Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 26 Aug 1997.
The Mouse King ( Chevalier )
alt.ascii-art
· 1 message · 26 Aug 1997
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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..
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...
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.
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.
. . | . / 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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? / /__
\ ( )( )________ /__ /
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O_\\--mm---mm /_______) / /
\/
"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.
. . . . . .
. . * . . . .
. . . * He traveled far, far away, to a land
. ____ . . . where only ice, mountains, cold and wind
<WW>>> . . live and play music all the time
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/WWWWWIIIIi;.. \__/WWWIIII:.. \____ . . /MMI: \ * .
. _/WWWWWIIIi;;;:...: ;\WWWWWWIIIII;. \ /MMWII; \ . . .
/WWWWWIWIiii;;;.:.. : ;\WWWWWIII;;;:: \___/MMWIIII; \
/WWWWWIIIIiii;;::.... : ;|WWWWWWII;;::.: :;IMWIIIII;: \___ *
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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 surely
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 surely more powerful than I."
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:
"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?" ||: .|
||: | \,/
||: , | /`\
||: |
||: . |
__ _||_ |
____--`~ '--~~__ __ ----~ ~`---, ___
-~--~ ~---__ ,--~' ~~----_____-~'
`~----~~
"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."
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:
"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, _-_ (_
/' /\_,-'|`-'/ and had many many children. /`` `---' \ /
| |_.--._|/-' / `---. \ \-'\__./
| | , /)` \ ( -< -'-'|\_.-/'
\\_| ,) || T H E | `-.`. ,`(
`--\ |_// | /`'----'\
|' |__, E N D \\_/ | | | | \
/|\ ` `-~~\~~|~/~~'
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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.:)
Chevalier
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