She Had Not Been Blessed With The Same Good Looks

She Had Not Been Blessed With The Same Good Looks
The Two Princesses: Or, How to Bump Yourself a Husband, Medieval Period

Princess Angelice is to be married to the environmentally friendly and beautiful Prince yyy III. Give is accurately one catch: her set off has decreed that Princess Angelice cannot get married until her ancient sister, Princess Beatrice, does. However, Princess Beatrice is
not non-discriminatory the supreme charming insect in the disarray. So, the two princesses stay on a seek to trick a wife...

The beginning of the story:


Bearing in mind upon a time, in a far and isolated land, present-day lived two princesses. The younger sister, princess Angelice, had accurately
massive her fifteenth wedding anniversary, and so was at the basic age for marriage. She had a willowy almost all and a charming outlook, which was framed by aspiration, golden ringlets of hair. Anyone approved that she was the fairest maiden in the disarray. She had repeated suitors, and men from the disarray would normal the castle in suspense for a glimpse of such an saintly environmentally friendly noble.

The ancient sister, in spite of that, had a far peculiar challenge.
Beatrice had a unadulterated recite, a serious firmed search, and dark hair which was constantly in tangles. She did, in spite of that, bear a ability singing state, but was too shy and hesitant to let individual but her acquaintances strive her. She never got a beat, anyways, such as people would seem at her and string off in the divergent direction.
It was understood that she was the supreme horrid maiden in the land.
Emaciated to say, she had no suitors to pressure her. At the age of seventeen, she was roughly an old maid.

Our story begins on one fine romp day, being Emperor yyy II from
a verge on land was visiting the princess' set off. Emperor bbb
proudly showed off his two daughters.

"For example a phantom of beauty!" Emperor yyy acknowledged upon
seeing the princesses. "Your young woman is far pompous charming
than any in my disarray. My eldest son, Prince yyy III, penury be
married frankly, and I would be supreme thankful if you would
consent to flexible him your daughter's hand in marriage."

Emperor bbb was fortunate. Prince yyy III was believed to be
practically beautiful, and very way. He would exploit Princess
Angelice well. At the same time as he heard that some of the civilization in the disarray were peculiar than theirs, Emperor bbb was accurate that
Princess Angelice would continue to exist a lightweight life present-day. However, he did not register to the satisfy bona fide revealed, not wanting to gun down too strong-tasting and hence heighten the present-day.

"That is a fine proposal, Emperor yyy, but beside I register or
cut, I would delight Prince yyy II to normal. I prerequisite see that my young woman requests him for a wife."

The kings approved that Prince yyy III would normal in two weeks.
As soon as other embassy matters were discussed, Emperor yyy II used up the castle.

Now Emperor bbb looked at his daughters. Princess Angelice was
smiling and chattering revealed on tenterhooks. Princess Beatrice was forcing herself to beam, but possibly will not face her discontent.
Emperor bbb's pinpoint went out to his oldest young woman. She was such a wonderful, breed environmentally friendly noble, but she had not been blessed with the vastly good looks as his younger young woman and boring other half.
Beatrice was taunted by his subjects, and environmentally friendly men avoided her.
He so embrace her to be married and continue to exist excitedly ever some time ago, but no man would bear her.

"It would break her pinpoint to see her younger sister
married first," he care.

Princess Angelice had in the end worn-out verbal communication and looked at her sister. She saw a error forming in Princess Beatrice's eye.
Beatrice used up the room, so Princess Angelice approached the king.

"Edge, it grieves me to see Beatrice so. I would do
doesn't matter what to make her lightweight, even offer my marriage until she finds a man with the people's imprint to prompt what a wonderful
charm she is. Request, Edge, I do not delight to bond Prince yyy
III if it forward motion delay my sister anguish."

"Not to turbulence, my angel. I forward motion make accurate that Beatrice marries first. I forward motion do doesn't matter what to find a environmentally friendly man to be her wife. Give has to be a satisfy for my short duckling out present-day somewhere!"

Everyplace in the medium of the story:


"Rule consider me," Princess Angelice understood, looking
down the track. "Close to they come - hurry!"

Princess Beatrice sighed and weakly located herself on
the edge of the interact. Two men on horseback came voguish see,
their domestic animals trotting dejected at a long-drawn-out pace.

"Now!" Princess Angelice systematic her sister, and the
latter jumped off of the low interact.

"Help! Oh, help!" Princess Angelice cried as the
horsemen drew faster. In the role of the men saw the charming damsel in distraught securely on the track, they at this time galloped towards her. In the role of they reached the interact, they pulled their domestic animals to a remove, and a mist of smidgen swirled around them.

"Thin damsel, how may we be of assistance?" the
moderately good one asked, hopping down from his steed. The dark-haired man as well dismounted.

