Ekittie
Bluelighter
Okay, this is kinda long, but I really need help. This is supposed to be a story for a kid's corner of a Wiccan website. Someone please tell me if you think it's alright to post there, or if there's anything that could be changed to make it more presentable.
Thanks,
Karissa
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The Faerie Princess
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Once upon a time, there was a kingdom of faeries that lived deep within the heart of the forest. In the kingdom there was a king, named King Edern, and a queen named Queen Alana. The king was a most handsome faerie. He had the black hair of a raven and green eyes of a cat. His faerie wings were the color of twilight, and reached almost to the ground. The queen was the most beautiful faerie ever seen. Her flaming red hair flowed past her waist to her knees in waves of burning beauty. Her eyes were as green as an emerald cut straight from the earth. Her wings were the color of a blazing sunset, with hot oranges and pinks streaked across them. When the queen smiled, it was lovely enough to bring the sun out from beneath clouds, or make the stars shine twice as bright. The faeries were pleased to have such a good-looking couple rule over them.
After having lived happily guiding the fairie folk for many years, the king and queen had a daughter. They named her Sulgwenn, which means, “shining sun” after the beautiful sunrise she was born beneath. Both King Edern and Queen Alana were pleased with the birth of their daughter. They would now have someone to inherit and rule their kingdom.
As time wore on, and Princess Sulgwenn began to grow into a little girl, the king and queen began to notice something. The princess was not the beauty one would expect to come from such a beautiful pair of parents. She was not ugly, no, not that, but she was so plain that one would miss her if she were not being looked for. The king and queen were not worried by the plainness of their daughter because they knew it would only take time for her to discover her true beauty. But the king and queen were not the only ones who noticed the plainness of the princess. When the other faeries began to notice, they began to feel sorry for her. Sometimes the faeries would call her ‘The Plain Princess’, or ‘Princess Plain’, and they look at her with pity in their eyes.
Princess Sulgwenn may not have been a most beautiful princess, but she was a very smart one. She knew the faeries pitied her, and thought her parents were disappointed in her appearance. Knowing this, Princess Sulgwenn became a very cheerless little faerie. She stopped smiling and her eyes became as sad as a bloodhound’s.
The only pleasure the princess ever found, was when she went off to play all by herself near a brook that flowed on the outer edges of the kingdom. There, Princess Sulgwenn would spin in circles and dance around with flowers and ribbons. She would toss pebbles into the flowing water, and leap across it time and again. Sometimes, she would perch upon a boulder, draw her knees in to her chest with her tiny arms, and think about what it would be like if she were the most beautiful faerie princess ever. She thought she would be happy at all times, and that the faeries would like her, instead of pitying her.
One day, while sitting upon her boulder, the faerie heard a loud “Crooooaaaak.” When she looked just to her left, there sitting beside her on the boulder was a big fat toad. Princess Sulgwenn could not help but giggle when she saw the toad. He had big lumpy bumps all over his dark green and brown back, and he was so fat he looked as if he’d been squashed. He said again “Crooooaaaak!” This time Princess Sulgwenn fell into fits of laughter. She’d barely caught her breath when the toad said in a croaky voice, “What exactly do you find so funny?”
Startled by the question, the princess stopped laughing. She didn’t say a word, but thought long and hard about what the toad had asked her. Since Princess Sulgwenn would never lie to anyone, not even a toad, she said, “Well, I suppose it is the way you look. You’re squashed so flat and you have all of those bumps on your back.” He thought for a moment and then said, “I know I am not a great beauty, but I am a toad. Toads are not beautiful creatures.”
At that moment, the princess wanted nothing more than to befriend the toad. She told him, “I am a princess of faeries, yet I am no great beauty. I am known to my people as Princess Plain, but you may call me Sulgwenn.” The toad introduced himself as Konan.
From that day forward, Princess Sulgwenn and Konan were the best of friends. They would hop through and across the brook, play hide and seek, and sometimes, they would sit side by side on the boulder, happy to be in one another’s company.
The faeries had grown accustomed to the plainness of the princess over the time it took for her to grow into a young lady, but she still never smiled except when in the company of Konan. The king and queen were worried that the princess would never find a husband. Princess Sulgwenn was not worried about that in the least. She was happy exactly as she was, and never wanted to marry. King Edern was not pleased with this turn of events, but he was a patient faerie. He was willing to give Princess Sulgwenn the time she needed to understand that she would need to take a husband.
