emperor. The country was finally back on track.
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The candle light on the Christmas tree rose higher and higher, and finally became a star twinkling in the sky. One of the stars came down and drew a thin red light in the sky.
” A man is dying.” Said the little girl. The grandmother who loved her so much told her when she was alive that if a star fell, there would be a soul going to God.
She struck another match on the wall. This time, the match lit up all around. Grandma appeared in the light, so gentle, so loving. “Grandma!” The little girl cried, “ah! Please take me away! I know that when the match goes out, you will disappear, just like the warm stove, the fragrant roast goose and the beautiful Christmas tree! ”
She quickly struck a lot of matches to keep grandma. A bunch of matches were shining as brightly as in the day. Grandma had never been so tall and beautiful. Grandma picked up the little girl and held her in her arms. They both flew away in the light and happiness, flying higher and higher, to the place where there was no cold, no hunger and no pain.
She was slowly losing her consciousness. However, she was not dead. A reporter passing by saved her life. Yet before saving her, he took several photos, which he later published on newspaper， with an article full of sympathy，his words were so moving that hundreds of thousands of readers wrote letters to the newspaper asking for more information of the poor little girl. she became overnight famous—- just think about the touching photograph，in which a girl, sat in the corner，her cheeks red and her mouth smiling，the advertisers paid a great deal to her to make advertisement. The theaters invited her to act in shows .Very soon, she became a child star.
However, sometimes, she thought that she was more like a mascot. She was giving performances all the time. Those big men in power used her as something to show off their great help and sympathy for the poor. Actually, they did not think except for the fact that they used her to make money. Still, there were countless children selling matches in the street. People who showed great sympathy to the little girl never did anything in reality to help them, regardless of their coldness and illness. It all seemed that the rich shall become richer and the poor shall never get out of the darkness，perhaps, the little girl, in many people’s eyes are leading a happy and wonderful life，while they never knew that she would always woke up in the warm and soft bed， looking around in the big and fantastic house，thinking of the idea, which never went away from her head—-if only she had gone away with her grandmother in that freezing night.
she was not that sad. She was not that happy.
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That’s a thoughtful story! The poor girl selling matches is saved instead of dying quietly, but is exploited as a symbol of the poor. Of course it’s not the life she wants to live. The last sentence arouses consideration about what society really need to do for the poor.
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⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ This is a sad story, revealing some dark side of humanity. It is kind of like Dickens’ stories, very realistic.
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It‘s a really meaningful and thoughtful story and i especially like its ending
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wow，you can really dance. What a coincidence we both write this story. And how fantastic this story is. So sad it is that I cry out
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THE ALIENS AND THE HUMANS(a version of the wolf and the lamb)
A spaceship that was full of aliens from a galaxy that is very far away from the solar system came upon the solar system,and want to destroy the earth for its energy and resource, but felt some compunction about taking the life of so helpless a speices without some plausible excuse; so they cast about for a grievance and said at last, “Ten thousand years ago, sirrah, you grossly insulted us through the radio signal.”“That is impossible, sir,” bleated the humans, “for we even did’t know how to use it then,maybe you mistakeus for that planet.” “Well,” retorted the aliens, “you feed in our sun.” “That cannot be,” replied the humans, “for we all know that the sun doesn’t belong to anyone.” “You used my resouce then,” continued the aliens. “Indeed,sir,” said the poor humans, “I have never yet used resouce from anywherer but my mother,earth.””Well,”said the aliens,”you seem to be telling the truth.”Then they left.So then what happened to the humans?Did they survive and then travel around the universe themsleves?No they didn’t.The aliens didn’t destroy the earth,but humans themselves destroyed it.They created too much Carbon dioxide,they polluted too much water,they wased too much energy and resource and they caused too much war.Then humans died out.
