Short Story for kids written by: Carlota Suárez villaberde y Daniel Avila López.
The princess was in love with a young man, she always saw him from her high tower. He was really handsome, with dark hair, clear eyes, pallid skin and smiling all the time. It seemed not to have any worries, he was happy.
Apparently, he was a young boy from a village, who came from carrying goods with a wheelbarrow. Although being poor, being a peasant, he always worked with a big smile.
- “He seems happy” – used to say the princess.
In spite of having everything she wanted, the princess was not that happy. And she wondered:
- “Why is that guy so happy? he doesn´t stop smiling, how can that be possible?”
One day, the peasant knocked on the door of the castle, where the princess was living. A guard opened:
- “What do you want?”
- “I come to bring food packages to the princess”.
After hearing the conversation, the princess went running to the door, because she had ordered those packages to be able of seeing him closely.
- “Are for me!” – said the princess.
- “Here they are!”.
The peasant put them on the floor, and when he was about to leave, the princess asked him:
- “Can you stay here for a little?”
- “No, I´m sorry, I have to go home with my wife…” – replied.
She was very sad, her tears were running non stop down her cheeks.
The peasant´s wife was incarcerated for a felony she didn´t commit. The young man married the princess. Now she was happy, or that´s what she thought. But the young man did not smile never again, just to please the princess´ desires.
She had always had everything she wanted, everything went her own way, but she had to stop being so selfish.
After some time, the princess realized that she had made a big mistake and rectified. Explained to the peasant that she had made it for love, but that did not justified anything.
The princess freed the peasant´s wife from the cell, so they could be together again and be happy.
THE END
Moral of the short story: Nobody should think is better than the others just because of its power, or will cause sadness. Be happy with what you got and help the others to be happy too.
Values of the story: Tolerance, love and respect.
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