So me and my really good friend Dasha would get really bored at work so we would play this game. We were only allowed to write 3 lines then send it back to other person to right the next part. Well we have had some pretty weird stories but one turned out really good. So to start sharing it here it is. We are going to make it into to a book for our daughters so nothing too big but we like it.
THE PRINCESS AND THE FRY-COOK
BY DASHA HUNTER & AIMEE SILL
ONCE UPON A TIME, THERE LIVED A UGLY PRINCESS. SHE WAS THE RICHEST, WELL KNOWN PRINCESS AROUND. MANY SUITORS CAME TO SEE HER, BUT SHE ALWAYS SAID NO, FOR SHE KNEW THEY DIDN'T LOVE HER, THEY LOVED HER MONEY.
SO SHE DECIDED THAT SHE NEEDED TO FIND SOMEONE WHO DIDN'T KNOW HOW RICH SHE WAS. SHE PUT ON A PEASANTS OUTFIT AND PICKED THE NAME OF JUJUIE AND SET OUT TO FIND HER TRUE LOVE. JUJUIE WALKED FOR HOURS ON THE HIGHWAY BEFORE SHE CAME ACROSS ANYONE.
SHE COULD NOT TAKE THE WALKING ANYMORE AND CAME ACROSS THIS LITTLE MOM AND POP DINNER, CALLED MOM AND POP DINNER. SHE DECIDED THAT SHE WOULD STOP IN AND HAVE SOME LUNCH AND REST A BIT BEFORE SHE SET OUT AGAIN. INSIDE THERE WAS THIS CUTE LITTLE OLD LADY BEHIND THE COUNTER WITH A BIG OLD GRIN.
THIS LADY DIDN'T CRINGE LIKE OTHERS WHEN THEY SAW HER FACE AND WAS SO NICE TO HER. SHE WAS SO HAPPY TO MEET A KIND PERSON AND SO JUJUIE FELT A LITTLE PRETTY FOR ONCE IN HER LIFE. JUJUIE RETURNED THE OLD LADIES GRIN AND ASKED HER HOW WAS WORKING IN THIS LITTLE DINNER.
THE OLD LADY TOLD HER THAT IT WAS A FAMILY OWNED BUSINESS THAT HER AND HER HUSBAND STARTED AND SHE LOVED IT. HER HUSBAND WAS SICK AT HOME SO IT WAS JUST HER AND HER SON IN THE KITCHEN THAT DAY. THEN SHE ASKED WHAT A SWEET LITTLE THING LIKE HER WAS DOING AROUND THAT AREA.
AGAIN JUJUIE FELT A LITTLE MORE PRETTY AND SHE LOVED THE FEELING. SO SHE OPENED UP TO THE LITTLE OLD LADY THAT SHE WAS IN SEARCH FOR SOMEONE WHO TRUELY LOVED HER. AT THIS THE LITTLE OLD LADY SMILED AND ASKED JUJUIE WHAT SHE WOULD LIKE TO EAT FOR HER SON COULD MAKE ANYTHING SHE WANTED.
SHE DECIDE TO HAVE SOME GOOD OLD FASHION APPLE PIE AND VANILLA ICE CREAM. WHEN THE OLD LADY WALKED AWAY WITH HER ORDER JUJUIE DECIDED TO GO TO THE BATHROOM AND WASH HER HANDS . WHEN SHE WENT IN SHE LOOKED IN THE MIRROR AND NOTICED THAT HER TEETH LOOKED A LITTLE STRAIGHTER AND THE WART ON HER NOSE HAD DISAPPEARED.
SHE COULDN'T BELIEVE THAT IT WAS HER IN THE MIRROR! DID THIS LITTLE OLD LADY HAVE MAGICAL POWERS THAT COULD MAKE HER BEAUTIFUL? SHE RAN BACK TO HER SEAT AT THE COUNTER BUT THE SHE WAS GONE AND IN HER PLACE WAS HER HANSOM SOME WITH HER PIE.
SHE STOPPED IN HER STEPS, AND A LITTLE EMBARRASSED PROCEEDED TO THE COUNTER A LITTLE SLOWER. THE MAN SAID, " HI MY NAME IS GARRETT! MY MOM HAS TOLD ME A LOT ABOUT YOU. DO YOU MIND IF I SIT WITH YOU WHILE YOU EAT YOUR PIE ?"
JUJUIE NODDED HER HEAD AND SAT DOWN WHILE HE SAT NEXT TO HER AND VERY NICELY STARTED ASKING ABOUT HER. SHE FELT SO COMFORTABLE TALKING WITH HIM AND THE WAY HE LOOKED AT HER SHE BEGAN TO FEEL BEAUTIFUL. IT SOON BECAME DARK AND THEY KEEP TALKING ABOUT ANYTHING.
SHE LOOKED OUT AND SAW HOW DARK IT WAS. SHE TOLD HIM THAT SHE LOVED TALKING TO HIM, BUT IT WAS GETTING DARK AND SHE SHOULD HEAD HOME SOON. HE THEN OFFERED HER A RIDE IF SHE WOULD LIKE, OR THEY HAD A COUPLE ROOMS BEHIND THEIR RESTAURANT THAT THEY RENT OUT THAT SHE COULD STAY, EITHER WAY HE DIDN'T WANT HER WALKING OUT IN THE DARK ALONE.
SHE DIDN'T WANT TO LEAVE SO SHE SAID THAT SHE WOULD TAKE ONE OF THE ROOMS IN THE BACK. HE SMILED AT HER AND SAID HE WOULD WALK HER TO THE BEST ONE THEY HAD. HIS SMILE WARMED HER HEART AND SHE FELT LIKE SHE COULD FLY.
