The Princess and the Pathway
There once was a Princess who never left her castle. When
she was very young her father, the King, told her that she should never leave
the castle and made sure that she never did. Although she questioned the Kings
warnings, the Princess never need to leave the castle because her father always
provided her with toys, candy, and entertainment. She had everything her heart
desired, except for seeing what lied beyond the castles walls.
One day, as she was prancing around the castle, she heard a
noise coming from outside one of the windows and realized that it was children
giggling. The Princess, intrigued by the overwhelming laughter, decided to
climb out the window and onto a nearby breach so as to see what was causing all
the giggling. As the Princess crawled along the tree branch she saw a group of
children her age huddled in a circle, but she still could not see what had
caused such loud laughter. So she decided to climb down the tree to the ground
below so as to get a better look.
Now the Princess realized that she was outside of the castle
walls and became wide eyed by this when she finally reached the ground. As she
began to walk over toward the group, the children suddenly became aware of her nearing
presence and gazed at the Princess in awe.
“Oh Wow!” exclaimed one of the children, “the Princess!”
“She’s the prettiest girl in all the land!” said another.
“But of course I ---“ began the Princess.
But because of her fixation the Princess was unaware she was
standing in the middle of a pathway where a fast moving merchant in a cart was
headed toward her. She was quickly hit by the cart, causing her to suffer a
sever head injury and never to be the same Princess again.
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| Young/Adult Disney Princess by jesuslover22 |
Author's Note.
"The Tortoise and the Ducks" is about a Tortoise who wants to see all the world like all of the other animals but is not able to because his house in on his back and because he is slow and cannot move far. He told two Ducks about his problems and the Ducks told him that they could show him the world if he held onto a stick with his mouth while they held onto either end with theirs. They warned him that he should not move his mouth, but when he was complimented by a Crow the Tortoises vanity got the best of him and he opened his mouth causing him to fall to his death.
Bibliography.
Story: "The Tortoise and the Ducks"
Author: Aesop
Book: The Aesop for Children, with pictures by Milo Winter
Year Published: 2006
Web Source: The Project Gutenberg EBook
Bibliography.
Story: "The Tortoise and the Ducks"
Author: Aesop
Book: The Aesop for Children, with pictures by Milo Winter
Year Published: 2006
Web Source: The Project Gutenberg EBook
Nice job! I liked that this story started out with familiar ties to Rapunzel and then took a turn for the worse toward the end. You emphasized the themes of curiosity and vanity well. Although she was brain damaged, maybe not being the same princess anymore worked to her advantage in order to shed some of her vanity. The story makes me wonder what the children were giggling about though.
ReplyDeleteThat was an extremely creative adaptation of the story. I think it is very easy to relate to because we all know people who have grown up in sheltered environments and some of them have possibly shed the shelter too quickly and become very changed people. Perhaps not a terrible head injury, but I think everyone has their own accidents when they get out on their own. Great job!
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed this adaptation. This story reminds me of the way I would tell my young campers this summer not to do something that I knew would cause them to get hurt, and they would do it anyway and, of course, get hurt. I think we are all this way sometimes. Despite the wisdom and knowledge of those around us, we feel like we need to see for ourselves before we listen to the advice of others. Unfortunately, this way we have to learn from our own experience instead of the experience of others, and Experience is a hard teacher! Great job with this story!
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