The prince found her like that and gathered her shirt and the beans into his arms. He wept, hugging them, and when he was finally exhausted, laid them on the bed beside him. He then slept a long, dark sleep, anonymous and dreamless. When he awoke in the morning, golden sunlight was blazing in the windows and he could barely open his eyes. When he turned aside from the light he found the beans gone, and the shirt, once again, filled with the lithe and lovely Melina. In great joy he spent the morning covering her face with soft, gentle kisses. And around noon, they dressed, and hand in hand, went out to greet the new day...
The prince found her like that and gathered her shirt and the beans into his arms. He wept, hugging them, and when he was finally exhausted, laid them on the bed beside him. He then slept a long, dark sleep, anonymous and dreamless. When he awoke in the morning, golden sunlight was blazing in the windows and he could barely open his eyes. When he turned aside from the light he found the beans gone, and the shirt, once again, filled with the lithe and lovely Melina. In great joy he spent the morning covering her face with soft, gentle kisses. And around noon, they dressed, and hand in hand, went out to greet the new day...
ReplyDeleteWait a second..."the shirt was filled with the lithe and lovely Melina" and then later, "they dressed". Did I miss something?
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