kind or pride 3

until now
a widow loved a woman and when a daughter returned from the water-spring they [the women] saw that her kind words transformed into precious gems! now she sent the other daughter hoping to increase her wealth!
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The mother sent her daughter Spord but she refused saying "mother you think there is magic at the spring? then you go yourself!"
the proud mother shouted back "me? i would never serve someone else! you are my daughter so you must obey me! now go to the spring!"
"why should I?" whined spord
ma thought of her goal and calmed down, hoping that by explaining, she would get her way faster than by shouting, saying "see what comes from your sister's mouth when she speaks, certainly you want the same gift! You only need to go give the woman to drink.
"No way! spord exclaimed and added a curse-dirty-word. "horrible to think that me with my beauty and charm should be a slave to anyone! where are the people that should bring me water and what i want! she accused with scorn.
ma would not submit and wanted more gems, so she burst into a temper of humiliating and scornful words insisting "go to  the spring! and go NOW!" concluded ma.
SPORD HATED when ma was like this, but she thought it would go forever unless she would at least lie that she would go, so she left.
"now you go to the spring and you won't regret it" ma called after her proud daughter.
She went, but grumbling, and not to the water.
meanwhile foyd felt better and she called plyn to have a celebration drink. She took the most precious bottle of champagne that was in the house and poured two fizzing glasses and they sipped together.
hardly a word was spoken as they cuddled together on the couch simply enjoying the nearness and the coziness.
they enjoyed being near each other, like a magical feeling- that they could see in each other's eyes- and each began touching the other- in ways that i cannot write about- [but i am certain that what any of you can imagine, is more interesting than what i would have written...]
meanwhile spord reached the market and took some money from her leather pouch she loved- and loved how the fake gems sparkled in the light. now she thought of the ruby she had seen when her sister had spoken. she bought herself steamed rice with cooked carrots and no sooner had she sat to eat her healthy meal-
she saw "a beautifully dressed lady" this woman looked tall with an erect back wearing a gorgeous black hat with a red feather- the opposite of that horrid old women she was expected to serve water too. this woman looked like she deserved slaves- like myself=[like myself- she thought] looking at the stunning sky blue dress with shiny sequins in neat rows.
"my oh my!, said the tall woman, that sure looks delicious might i have a taste?"[as you may have guessed it was the same fairy, who had taken the form and clothes of a princess]

"this is MY food" she said firmly and selfishly "i would not give you even one grain of rice!"
i bought this with my money and you should spend your own!
to be continued...

kind or pride 2

[note: the previous post is now edited]

until now: a grouchy mother- 'Foyd' favored her grouchy daughter 'Spord' but sent 'Knirb' to fill water. knirb gave an old woman to drink in a very kind manner.
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the old woman blessed her saying "You are so beautiful, so good and so very kind! I grant you '(because she was actually a fairy- who had only taken the form' of a woman, to see how this girl would choose) the gift that every kind word that you speak shall become a gem."
"you do not know my name" knirb protested. The fairy said "i do know! now bring your family water!"
knirb obediently turned to fill the jar of water and then began walking home yet she turned one last time to say a polite goodbye "have a pleasant day" and in front of her mouth those kind words formed a shiny yellow gemstone! it floated in the air and knirb dazed at it amazed by the time she reached her hand to touch it the fairy had vanished like she had never been there! she placed the gem in herpocket and carried the jar home and this time the jar full of water did not feel as heavy!
she entered the house, and the first thing that her mean mother said was to complain that she had delayed for so long! and scolded her for coming after such a long delay. knirb knew that she had actualy come quicker but submitted to her mother and said "I beg your pardon, my mother for the long delay."
the moment she said these words of apology from her mouth, they formed a stunning red ruby! which waited by her mouth.
the mother hurried to grab it and asked: "knirb [pronounced nerb like the k of the word knife] how did this miracle happen!" (This was the first time she called her daughter by her name).
knirb was astonished at the change in her mother and said that she had given water to a woman at the spring.
"well make another ruby!" screamed her mother in a rage but these words were without diamonds. plyn held her lovers hand and said a precious ruby can pay for all you need! however the mother's gred was very great and she pulled her hand from plyns kind grip and ordered spord to go to the well and give water to the old woman!

kind or pride part 1

now i will adapt  a classic from perraults french "fairies" into my own adaptation

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kind or pride?

