A rose.
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Zelinda and the Monster
There was a poor man who had three daughters. The youngest
was the fairest and most civil. The other two daughters were jealous of the
youngest because the father liked her best. The father was going to a fair to
gather provisions and asked the daughters if they wanted gifts. The father of
course being poor wished the daughters asked for simple things. The two jealous
sisters asked for a dress and a shawl, but the youngest asked for only a rose.
He found the dress and shawl easily but it was not the right season for roses.
The father really wanted to please the youngest daughter so he took the first
road he came upon. He found a garden that had a rose bush. There was no one
around to buy the rose from, so he just reached in and picked it. When he
picked it, a dragon appeared and sentenced the man to death for destroying his
bush. The man begged for his life. The dragon said that someone must die and
that it either would be the daughter who asked for the rose or the man. The man
couldn’t leave until he swore to bring the daughter who asked for the rose. The
father gave the presents to the daughters, but the daughters could tell that
something was wrong. The father explained the predicament. The two jealous
daughters yelled that the youngest must go die. The youngest daughter calmly
agreed. The father left the daughter with the dragon who kept asking the
daughter if she would be his wife. She declined many times. The father was
dying and the dragon said he’d save him if she married him. She agreed and then
the dragon turned into a handsome young prince. He was enchanted to be a dragon
until he convinced a beautiful girl to marry him.
Bibliography:
Italian Popular Tales by Thomas Frederick Crane (1885). Link
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