Little Briar Rose Research Paper

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Once upon a time, I was ridiculed. The king, curse him, was talking about me and questioning my skills. And it wasn’t just me, he also abused the other 12 wise women. He’d make us do terrible things, like cleaning the whole castle, in one day without magic! Well, I had had enough. And of course, the king’s daughter, Little Briar Rose, was also questioning my power and abusing is 13 wise woman. They lived in a castle, with everything they could wish for, while us wise women survived with only our magic to help us. All the other 12 wise woman had forgiven the king and Briar Rose, but not me. Well, my time for revenge would come, and it would be terrible.

When the kings father’s time came to be king, one of the wise women saved his life. Instead of being grateful to the wise women, he ignored her, bullied her, and shunned her. The wise women didn’t appreciate that, and neither did the other 12 wise women. So, they all decided to plot revenge. But revenge was not in the systems of the 12 wise women, so they decided to not plot revenge. But the 13th wise women was different. She wanted revenge, …show more content…

He ordered a huge party to celebrate Little Briar Rose’s birth. Everyone was invited, everyone except the me, the 13th wise women. When I heard that the king had not invited me, I waited. I thought, “The king is embarrassed to have me there, so I will make him being there embarrassing. I will curse his daughter.” So I went to the party, and right after the 11th wise women gave her gift, I cursed Little Briar Rose, and said, "In the princess's fifteenth year she shall prick herself with a spindle and fall over dead." The king said, “No, you cannot do this you evil person.” I replied, “Pretty sure I can, I just did.” Then after that, I walked out leaving a very enraged king, a cursed child, and a very confused crowd of people. The 12th wise women, who was thankfully not as powerful as me, softened my curse to a 100 year

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