Friday, September 5, 2008

Once upon a time, in a place that was far away, further than you could imagine, there was a land with horses, rabbits, ponies, squirrels, and all animals enchanted. They had one language, and everybody understood everyone else, so all was well in the enchanted forest they lived in.

The forest was big, very big. And there were so many different trees, colours, shapes, and sizes. It was so big, and the trees were so different, that you could not spot two identical ones unless you walked for a mile from the first. But the animals wished the forest would have pretty waterfalls, and rainbows, and statues like all the other enchanted forests in the land.

And one of those animals, was the stag Theodore. He wasn't like other stags, because unlike any other stag, he was a pretty light-blue. But all the animals loved his colour, and he was famous among them. Everybody wanted his fur-care secrets because his coat was so shiny, and he was loved. He too wanted waterfalls, and rainbows, and statues. But he was different, as he knew magic, and how to cast spells.


So one day he went into the enchanted forest, and found a nice place to have a waterfall. He saw a yellowbird flying by, and as it crossed the spot, he scraped his horn on a tree, and the bird died and became a waterfall. He was happy with his work, and so were the other animals. And so, from that day the forest was called the Enchanted Forest, with the waterfall.

On the second day, he went into the the enchanted forest again, and he found that beside the waterfall, there had to be a rainbow. He saw a blackbird flying by, and as it crossed the spot, he scraped his horn on a tree, and the blackbird died, before becoming a rainbow. Theodore was happy with his work, and the other animals were too. So from that day, the forest was called the Enchanted Forest, with the waterfall and rainbow.

On the third day, he went to the forest. And he found a good place to put a statue, beside the rainbow and waterfall. Just then, a bluebird flew past. It cried at the stag's hooves, and accused Alvin of killing his brothers. Alvin did not know what to do, and he bowed his head and cried. But he did not have to think, for the bluebird could cast spells. And in the blink of an eye, there was the statue on the riverbank, beside the waterfall and the rainbow.

But the forest was not named the Enchanted Forest, with the waterfall, rainbow, and statue, because no one in the enchanted land could talk anymore. They had all become statues, and so had the bluebird, and it stood at the hooves of a pretty, stone stag. But the bluebird could cry. And blue tears would drip out of its eyes and down it's beak, until one day when humans could not imagine anymore, and the forest disappeared forever.

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