Re: Time for a little Chevalier ?

THIS is SO beautiful!  

Thank you very much, Colin.  Bravo!


In a previous article, Col...@equinox.gen.nz (Colin Douthwaite) says:

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>Hello to all the little ones reading, and lots of fuzzy fuzzyness to
>all those who want them! :)
>This is a story for children that I read a long time ago, when I was
>little..
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>Chevalier takes a very big, fuzzy and soft pillow, and sits on it, leaving
>some space for the little ones who wants to come sit by his side... then he
>turns off the lights and lights a candle and puts some soft soft music in
>the
>background (very quiet so the children can hear his voice) and he starts his
>story, caressing the little ones' hair...
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>                  THE MOUSE KING:   QUEST FOR A WEDDING
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> A long, long time ago,     ]-I-I-I-I-[   ---|      |  ---|    |.   |
> in a very old castle, a     \ `   '_/       |     / \    |    | /^\|
> king was dealing with a big  [*]  __|       ^    / ^ \   ^    | |*||
> problem.  His daughter, the  |__   ,|      / \  /    `\ / \   | ===|
> most wonderful, sweet,    ___| ___ ,|__   /    /=_=_=_=\   \  |,  _|
> bright, gentle, coura-    I_I__I_I__I_I  (====(_________)___|_|____|____
> geous and beautiful mouse \-\--|-|--/-/  |     I  [ ]__I I_I__|____I_I_|
> of the Kingdom -- was now  |[]      '|   | []  |`__  . [  \-\--|-|--/-/
> of age to be married,      |.   | |' |___|_____I___|___I___|---------|
> and the King wanted to    / \| []   .|_|-|_|-|-|_|-|_|-|_|-| []   [] |
> find the most perfect    <===>  |   .|-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-|   |    / \
> and worthy husband for   ] []|`   [] ||.|.|.|.|.|.|.|.|.|.||-      <===>
> her.  He wanted to marry ] []| ` |   |/////////\\\\\\\\\\.||__.  | |[] [
> her to someone special,  <===>     ' ||||| |   |   | ||||.||  []   <===>
> to someone strong and     \T/  | |-- ||||| | O | O | ||||.|| . |'   \T/
> powerful.  In fact, he     |      . _||||| |   |   | ||||.|| |     | |
> decided he would marry  ../|' v . | .|||||/____|____\|||| /|. . | . ./
> her to the *MOST* power- |//\............/...........\........../../\\\
> ful being on Earth.
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> At this time, my little one, you have to understand that a princess
>couldn't
> choose herself who she wanted to marry. This would cause many princesses to
> have a very sad life, and thankfully today, we can marry who we want! :)
> So the princess mouse was very sad, for she knew that she had to marry
> the one her father choses, and she loved secretly a prince-mouse that
> lived in another kingdom.
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>               .     .  |   .      /  -- Surely, said the king to himself
>one
>          \   ...   ... |  ...   /     night he couldn't sleep because he
>was
>         ...\...........|..... /......    thinking about all that, surely
>the
>        ......\... *      *../............   SUN is the MOST *powerful*
>being
>     .......... ______________*_____.........  in all the world! I shall
>meet
>       ....... (____________________>...    him tomorrow and ask him to
>marry
> - - - - - - -         (o     o)  - - - - - - - -                my
>daughter.
>          ....*             \   *.....
>      .........        ,____~   ..........        The day after, he had a
>big
>          ...../.*           .*......      breakfast, and then he climbed
>the
>             / ......*    *..... \       tallest tower of his castle (the
>one
>           / ........... ..........\      that scratches the heavens with
>its
>         /  ... . ..... |........... \      weather-vane) and said to the
>Sun
>       /    ..     ...  |  ...  ...    \             from the tallest
>window:
>            .       .   |   .    .       \
>                        |                          "Oh Sun, Sun! You that
>are
>                        |       the most *powerful* being in the world!
>Would
> you marry my daughter,    who is the most wonderful, sweet, bright, gentle,
> courageous and beautiful mouse in the Kingdom?"
> "I would be glad to do so," responded the Sun, "but alas! I am not the most
> powerful being in the world... look, look in the sky! Do you see the cloud?
> When he comes in front of me, he blocks my rays and stop my warmth...
> they are surely more powerful than I!"
>
> The King was very persistent, and decided to keep his hopes high. The day
> after, after eating a hearty breakfast, he climbed the highest mountain in
> the Kingdom, and met with the cloud:
>
> "Oh Cloud, Cloud! You that are more         (             (          )
> powerful than the Sun, who is the most     (              (           )
