The Evil Queen's Origin

by Cryptic Paw

A poem stylizing the origin of the Evil Queen from "Once Upon a Time."

p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"Once upon a time/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"There was a young girl/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"Who was full of light/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"She rode horses every day/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"From morning until night/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"Regina was her name,/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"An equestrian at heart./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"From all the horses in the stable/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"She would never part./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"She had a tomboyish charm/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"Her mother did not adore./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"Her mother thought that she/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"Should be doing more girlish chores./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"While Regina would be uncooperative,/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"Her mother would come about/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"And use her sorcery/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"To stop her from moving out./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"Regina feared her mother/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"And had no choice but to obey./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"She wished to be free of her/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"Every single day./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"There was a bright spot in her life/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"And it brought her tons of joy./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"It was none other than her secret boyfriend,/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"Daniel the stableboy./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"One day when visiting Daniel,/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"Regina heard a shout./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"It came from a girl atop a horse/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"And she yelled out,/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN""Help me! Help me! This horse is running wild!/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"I can't get it to stop!/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"Someone please help me/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"Before I turn into schlop!"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"Regina raced after the girl/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"On her trusty steed/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"In hopes to save the girl/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"From becoming raven feed./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"Faster, faster she raced towards the girl/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"And then she reached out her hand./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"She grabbed and pulled the girl from the horse/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"And saved her from the land./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"Regina was glad she had saved the girl./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"Inside, she felt no shame./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"They both got up and brushed themselves off./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"Regina asked, "Girl, what is your name?"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"The innocent looking child said,/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN""Thank you for saving me from that frightening plight./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"I'm the king's daughter./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"My name is Snow White."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"Word spread throughout the kingdom/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"Of his daughter's rescuing./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"The king decided/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"To come visiting./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"The king came in a carriage/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"To the small plantation./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"When he saw his unharmed daughter,/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"He said in exclaimation,/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN""Oh, thank you, dear maiden!/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"You did quite well./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"When I heard the news/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"I came like the ring of a bell./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"Oh, caring Regina,/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"You've saved Snow White's life/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"And now I ask of you/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"To become my wife."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"She stuttered for a moment/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"With much hesitation./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"Thinking of Daniel,/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"It stirred up her frustration./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"Her mother stepped in/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"Not a moment too soon./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN""Regina will be your bride/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"And you'll be her groom."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"The next night/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"Regina returned to the stable/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"To tell Daniel/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"Of her tragic fable./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN""My love," said Regina,/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN""We cannot stay./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"Tomorrow night,/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"We must run away!"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"And with that,/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"They lovingly kissed./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"But there was one detail/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"That they had missed./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"Standing in the doorway/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"Shaking with fright/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"Was none other/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"Than little Snow White./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"With tears in her eyes,/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"Snow White ran./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"Regina followed her saying,/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN""Wait! I'll help you if I can!"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"Snow White tripped,/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"But Regina helped her up./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"She looked like a lonely/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"And lost little pup./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"Regina comforted her/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"And said,/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN""Don't worry, little one./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"There is nothing to dread."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"Snow White calmed down a bit/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"And said while squeaking,/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN""You're not supposed to love him!/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"You're supposed to love the king!"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN""You don't understand./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"To my heart, I hold him near./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"Daniel is/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"My true love, dear."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN""True love?" Her eyes brightened./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN""I've heard love of that sort!/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"Then you and Daniel/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"Have my full support!"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"Regina became serious./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN""You must keep a secret, Snow./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"Of the relation between me and Daniel/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"No one else may know."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN""I will keep your secret./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"I won't treat it like muck./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"As for you and Daniel,/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"I wish the best of luck!"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"Upon the next day,/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"Snow White met Regina's mother,/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"For in the whole entire house/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"There was no other./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN""Good morning, dear Snow White./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"You look lovely and vibrant./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"Tell me, do you know why/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"From me Regina has grown distant?/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"I'm trying to be a caring mother,/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"The best of sorts./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"But lately, she's seen me/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"As thought I were covered in warts."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN""Don't worry. Your daughter is happy!/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"She's going to marry Daniel./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"Although, I have to say,/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"I think he looks like a Cocker Spaniel!"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN""Thank you for your time, dear./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"You've taught me much./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"Now, off you go to go play/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"Your childish games and such."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"Night fell upon the land./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"Daniel and Regina were prepared./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"They took final moments in the stable,/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"Into each other's eyes they stared./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN""I've something to give you," said Daniel./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN""It might be pretty old/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"But I've got you a wedding ring/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"Made of solid gold."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"He slipped the ring onto her finger./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"The light upon it danced./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"To what was to happen, however,/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"They didn't stand a chance./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"Just as they were about to leave,/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"Regina's mother burst through the door./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"She used her magic to throw them back./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN""Now, Regina, what would you be leaving for?"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"Regina replied, "He's my true love/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"And that will never change./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"Marrying someone you don't even love,/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"I find that rather strange."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN""But you are to marry the king, my dear./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"You'll have all the power!/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"To run off with the stableboy,/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"This isn't your finest hour."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN""I'm going with Daniel, mother./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"We're running far away./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"By your side at the plantation,/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"I will never stay!"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN""Fine then. Go and leave me now./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"I see you've made your choice./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"But know that of this path,/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"I will never rejoice."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"Regina's mother walked to Daniel/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"Who was standing proud and tall./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"He knew that she would/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"Definitely miss him least of all./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN""Daniel, listen to my words./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"They're completely mild./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"A true caring parent/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"Always knows what's best for their child."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"Right then, she reached into his chest,/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"Which gave him quite a start,/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"And a few seconds later,/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"She held in her hand his beating heart./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"Daniel collapsed on the ground,/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"His body in a tussle./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"Reigna, on the other hand,/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"Over to him did hustle./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"Cradling his head in her arms,/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"She thought her mother's actions were rash./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"Her mother crushed the heart in her hand/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"And it turned to ash./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"Poor, poor Daniel/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"Was now silent on the ground./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"Regina realized he was gone/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"For from his lips, there came no sound./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"The next day at the house/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"While being fitted for her dress,/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"All she thought of was Daniel./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"Her life was a mess./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"Her head was held high/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"But her spirits were low./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"Then all of a sudden,/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"In came Snow./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN""I hope you're happy marrying Daniel,"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"She said with a beam./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN""I'm not marrying Daniel./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"I'm marrying the king."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN""I don't get it./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"I don't understand./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"Your mother looked happy/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"When I told her he asked for your hand."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN""What have you done?/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"No one else was to know!/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"Why did you break/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"Your promise, Snow?"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN""I really didn't mean to,/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"But your mother looked so glad./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"I really am sorry./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"Are you mad?"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN""No, I'm not mad./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"Though, I do wear a frown./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"I'm disappointed, Snow./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"You really let me down."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"Snow White took off/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"To frolic and play,/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"But something snapped inside/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"Regina that day./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"Her mother came in/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"Without being loud/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"And said to her daughter,/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN""I'm so proud."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"And then Regina knew./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN""Only now I understand/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"That it wasn't a coincidence the wild horse carrying Snow/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"Raced across our land."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"It was her mother./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"She now knew, of course./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN"And then she said darkly,/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 21.4667px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'EB Garamond';"span lang="EN""I should have let her die on that horse."/span/p