A sweet story
Once upon a time there was a young knight, his duty was to protect the princess. The knight hardly talked to anyone and acted in a cold manner. The princess was a completely different person, she was a cheerful sweet girl who could get along with anybody. She ignored the cold manner of her protector and always talked and smiled to him. The princess was now at the age to get married.
A prince from a land nearby came to visit the kingdom and it was planned that he would be the future husband of the princess. The prince was a handsome, nice young man and the princess began to feel something for the prince. And as everyone hoped it would be, the prince fell in love with the princess as well.
The princess was delighted, but despite her own happiness and that of the others, she became uneasy with the young knight. The knight talked even less to her than usual and didn't look at her at all. The princess felt terrible, she was afraid that she caused him pain by always ignoring his pride. Every day she thought about it and every time she became more unhappy. Even though he didn't talk much and smiled even less, she had always felt confident and happy with him and when he did smile to her, she felt her heart filling itself with warmth. She racked her brains over it, even when she was with the prince. The prince didn't gave her the feeling she missed. She began to understand that there was no love for the prince that she felt, it was more friendship and admiration. She wanted to talk to her parents, she wanted answers about her feeling and know if it was possible to marry the knight instead of the prince. When she just wanted to go to her parents, she got a letter from one of the servants. The letter was from the knight. In the letter he wrote that he left to go abroad. He wrote that he didn't want to be in her way when she would marry the prince. 'I do not wish to spoil your happiness with my own problems in my heart.' He wrote. 'I also would like to let you know that you have done nothing wrong. I had to be more clear and honest with you. I wish you more than all the luck in the world. Farewell.'
Tears came in the eyes of the princess and she asked the servant when the letter was delivered. With great sorrow she heard that the knight, in the morning, immediately had left the kingdom after he had given the letter. The princess was inconsolable and locked herself up in her room. There she wrote down all her thoughts and sorrow.
A few days later the king and queen called their daughter to the Great Hall. There did the prince his proposal. Everyone was stunned to see the unhappy and sad expression on their princess' face. With a cold hollow tone, she told the prince that he couldn't give her the happiness she was longing for. The prince was not disappointed, he had seen the hollow gaze in her eyes every time he looked at her. He didn't go back to his homeland however, but stayed to help the princess in a manner of friendship. Both the countries were not happy with the rejection from the princess and so the princess went through a really hard time. The letters to the knight were piled up in her room.
One day she got a letter from a complete stranger. The stranger told her that he knew of her misery and wanted to help, by listening to all her sorrow. He had lost the love of his life by his own fault and maybe they could help each other. The princess had no idea who this stranger could be, but she wrote the same day a letter back. He had given her a address but no name. The stranger kept writing letters back and the princess began to feel better. She still missed the knight terribly though and wanted to leave the castle. She wrote to the stranger that she wanted to meet him. He agreed and wrote down a date, a time and a place. The prince from the other country gave her a ride on his horse to the meeting. He made an appointment with the princess that he would pick her up in an hour.
The stranger was wearing a mask so his voice was not very clear. He was very nice and listened to her stories in patience. It had always been the nature of the princess to be curious, so she asked him if he would tell her his story. He then began to tell her about his duty to protect someone, about the way that person treated him and so had stolen his heart. He had never told her any of it and when it was clear he would lose her he had gone away.
The eyes of the princess became big and her heartbeat was fast. He was the knight, she knew it for sure. "I am sure that your love hasn't forgotten you and that you haven't lost her." Said the princess smiling and took the mask off his face. The knight smiled at her in a way he only did for her. She wrapped her arms around his neck and knew she could be happy again. Together with the prince, they went back to the palace. The knight got permission from the king and queen to marry the princess and they lived happily ever after.
The End.
Fakir closed the book and looked at Uzura, who was sitting next to him. She had a great smile on her face. "Thank you for the story daddy-zura! She said. After a short pause she asked: "Did mommy read this-zura?"
"No." Replied Fakir softly. He didn't want her to read it, not yet.
"Why not-zura?"
"B-because she will get it all wrong and ask weird things."
"That's not true-zura!" Cried Uzura and Fakir looked surprised at her. "You love her, just like the knight, who loves the princess-zura, but you're afraid she doesn't love you-zura." Fakir was speechless, Uzura had hit the nail right on its head.
He sighed deeply. "I'll let her read it as soon as I find the courage to confess to her, alright?"
Uzura nodded but kept looking at him with a disagreeable look on her little face, most likely she thought that Fakir had made it to hard for himself.
AN: Now that I read it over, the story is quite difficult for a toddler to understand, but then again Uzura is much smarter than she looks!
I hope you enjoyed it too, please review!