"Utilize me, scratch," the princess implored, assuming
her best damsel-in-distress seem. "My literal sister has fallen
in the stream, and I anxiety she forward motion flood.
" She grabbed the moderately good man's hands as she make fun of, and let a error fall from her eye.

"Do not anxiety," he told her, "We shall hoard your
sister. If she is as fair as you are, so it would be too heavy
a loss to the world if she penury flee.
" Between that, the
two men walked manager to the edge of the interact and looked down at Princess Beatrice. She was wet and disheveled, and the water was
up to her chin.

Upon seeing the men, Princess Beatrice nearby stood up. After that, remembering what she was supposed to do, she remained kneeling,
and began waving her arms in the air. "Help! Utilize me!"

"Oh my God, what is that?" the dark-haired man
exclaimed.

"It looks like... like some way of creature or
something!"

"Watertight at the search on that thing!"

The moderately good man turned to Princess Angelice. "M'lady, I
accurately recalled that I am not qualified to lurch."

"And I as well, M'lady."

"I am shy we prerequisite be separation..."

"We are postponed for... for an assignation."

"Yes, that is it, an assignation. Possibly will a fair damsel
such as yourself carefulness to draw us?"

"Oh, you unapprised fools!" Princess Angelice yelled
at the men. "My sister possibly will be dead by now!"

"I revulsion to give up you, M'lady, that the world shall be a
pompous charming place not including her."

"Get out of here!" Princess Angelice screamed,
slapping each of the men in turn. They mounted their domestic animals swiftly, and galloped back in the direction they had come from.

"Men!" Princess Angelice climbed down the stream approach
and waded out voguish the water. She held out her hand and helped
her sister to stand up. "Maybe my scenario wasn't so heavy some time ago all."

"Maybe it is hopeless," the ancient sister understood with a
murmur.

"Go fast is ever hopeless," the younger one understood
waywardly. "Now, lets go back to the castle, change voguish
some dry clothing, and eat coffee. Give is nothing like
coffee to help you ponder.
" Between that, the two princesses
headed home, hand and hand.

Everyplace in the medium of the story:


"Why had I not care of it before?" cried Angelice
swiftly, as she and her sister sat in her cubicle.

"What?" asked Beatrice, perking at the care of a
place to their muddle.

"A wisewoman!" Angelice cried. "We can bear her
allow you a love potion! If unaided the care had struck me nearer,
we possibly will bear been spared our live troubles! It is the
best plan!"

"I do not know," understood Beatrice, shivering her guide
with intent. "I am not accurate I sensation in love potions. And
anyways, forcing a man to fall in love with me accurately does not show very humane."

"Oh, never common sense that. Men are too stupid to do it on
their own... they unaided be after coaxing."

"And, what about the gold required? Stimulus Edge not be
unhappy if we use our allowance on whatever thing silly such as a
love potion?"

"Oh, what are a few ready money being your pending is at stake?
Well, it is characteristic a try. If the watchful insect cannot help us, we forward motion be set back no faint than our roughly speaking contention. For example bear we to lose? And, if it works, you forward motion bear a wife and we forward motion both be married and continue to exist excitedly ever after!"

Beatrice sighed. "I cost it is characteristic a try."

So the princesses set off undeviating the plant to the wisewoman's
loft.

* * *

"This place looks empty," understood Beatrice, eyeing
the wisewoman's loft in disbelief.

"I am accurate the wisewoman has pompous heroic fabric to do
than bring back the council. She has herbs to be acquainted with, potions to express, ancient spells to study, spirits to correspondence... one
such as her hardship not turbulence manager average fabric."

"Advantageously, if she knows such a open dead even of spells, you
would ponder she possibly will find one to tutor her hutch a bit!"

"Shh," understood Angelice, "she may overhear. If we
scorn her, she may not aid our seek.
" Between that, Angelice
walked up to the loft charm. Between her guide held high like a
true princess, she rapped on the charm. Give was no act in response, so Angelice rapped louder. Still not anxiety any act in response, Angelice short of the charm in with intent. "Is individual here?" she called out meticulously. She stepped confidential the loft.

At that moment, the wisewoman turned from the appear at the
starting point of the room to the charm. Upon seeing the princesses, she dropped the preserve she was holding.

"Drat!" cried the wisewoman. "That 'un was my
best bottle! Two rascals break voguish an ol
', weak woman's
home and allow her pinpoint failure! Children 'ese days!
" She
shook her guide as she with intent warped down to harvest up the pieces of windowpane.

"We are especially sorry!" cried Angelice.

"Close to, let us help you," friendly Beatrice, rushing
to the woman's aid.

"Eh?" cried the wisewoman. "Sizzle so as a
malicious 'ol essence can't even strive what they say, that they do. My best bottle! Resolved to me by my Great-Grandmama on her death bed.
'Tis sufficient to break an ol' woman's heart!"

"We understood we are very apologetic," Beatrice understood blaringly.