One day while sitting upon their boulder, Konan spoke to the princess about marriage. “Do you think you’ll ever get married?” He asked. Princess Sulgwenn sighed. “I don’t think so Konan. No one would marry a plain faerie like myself.” Konan croaked. For he knew what life was like for Princess Sulgwenn among the other faeries. He also knew that she was a beautiful faerie, but it was hidden beneath her sadness. Then, he said, “At least you don’t look like me.” Princess Sulgwenn was aghast. She had thought of Konan as nothing but wonderful, inside and out since the day she had gotten to know him.
“Konan! You are one of the most beautiful friends a faerie could have! I don’t know where you got the idea that you’re ugly.” Konan grinned as well as a toad can grin. He said, “That’s nice of you to say Sulgwenn, but I know how you feel. Remember the day you first saw me? You said I was squashed flat and had bumps on me.”
Princess Sulgwenn remembered. She was ashamed of how she had taken his outward appearance as ugly before she even got to know what Konan was like on the inside. She said, “I know I judged you by how you look on the outside when I first met you, but I know you now Konan, and surface beauty is not everything. I know that your beauty is much deeper than what anyone can see on the surface. Your beauty is so great, it radiates farther than the eye can see.” Then the princess said something that was truer than even she knew, “ Who you are on the inside makes you more beautiful on the outside than anybody I’ve ever known.”
This was what Konan had been waiting for. He said to the princess, “Now it’s time to look at yourself in the same way you look at me.” With that, he hopped off of the boulder and disappeared.
Princess Sulgwenn was stunned and confused. She was sure she knew what Konan had meant by what he had said, but she wasn’t sure how true it was. She also knew that Konan would never tell her anything that wasn’t true. Perhaps he’s just mistaken, she thought, but the more she thought about it, the more it seemed right. Princess Sulgwenn knew that she was good on the inside. She always tried to cheer up those who were sad, and show kindness to everyone, even those who didn’t appreciate it. In fact, the more she thought about it, the more she went back to the words she had spoken to Konan. She went and looked at herself in the brook. She smiled at herself, and her eyes twinkled back. This made her so happy, that the sad look within her eyes vanished completely.
On her way home, Princess Sulgwenn stopped to admire the beauty in each and everything she saw. She decided that she would think of herself as a beautiful faerie, because she knew that’s exactly what she was. She stood a little straighter, and held her head a little higher.
When the princess was spotted near the castle, faeries began to whisper. They thought she looked like Princess Sulgwenn, but it couldn’t be, because the faerie they saw was extremely beautiful. There was a glow about her that couldn’t be explained, and it was as if there was a special light that shined from inside her. It was no mistake though. It was indeed Princess Sulgwenn that was so radiant. At first the princess was confused, and wondered what all the fuss was about, but then it began to dawn on her. If she believed in her own inner beauty, others would see it too. All she had ever needed was to believe in herself.
The princess did not see her toad friend again. She was left to wonder if he was a just an ordinary toad or something more spectacular. Princess Sulgwenn decided that Konan must have been something more spectacular than anything ever imagined, and knew that he must have been a gift from the God and Goddess to help her understand the true nature of beauty.
The king and queen were overjoyed that Princess Sulgwenn had found her inner beauty. She was no longer ashamed of her plainness, because plain she was not. She was a special faerie, with something important to give to the world.
Months later, the king and queen decided that the time had come for Princess Sulgwenn to choose a husband. An announcement was made to the kingdom that there would be a gathering of suitors in the garden of the castle, and all faeries were invited to participate. Once this announcement was made, many faerie princes from far off kingdoms appeared. There were several faeries gathered in the garden on the day the princess was supposed to make her selection. Out of all of the princes, there was one to which the princess felt drawn. When Princess Sulgwenn first laid eyes upon him, she knew there existed a connection that could not be broken. She had eyes only for him. The princess had to know his name, and rushed to tell her father so. King Edern told her that the prince’s name was Prince Konan from a kingdom far away.
Princess Sulgwenn was at a loss for words. Was it just a coincidence that the faerie prince she had felt such a deep connection with had the same name as her beloved friend Konan? She took a step forward. Prince Konan did the same. Much to the surprise of everyone present, the two rushed into each other’s arms. Princess Sulgwenn learned that while the Goddess had been helping her learn about the inner beauty that everyone possesses, Konan was learning a lesson of humility. Both had learned well, and had much to thank the Goddess and God for, and they lived happily ever after in a faerie kingdom in a far off land.
