For a German assignment I had to write a short Fairy tale similar to the Grimm's Tales. This is pretty bad but I thought I would post the English version for you to read.
The Ruby
Rose
Once upon a time, there was King and Queen who had a beautiful girl with the beauty of a Rose, alas they called her Rose. As she grew, Rose was blessed with long dark red hair, bright green eyes and perfect, red lips. No one in the land had such beauty. The King and Queen wished for their daughter to have anything she desired, gold, silver and jewels. Although, desire caused Rose to have a selfish, greedy heart.
One day, Rose went for a walk in the Woods and came upon a small house. In the house was an old woman.
“You must be Rose.” said the woman.
“How did you know?”
“Well my dear, who would have such lovely red hair like you, the color of rose petals or the bright green eyes you have, the color of leaves. No person in the land has such beauty.”
Around the woman’s neck Rose saw a golden necklace with a Ruby Rose charm. Rose had never seen such a jewel.
“I want your jewellery. Give it to me.” Rose demanded.
“You shall not have this jewel it belongs to me.”
“I want it now. I get whatever I want when I want it. Give it now!”
“No. You have a heart of such greed for a girl blessed with beauty. You will never be loved by any person with such a heart. If you steal my Ruby Rose you will live a life of ugliness and loneliness until your one true love sees your true heart.”
“You must be Rose.” said the woman.
“How did you know?”
“Well my dear, who would have such lovely red hair like you, the color of rose petals or the bright green eyes you have, the color of leaves. No person in the land has such beauty.”
Around the woman’s neck Rose saw a golden necklace with a Ruby Rose charm. Rose had never seen such a jewel.
“I want your jewellery. Give it to me.” Rose demanded.
“You shall not have this jewel it belongs to me.”
“I want it now. I get whatever I want when I want it. Give it now!”
“No. You have a heart of such greed for a girl blessed with beauty. You will never be loved by any person with such a heart. If you steal my Ruby Rose you will live a life of ugliness and loneliness until your one true love sees your true heart.”
That night Rose crept into the small house and stole the Ruby Rose as the woman slept. As Rose place the Ruby around her neck, she felt odd. Suddenly, her red hair began to fall out, her voice became croaky and she began to shrink into an old woman, only left with her bright green eyes and the Ruby around her neck. Ashamed of her looks, she ran through the dark forest wanting a place to hide her ugliness. Then as the sun rose she ran into a field, a field of flowers. It was the most beautiful place she had ever seen, so much colour, life and purity. She decided this would be her place until a true love could break her free of this spell.
Days, Months, Seasons and years past and she sat in the field waiting. As hundreds of men came and ignored her, she realized she didn’t care. She kept to herself in the field of flowers and begun to see the beauty of life around her. All she wanted to do was live in her field of flowers forever and nothing else mattered.
Ten years pasted and on her 18th birthday, Rose was sitting in among the flowers when a handsome Prince walked up to her through the flowers. “Hello I am in searching of a lost Princess have you any places I can look for her?” he asked.
“The Princess is no longer a Princess. She is in the open but invisible. She wishes to be found but not to be found. Her beauty lost among other beauties.”
“You spoke of her in riddles, as if you know her being.”
“Only one person will ever free her from her dungeon, which is also a place a beauty.” She said not looking at him.
“More riddles. Well you appear to be the oddly placed piece in this field. Do you live here?”
“Yes, this is where I live, among the flowers, among what beauty the sun, sky, earth and wind provide me.”
The Prince stared at her with curiosity and wonder.
“You are an oddly beautiful creature, without hair but with the brightest green eyes. They say the Princess had bright green eyes and long red hair, the most beautiful in the Land.”
“Yes. Hair as red as rose petals, eyes the color of leaves and blessed with the name Rose.”
The Prince continued to stare into her eyes and looked down upon the Ruby Rose around her neck.
“That is a nice jewel. Although your eyes are radiant and leave me lost in them. That rose is ugly compared to you. ”
A burst of light blazed blinded the Prince as the most beautiful Princess appeared before him with her red hair, stunning green dress and bright green eyes.
She opened her mouth and the most divine voice filled the air, “Until your one true love sees your true heart.”
Days, Months, Seasons and years past and she sat in the field waiting. As hundreds of men came and ignored her, she realized she didn’t care. She kept to herself in the field of flowers and begun to see the beauty of life around her. All she wanted to do was live in her field of flowers forever and nothing else mattered.
Ten years pasted and on her 18th birthday, Rose was sitting in among the flowers when a handsome Prince walked up to her through the flowers. “Hello I am in searching of a lost Princess have you any places I can look for her?” he asked.
“The Princess is no longer a Princess. She is in the open but invisible. She wishes to be found but not to be found. Her beauty lost among other beauties.”
“You spoke of her in riddles, as if you know her being.”
“Only one person will ever free her from her dungeon, which is also a place a beauty.” She said not looking at him.
“More riddles. Well you appear to be the oddly placed piece in this field. Do you live here?”
“Yes, this is where I live, among the flowers, among what beauty the sun, sky, earth and wind provide me.”
The Prince stared at her with curiosity and wonder.
“You are an oddly beautiful creature, without hair but with the brightest green eyes. They say the Princess had bright green eyes and long red hair, the most beautiful in the Land.”
“Yes. Hair as red as rose petals, eyes the color of leaves and blessed with the name Rose.”
The Prince continued to stare into her eyes and looked down upon the Ruby Rose around her neck.
“That is a nice jewel. Although your eyes are radiant and leave me lost in them. That rose is ugly compared to you. ”
A burst of light blazed blinded the Prince as the most beautiful Princess appeared before him with her red hair, stunning green dress and bright green eyes.
She opened her mouth and the most divine voice filled the air, “Until your one true love sees your true heart.”
The End...
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