Short Story: Leroy's Home

With Judy’s eyes and mouth gaping open, she nodded her head yes. “I.. I’m so sor….” Gideon pulled Judy back to him, planting his lips on Judy’s before she could finish her sentence. Judy’s instinct kicked in and

The book tells the story of a kind and beautiful girl named Cinderella. who lives with her evil stepmother and two stepsisters. The stepsisters Anastasia and Drizella keep Cinderella busy all day, forcing her to do various chores such as cooking, cleaning, and sewing. One day a messenger comes to Cinderella’s home with an invitation to the royal ball, where all young ladies are invited to dance with the Prince and hopefully become his bride. Cinderella is ecstatic but her stepmother assigns her chores that keep her busy all day, and leaves for the ball with Anastasia and Drizella. Thoroughly disheartened, Cinderella goes out to the garden and cries. There

“Yes your right Leroy.” “Ever since you been home, things have become a lot clearer to me

World’s held their breath as one single tear rolled down the cheek of a broken queen. Not a sound was uttered as the breath was released and Penelope wiped her cheeks clean of any sign that she had been mourning as she slid out from between the blankets. She crept through her house, though it could have been a stranger’s without her lord to make it a home. As she stepped onto the soft grass a warm wind whispered in her ears.

Nathaniel would ignore his daughter as she begged him not to force her into a loveless marriage. The king sent word three days after Emma's eighteenth birthday to the prince she would marry asking him to visit their kingdom. The prince accepted Nathaniel's request and immediately set off for the kingdom he believed one day would be his son. Two days after the prince set off on a cold winter's night Emma snuck out of the castle to experience one night of true freedom before she was to wed a man whose name she didn't even know. Emma stole a horse out of the royal stables as the stable boy slept and rode it out of the village surrounding the castle she called home since she was born. Emma traveled to a village thirty miles away from the castle praying no one there would recognize her. The princess came upon a little rinky dink tavern which smelt of the behind of a goat mixed with the sweat of weary travelers. The tavern looked like so poorly built that a simple gust could send its wall crashing to the ground. All its table and chairs wobbled something which normally didn't go well with a room full of drunk men and

It is the year 2006 and a little girl sits on the living room floor listening to her mom read Cinderella to her. She is clad in a sparkling blue “ball gown” replicated after Cinderella’s. She eagerly listens as the beautiful glass slipper slips perfectly onto Cinderella’s foot. The little girl 's heart is warmed when Cinderella and the Prince live happily every after, and she too daydreams about the day that she will meet her prince and live happily ever after. That little girl was me. I always looked up to how Cinderella worked so very hard, and the hard work and kind heart was rewarded with a happily ever after. If I had known about The Poor Turkey Girl story as a kid I would never want to read it because even though the poor girl worked very hard and had a kind heart, she was rewarded with nothing and instead punished by being forced to be lonely the rest of her life. This is just one of many reasons why the Cinderella story has better qualities than the Poor Turkey Girl Story. Although the main setting of The Poor Turkey Girl is drastically different from the Cinderella setting, the two protagonists both overcome many difficulties with help from very different characters, but even so only Cinderella results in a heartwarming ending.

'The book, how will it end?' I popped the question as his fingers absent mindedly made curls in my hair. We had been lazing around for quiet a while now. Autumn was at its peak and a chill had started settling in my bones. He gave me a sidelong glance as he mumbled, 'Don't you wanna know that yourself?' even though his face remained hidden by his diary I could've sworn I saw a ghost of his smile. 'Come on don't be sucha tease' upon hearing the impatience in my voice he huffed a laugh and sat his diary aside. I sat up beside him, our backs leaning on the old oak tree.

With her husband's outrages and seclusion, she did her best by taken care of the situation with care and calmness, especially in front of her children. Surely, when alone, she would breakdown from the pressure, sadness and changes. A family that would once take walks together on Sundays now had to deal with the father's outrages and drinking problems. Ben, the narrator, was only eight years old at the time and even his young fragile mind noticed that his life would forever be different.

”You’re thoughtful tonight, is something bothering you?” Anna asked noticing how Doug had been looking at her and not saying much. Doug looked up at her and smiled, the fact that she knew him so well touched his heart. It may have been because they had been friends for

"Pearl kissed his lips. A spell was broken. The great scene of grief, in which the wild infant bore a party, had developed all her sympathies; and as her tears fell upon her father's cheek, they were the pledge that she would grow up amid human joy and sorrow, nor forever do battle with the world, but be a woman in

Cinderella’s servant lifestyle, placed on her by her malicious step-relatives, hinders her from living a real happy life. The way Cinderella fights through her mistreatment to become the beautiful bride of the prince gives hope to oppressed people who hope for a better life in this time of Charles Perrault. Her fight through adversity from her parent’s deaths to her abuse and the way she deals with it with no malice or anger towards her abusers. Cinderella’s tribulations and the strong-willed way in which she deals with them gives hope and courage for others to do the same. The bird in the story confirms Cinderella’s end of pain and new life in happiness proclaiming to the prince, “The true bride rides with you” (Perrault).

Nobody told her not to go to the well behind Mr. Porters house, so she did. Sure, people would look down upon the action, some even calling it trespassing, but she didn’t care. Nobody warned anything about it, nobody directly, or even indirectly, told her not to go to her 96 year old neighbors house. They were either ways going to brush off the topic due to the curiosity of a four year old, and that was true. She only went to the backyard because she was curious, but she wasn’t curious for what your average 4 year olds would be curious for. It wasn’t the yapping dog that nearly scared her half to death when she entered the backyard through the freshly painted white picket fence. Nor was it the newly grown dandelions that scattered all around the emerald green yard. It was just the well.

The next night, she's sure Hilly's finally read her chapter. Lying in bed next to her husband Leroy, Minny fears that Leroy is drunk and will beat her. He doesn’t know about the book’s publication or her role in it, but he can tell something is making her nervous. Only

She called for her servant, Lillian, to explain to her her predicament. “Lillian! Come here!”, she shouted. Lillian reluctantly rushed to the princess’s side.

Off Lydia, Rouge, and her fairy friends went. Prince Casimir rode off on his horse in the other direction. The night flew by because all Lydia could think about was her date she had planned for the next day. Lydia has never been on a date with anyone, let alone the Prince of LolliWorld that lives in a castle. Around noon the next afternoon, Lydia and Rouge went on their way to meet Prince Casimir. She found him sitting in the courtyard on a blanket with a basket of food; he has prepared a picnic for the both of them. Lydia and Prince Casimir sat and talked and talked for hours. When they looked at the clock it was midnight. They had many conversations. Prince Casimir asked the one dream Lydia has always wanted, but knew could not possible come true. She explained that she would like to be able to fly, but now that she has lived so many years without flying she does not know how to fly. Prince Casimir knew something that could change Lydia’s life forever.