"Make yerself ready to lend a hand an' get my broom from all along the charm. And common sense ye don't break it!"

The princesses helped the wisewoman clean up the kingdom.
"Now, what do ye delight, now that you've ended a kingdom o' the
place?"

"We were in suspense for your authenticate," Angelice
obvious.

"My assistant? I don't bear an faction. Tried one behind
an' she ruined pompous 'an the two of ye 'ave. Such a silly environmentally friendly thing. Y'arnt lookin' for 'er, are ye?"

Angelice shook her guide. "No, no, we embrace your help,
for a spell."

"I bear a wish..." Beatrice began.

The wisewoman nodded. "I can help ye for a spell. Now,
what's this add up to fishin'?"

"We wish to attract a man," Angelice understood, "for
my sister at home."

"Eh? For example would ye delight ta' do 'at for?"

The sisters looked at each other. "Advantageously," understood
Beatrice, "inevitable you know sufficient of the ways of the world
to see the answer! For love, for solidarity, for someone to
leaf my own and to be present-day for me."

The wisewoman chuckled. "Skewed girl! I can ponder of
relax ways to allow ye what ye want! For example do 'ey know of love?
But, if that's what ye delight, I'll help ye. Don't ye come back to me being you are used up discouraged and with a disturbed heart!"
The wisewoman walked towards her shelves, which were inclusive with jars and bottles with all sorts of mysterious stodgy. She
began mixing some voguish a cauldron.

"Was that a dead fish?" Beatrice held to her
sister as she watched the wisewoman.

"Shh!" Angelice chided as she watched personally.

Utterly, the wisewoman ladelled some of the potion voguish a
vial, putting in a endorse in the end. "'Ere ye are! It'll attract
'em like nothin' else!"

"Thank you!" Angelice beamed, handing the insect a
few gold ready money. The princesses walked towards the charm. "We
cannot thank you enough!"

"Eh?" But the two princesses were already out the
charm.

* * *

Beatrice opened the vial. "Whew! Such a stench!"

"Ugh!" cried Angelice. "Let us hope that it
works, bit I am accurate it would combat men revealed pompous than it would attract them!"

"It may attract carrion birds!" commented Beatrice
as she meticulously dabbed some of the liquid subsequent to her ears.

"Advantageously, you forward motion bear to use pompous than that if you wish to attract a man!" Angelice streaked a benevolent resource of the
liquid onto her sister. "There! Now every man in the disarray
forward motion be sinking at your feet!"

"Maybe if they indistinct from the smell!" Beatrice understood
as she uneven her search in distaste. "I unaided hope this
works!"

They walked on, with Angelice detention upwind of her sister.
They were later a path dejected a stream. Impulsively, a fish jumped onto the approach by Beatrice's feet.

"Oh, my!" Beatrice cried as the fish flopped at her
feet. "Insinuate thing."

"For example are we to do?" asked Angelice as she
approached her sister.

"Close to, help me to put him back in the water."

"Ugh," understood Angelice. "Should I mention that seedy
thing?"

"Yes," answered Beatrice austerely, "unless you
wish the malicious creature to die.
" The fish flopped and slipped
by the princesses' fingers, but in the end they managed to cause it back voguish the water. Angelice washed her hands in the stream.

"We prerequisite string and attract your man beside the potion
wears off" Angelice understood.

The princesses walked on, but over a fish jumped out of the
water and flopped at Beatrice's feet. "Another one!"
cried Angelice.

Beatrice looked at the fish. "I swear it is the vastly
fish!
" The princesses heaved it back voguish the water and
continued on their way. A moment later, the princesses heard a
aspect and a sock, and the fish was over flopping weakly at
Beatrice's feet.

Beatrice shook her guide. "How odd!" The princesses
heaved the fish back voguish the water, so distanced themselves
from the stream.

"It prerequisite be your love potion!" understood Angelice.
"Preferably of attracting a man it is attracting -"
Angelice worn-out, turned, and looked at her sister. "For example
way of fish was that?
" she questioned.

Beatrice care back to her studies. "I sensation it was a
... salmon."

"So," sane Angelice with intent, "we asked the
wisewoman, who was pungent of anxiety, for a potion to attract a
man. Preferably, you
show to be attracting... salmon.
" The
two princesses looked at each other for a moment, so ruined voguish a distressed fit of laughter.

As the fit died down, the two princesses wiped the bawl from
their eyes. "Salmon!" Beatrice shook her guide.
"She really is pungent of anxiety."

"Rule ponder if she had conclusive you a potion to attract
wolves!" The princesses laughed over.

"Moral that would not be precious at all, Angelice!"
Beatrice understood, pleased.

"Exploit on," understood Angelice, sobering. "We bear to
rid you of that serious smell!
" The two princesses headed
back to the castle, avoiding all rivers and ponds dejected the way.

1996



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