SHE SAID THANK YOU AND THEY WALKED AND TALKED ON THE WAY TO THE ROOM. HE OPENED THE DOOR FOR HER AND WISHED HER A GOOD NIGHT. BEFORE HE LEFT THOUGH HE ASKED IF SHE WOULD LIKE TO JOIN HIM AND HIS PARENTS FOR DINNER.
JUJUIE WAS OVER JOYED WITH THE THOUGHT OF THIS AND AGREED. SO THEY BEGAN TO WALK TO THE HOUSE ON THE BACK OF THE LOT WHICH HE AND HIS PARENTS LIVED IN. SHE LOVED TALKING TO HIM AND HIS MOTHER THIS WOULD BE THE PERFECT NIGHT.
SHE CAME IN AND INTRODUCED HERSELF TO HIS FATHER AND SAT DOWN TO DINNER WITH THE FAMILY. SHE HAD THE BEST TIME AND DIDN'T THINK SHE HAD EVER LAUGHED SO HARD IN HER LIFE. AFTER ABOUT 3 GLASSES OF LEMONADE SHE EXCUSED HERSELF TO THE BATHROOM. WHEN SHE WAS WASHING HER HANDS, SHE LOOKED IN THE MIRROR AND ALMOST DROPPED THE SOAP. SHE WAS PRETTY, SOMEHOW AND SOMEWAY SHE WAS PRETTY. HER MOLES AND WARTS HAD DISAPPEARED AND HER TEETH WERE PRETTY AND WHITE. WHAT HAD HAPPENED? AS SHE STOOD THERE LOOKING IN THE MIRROR, SHE DECIDED SHE NEEDED TO TALK TO THE OLD WOMEN.
SHE CAME OUT AND FOUND THE OLD WOMEN WASHING THE DISHES IN THE KITCHEN. SHE ASKED IF SHE COULD HELP, AND THE OLD WOMEN HAPPILY ACCEPTED. FINALLY SHE ASKED HER "DO YOU HAVE MAGICAL POWERS?" THE OLD WOMEN LOOKED UP A LITTLE CONFUSED. "EXCUSE ME DEAR, I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN?"
" WHEN I WALKED INTO YOUR RESTAURANT THIS AFTERNOON, I WAS HIDEOUS, AND NOW WHEN I LOOK IN THE MIRROR I AM PRETTY! WHAT HAPPENED?" SHE ASKED HER. THE OLD WOMEN JUST SMILED AT HER AND EXPLAINED. " DEAR, YOU HAVE BEEN BEAUTIFUL THE WHOLE TIME, YOU JUST DIDN'T WANT TO SEE IT. YOU LISTEN TO PEOPLE PUT YOU DOWN AND SAY MEAN THINGS, SO WHENEVER YOU LOOK IN THE MIRROR, YOU SEEM MORE UGLY EVERYDAY. WHEN YOU CAME IN TODAY, YOU MET SOME GOOD WHOLESOME PEOPLE THAT MADE YOU FEEL PRETTY AND LOVED. WITH THOSE FEELINGS YOU WERE FINALLY ABLE TO SEE YOURSELF FOR WHO YOU REALLY ARE. LOVE YOUR SELF AND YOU WILL ALWAYS BE THE BEAUTIFUL PERSON YOU WANT TO BE."
JUJUIE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY. ALL THIS TIME SHE THOUGHT ABOUT HOW UGLY SHE WAS, WHEN ALL SHE WAS DOING WAS MAKING HERSELF SEEM MORE UGLY TO HER SELF. SHE THANKED THE OLD LADY WITH A BIG HUG AND WITH A SMILE TURNED BACK INTO THE DINING ROOM WITH A NEW ATTITUDE THEN SHE HAD EVER HAD BEFORE.
SHE LOVED THE FRY COOK AND DECIDED SHE NEEDED TO TAKE A CHANCE BECAUSE THEY HAD BEEN SO GOOD TO HER. SHE WALKED UP TO HIM AND SAID " I HAVE FALLEN IN LOVE WITH YOU IN SUCH A SHORT TIME. BUT I NEED TO KNOW IF YOU LOVE ME TOO." HE JUST GAZED INTO HER EYES AND KISSED HER AND THEN WHISPERED IN HER EAR " I LOVE YOU AND WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU."
TEARS CAME TO EYES FOR SHE HAD NEVER FELT SO MUCH JOY. SHE TOLD THE WHOLE FAMILY HER STORY OF HOW SHE WAS A PRINCESS AND THAT SHE HAD DISGUISSED HER SELF SO THAT SHE COULD FIND HE TRUE LOVE, WHICH SHE HAD DONE. SHE ALSO WAS MOVED THAT SHE HAD NOT ONLY FOUND AN AMAZING MAN BUT AN AMAZING FAMILY WHICH SHE HAD BEEN MISSING.
THE PRINCESS AND THE FRY COOK WERE MARRIED AND THEY BROUGHT HIS PARENTS TO COME LIVE WITH THEM IN THE CASTLE. THEY STILL RAN THE LITTLE DINER ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD BECAUSE IT IS WHERE THEY FELL IN LOVE AND THEY ENJOYED PEOPLE GOOD THINGS TO EAT. THE PRINCESS NEVER FELT UGLY AGAIN AND BECAME KNOWN AS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL QUEEN EVER ALL BECAUSE PEOPLE BELIEVED IN HER AND SHE BELIEVED IN HERSELF.




1 comments:
You know, I never thought to play that game at work, but it would have been a lifesaver if we had. Kayla is getting SO BIG! I can't believe she is already 6 months old. The time really does fly. I can't wait to meet her someday.
I'm so glad you started a blog, Aimee! We have you linked in on our blog page now so I can visit all the time. Yeah!
Cute shots of Curtis and Kayla... she is beautiful!
I'll be back often!
Love,
Heather
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