Fairy Tale

Snowflake Flurry

Fairy Tale


Once upon a time, in the forests of Maine lived a girl named Gertrude. Gertrude was a plain girl. She had medium length brown hair and hazel eyes. She was only 5 feet tall and she longed to be taller than all her friends. She lived alone in a small cabin that was tucked away in the woods. The closet place around was roughly 3 miles away. Gertrude lived by herself and had very few friends. She loved to listen to the birds sing, watch the animals play, sit among the trees, and walk along the bubbling brook. She was very content in the forest because she loved nature so much, but even though she did love this she was growing more and more lonely each day because she did not have a companion of her own.

It was wintertime now and she would watch the snow fall and glisten as the sun shined down on it. The fireplace kept her warm inside the cabin, but outside she would be very cold from the bitter wind and freezing temperatures. One day the sun was shining bright, the wind had settled down, and the snow had settled on the ground so she could walk around easily out doors. Even though the nearest place was 3 miles away her friend Paul lived there. She thought that she would go visit him. She bundled up in her warm winter clothes and headed for her friends house. Gertrude was unaware at the time what this adventure would entitle for her.

Her dog Tucker, a husky, went along with her. She tracked through the snow and falling in here and there. Every minute she would become closer and closer to her destination. Gertrude started to see the sky darken and soon the snowflakes began to fall. They were big fluffy snowflakes. She bent her head back and tried catching them in her mouth. Gertrude smiled brightly and thought that it was a wonderful plan for her to want to get out and see people. The wind started to pick up. She was having harder and harder time seeing. Smack! She bumped right into a branch. The smack sent her falling to the ground and she began bleeding. She tried to get up, but was unable to. She did not know what she was going to do and then she went unconscious.

Tucker started to bark. Roof, roof, roof! There was still no response from her. He ran through the woods and ran as fast as he could. Finally, Tucker stumbled upon a small cabin along the road. He clawed at the door while he barked and barked. A young gentleman opened the door and looked down at Tucker. “What do you want? Go away dog! Go home!,” said the man. Tucker however kept up until he finally decided to follow him. “Where are you taking me?” Finally they came upon Gertrude lying there in the snow still unconscious and bleeding from her head.

“Oh my,” said Ralph. He picked up Gertrude and carried her as fast as he could back to his house. Once he arrived, he settled her into his bed and called for help. However, he knew he could not wait for help to arrive so he did all he could to help her while they waited. “Where am I? Who are you? What happened to me?” He heard this faint, but beautiful voice say. He looked at her and began to tell her what he knew. “You must be my prince charming,” she said with a smile on her face. Then she laughed faintly and stared at him. “No nothing like that, I am just the one who found you thanks to your dog.” He stared at her and finally said, “But you are the most beautiful women I have ever seen.”

A year later during the winter the two of them were married. They like to laugh about the way they met and think that if it was not for the circumstances of the winter they may have never found each other. They lived in a cabin in the woods because they both agreed that it is the best place to live and it brought them together in even happier ways.