There once was lived a King who had three daughters. The two oldest daughters loved living in the castle, but the youngest daughter desired to live a different life.
When the King’s daughters turned eighteen, a wizard granted them a special power.
The first daughter to turn 18 was named Lilly. On Lilly’s eighteenth birthday, she was given the power of beauty. All of the boys in the kingdom loved Lilly and wished to marry her.
The second daughter to turn eighteen was named Rose. Rose was granted the gift of wisdom. She was without a doubt the smartest daughter out of the three. Rose helped the King solve the town’s problems and hardships.
The youngest of the three daughters was named Daisy. Daisy turned 18 in exactly one week. The kingdom was preparing the town for the King's last daughter’s birthday celebration.
The King ordered that the town was sparkling clean for the wizard’s arrival. Hundreds of cakes, flowers and balloons had been delivered to the castle throughout the week. Although Daisy knew she should be excited for her party, she couldn’t help but feel nervous for some reason.
The day had finally come and it was time to reveal Daisy’s birthday gift. Daisy and her two sisters put on their most beautiful dresses and headed to the ballroom. The entire town was eagerly waiting for the news of Daisy's gift outside the castle.
The three daughters entered the massive ballroom and immediately saw the wizard. Daisy approached the wizard very slowly.
“Why do you look so nervous,” asked the wizard.
“I am not nervous,” lied Daisy.
“I am just excited.”“Ah, maybe I should grant you the gift of telling the truth,” smirked the wizard.
No one could hear what was being said between the two.
After a few long moments of silence the wizard raised his wand and a huge green flash threw Daisy to the ground.
The two sisters ran to pick Daisy's side and to help pick her up. In the next instant, the wizard lifted his hands and proclaimed,
“I present to you the new Daisy! I have given her the gift of talking to animals!”Smoked filled the entire room and the wizard vanished.
“Destroy her!” demanded the King.
The king did not approve of his daughter's new gift and declared that she should be killed.
The two sisters grabbed Daisy and fled to the nearest forest. They could not let her sister die so they took a knife and killed a squirrel. They spread the squirrel’s blood on Daisy’s beautiful gown and brought it to the King.
The King knew he could trust his two daughters and went to bed peacefully that night.
Daisy was now stuck in the forest forever.
The wizard knew her gift of talking to animals would come in handy and that she could finally start the life she had always dreamt of.
Author's Note: My story is a mixture between
Water and Salt and
The Language of Animals. I got the idea of a "King and his three daughters" from the story Water and Salt. In this story, the King orders that one of his daughters needs to be killed after she said he loved him as much as "water and salt." The other two daughters hid their sister and killed their dog in order to trick the King. I got the idea of "being able to talk to animals" from the story The Language of Animals. In this story, a father was very upset that his son had the gift of talking to animals. For my story, I thought it would be fun to combine these two topics and create them into one!
Bibliography: The stories "Water and Salt" and "The Language of Animals" came from the
Italian Popular Tales by Thomas Crane.