Cuwyn and Foyd loved their two daughters very much. suddenly tragedy struck and poor Cuwyn was very ill. He lay in bed coughing very hard for almost two days. although the doctor gave him medicine and he drank hot soup he could not stop the coughing and on the third day his misery ended.

foyd was grateful that her man finally died because for the last month she had her eyes on a woman, plyn, who she found very attractive. she wanted very much to be near that woman but did not dare bring her to their home, because it is not proper to bring a woman to see her husband. now she was a widow, and invited plyn into her home. foyd introduced her to her eldest daughter 'Spord', who she secretly loved more although 'spord' often was in bad moods.
plyn said she was amazed how similar their faces were alike. then foyd called her younger daughter from the difficult work and said "her name is 'Knirb'" in a tone showing disgust. she humbly came, curious what her proud, grouchy and mean mother and sister wanted this time. knirb wished she did not live with them because they made her sit separately when they ate and constantly told her to work.
plyn was even more surprised at the difference between knirb and her mother, but when she saw the picture of the father she understood and said "you must be happy because knirb is one of the most beautiful girls I have ever seen." yet foyd was not proud of that and wrinkled her nose to dismiss the compliment because "people naturally love those who have their own likeness" the eldest daughter who was similar to her nature and appearance. in fact she despised the gentle and honest attitude of knirb. now ma foyd sent knirb to cook a meal for them all, therefore fetch water to cook.
poor gentle knirb went with the large heavy jar to draw water. the spring was far from the house, and the full large pitcher was even heavier to carry home.

This day at the spring knirb met a poor woman wearing old worn-out clothes, who begged her to give a drink. yes [that is she said in french Oui] madame. she dipped immediately the pitcher to fill some water from the clearest side of the pool then she held the pitcher so the old woman could drink more easily. she showed her gentleness and kindness and humility and the old woman blessed her.

ugly infant part 11 conclusion

ugly infant 11

until now ugly ricky, who had been blessed with wisdom, discussed Allah with the woman he wished to marry. now she was getting cold feet so she walked in the forest and saw preparations for a meal

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Prettib was surprised at what she saw, many people cooking and singing as they worked so she asked them, "What are you cooking for?" but they were too busy bringing food and ingredients and also tasting. so she asked those holding musical instruments and they explained that Prince Riqy's wedding is today in the evening

Suddenly she realized that this day was the date she had promised to marry Prince Ricky. 

Princess Prettib did not remember that she had been a fool before that day on which the prince had given wit and sense yet forgot that she was stupid.
She walked away but saw Riqy she saw he "appeared brave and beautiful. He was dressed as a "prince who is getting married"-

ricky's smile grew when she saw she had come to the wedding in the forest and had kept her word. "I came to keep my word" he explained, "and I do not doubt that you came here to do as you said. you will make me the happiest of all men"

She said that she regretted her decision, she looked at ugly ricky and continued i cannot marry you as you are and despite your desire.

At that moment the commitment to marry riqy was broken and the magic was transferred back for ricky to grant to the one he would marry. 

Ricky saw she was very pretty and wanted to marry her so he tried to convince her to keep her word saying, "You astonish me, madam"

princess prettib tried to explain herself, "if I had to deal with a simple man i would feel embarrassed to break my word and he would say to me that every true cultured princess is honest so you must marry me, as promised, yet you have sense to here my reason.

despite ricky's magical wisdom he could not comprehend her excuse for surely there is no difference all expect this? only a fool would speak this way yet he expected her to have a good explanation so he asked why she thought he would be different than the simple man.

prettib tried to explain that because he was ugly he would not marry him and that was final. rick was shocked that she broke her commitment yet comforted a bit that he would not marry someone who was not honest and not straight.

so the prince felt bad to waste all the preparations and hurried to ask her sister who had been known to be wise and maybe she would agree to marry him. this princess was delighted at the idea for she felt ignored and she also knew that marrying a smart man was important even if he was ugly and she agreed and this princess and her parents hurried to the forest party and celebrated the wedding! the happy ending!

note: the french original of "riquet with the tuft" has a different ending but i have adapted the story.

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ugly infant 10

until now ugly ricky was born and protected from circumcision. he met the girl he wished to marry who was transformed into wise.

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The news of Prettib's marvelous change spread. many powerful princes from neighboring kingdoms requested marriage. most had bad personalities and others were boring. Only one handsome price caused her doubt because she enjoyed being near him. this prince Keyt was attractive and she doubted she could marry someone as ugly as ricky. also she now had an excuse that they argued about the existence of God and how could people with such differing views travel the same direction? funny she only thought of this now that I have met Keyt she thought who was handsome compared to ugly ricky he certainly WAS ugly- yet she recalled the legend of "hans the hedgehog" [brothers grimm in the adaptation called: The Storyteller (TV Mini-Series) Hans My Hedgehog (1987)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0710988/
a great dialogue- something about uglier to break your word] and she had decided hence noone would change her mind, so she politely listened to all the suitors but said "no" and even to handsome and pleasant Keyt, though she sighed when he left. they all left without her acceptance to any of them. 

as the year passed her resolve weakened as she remembered keyt. she enjoyed being near him and thought about him more and more so she consulted with her mother who pointed out that Keyt was very powerful, very rich, and even amusing. these were qualities she felt her daughter should grab and not miss this opportunity before he married some other princess. 

prettib felt that she loved prince keyt and ageed with her mother that keyt was opportunity for a husband. 

the final day arrived for her promise yet it was difficult to make a firm decision, now she asked her father, who recommended to ask ricky if he might give more time to think. 

yet she had already waited a year and promised. what to do?

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She went to walk in the woods thinking deeply when she heard a noise from underfoot. but she walked on dirt and solid earth so she lay down and placed her ear on the soft green grass and heard noises! and voices: "Bring me that pot" another voice: Put the wood in the fire. suddenly she could see under the ground like glass window! and saw a big kitchen full of cooks preparing "a magnificent feast." she saw twenty more cooks carrying sacks to roast in the forest. now as they stirred the pots of soup and meats they work with the sound of a pleasing song and that was all she thought of enjoying the song...

to be continued

ugly infant 9

ugly infant 9

until now ugly ricky was born and blessed magiccally with wisdom

next he magically granted wisdom to prettib and they had a discussion

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the messenger from Panor the wizard called them to come

on the way they passed a place of religious worship

ricky said in a scornful tone of voice "those fools, they think if they pray something will change but nothing changes and rationaly God cannot exist"

Prettib replied "I too prayed and was not answered but absence does not prove either way"

Ricky was shocked that she spoke this way even after he had injected her with magical wisdom. H e jnew there could not be any God in any form not a creator nor any other spiritual existence but hearing her opinion created a doubt because he believed he had granted her wisdom and seen the change in her ideas.

"Let us reconsider now" explained ricky we will stop walking and think about the possibility, is it possible that God cn exist or not."

Ricky then thought about the randomness in the world and the lack of justice and the flaws and other calculations and logic carefully studying both sides in light of prettibs magical wisdom.

at the same time prettib thought about the source of all matter in creation and other logical calculations and she reached the conclusion that all evidence to the contrary was easily refuted leaving the rational conclusion with solid logic that God existed as the source of all matter and knowledge and telling it to humans yet she waited to hear if ricky had reconsidered.

Ricky asked her so now that you have reconsidered what do you think?

Prettib insisted you tell me first so ricky said I am confident that we must have rational ideas and that imaginary gods of any form cannot exist

prettib smiled humbly and said "i wonder why panor called us. 

next ricky started flirting with her until they returned to the palace and went to Panor.

Panor greeted ricky with a warm compliment "i know that you were magiccally granted wisdom and i need to consult with you about a message from Allah"

this made ricky more confident in his wisdom and his conclusion and said "no matter what you think the message was, God does not exist and cannot exist. God is as imaginary as fables. Wise panor can you believe in such imaginary foolishness after all gods are nothing like magic which you master and display!"

panor nodded sadly and said "indeed i always was certain that was true until this message that seemed to be a true message from Allah about new instruction"

Ricky summarized "no matter what the message it cannot be from god because non-existence cannot send any message."

at this Prettib burst out "God certainly exists..."

Ricky was horrified! Panor had trusted his magical wisdom and yet he had reached a different conclusion how can that be possible that two sources of wisdom differed on the existence of anything- either it did or it did not exist??

prettib continued "what was the message"

Panor replied "it does not matter it was just dreams"

Prettib said you said something about new instructin and that is very logical that different people should have different instruction depending on what is around them. would you give the same medicine to the child of someone sick? certainly not! one must see if the child is sick or not and even if ill if the same illness or not!

Panor was now surprised that PRETTIB SAID SOMETHING WITH SO MUCH GREAT WIT! her reputation had been well known. he smiled and said I must introduce you to someone so they walked together to the court in silence. After hearing Prettib's solutions to their troubles and even to governing issues all the court knew to accept her advice. they all noticed this sudden change- it was very extraordinary

they could not believe that until now this same girl had said thing so irrelevant and ridiculous and had heard before, as they listened, surprised, to her now say sensible and wise things. 

The whole court was filled with a great joy for the solutions and also all were happy that prettib was healed- all except her younger sister who was considered the wise one until now. now everyone made issue of Prettib's mind. she was not happy for her sister! she was angry at the change that left her both as ugly and as stupid as  an untrained monkey!