The End.
Thanks,
Karissa
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The Faerie Princess
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Once upon a time, there was a kingdom of faeries that lived deep within the heart of the forest. In the kingdom there was a king, named King Edern, and a queen named Queen Alana. The king was a most handsome faerie. He had the black hair of a raven and green eyes of a cat. His faerie wings were the color of twilight, and reached almost to the ground. The queen was the most beautiful faerie ever seen. Her flaming red hair flowed past her waist to her knees in waves of burning beauty. Her eyes were as green as an emerald cut straight from the earth. Her wings were the color of a blazing sunset, with hot oranges and pinks streaked across them. When the queen smiled, it was lovely enough to bring the sun out from beneath clouds, or make the stars shine twice as bright. The faeries were pleased to have such a good-looking couple rule over them.
After having lived happily guiding the fairie folk for many years, the king and queen had a daughter. They named her Sulgwenn, which means, “shining sun” after the beautiful sunrise she was born beneath. Both King Edern and Queen Alana were pleased with the birth of their daughter. They would now have someone to inherit and rule their kingdom.
As time wore on, and Princess Sulgwenn began to grow into a little girl, the king and queen began to notice something. The princess was not the beauty one would expect to come from such a beautiful pair of parents. She was not ugly, no, not that, but she was so plain that one would miss her if she were not being looked for. The king and queen were not worried by the plainness of their daughter because they knew it would only take time for her to discover her true beauty. But the king and queen were not the only ones who noticed the plainness of the princess. When the other faeries began to notice, they began to feel sorry for her. Sometimes the faeries would call her ‘The Plain Princess’, or ‘Princess Plain’, and they look at her with pity in their eyes.
Princess Sulgwenn may not have been a most beautiful princess, but she was a very smart one. She knew the faeries pitied her, and thought her parents were disappointed in her appearance. Knowing this, Princess Sulgwenn became a very cheerless little faerie. She stopped smiling and her eyes became as sad as a bloodhound’s.
The only pleasure the princess ever found, was when she went off to play all by herself near a brook that flowed on the outer edges of the kingdom. There, Princess Sulgwenn would spin in circles and dance around with flowers and ribbons. She would toss pebbles into the flowing water, and leap across it time and again. Sometimes, she would perch upon a boulder, draw her knees in to her chest with her tiny arms, and think about what it would be like if she were the most beautiful faerie princess ever. She thought she would be happy at all times, and that the faeries would like her, instead of pitying her.
One day, while sitting upon her boulder, the faerie heard a loud “Crooooaaaak.” When she looked just to her left, there sitting beside her on the boulder was a big fat toad. Princess Sulgwenn could not help but giggle when she saw the toad. He had big lumpy bumps all over his dark green and brown back, and he was so fat he looked as if he’d been squashed. He said again “Crooooaaaak!” This time Princess Sulgwenn fell into fits of laughter. She’d barely caught her breath when the toad said in a croaky voice, “What exactly do you find so funny?”
Startled by the question, the princess stopped laughing. She didn’t say a word, but thought long and hard about what the toad had asked her. Since Princess Sulgwenn would never lie to anyone, not even a toad, she said, “Well, I suppose it is the way you look. You’re squashed so flat and you have all of those bumps on your back.” He thought for a moment and then said, “I know I am not a great beauty, but I am a toad. Toads are not beautiful creatures.”
At that moment, the princess wanted nothing more than to befriend the toad. She told him, “I am a princess of faeries, yet I am no great beauty. I am known to my people as Princess Plain, but you may call me Sulgwenn.” The toad introduced himself as Konan.
From that day forward, Princess Sulgwenn and Konan were the best of friends. They would hop through and across the brook, play hide and seek, and sometimes, they would sit side by side on the boulder, happy to be in one another’s company.
The faeries had grown accustomed to the plainness of the princess over the time it took for her to grow into a young lady, but she still never smiled except when in the company of Konan. The king and queen were worried that the princess would never find a husband. Princess Sulgwenn was not worried about that in the least. She was happy exactly as she was, and never wanted to marry. King Edern was not pleased with this turn of events, but he was a patient faerie. He was willing to give Princess Sulgwenn the time she needed to understand that she would need to take a husband.