> powerful being in all the world! Would you (            (             )
> marry my daughter, who is the most          (_         (             )
> wonderful, sweet, bright, gentle,             (         (          )
> courageous and beautiful mouse in the          ^^^/^^^^/^^^^^^^^^^^
> Kingdom?"                                        /    /__
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>"I would be glad to do so," answered the Cloud, "but Alas! there is someone
> who is more powerful than I... look, look! Do you feel the wind? When he
> blows strongly, he pushes me far away and we can't do anything about it! He
> certainly would be the one worthy of your daughter."
>
> The king did not despair, and decided the next day, after a big, hearty
> breakfast, to meet with the Wind.
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>           .          .           .     .                .       .
>  .      .      *           .       .          .                       .
>                 .       .   . *        He traveled far, far away, to a land
>  .       ____     .      . .       where only ice, mountains, cold and wind
>         <WW>>>         .        .          live and play music all the time
> .   .  /WWWI; \  .       .    .  ____      between the    stars.    .
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> "Oh Wind, Wind! You that are more powerful than the cloud, who are more
> powerful than the Sun, who is the most powerful being in the whole world!
> Would you marry my daughter, who is the most wonderful, sweet, bright,
>gentle,
> courageous and beautiful mouse in the Kingdom?"
> "I would be glad to do so... but alas! I am not that powerful... when you
> will travel back to your land, you will surly see this old tower on the
> the castle of the neighboring Kingdom... for centuries and centuries
> I have vainly blown on him.. and never would he move! This old tower is
> surly more powerful than I."
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> The King decided to go see this tower and ask him to marry his daughter,
> since it was right on his way back to home:
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> "Oh tower, Tower! You who are more             |>>>
> powerful than the wind, who is more            |
> powerful than the cloud, who is more       _  _|_  _
> powerful than the Sun, who is the MOST    |;|_|;|_|;|
> powerful being in the world! Would you    \\.    .  /
> marry my daughter, who is the most         \\:  .  /
> wonderful, sweet, bright, gentle,           ||:   |
> courageous and beautiful mouse in my        ||:.  |
> kingdom?"                                   ||:  .|
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> "I would be glad to do so, but alas! I am not that powerful... look, look!
> here in my dungeons, a prince mouse has made hundreds of holes in me, and
> never, never have I been able to stop him from doing so! Surly he is more
> powerful than I."
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> The King was very desperate by that time... he decided to make a last
> attempt and walked in the maze of paths and holes of the dungeons of
> the tower to find the prince mouse. After some time, he met him:
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> "Oh Sir, prince Mouse.. You who are more powerful than the Tower, who is
> himself more powerful than the Wind, who is more powerful than the Cloud,
> who is more powerful than the Sun, who is the most powerful being in the
> world! Would you marry my daughter.. who is the most wonderful, sweet,
>bright,
> gentle courageous and beautiful mouse in my Kingdom?"
>     __
>  ,-'' `-.    And since the prince mouse was in             ,  .
> /\\`    _\ ,   love with the King's daughter too,         c(\/|
>|\\     (_\/|    he answered "yes:)" and the two           /  o `-.
> `   /  /-'o `-.   mice married each other, were          |    --'
>    |  /    --'     happy like no other royal couple,   _-_    (_
>   /' /\_,-'|`-'/   many many children.                /`` `---' \     /
>  |  |_.--._|/-'                                    /  `---. \ \-'\__./
>  |  |  ,  /)`                                      \  ( -< -'-'|\_.-/'
>  \\_|  ,) ||               T  H  E                 |  `-.`. ,`(
>   `--\ |_//                                        |   /`'----'\
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>        :)))))
>        I hope you liked this little story, my little ones...
>        *softly bringing the children to their bed if they now are
>sleeping...*
>        Take care all.. :) And have faith that what is meant to be, will
>be.:)
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>                Chevalier
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 ao0...@freenet.carleton.ca    
 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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