Sculptures of Wishes
By Jessica Singleton
A Fictional Story
Once upon a time, there lived a great king and queen. Their kingdom was placed high above the world in a snow glob of a mountain. When the sun came up in the day, it would only last long enough to melt parts of the snow. Then the snow would turn into ice sculptures that hung around the castle like a world of diamonds and crystals. It made their world a winter wonderland of crystal and ice.
Queen Evelyn was a very kind woman. She was smart and fair. Queen Evelyn loved her husband King Charles very much. They both wanted a child more then anything.
King Charles was a patient man who ruled his kingdom with loyalty and equality. Charles had a big heart and he cared about his people.
Evelyn and Charles had been married for 36 years. And they had tried to have a baby but in all that time, they never got pregnant.
It was December again. The royal ballroom was decorated in a winter wonderland theme. Long sheer blue silk curtains covered the windows. When the sun came through, it made them look like blown glass curtains. The windows themselves were lined with silver bars that made the window frames look like octagonal ornaments, that shimmered from the heavens. Varied blue blown glass vases were centered around the tables. A huge tree stood in the center of the room. The top of the tree had the Star of David on it. All the ornaments were hand carved blown glass bulbs. White pearl dove ornaments hung from the tree too. They did not use wrapping paper in their kingdom. So all their presents were wrapped in silk cloth. The silk was held in place with hat pins. The hat pins were topped with tiny blown glass balls. Peppermint sticks and flowers intertwined with the hat pins on the presents.
An Austrian Crystal chandelier hung from the ceiling. It was sculpted to look like a pewter tree with ice crystals hung from it's branches.
That night Queen Evelyn was looking out the window at the night sky. She looked up to the heavens and she saw the Star of Jacob in the sky. The Queen made a silent wish in her heart for a daughter.
That same night before the Queen went to bed. She said a prayer;
Dear God who are in Heaven,
Please forgive me for my sins and where I fail you. I do trust you. I also understand patients. I hope I do not come off hasty or as though I am demanding that you do anything. It is just. I want a child of my own someday. It would mean the world to me. I feel like Sarah from the bible. I would like to pray that my husband Charles and I get pregnant with our own baby and it is born healthy and happy.
Amen
A few days passed and the queen became sick to her stomach. She also felt faint. The king sent for a doctor. The queen soon found out that she was with child. It must be a blessing.
When the princess was born, the queen and king were so grateful to God for their baby, that they named her Sarah Peggy.
The queen became to protective over the princess. Sarah was locked up to much. It made the princess feel trapped. The king was always gone on one of his trips. When he would come home, he would bring his daughter gifts from all over the world.
Silks from China
Dolls from Paris
Chocolates from Germany
Dresses from Italy
and coats from England
One year in December, when the tree was set out.... Sarah was just a curious five year old child. She wanted to pick up one of the pretty glass balls. But when she grabbed at it, the hook it hung from cut her. Just one drop of blood scared the queen so much that she scolded the princess.
Sarah did not understand. It broke her heart. and it made her resent her mother.
Years passed and the princess relationship with her parents only got worse.
One year when the king was on one of this trips, he found a rare rose in Holland. The rose was white but the edges of it's petals were lined with a dark pink color. It reminded him of his daughter. So he took it home to her.
The Princess loved her flower. When the princess was 15 years old her father went on an extended trip around the world. He found a rare ruby this time. The stone was a dark pink. He had it set in a necklace for the princess's next birthday. The ruby was set into a clasp that went to a pewter locket necklace. He had a bracelet and ring made to go with it.
The dress the queen had made for the princess was crushed baby pink silk, with pearl and diamond laced around the dress. The king came home in time for the royal ball and Sarah sweet sixteenth birthday.
The royal ball room was decorated in pink and butter cup colors for Sarah. The flower vases were filled with real pearls and real diamonds. Real white and pink roses stood in the pearls.
The princess' birthday cake was rounded tears. The cake itself was French Vanilla stained pink. The icing on the cake was pink white chocolate cream cheese. The flats of the tops of the cake were dusted with coco powder.
The princess had a slumber party with her friends. They wanted to go out for a while. So they sneaked out of the castle and they went horse back riding in the cool night air. They went into town and they had warm apple cider but the kings men came looking for them. The girls were taken back to the castle. The princess was grounded to her tower and her friends were sent home.
It upset the princess and she wanted to run away. So she left again. This time when she was out, she saw a pretty flower garden and she picked a flower.
The flower belonged to a wicked witch named 82.
The wicked witch came out and she cursed the princess.
When the princess went home, the world was silent. Everything was still. The witch had frozen the world into place. Nothing could move.
The princess needed a cure. She went back to the witch and ask what it would take to make her happy.
The wicked old witch said,
Okay princess give me three things that I ask for, and I will leave you alone.
What is it you want witch?
The witch said, I want a glass of water.
The princess did not understand why the witch wanted something so simple.
It must be a tick.
Nothing is that easy.
It was because the witch had froze the world.
There was no warmth and no way to make warmth.
Unless the princess would fly out of the kingdom to somewhere else.
Now she had 24 hours to find water.
A glass of pure clean water.
So the princess went into town to a gypsy and the gypsy gave her magic potion.
When the princess drank it, she turned into a bird.
She flew up into a mountain and she got a glass of pure water.
Then she gave it to the witch.
The witch wanted something else.
She wanted fire.
So Sarah took more potion and she turned into a bird again.
She flew to a volcano and she brought a metal cup that would hold lava.
She brought that to the witch.
The witch became angry.
Since the kingdom was completely still,
the witch said okay princess...
Now I want wind.
Let us see you do that trick.
The princess went home and she cried as she prayed to God.
That is when the sun rose up into the sky.
When the light came into the windows of the royal ball room,
it reflected off of the hat pins that were holding the presents.
The princess opened one of them addressed to her.
It was a present from her father.
He had got her sea shells from a foreign land when he was travailing once.
When the princess sat back down to weep into her hands.
She put the shell by her ear as he held her head.
She could hear the ocean in it.
It sounded like wind.
Then she opened another present.
It was a fan from Asia.
A beautiful silk fan.
She waved herself.
Oh Thank God.....
The princess went back to the witch.
The princess told the witch to put the sea shell up to her ear.
Then the princess waved air at the witch with the fan.
The witch was angry.
Technically the princess gave her the sound and feel of wind.
But like all wicked witches, the witch was not going to play fair.
The witch agreed by sun set on the first full moon of harvest that she would return the kingdom to it's once glory.
The princess did not trust her....
Something about it did not make sense.
So the princess gave her parents a potion that would make them solid metal. Not ice the way the witch had them.
On the first full moon, as the witch said,
She blew air out of her mouth.
The air turned the world so cold that it burst and shattered.
But the princess had put a magical spell on her kingdom so they were made of metal.
Metal can withstand any temp.
So once the witch was done.
Since those were her words that on the first full moon, her curse was done.
The princess could undo it with a different potion.
Everyone came back to life.
The princess saved them.
When the king and queen woke up,
they sent for the witch.
Then she went through a real witch trial.
and she could not hurt anyone anymore.
The End
and they all lived happily ever after.
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