One day while sitting upon their boulder, Konan spoke to the princess about marriage. “Do you think you’ll ever get married?” He asked. Princess Sulgwenn sighed. “I don’t think so Konan. No one would marry a plain faerie like myself.” Konan croaked. For he knew what life was like for Princess Sulgwenn among the other faeries. He also knew that she was a beautiful faerie, but it was hidden beneath her sadness. Then, he said, “At least you don’t look like me.” Princess Sulgwenn was aghast. She had thought of Konan as nothing but wonderful, inside and out since the day she had gotten to know him.
“Konan! You are one of the most beautiful friends a faerie could have! I don’t know where you got the idea that you’re ugly.” Konan grinned as well as a toad can grin. He said, “That’s nice of you to say Sulgwenn, but I know how you feel. Remember the day you first saw me? You said I was squashed flat and had bumps on me.”
Princess Sulgwenn remembered. She was ashamed of how she had taken his outward appearance as ugly before she even got to know what Konan was like on the inside. She said, “I know I judged you by how you look on the outside when I first met you, but I know you now Konan, and surface beauty is not everything. I know that your beauty is much deeper than what anyone can see on the surface. Your beauty is so great, it radiates farther than the eye can see.” Then the princess said something that was truer than even she knew, “ Who you are on the inside makes you more beautiful on the outside than anybody I’ve ever known.”
This was what Konan had been waiting for. He said to the princess, “Now it’s time to look at yourself in the same way you look at me.” With that, he hopped off of the boulder and disappeared.
Princess Sulgwenn was stunned and confused. She was sure she knew what Konan had meant by what he had said, but she wasn’t sure how true it was. She also knew that Konan would never tell her anything that wasn’t true. Perhaps he’s just mistaken, she thought, but the more she thought about it, the more it seemed right. Princess Sulgwenn knew that she was good on the inside. She always tried to cheer up those who were sad, and show kindness to everyone, even those who didn’t appreciate it. In fact, the more she thought about it, the more she went back to the words she had spoken to Konan. She went and looked at herself in the brook. She smiled at herself, and her eyes twinkled back. This made her so happy, that the sad look within her eyes vanished completely.
On her way home, Princess Sulgwenn stopped to admire the beauty in each and everything she saw. She decided that she would think of herself as a beautiful faerie, because she knew that’s exactly what she was. She stood a little straighter, and held her head a little higher.
When the princess was spotted near the castle, faeries began to whisper. They thought she looked like Princess Sulgwenn, but it couldn’t be, because the faerie they saw was extremely beautiful. There was a glow about her that couldn’t be explained, and it was as if there was a special light that shined from inside her. It was no mistake though. It was indeed Princess Sulgwenn that was so radiant. At first the princess was confused, and wondered what all the fuss was about, but then it began to dawn on her. If she believed in her own inner beauty, others would see it too. All she had ever needed was to believe in herself.
The princess did not see her toad friend again. She was left to wonder if he was a just an ordinary toad or something more spectacular. Princess Sulgwenn decided that Konan must have been something more spectacular than anything ever imagined, and knew that he must have been a gift from the God and Goddess to help her understand the true nature of beauty.
The king and queen were overjoyed that Princess Sulgwenn had found her inner beauty. She was no longer ashamed of her plainness, because plain she was not. She was a special faerie, with something important to give to the world.
Months later, the king and queen decided that the time had come for Princess Sulgwenn to choose a husband. An announcement was made to the kingdom that there would be a gathering of suitors in the garden of the castle, and all faeries were invited to participate. Once this announcement was made, many faerie princes from far off kingdoms appeared. There were several faeries gathered in the garden on the day the princess was supposed to make her selection. Out of all of the princes, there was one to which the princess felt drawn. When Princess Sulgwenn first laid eyes upon him, she knew there existed a connection that could not be broken. She had eyes only for him. The princess had to know his name, and rushed to tell her father so. King Edern told her that the prince’s name was Prince Konan from a kingdom far away.
Princess Sulgwenn was at a loss for words. Was it just a coincidence that the faerie prince she had felt such a deep connection with had the same name as her beloved friend Konan? She took a step forward. Prince Konan did the same. Much to the surprise of everyone present, the two rushed into each other’s arms. Princess Sulgwenn learned that while the Goddess had been helping her learn about the inner beauty that everyone possesses, Konan was learning a lesson of humility. Both had learned well, and had much to thank the Goddess and God for, and they lived happily ever after in a faerie kingdom in a far off land.
The End.
