Once upon a time, in a land far away, lived a farmer and his three daughters. The farmer loved his daughters grately and did everything he could to provide them with the best life possible. One Spring, he had great success with his milking cows and decided to take this milk to the nearby city to sell.
As he was preparing to go, he asked his daughters if there was anything that they would like him to bring back for them. The oldest and youngest daughters each asked for things like clothing, jewlery and beauty products, while the middle child only asked her father to bring her back something beautiful. When he ased what this entailed all she replied was that she wanted something beautiful reminding her of her mother who passed away when she was a child.
So the father set off for town to sell his milk. While in the city he found all kinds of things the oldest and youngest daughter would love but there was nothing beautiful to bring the middle child to remind her of her mother. He thought that nothing would do her justice and had given up his search.
However, on the way home, the farmer spotted the most magnificent winery he had ever seen in his life. At one end, a great estate overlooked the whole vineyard. While at the other end there was a small stone garden filled with houndreds of thousands of heart shaped rocks. The father felt that this would be the perfect thing to bring back to his middle daughter.
As soon as he had collected the perfect stone, a beast of a man appeared enraged that the father was trespassing on his property and stealing his heart stones. In his anger the beast was ready to kill the father who began pleading with him and trying to explain what he was doing.
Finally, the beast lent an ear to the man and heard him out. The beast told the father to take the stone back to the daughter and in return she would be sent to be a maid in the beasts home.
The father was devestated but knew that there was no other option other than to send his daughter back to the beast. Once she arrived, it took a mere 3 weeks for the beast to realize she was no ordinary girl. She began to win over the beast and soften his heart.
Before long the beast fell head over heels for this girl and they were married.
The two then lived happily ever after overlooking the most beautiful winery in all the land.
Author's Note: This original story was based around a mother and her three daughters; however, I felt that a story would flow well as a father and his three daughters. I also chose to change up what the daughters were wanting from the city. The biggest change I made was taking the basilisk from the original story and turning him into a beast in my story.
Bibliography. The Three Roses from The Key of Gold by Josef Baudis (1992). Web Source
Hi Carlee!
ReplyDeleteI liked your story! It was fun seeing someone else's take on The Three Roses, since that's the story I did as well.
I think the changes to the characters and the setting that you made helped make your story quite distinct and interesting!
I'm curious, was there a particular reason you chose to change the monster's home to a winery?
In all honesty the odds that I had a glass of wine in hand while writing this are very high. Becoming a wine connoisseur has also become one of my new habits since quarantine began.
DeleteAh, fair enough! I'd be lying if I said things I was doing/around haven't affected my writing at various points.
DeleteHi Carlee! Your story was great, I really loved the picture of the heart of stone. The comment you made about the glass of wine in your hand made me laugh! I loved how the middle daughter asked for something beautiful that reminds her dad or her mother, instead of her sisters asking for other things.
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