<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=367774" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Rose Fairy</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">When God created the very first rose, <br>All the forest fairies were thrilled! <br>They formed a queue to line up for a smell, <br>Each swooning at its delightful fragrance.<br>The king of the fairies called them to his throne, <br>Reminding them that each flower is blessed, <br>With each one appointed its own fairy...<br>But who could they choose for the rose! ? </div><div style="margin:10px 0">All the fairies not yet appointed flew near, <br>Each pointing to herself as the right choice! <br>Then the queen of the fairies calmed them down, <br>'Settle down, impetuous ones! ' she said...<br>So all the female fairies flapped their wings no more, <br>Settling once again upon the ground...<br>'Come, come! ' she scolded! 'None of you will do! '<br>The fairies' faces went blood red with shame! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">The king looked at them in turn, loving them all.<br>Such enthusiasm, such devotion, but who would do? <br>The queen pointed directly to the king himself! <br>'You, Your Majesty, you must be the rose fairy! '<br>'What! ? ' remarked the king! 'That's unheard of! '<br>She held his hand with love and told him, <br>'There's no-one greater than you for this rose! '</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The fairies leapt with joy! Flying here and there! <br>Doing athletics flips and backward somersaults! <br>When the king saw the joy of all the fairies, he smiled.<br>He was humbled by this wondrous spectacle<br>And he stood up, wiped away a tiny tear and told them, <br>'Never has a king been so blessed as I feel today! '</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And so it was that the rose fairy was announced.<br>And God looked down upon the fairies in the forest<br>And smiled... and smiled... and smiled...</div><div style="margin:10px 0"></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Denis Martindale, copyright, June 2012.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Denis+Martindale">Denis Martindale</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=367774" data-title="The Rose Fairy de Denis Martindale" data-description="When God created the very first rose, All the forest fairies were thrilled! They formed a queue to line up for a smell, Each swooning at its delightful fragrance. The king of the fairies called them to his throne, Reminding them that each flow..."></div> </div> </div>

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