Continued from Signs
April 24, 2019
Though my father and mother forsake me, the Lord will receive me…
Psalm 27:10
So off the princess
went to jail
and all the people
who had gathered—
returned to their homes
to watch the news.
And there, in a dark prison cell, the
princess sat down and quietly cried.
“What will you do now, Princess?”
She looked around, it was dark; she saw no one.
“Ahem? Ok. I rephrase the question?
Princess, what will you do—now?”
(that was the first time anyone ever called her ‘Princess’)
“Excuse me? Who said that?”
All was dark except for a bit of light that came through a window up high.
She thought she saw
something—a shadow move.
“Who’s there?”
“Ta-da! ‘Tis I—Monsieur Claude Chenille—‘World Traveler’; at your service, Princess.”
And just
then
she
saw
a tiny caterpillar,
wearing a tiny beret,
come crawling
down
the wall
from the window
up above
and met her eye to eye.
“A talking caterpillar in a beret. Great. Now I’m losing my mind…”
“You were expecting a cricket, perhaps, eh? Or maybe a hippopotamus?”
“A talking caterpillar and a comedian! Well then funny little bug,
tell us a joke and cheer me up.”
“As you wish”.
And he bowed low
Cleared his throat:
“Knock-Knock?”
“Who’s there?”
“Me.”
“Me who?”
“Exactly! Who are you?”
At this
the princess,
knowing
she
was
altogether crazy
for talking to a bug—and a bug wearing a beret no less—
giggled.
“Ah—you know what they say, Princess-‘if you can’t laugh you will cry’!”
This, of course,
made her cry.
“Why do you call me ‘Princess’? Are you being mean to me?”
To which the little bug piped up: “Oh mon amie, non!
Are you not a Princess in need of a little joke??
Something to make you smile?
C’mon Cherie Poulet.
You know Me!
And you know I
would never leave you!
So, tell me-what are you going to do now?”
The Princess sighed,
wiped the tears from her eyes,
looked directly into Claude’s
“What choice do I have? I’m locked in prison if you hadn’t noticed.”
“Are you?”
“What?”
“Did you check the door to make sure it was locked?”
Truth is,
she just
assumed it was locked.
Sure enough though—
it
was
open.
“Did you think Fear could keep you locked up?”
“I—didn’t know…
But still,
that won’t solve anything.
They will look for me.”
“And you don’t want to run from
Fear, eh? Just shows up one night
and it’s ‘off with your head!’”
(her eyes lit with laughter at vision of it)
“No.”
“Well, then” he turned to climb back
up the wall
to the window
where the light was fading—
“You know
what to do
and I have
other business
to tend to
so I bid you
Adieu”
“Wait!” She protested, “Don’t leave me here alone!”
“My dear, Princesse.” (and here Monsieur stressed the accent)
“You are never alone…”
And she exhausted, smiled,
closed her
eyes
and fell
asleep.
Growing Up... 
And I am anxiously awaiting it’s continuation! Puts me in mind of the path that led the Siddhartha Gautama to become the Buddha.
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Right on-thanks for that! Yeah-I wonder what the princess is going to find…
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This is a great description of fear and hate vs Hope and light…It’s always sad to read such injustice and hate
It’s so brave to mention such details
Thank you for sharing, looking forward to reading the rest ❤
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Thank you for saying so. 🙏🏻 It is sad when humans choose to hate—and right now the princess is sad—how can people be so cruel? I’m glad you are enjoying reading it. Off to prison with the princess…
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Such a clever and engaging way of illustrating the effect of these emotions on our behaviour. For hope to be banished and punished by fear, anger, envy etc. So far reaching, as every good fairytale should be.
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Thank you, Friend for saying so. I often wonder (perhaps too much) what our society would look like-what the world would look like-if every person who hates just simply dropped the negativity all together. Just stopped hating. But now I’m fantasizing 🙂
As always, I appreciate your input here. I’m glad you like this fairytale-off to prison with our princess! 🙏🏻
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An exemplary write… excellent!
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Thank you for saying so 🙂
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You’re quite welcome!
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Lovely post!! I feel like this should be a book! I definitely think you are on to something, I wonder which direction you will take this…. I am not going to say anything more, will wait till I’ve read the next installments :D. On a side note, hope you, Hubby and Mister Cat are doing well, and enjoying your nightly star gazing :). Full moon tonight :).
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I, hubby and Mr. Cat are so glad you are here. I thought I’d lost you! But no matter. We are here to share ideas and spread some love and cheer! 😻
More coming….
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Yea sometimes I just vanish for a little bit to gain my balance:). But I always come back :). Glad you three are doing well :). Looking forward to the next post :D:D
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Wholly whoa … this is quite a story 👍👍
😎 🌹 😘
Thank you!
David Andrew Miliotis
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Hi David! Thank you-I’m glad you like it. You are welcome. I appreciate you taking the time to read and comment. 😊
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