THE RING
By: Norma Stevens
In the land of make believe,
there was this special Queen
who wanted to bestow a Ring
of precious stones to the one with the hands
that would be worthy to have it
because the Ring was worth great value.
Notice was sent out
to all the ladies in the village
that the Queen would be visiting
to bestow her Ring.
All the ladies of the village were excited
and all thought they would get the Ring.
Now in the village was a young lady, Maria
who was such a hard working young lady;
her sisters were beautiful
and had Maria doing everything for them .
Maria had to help with the cooking,
cleaning and gardening.
In her spare time, she would plant pretty flowers
and would enjoy watching the bees coming for their nectar,
and seeing the butterflies land on her pretty flowers.
Maria would gaze at the butterflies
when she could find a free moment.
She loved to see the nature and the sunset at night,
but ohhh her hands were not pretty.
When she heard the Queen was coming
she would not be there,
but would just continue with her chores.
In the meantime,
her sisters were getting all dressed up
and making sure their hands were ready
for the Ring
which they just knew they would win.
The Queen was on her way to the home of the sisters,
which was her last stop
and the sisters were waiting.
"Look at my hands" both ladies intoned.
The Queen
was tired as she did not think
that it would take this long
to find some woman worthy for this jewel.
The Queen glanced over
and out in the garden area was this young
maiden working so hard with the soil.
The Queen was amazed
to find such beautiful flowers growing.
The Queen went over to the garden
and Maria immediately put her hands behind her
because her hands were all dirty from working in the dirt
and her nails were broken
and she did not want the Queen to see her hands.
Maria reach down to pick a pretty rose for her Queen
and it was then that the Queen noticed Maria's hands.
As Maria gave the rose to her Queen
she held out her hands and the Queen knew that
Maria was worthy of the ring.
The Queen told Maria
that her hands exhibited character,
because
they show that she has cared for others
as she has cared for the garden
to grow beautiful flowers
for all to appreciate.
"YOU are worthy of my Ring."
The ring was put on Maria's hand
and immediately the magic of the Ring
turned Maria's hands
from hard working
to the most beautiful hands
ever to be seen .
By : Norma Stevens
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