once upon a time there was a young little princess
she had a friend a butterfly with wings of rainbow hues
they would play together and talk for hours on end....
one day the little princess fell very ill
she went through myriad of treatments but to no avail
the butterfly also became very depressed due to
her friend's illness....
one day a doctor advised the father of the princess,
the king, that she could be cured provided
she was given a medicine that is made up of all seven colors of a butterfly's wings....
when the king heard this advice,
he immediately geared up the entire kingdom to execute the job the king's men started contacting the butterflies, however, every butterfly that heard such a proposal would shiver in fear none of them wanted to lose at any cost their only credit in life- that of colorful beauty....
they didn't want to live a life being ugly
one by one all the butterflies turned down the king'proposal....
the king was crestfallen as the princess was fighting
a losing battle against death....
but just then the friend of the little princess,
the rainbow hued butterfly also heard of this proposal and agreed immediately to sacrifice herself, however,
her acceptance created a pandemonium amongst the butterflies....
all the butterflies collectively complained against
this butterfly to the Lord Almighty
on the other hand the colors donated by the butterfly had cured her friend, the little princess....
the Lord Almighty called the butterfly,
the friend of the princess, to his court...
It was brought to the court like a criminal
but amazingly the Almighty himself reveled in coloring
the wings of the butterfly!...
A contest entry
- Tell me a Story by TabbyJoy.
750 points, ended April 2, 2008, 44 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest - Tales of fantasy by Dark Otter.
600 points, ended April 2, 2008, 19 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
What did you think
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Thank you, I smiled
I love your fairy tale world. I like butterflies, colors, princesses and kingdoms. Thank you for you entry. It brought happiness to me. -
Like a fairy tale. Nicely done...love happy endings. Thanks for entering.
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happy
Lovely story, and a lovely ending, really cheered me up reading this x -
A very cute story! One that should be found amongst the most famous fairy tale stories on the shelves of a child's room to read before bedtime. Great write! good luck in the contest!
Miss Marie -
amazing poem
good luck in my contest!
xo
kandy -
Wow~ This is a terrific write! Nice Job!
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It was brought to the court like a criminal
but amazingly the Almighty himself reveled in coloring
the wings of the butterfly!...
A lovely ending to this story.
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dear prabhu,
what a wonderful fairy-tale with such a powerful lesson of self-sacrifice through unconditional love. I truly enjoyed your story very, very much. thank you for contributing joy and beauty to my day ...
marion -
wow. This is a beautiful, extremely unique and creative poem. I love how you kind of told it like a story, but wrote it like a poem. And calling the girl a little princess instead of just some little girl...Wonderful job!
Thank you for entering my contest!
<3
molly -
This is beautiful, creative, and imaginative. I love the way you told the story and the lesson that is illustrated. The whole thing gave me goosebumps! It is written very well and is just wonderful!
Michele -
Awwwww this was so sweet!! Omg and I love that little butterfly for not being selfish *huggles it* I wuv it to death! ^^
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A lot of people seem to like this picture. I have to say I really like your version. It's such a wonderful story. The emotions in this story touched me deeply. Lovely story!
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This is a beautiful story I love it ... It's just the kind of thing I needed to read right now ... Well done
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Very cute story that fits the picture beautifully!
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A sweet story in a poetic form and the antithesis in the last stanza is a good one and the end a happy one too I love happy endings and this ones no different Shubs
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What a beautiful story here...you did a wonderful job!
debbie
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This is a very cute. I liked it alot. Thank you very much for entering my contest.
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very sweet story.
great job.
you have a wonderful imagination -
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What a sweet and beautiful tale! How lovely and how much it says! It's really touching and wonderful, and enchanting...Keep that style going, we'd love to share it with you. Lily -
very sweet
a very sweet childrens read my friend keep up the good work an dgood luck in the contest with this lovely write,thank you for sharing it with us.
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this was a charming story...and a very good write.... keep up the good ink...peace to you and keep on penning,,shzoosy
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