My essay for vlog--Cinderella Story

Zoe

Jinqiao Qiu

I Want to Give You a Beautiful Future

Alan was an orphan frog whose parents died when he was very young. He grew up himself by trying to cultivate himself as human beings. Five hundred years past, he succeeded but the power was very low and sometimes he may change frog back. Also he could not eat frogs as meals or he would totally change back. But eating frogs was a common thing in this country. In order not to be found his strange characteristics, he worked in a small tailor store as a tailor assistant; however, he did not complain about his fate. Instead, he was very optimistic and positive. The only thing he hated very much was separation. Once a time, his partner died and he was sad for many years. His parents left a pair of ancestral gemstone rings for him and his future wife. He also changed them into human rings. Once they were put on, they could not be removed if the couple loved each other. His ring had been put on his finger and he kept the other one very carefully. If these two rings were put together, they would shine and become true gemstones; if the two rings separated, they were just stones. His dream was to be a clothes designer and make really beautiful clothes. His ultimate goal was to design princess’ fashion clothes to show her beauty and dignity. Now, he was old enough to get married.

       One day, when he helped the tailor to cut the cloth, there was a grand parade on the street. It was because the princess came of age that she needed to be looked at by general people with reverence. The occasion was very important and every one fell on knees to show their respect and cheer for their beautiful princess, not including Alan. He was totally attracted by this beautiful princess. He was dull and he fell on knees until the soldier beat him. After the fleeting glimpse of her, Alan missed her so much that he even did not have the appetite to eat well. Moved by his infatuation, his partner frog, who was cultivating himself, decided to bring the princess in front of Alan; however, because the magic was low, the meeting could only last 7 days and the princess would forget what she experienced during the seven days. For Alan, he was so sad about the fact but he also knew seeing the princess again, he was already a lucky guy.

       Alan met the princess and the princess was attracted immediately by his handsome appearance and charming smile. Seeing Alan’s hard work and talents for designing clothes, the princess fell in love with Alan deeply. Every day, Alan drew new clothes pictures for the princess and then they talked a lot about themselves. The princess knew Alan’s pitiful childhood experience and Alan learned that the princess also felt lonely sometimes. Alan dared not to tell the princess he was a frog actually and the princess was quite confused why Alan did not eat frogs since eating frogs was a common thing in this country. After seven days, they loved each other deeply. Before the magic was invalid, Alan put ring on the princess’s finger without saying a word. The rings shone in an instant and then she disappeared. He just found he cannot accept separation at all, which was like a knife scraping in his heart and he was upset for many days. But he could not go to the palace to find the princess since he was poor and he thought the princess deserved a better one. He immersed himself in sadness while the princess felt lost at the same time. Although she had no memory, she dreamt about a handsome man and nice clothes pictures every night. She was also curious about the ring on her hand. Why couldn’t she remove the stone ring? Intertwined with dreams and curiosity, she asked the soldiers to look for the ring’s owner. Several months later, the princess found sorrowful Alan in a tailor store and she recognized him right now. They hugged each other tightly and swore that they would not separate.

       Staying together with the princess gave Alan inspiration and chances to design princess’s clothes. He was very happy he was closer to his final goal and the most important thing was that he lived with his lover. He could not believe the life he lived now. They often hung out, such as going to the field to watch flowers, capturing the butterflies and breathing the fresh air. Sometimes they flew kites and chased each other happily. Other times they climbed the mountains and watched sea. Since the princess knew how to ride a horse, she taught Alan how to ride it. Until now he knew the princess was not a delicate girl. Alan spoiled the princess very much though he had no power or money but love; the princess protected Alan very much within her power. When the princess went to other countries, Alan would worry about his princess if she ate her fill even though he knew there were many servants around the princess. The princess also cared for Alan if he stayed up too late for designing clothes. They never stopped worrying about each other. For them, one day apart seemed like thousands of years, which showed that they missed each other very much. However, one day, Alan left.

       The princess brought Alan to her mother. Her mother was a person who despised the poor and curried favor with the rich. In her heart, Alan was not worth her daughter at all. Alan was only a poor guy who wanted to marry above his status. When the princess was not at home, her mother would scold Alan and she even appointed other servants to bully Alan. Alan was tolerant of abuse from the Queen for the sake of the princess. The Queen knew from servants that Alan never ate frogs and the Queen was quite curious. So one day she brought frog meat to visit Alan and cheated him that it was just pork. Alan ate it and immediately he became frog again. The Queen was scared to death right now.

Alan did not want the princess to know what happened, so he left secretly leaving a letter to the princess. He said he would come back when he succeeded in his business and became a successful designer. He was sad that he broke his promise and separated with the princess. Alan said he would take responsibility for the princess but the princess needed to wait for some time. He hated separation so much while he was determined to strive for their future and did something good for her. Love for the princess overcame everything. He was afraid that if the princess knew what happened, she would hate him. In fact, he did not want to destroy the image of himself in the princess’s heart. He did not want the princess to know that it was him who caused her mother’s death.

Several years later, a parade to celebrate the return of a famous designer marched on the street. Music of Suona, sheng, bass drum and other folk instruments mixed together to show Alan’s excitement. He can finally marry his girl. In fact, he made a deal with an evil witch. He gave her his handsome appearance and voice so that she helped him become human designer. But if the princess did not love him anymore, he would become air and his talents for designing would belong to the witch. He strongly believed that his girl was waiting for him. He was so confident. People on the street were talking about the man. “Who is that young man?” “He is quite ugly.” “He looks familiar to someone I know.” “I remember, he was once the lover of our princess!” “He comes back for the princess?” “But our princess is going to marry another prince!! They match each other. The prince can design beautiful clothes for the princess.” “He’s quite handsome, not like this ugly guy.” “That prince is very kind. It was him who comforted the princess when she lost her mother.”

At the same time, another grand parade was marching towards Alan. It was the wedding between the princess and prince from another country. They hugged each other tightly on the carriage to show their love. It seemed that the princess did not love Alan anymore and the ring was not on the princess’s finger. She was happy living with the prince now. Alan was heartbroken. He cannot believe what he saw now. The witch once told him that if he killed the princess, he could live. But even the princess betrayed him; he could not kill her since he loved her so much. Suddenly, he ran towards the princess quickly and pushed the princess over. Many soldiers hurled lances at him regarding the ugly guy as the assassin; there were two knives on his breast as well. One was from the frightened princess while another was from the real assassin who wanted to hurt the princess. He wanted to say something to the princess but he failed. The only thing he could do was to gaze at her fondly. He became transparent gradually; however, the prince held the princess with both arms towards the palace slowly without a glance.