Once upon a time there was once a princess who had a toy, a ball made of pure gold.
Now, one day, she decided to take her ball with her on her post lunch daily walk. But today, her intent was to get rid of her ball somehow. Stopping, she noted the storm drain.
Smiling, she rolled into the storm drain, but felt guilty the second the ball disappeared from site. Frustrated and saddened with her actions, she began to cry.
“You okay?”
The princess looked down. A talking hamster?
“Oh, uh sorry. Didn’t realize you are deaf…oh, probably can’t her that either…” the hamster frowned.
“No, I’m not deaf. I’ve ‘m just surprised, I’ve never met a talking hamster.”
“Understandable. Are you okay?”
“Well, I accidently rolled my gold ball down a rain gutter.”
“Oh that thing. Seems a bit impractical to me, no offense intended.”
“No, I agree. I’d love to throw it out, but it’s like an ugly Christmas sweater someone buys for you. And it’s the thought that counts after all." ”
“So someone thought you needed a golden ball rather than anti curse repellent? Or a fairy Godmother?”
“Yeah….I dropped in on my foot last year, had to wear a cast for two months."
“So…why do you want it?”
“Well, my grandmother got it for me when I was five, and she’s coming to visit. And it’ll hurt her feelings if she doesn’t see me holding the ball. She thinks I still like it.”
“Hm, I can try and get it.”
“Really? Thanks!”
“Um, hate to seem pushy, but get it, can you let me side beside you at dinner, and eat from your plate? And sleep in your bed?”
“Um…I guess…”
“Thanks…wait for me by the storm drain at the pond. It’ll take me about an hour.”
Nodding, the princess watched as the hamster crawled into the storm drain.
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Over an hour passed, until she heard some very mean words as the ball and hamster appeared, covered in filth.
“Man that was disgusting! I smell like a butt!” the hamster frowned.”And I clean myself with my tongue!”
“Um, sorry” the princess said, as she dropped her ball in the shallows of the pond to rinse it off. Setting it on the rocks to dry, she wondered what she could do to help.
“Um, can I help?” she frowned. “Uh, you got anything I can use for a towel?” the hamster asked, eyeing the pond.
“Yes, my skirt” the princess smiled, kneeling before the hamster.
“Um….you sure?”
“It’s okay, it’s the least I can do.”
Smiling the hamster cleaned himself in the shallow water, before coming out.
“Oh, man that feels better…”
Smiling, the princess, gently used her skit as a towel as she gently dried the hamster.
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Relieved, the princess carried the hamster in one hand and the ball in her other hand as she headed to the dining hall for dinner.
“Dinner…” the hamster said, as he began to groom himself.
“Um…are you…”
“Sorry, if I seem greedy tonight. But I can only eat what I can get. Bugs, veggies, barriers…it basically sucks.”
“Why not grow a garden?”
“Because I always ended up eating the seeds first. Plus I gnawed on the wooden handles of the tools….my teeth just keep growing, so I gotta wear them down” he said looking embarrassed.
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She watched with awe as the hamster made a complete glutton of himself. Using her own flat wear, she cut down all items the hamster asked for.
“Steak…” the hamster smiled, licking his lips as he licked his paws clean.
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After changing into her nightwear, she came out of the closet, to find that the hamster had chewed up her pillow, making himself a nest.
“Thanks for everything…oops! Sorry about my instincts.”
“No it’s fine. I just want you to be comfortable.”
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Morning came, and the princess smiled, when she saw the hamster. It looked so adorable.
Smiling, as she kissed her new friend.
But in a flash of light, her friend was gone, but the nest remained.
Looking up, she saw a blond man who looked like an Ambercomb and Finch model….
“Princess, thank you. I was under a curse by a witch. Only someone who would share her food, their pillow, and kissed me would be able to break the spell. And trust me; people don’t like rodents very much.”
The man bowed.
“I am Prince Derek of the kingdom of Ambercomb and Finch.”
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The wedding took place that very afternoon. As the prince and prince were married in elegance and splendor.
Their lives together were long and happy.
And as with all fairy tales, they lived happily after. Especially after the Prince had the witch who cursed him curse herself into becoming a hamster.
The only way for the witch to lose her hamster form was to find a word that rhymed with orange. But that never happened.
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