The Blue Bird (Our Fairy Tale Series #5)
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The Blue Bird is a French origin fairy tale by Madame d'Aulnoy dating to 1697. It is a complex tale that utilizes many of the ideas that can be found in modern fairy tales. If you get the chance to look up and read this tale as old as time. Let me know what you think,
This is a unique set up in a unique location. THE aDMINISTRATOR OF THE BUSINESS HAS GIVEN PERMISSION FOR THE CACHE AND SHE AND i ARE THE ONLY TWO THAT KNOW ABOUT IT. USE A LOT OF STEALTH TO KEEP IT GOING AND PLEASE BE CAREFUL WITH THE SET UP. HAVE FUN. WOULD ABSOLUTLY LOVE TO SEE YOUR FAVORITE POINTS. Overwhelmed by grief, a wealthy king was unable to do anything but mourn the untimely loss of his wife. A lady came to him, telling tale that she too had lost her just husband. Together, through sharing loss and loss shared, their lamentation salved into consolation. In time they talked of other things, fell in love and cherishing one another, wed. The king had a daughter named Florine whom he loved dearly. The queen too had a daughter from a prior marriage named Truitonne. Truitonne though, was less lovely by far than Florine. One day the king turned to the timely matter of his daughters' well-being and to matters of state and the arranging of marriages. The queen insisted that her daughter be the first to wed as she was the elder and, in her estimate, the far more charming. The king acquiesced. Soon, Prince Charming visited the kingdom. The queen dressed Truitonne in all her finery for the reception and bribed Florine's ladies-in-waiting to steal all her dresses and jewels. Still, Prince Charming was taken with Florine and paid only her attention. The queen and Truitonne badgered the king until he agreed to lock Florine up for the length of the visit, and attempted to blacken her character to the Prince. The queen sent Prince Charming many gifts. When the king heard they were from Truitonne, he rejected them. The queen angrily told him that Florine would be locked in a tower until he left. Prince Charming was outraged and begged to speak with Florine for a moment. The devious queen agreed but secretly arranged for Truitonne to meet the Prince instead. In the darkness of their meeting place, Prince Charming mistook Truitonne for Florine and unwittingly asked for the princess's hand in marriage. Truitonne conspired with her fairy godmother, Mazilla. Mazilla told her it would be difficult to deceive the Prince. At the wedding ceremony Truitonne produced the Prince's ring and plead her case. Prince Charming refused to marry her and nothing that Truitonne or Mazilla did could persuaded him, at last Mazilla threatened to curse him for breaking his promise. Prince Charming would still not agree and Mazilla turned him into a blue bird. The queen, on hearing of the news, blamed Florine; she dressed Truitonne as a bride and showed her to Florine, claiming that Prince Charming had agreed to marry her. She then persuaded the King that Florine was so infautated with Prince Charming that she had best remain in the tower until she came to her senses. The bluebird flew to the tower and told Florine the truth. Over many years, the bluebird visited her often, bringing her rich gifts of jewels. Over the years the queen continued to look for a suitor for Truitonne. One day, exasperated by the many suitors that rejected Truitonne, the Queen sought Florine in her tower. She found Florine singing with the bluebird. Florine opened the window to let the bird escape, but the Queen discovered her jewelry and guessed that she was receiving some kind of aid. The Queen accused Florine of treason, but bluebird managed to foil the queen's plot. For many days, Florine did not call the bluebird for fear of the queen's spy. One night, as the spy slept soundly she called the bluebird. This continued until one night, the spy heard and told the Queen, who had the fir tree where the bird perched covered with sharp edges, so that he was fatally wounded and could not fly to her. Florine believed the bluebird had betrayed her. A friend of the king's, an enchanter heard the King lamenting and rescued him from the tree. Florine bribes her stepsister.The enchanter persuaded Mazilla to change Prince Charming back into a man for a few months, after which if he still refused Truitonne, he would be turned back into a bird. Time went by and Florine's father died. The people of her kingdom demanded her release. When the Queen resisted they killed her, and Truitonne fled to Mazilla. Florine became queen and made preparations to find King Charming. Along the way Florine met an old woman who proved to be another fairy. The fairy told her that King Charming had his own form and gave her four magical eggs. The first egg she used to climb a great hill of ivory. The second contained a chariot pulled by doves that brought her to King Charming's castle, but she could not reach the king in her disguise. She offered to sell to Truitonne the finest jewelry King Charming had given her, and Truitonne showed it to King Charming to find out the proper price. He recognized it and was saddened. Truitonne returned to Florine, who would sell them only for a night in the Chamber of Echo, which King Charming had told her of, one night: whatever she said in there would be heard in the king's room. She reproached him with leaving her and lamented all night long, but he had taken a sleeping potion, and did not hear. She broke the third egg and found a tiny coach drawn by mice. Again, she traded it for the Chamber of Echoes, and lamented all the night long. The pages heard her. The next day, she opened the last egg, and it held a pie with six singing birds. She gave it to a page who told her that the King takes sleeping potions at night. She bribed the page the singing birds and told him not to give the King a sleeping potion that night. The King was awake, heard Florine and they were joyfully reunited. The enchanter and the fairy assured them that they could prevent Mazilla from harming them, and when Truitonne attempted to interfere, they turned her into an sow.
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