A Maiden

Once upon a time, in a faraway land, though not necessarily as far as you might think, there was a young maiden.

This young maiden was the envy of all of her fellow maidens that inhabited the small village in the enchanted forest. Her flawless golden, curly, waist-length hair alone was enough to put a little green envy in a female's eyes. Add to that her shapely form, skin of a perfect complection, shining and enrapturing eyes, and lovely singing voice and her fellow maidens started to look like the Hulk every time she passed by.

The fair maiden was seemingly and naively oblivious to her onlookers' dislike and jealousy. She failed to notice every man, young and old alike, stop in their tracks and gape before regaining their composure and sneaking glances at her as they went along their way. No, indeed the maiden went innocently along her way to the secret fairy fountain in the shaded glen towards the north of town to write poetry.

She wrote her poetry, played with the multi-colored fairies, and bathed in the small pond. In fact, the pond had become magical from all of the fairy dust that had fallen into it over the centuries that it had been inhabited by the little critters. Seeing as these fairies were exceptionally beautiful, bathing in the pond daily had the unusual side effect of making one as beautiful as the fairies.

Now, one day, as the maiden was bathing in the fountain, a prince who was hunting in the woods stumbled across the secret glen and saw the beautiful maiden.
"What a beautiful woman!" he exclaimed. "I wish for this woman to be my bride!"

The maiden heard the prince's exclamation and looked up. When she saw that there was a man standing near by and that she was unclothed, she gasped aloud. Grabbing her clothes, she hastily made her way out of the water and ran into the woods. The fairies, who loved the maiden and wished her no embarrassment, distracted the prince and led him astray so that the maiden could escape.

Upon seeing that the maiden was not going to be found, the prince said, "I will go back to the glen tomorrow and hide myself among the trees. Then, when the maiden appears, I will reveal myself and ask her for her hand!"

The prince rode quickly back to his castle, running his plan through his head all the while...

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