Short Story

The Lonely Princess


Once upon a time, lived a young princess named Isabella in the Kingdom of Glora. She was the friendliest girl in the entire kingdom. She was better than her elder sisters, Rose and Juliette, in every aspect.
Rose was also the prettiest girl in the whole kingdom, but not as beautiful as Juliette. But, as pretty as both were, they were cruel and heartless. They teased Isabelle about her appearance and teased her about playing with toys all the time. They bullied her to improve her appearance. But Isabelle paid no heed to her sisters and continued playing with the toys. After all, the dolls never called her names. But deep down inside, Isabelle felt rather lonely.
King Paul hated that his most favorite and youngest daughter was upset. He tried spending more time with her, but because of his duties, he stayed away for long periods.
On a bright summer morning, King Paul was told that a Prince named Geoffrey from the Kingdom of Meadowhill was on his way to the Kingdom of Glora in search of a bride. He was a year older than Rose, two years older than Isabelle and a year younger than Juliette. All the sisters were rather excited to meet the Prince.
Prince Geoffrey talked to Juliette first. Geoffrey complimented Juliette on her hair. Juliette then started telling him about the long hours she spent taking care of the hair. Bored of the talk, Geoffrey moved on to Rose. Rose tried to impress him by talking about her father’s court and all famous noblemen and knights. Prince Geoffrey soon grew bored again and decided to meet Isabella.
As soon as he met Isabella, he remarked. “You are beautiful!” making Isabella go red.
“She’s not beautiful! She’s ugly!” Juliette retorted.
“Her hair! It’s so untidy!” Rose added.
“It’s the eyes,” Prince Geoffrey said. “She is blessed with beautiful eyes.”
“But she plays with toys!” Juliette told Geoffrey, in an trying to make young Isabelle appear silly.
“So what! Even I play with dolls. I got one here too! Her name is Jane, and she is my oldest friend”. He pulled out a small doll from his pocket and introduced it to everyone.
"Would you like to meet my friends, Prince Geoffrey?” Isabella asked.
“I would love to", said Prince Geoffrey, following Isabelle into the gardens.
Source: http://www.momjunction.com/articles/princess-stories-for-kids_00386972/#gref

Generic structure:
1. Orientation: It introduces the participants, which is Princess Isabella, her sisters Rose and Juliet, and it tells how the Princess Isabella is lonely.
2. Complication: The complication of the story is when there is a Prince visited the kingdom and he talk to Isabella but her sisters are mocking her and tell the Prince that she plays with dolls, trying to make Isabelle appear silly.
3. Resolution: Princess Isabelle is happy that she have a new friend now, which is the Prince.

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