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THE GOOSE-GIRL
Luckily, the true princess was married to the prince and the false bride was punished by the law. It seems that the prince and princess will live a happy life ever since then , but ,to tell the truth, the princess is not so happy as we think.The prince, actually, doesn’t love the goose-girl as deeply as we think, either . He just likes her beauty and her treasures, and also the power from her country’s support . In his mind , it is whether he is married to the princess that matters, not whether the princess is true. So he quickly completed his marriage without thinking after he had seen the false bride . When his father——the old king told him the truth, he felt very embarrassed that he seemed like a fool to be tricked by the waiting-maid . Even though he finally exposed the truth to all his court, he still saw the princess as a reminder of this embarrassing moment. For this reason, he always give a cold attitude to the princess. And the princess feels so sad about this.
Until one day, Curdken comes to the princess and tells her all his love for her. He fell in love with her at the first sight. Although she wore dirty clothes at that time, he found her beauty under the poor clothes. He felt happy that they could work together for a period of time. And even when the time she was married to the prince, he still loved her so much and blessed her a happy life. His heart was broken when he saw her weeping alone and he finally decided to tell her his feelings and take her away to a remote and beautiful place. The princess is shocked but after a while, she is moved by Curdken . Finally,they succeed running away to a beautiful village and lead a happy live there .
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There is a moral to this story! Money and power aren’t anything and love does not reside in strength or money.
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Briar Rose：A Girl Addicted in Phones
Once upon a time there lived a king and queen who loved their little girl so much. They invited all the fairies to celebrate her birth, so the fairies might be kind to the princess.
Now there were thirteen fairies in his kingdom, but he had only twelve golden dishes for them to eat out of, so that he was obliged to leave one of the fairies without an invitation. After the feast was over they gave her all the excellent things in the world. When eleven had done blessing her, the thirteenth, who had not been invited and was very angry on that account, came in and cried out, “The kings daughter shall in her fifteenth year indulge in using cellphones, and falling down dead.” Then the twelfth, who had not yet given her gift, came forward and said that the bad wish must be fulfilled, but that she could soften it and that the king’s daughter should not die, but fall asleep for a hundred years.
But the king hoped to save his dear child from the threatened evil, and ordered that all the cellphones in the kingdom should be forbidden and destroyed. All the fairies’ gifts were in the meantime fulfilled; for the princess was so beautiful, well-behaved, amiable, and wise.
On the very day she was fifteen years old, she was left alone in the palace. So she roamed about by herself, and found an old lady sitting in an old room and laughing at a cellphone. The princess was so interested in the little thing, so she asked the lady for what it is.Actually the old lady was the thirteenth fairy, and she intended to induce the princess to be absorbed in phones in order to destroy the future of the country.
So scarcely had she touched it before the prophecy was fulfilled, she fell down lifeless on the ground. However, she was not dead, but had only fallen into a deep sleep in which she was happy with using cellphones all day long and didn’t want to wake up at all.
After being informed of this situation, the king decided to asked for princes from the other kingdom helping them wake up their daughter. Whoever made it can take the throne. So from time to time several kings’ sons came, and tried to break through the thicket into the palace and wake her up. This they could never do; for the thorns and bushes laid hold of them as it were with hands, and even they finally found the princess they fell in deep sleep because of phones just as her.
After many, many years there came another king’s son into that land. He is strong and smart enough to break through the thicket of thorns and refuse the pleasure of using phones. So that very day as the prince came to the thicket he saw nothing but beautiful flowering shrubs, through which he passed with ease.Then he came at last to the palace and went on still further till at last he came to the old room in which Briar Rose was.
She looked so beautiful that he could not take his eyes off, and he stooped down and gave her a kiss. But the moment he kissed her he got access to her dreams, in which the beauty tempt him to forget anything else but just stay here with her. He smiled, looked deep into her eyes, and grabbed her hands with just one sentence,”The phones are sweet but poisonous candies, the responsibilities are heavy but vital rocks. The best princess use phones to do the right things.”
She opened her eyes and awoke and smiled upon him.They lived happily together all their lives.
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Sorry I’ve posted it wrong.It’s MON3~4 instead of 1~2.
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