A Tale of a Rose

Once upon a time, in faraway land lived a beautiful princess named Rose. She was known as the symbol of true beauty and love among others. Her beauty was as pure as her heart. She was famous all around their land because of her kind heart. She loved everyone and every single thing around her. She had the power to win anyone’s heart through kindness and love. Her heart was filled with enough love for all. No one was less in her eye. She loved everyone and everything equally. She loved nature and the nature loved her. Every morning she bade everyone good morning and every single thing of nature stood still for a while to have her glance of eternal beauty. All the animals in her castle stared at her when she pets them. The birds in the sky also admired her with their sweet song. As she was the only daughter of her father she was indeed the most precious to the king. The king loved her daughter with all his heart. After the death of her mother, she was everything he had. The king raised her with love, comfort and care. But even after having all the riches of life, the princess never took pride about it. She always believed that a good heart is more precious than any other riches in the world.

As time passes, that beautiful princess became eligible for marriage. And that’s what made the king really worried. He never wanted her to give away to someone who was ill minded or loved only riches not his daughter. So the king made a plan. He asked Rose to choose anyone among the suitors. Then Rose cleverly decided to test each one of them. On her saying the king ordered each one of the suitors to come to the garden of the castle and hunt for anything that will make the princess happy. Rose was observing all of them from a distant place where no one could see her.  They all took pearls or flowers from the garden. But no one gave something that could please the princess. As a result all of them were rejected. The king did not force his daughter for anything because he also wanted to marry his daughter to a suitable person.

Then one day when Rose was roaming in her royal garden see saw a bird suddenly fell from the sky. She instantly rescued that bird and gave it treatment as it was badly injured. But soon she realized that it was not just a bird rather it was an evil magician who used black magic to cast a spell on Rose. As the magician also wanted to marry Rose but was rejected by her. So he came back to take revenge. With the touch of her hand the bird turned into that magician. Then the magician cast a spell on her and put her to a sleep. He took her with him to his den and kept her there.

At this the king became very much shocked and fell ill because he didn’t know where his daughter is and how to find her. Day by day the condition of the king was getting worse. Then it was announced among the people that the person who bring back the princess safe and sound shall marry her. Although everyone wanted to marry Rose but no one had the courage to fight that evil magician. But there was one person who was equally courageous and strong enough for his work. He was a poor farmer named Peter who lived in the forest with his pet bird Lofty. He came to know about the news by Lofty because he could talk and he used to fly to various places and bring news for his master. Peter was a very kind heart person.  He felt really bad to hear about the princess and his father. So he decided to take a chance to rescue the princess from that evil magician. At first he sent his bird to find out about the den where Rose was kept prison. Lofty was a very loyal bird. He accomplished every job given to him by his master. So after three day Lofty returned with the news of that place. Peter became very pleased to see his old friend again. Then he started his journey for that place.

After many difficulties he reached that place at last. Nothing could stop him for reaching his goal. The den of the magician was at the top of the highest hill near the dark forest. Peter decided to keep a look at that place for some days. He noticed that the magician went out for sometimes every night and returned at dawn. So one night when the magician went out, Peter took advantage and went in. The den was really huge with lots of rooms in it. Somehow he found out the room where Rose was kept. He saw that Rose was asleep and she was floating on air! At first Peter also became surprised to see such beauty. The sleeping Rose looked almost hypnotizing for him. He almost forgot why he went there. Then Lofty reminded him that the magician would come soon. Coming out of the trance, Peter started to search for something to wake Rose up from her sleep. Suddenly he saw a feather in her hand. Out of curiosity he moved that feather from her hand and within an instance Rose woke up from her sleep. After realizing where she was, she warned Peter that the evil magician would return very soon. They escaped that place as soon as possible and returned home safe and sound.

I think anyone can guess what happened next. The king was cured to see her dearest daughter again. The princess ultimately found her lover, Peter. They married and lived happily ever after.

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*** This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents either are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental***