One day, a grand, brilliant ball was held at the palace to celebrate the victory of the war. The prince came around to toast everyone, and enjoy happiness with all people. A pretty, young girl took part in it, she was just like a Cinderella whose dress was simple and austerely elegant. Once the prince caught a glimpse of her, he was mesmerized by her natural beauty and elegant manners. But the prince was sober because he was aware that he couldn’t judge a woman only by her appearance. He approached the lady and greeted her with a friendly smile. When greeted by the prince, banal( mundane) girls would desperately come near the prince and glorify him with all kinds of beautiful compliments. However, the girl just replied with a smile and behaved herself in a neither cringing nor arrogant way. This behavior made herself highly esteemed by the prince and he couldn’t help feeling affection for her. However, he didn’t want to engage with a girl he didn’t know much. He began to send the girl various gifts and wrote letters to make friends with her. Though deeply falling in love, they never referred to anything about marriage, since both of them were extremely prudent towards the choice they would make. On reflect, the prince made his mind to make a final decision. He went to the girl’s house alone, and knocked the door. The door opened, out came the graceful girl. The prince handed an envelope to her and promised, “ Marry me , and your family will be the richest one in this town.” The girl shook her hand and signed, “I’m so disappointed that I would not accept. The only true gift is a portion of yourself.” After saying this word she intent to send the envelope back to the prince and closed the door. “Open it.” The prince said. She grinned for his silly behavior and opened the envelope. There was a letter in it. She read carefully, in case of missing any single word. “Accept, farewell; Refuse, …”
No sooner had she read through the line did the prince kneeled down and put his hand on his heart, saying, “I love you.”
They hugged each other tightly for the first time.
So you want to be the prince?:D, Wish you could find your fate soon!
ReplyDeleteSo strange the story is, I am confused by you.why you use signed but sighed,and maybe it has been in part of your dream. what i cannot deny is so plain but wonderful end.But I feel somehow heavily(maybe I should use 压抑）。。。。
ReplyDeleteThis is a strange love story - a fairy tale? Why is everythig so tenative and then the climax comes so suddenly.The sotry is not logical. The ending does not follow naturally from the conflict.
ReplyDeleteI wanted to show that what they emphasized on was each other's personality and character, not how much material wealth from the marriage.
DeleteIn class, we were required to write a story including a maxim about love. I chose "The only true gift is a portion of yourself" and then designed this story.