Original Story
Once upon a time, in a distant kingdom, the king and queen of the land had a child—a little girl. The girl, at her birth was very beautiful. At her naming celebration, the fair Sky, noble Sea, and good Earth each gave the little princess a gift.
The fair Lady Sky gave to the princess a piece of the sun at mid-day and sunset for her beautiful, to-be-long hair.
The noble Lord Sea gave the little princess the color of its whitest sand for the little princess's fair, clear skin.
The kind young-Lady Star gave the little princess the gift of a pleasant and graceful countenance.
And Sir Earth gave the beautiful little princess the color of grass and dirt for her eyes.
As the princess grew older, she grew great and wonderful in beauty. The king and queen named their daughter Grace Magnolia Lark Gardenia, and called her Grace.
One day, Grace was walking about the shoreline, and noticed how the sand glistened beautifully off the midday sun. It shone so bright and clear.
"Oh, handsome sea by my home; thank you for the radiance and perfection of my clear, pale skin!" the Princess Grace exclaimed out to the sea.
The next day, Grace watched at the sun set over the west side of the castle. She watched as the sky turned a deep, red-yellow that was the exact shade and color of her hair.
"Oh, beautiful sky, " Grace sighed as she watched the sun sink below the horizon, "Thank you so dearly for the beautiful sight that matches my own hair color."
Several days later, Grace was on a journey to another kingdom to discuss royal matters. The earth, upon seeing her, grew jealous that she had thanked both the sea and the sky, but not it; the earth was very angry, and easily tempered by this—as he usually was.
Being very, very mad, the earth came up with a plan to punish the apparently thankless girl.
Now, Grace, having lived in a castle with stone and sand grounds all her life, had never seen the grass and dirt that were the colors of her brown-speckled green eyes.
The earth opened a hole, too small to be noticed at first below the left foot of Princess Grace Magnolia Lark Gardenia. Neither she, nor the prince she was speaking to, noticed the hole until it widened enough for both of Princess Grace's feet to have been sucked in. The earth sucked hard, pulling the princess deeper and deeper into the ground. Just below the surface, the earth had a secret cave that would house the girl.
Grace, in a blind panic, began to beat against the earth that pulled her downward; she clutched at the perfect grass around her. Her companion the prince grasped her arm tightly and pulled as hard as he could.
Eventually, Princess Grace was saved, and she and her savior prince were soon married.
And they lived happily ever after.