Thursday, August 03, 2006

A Fairy Tale, Part I

A long time ago, in a land far far away, there stood a tall towering castle. And at the top of the tall towering castle, there lived a damsel, naturally in distress. She had often longed for a knight in shining armour to come to rescue her from the castle, where she was trapped in ever since...well.... the truth is, she willingly trapped herself in the castle because she always wanted a knight in shining armor to rescue her. And so she waited patiently in her castle for her dream to come true...

One day, she noticed a little lost lamb lumbering around her castle pasture and decided to call out to the lamb

Damsel: "hey there little lamb!"
lost lamb: "BaaaaaaAaaaa~"
Damsel: "yes yes, i know you are lost, here, why don't you stay with me?"
lost lamb:"BaaaaaaAaaaa~"

And so, the little lost lamb stayed around the pastures of the castle, lumbing in the castle shadows for shade and sleeping near it's walls at night for warmth. One day, while the lamb was resting in the shade, a knight in shiny armor indeed galloped up to the castle. With curious little eyes, the lamb raised it head and peaked it's tiny little ears and looked...

Sadly, the damsel was too eager for her knight to rescue her that instead of waiting for the knight to come to her, she bursted out of the castle door with arms wide open.... Startled, the poor knight fled in shock, with the damsel chasing after him. Because he was so fully clad in armour, he stumbled over a few times. And each time, the damsel will try to help her fallen hero to his feet. But the knight will just run further. Dejected, the damsel stopped chasing after her hero. Suddenly, the knight stumbled, yet again, over another pothole and couldn't get up. Because the damsel wasn't there to help him, the poor knight could not get up on his own.

Pretty soon, the knight ran out of strength and laid there in a heap of metal and sweat, a far cry from his original proud self. Summing courage, the damsel walked up to him and gingerly helped the knight to his feet.

And this time, the knight didn't run away. He was too tired to run anyway. Having all his energy spent, he can only turn his head and noticed the crazy damsel who was chasing after him.

Yet, for the first time, he noticed that it wasn't really a crazy damsel that was chasing after him, but a sweet and demure damsel with the hope of being rescued by a knight in shining armor.

The knight wondered, "Is there anything wrong with that? Why was I running then?"

The little lost lamb watched all these from the cool comfort of the castle's shade, chewing on his favourite dandilions...

"BaaaaaaAaaaa~"

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