Wednesday, March 25, 2009

LINKS

FINAL [SNOW WHITE]


Once upon a time, there was a Princess called Snow Black. She had everything that she wanted as her father, the King, gave in to her every need. However she couldn’t go out because she and others saw herself as ugly as a toad. She had been contemplating for days about what to do and finally on her 18th birthday she knew exactly what she wanted so she rushed to her father den.

She reached her father’s den, and with both hands uncontrollably pounded on the door with excitement,
“Father I need to talk to you NOW!!”
“Daughter, what is it? Come in.”
“Daddy, I am so ugly and disgusting, so I have decided that you are going to pay for my plastic surgery.”
“Darling, don’t you think that is a bit much. You’re still quite young…”
Before the King could finish
“Daddy don’t you love me?” the princess started weeping.
“If you do, you would allow me to do this, and if you don’t I will hate you FOREVER!!”
The king was so saddened but his daughter, but he couldn't refuse his lovely child’s request, as she was his only child.

She was ready to get her beautiful complexion and forget her old one that she burnt all the photos of herself and forced everyone to keep her secret, even the king.

The plastic surgery was a painful recovery but it was worth it in her eyes as a few months later, she was able to take the bandages off and see her new face. She had become one of the most beautiful Princesses in the world, and finally she was living a happy life. When word of mouth got around, she had been swamped by love letters and proposals from Princes from all over the world.

One fine day, the King married a very pretty, young woman. This woman would become Snow Black’s stepmother and the idea didn’t phase her at the beginning as she seemed nice and was always polite towards her. However something that stood out was when she carried in this very strange shaped mirror with her into the Castle. It wasn’t too odd at first, however as the days passed, Snow Black could hear something coming from her stepmothers room. There were faint voices, she didn’t think much as she just thought her stepmother was talking to herself and brushed it off. On her way back from the kitchen, she passed her room again and heard the voices, but this time they were noticeably louder. Snow Black’s curiosity increased so much she couldn’t help but go closer and rest her ears upon the door, when she heard.

“Mirror, mirror on the wall, who’s the fairest of them all??” the step mother asked.
Surprisingly, the mirror answered.
“Queen, you are the fairest, but Snow Black is fairer than you. Even though she had plastic surgery...”
“WHAT?” she shrieked “My step-daughter had had plastic surgery?” she asked as a big smirk appeared on her face.
“Yes, my Queen. It is true. She was once an ugly duckling and is now a fake beauty.”
Cackling as she had just discovered her stepdaughter’s secret, she replied
“Thank you mirror, mirror on the wall! You have made your Queen very happy.”

When Snow Black heard this, she started to worry. So many things started racing through her head and she had to act now. If she didn’t someone could discover her secret and this meant she would no longer be known as being a ‘natural beauty.’ It would be too hard for her to live like that. She pondered hard and long about it and eventually she came up with a plan to kill her stepmother.

The next day, Snow Black disguised herself as an old woman. She prepared a basket of poisonous red wine and waited for her step mother to come out for her daily walk.

When her step mother emerged from the castle, Snow Black said;
“Your majesty, How are you today? I made some nice and sweet red wines from my house. I will give you a bottle of wine your majesty.”
The Queen replied,
“Thank you very much. I love red wine! I will drink tonight. Thank you!”

After the queen received the bottle of red wine, she returned to the castle. That night the King discovered the Queen’s cold, lifeless body with the wine glasses fall over the ground. He was so distraught that he couldn’t even throw any of his beloved’s personal belongs away, not even her mirror. The next day, Snow Black went to her step mother’s room and took the mirror.

A few weeks after the Queen died, a maid was cleaning the outside of Snow Black’s room and could hear a strange conversation coming from inside.
She went closer to the room.
“Mirror, mirror on the wall, WHOS THE FAIREST OF THEM ALL??”

The mirror answered “OF COURSE, YOU ARE SNOW BLACK PRINCESS. YOU ARE FAIREST OF THEM ALL.”