_Vee Anika Wisconsin's Pov."Teka hindi naman ako ang dapat kinidnap ninyo eh, kaya pwede bang pakawalan niyo na ako ha?""Sumasakit na kaya itong pwet ko sa kakaupo dito oh, paksheyt!" Reklamo ko sakanila.Sino ba kase yang Lazaro na yan?! Magka mukha pa kami para mapagkamalan ako na siya! The heck sa tingin ko naman mas maganda pa ako sakanya no!"Hindi pwede mapapahamak kami pag pinakawalan ka namin. Pano nalang kung mag susumbong ka sa pulis?! Di patay kami!" Sabi nong isa."Anong patay? Hindi ba pwedeng makukulong lang kayo, siguro kung manlalaban kayo sa pulis di siguradong deretso na ang libingan ninyo." Napairap na lamang ako sakanila.Hayst, ang kikitid ng utak nila my god!"Hindi porket maganda ka ay pagbibigyan ka namin Ms. Lazar--""Wisconsin nga tanga!" Pagtatama ko sakanya.Bakas sa mukha nitong nainis siya sa sinabi ko. "Pre pabayaan mo na yan. Mabuti pang kumain muna tayo don." Inakbayan siya nong kasama niyang katulad niya tanga rin."Oo, nga kanina pa ako nagugutom

"Young prince, do not seek here for the adder you brought hither. It is here no longer, and you find me in its place to pay you its debt. But to speak more plainly: well, I am fairy Gentille, famous for the many merry and dexterous tricks I know how to perform. All our family live for a hundred years without growing old. We are never ill: we have no sorrows or pains. That time over, we become adders for eight days. It is this period alone that is dangerous for us, for then we can neither foresee nor prevent any misfortunes that may happen to us; and if we are killed we never live again. The eight days past, we assume once more our ordinary shape, our beauty, our power, and our treasures. Now you understand, my lord, what I owe you, and it is only just that I should pay my debt. Think, therefore, what would be useful to you, and be sure of my good will."The young prince, who up to this time had had no dealings with the fairies, was so filled with astonishment that it was long before h

I shall not be beaten," said Ariel, still in the parrot's voice. "She will tell you how much the stranger wished he might come into this palace, to root out from your mind your false ideas against his sex.""Really, my pretty Polly," cried the princess, "it is quite a pity that you are not as amusing every day. I would love you dearly.""Ah if I need only talk to please you," said Ariel, "l shall not stop talking for a minute.""Well, no," said the princess. "Would you not certainly say this parrot was a wizard?""He is too much of a lover to be a wizard," he answered.At that moment Abricotine entered; and threw herself at her fair mistress's feet, she told her adventure, and painted the prince's portrait in the brightest and most pleasing colours."I should have hated all men," she added, "if I had not seen him. Ah! madam, how charming he is! In his look and his whole manner there is something noble and spiritual, and as everything he says is most fascinating, I think I have done wi

"Ayos lang ba yong kwento?""Yon lang po ba? May iba ka pa ho bang kwento hehe?" Sabi nong batang nasa gitna."Gusto pa po naming makinig." Saad naman nong isa.My god, mauubos yata laway ko nito sa kakakwento eh."Okay sige. Narinig niyo na ba ang kwento na ang pamagat ay the blue bird?" Umiling naman silang tatlo."There was once upon a time a king who was very rich in lands and money. When his wife died he was inconsolable, and for eight whole days he shut himself up in a little room, and knocked his head against the wall, so desperate was he.They feared lest he should kill himself, and they therefore put mattresses between the tapestry and the wall, so that however hard he might strike his head, he could do himself no harm. All his subjects planned amongst themselves to go and see him, and to say everything they could think of as likely to comfort him in his sorrow. Some of them made up grave and serious speeches; others again went with cheerful, even gay words on their tongues,

"Do I in truth see you again, my princess?" he cried. "Can I taste such perfect happiness and not die for joy? But, alas! how my joy is troubled by your captivity, and at the shape into which Soussio has changed me for seven years.""And who are you, you charming bird?" said the princess, caressing him."You call me by my name," said the king, "and you pretend not to know me!""What!" said the princess. "The little bird in my hand is King- Charming!""Alas! fair Florine, it is but too true," he replied. "And if anything could console me it is that I have preferred to suffer this rather than give up my love for you.""For me!" said Florine. "Ah! do not seek to deceive me. I know, I know that you have married Truitonne. I recognised the ring on her finger as yours. I saw her sparkling with the diamonds you had given her. She came to insult me in my sad captivity, wearing a grand crown and royal mantle that she got from you; and all the while I was laden with chains and irons.""You saw