The Iron Queen
Erzählung zum Thema Suche
von Mutter
13.
But the bird was a fish, and not at all what the tiny princess (or the cat, for that matter) was after. She was looking for the fish that was a bird, and not for the bird that was a fish.
The tiny princess shook her head, and the underwater fairy looked sad.
The tiny princess was sad, too, and with a heavy heart she returned to the lakeside. The tiny princess was gone - no matter how hard the tiny princess looked, she couldn't find the tiny princess.
Suddenly she heart a sound, and startled by it, she turned around. By now, it had started to get dark, and out of the gloom, a wispy shape appeared.
The tiny princess thought about whether she should be scared or not, and decided, no, she wouldn't be scared. At all.
Wisely, the wispy shape nodded its head.
14.
'Do you know where the bird from the empty cage has gone to?'
The wispy shape slowly shook its head. It looked almost sad. But then, it pointed a wispy finger towards the East, and the tiny princess joyfully thanked the sad wispy shape. The sad wispy shape vanished from sight.
The tiny princess continued towards the East along the lakeside, until she came upon a little burrow. In front of the burrow sat a young and petulant bear.
'Hello bear', greeted the little princess. 'Do you know how I could learn to fly? To fly like the fish? Lustrous and wondrous, in the sky? Would you happen to know?' she asked very politely.
The petulant bear looked up at her and tilted its head. 'Are you the bunny rabbit?' asked the petulant bear.
The tiny princess laughed. 'No, I'm not the bunny rabbit. I'm the tiny princess.'
Petulantly, the bear looked her up and down. Yes, there was no denying - she was indeed tiny.
15.
'But I could help you find the bunny rabbit', offered the tiny princess, but the petulant bear only shook its head.
'I can't. I'm much too busy sulking', said the petulant bear sadly, and the tiny princess nodded. And continued along her way.
It wasn’t long before she came across somebody she immediately recognized. 'You must be the bunny rabbit!' she exclaimed.
The creature before her that looked a bit like a bunny rabbit, regarded her warily. 'Who wants to know?' wanted the creature that looked a bit like a bunny rabbit to know.
'The petulant bear', explained the tiny princess, and the creature that looked a bit like a bunny rabbit raised its eyebrows and drooped its ears.
'Yes and no', said the creature then.
'Yes and no?' asked the tiny princess.
'Yes, I am the bunny rabbit, and no, I want nothing to do with the petulant bear. He's a terrible sulk.'
'Do you happen to know where the fish is?' asked the tiny princess after a moment.
'The fish that is a bird?' asked the bunny rabbit.
'Yes, the fish that is a bird', nodded the tiny princess eagerly.
The bunny rabbit thought for a moment.
16.
'No, I don't', answered the creature that indeed was a bunny rabbit after a while. 'But', it continued.
'Yes-yes?' asked the tiny princess.
'But I know somebody who might', said the bunny rabbit deliberately.
'And how would I find the somebody who might know?' The tiny princess carefully regarded the bunny rabbit before her.
'Follow the chalk line', said the bunny rabbit and pointed at the wall. The tiny princess could see a thin white line of chalk trailing off into the distance.
'Thank you', shouted the tiny princess, while she was already busy running off after the thin white line of chalk.
17.
The tiny princess followed the thin white line of chalk further and further, and eventually she noticed that the line was leading her deeper and deeper underground. The light was swallowed by the surrounding darkness, and in the distance, the tiny princess could hear the sound of dank water dripping.
Still she continued further on. Deeper and deeper she went, until she came upon an iron door, studded with huge rivets and securely locked.
After a moment of consideration, the tiny princess knocked on the giant door.
The door opened, and a grimy gatekeeper looked down on the tiny princess.
'What do you want?' growled the gatekeeper.
The tiny princess regarded the gatekeeper carefully. He frightened her a bit, but she didn't like to be frightened. She was a princess, after all. A princess, and a tiny one to boot, should never have to be frightened.
'Let me in. I'm looking for the fish that is a bird', she said resolutely.
18.
After a moment's hesitation, the gatekeeper let her pass. While she walked down the corridor of dirty cast iron, he shouted after her: 'But don't break anything.' And then, after another moment: 'And don't make anything dirty.'
The tiny princess either did not hear him, or pretended she couldn’t.
'Kids', he muttered under his breath and turned back to keep the gate.
The tiny princess wandered down the long winding corridors of cast iron, until she came upon a round chamber with a really high ceiling.
In that room stood the Iron Queen, who regarded the tiny princess with a snarl, when she entered.
But since the tiny princess had decided to not be frightened, she wasn't frightened by the Iron Queen, either.
'Do you know where the fish that is a bird is?' she asked, unfazed by the stern looks.
'Go and ask my daughter', answered the Iron Queen curtly, and turned her back on the tiny princess.
But the bird was a fish, and not at all what the tiny princess (or the cat, for that matter) was after. She was looking for the fish that was a bird, and not for the bird that was a fish.
The tiny princess shook her head, and the underwater fairy looked sad.
The tiny princess was sad, too, and with a heavy heart she returned to the lakeside. The tiny princess was gone - no matter how hard the tiny princess looked, she couldn't find the tiny princess.
Suddenly she heart a sound, and startled by it, she turned around. By now, it had started to get dark, and out of the gloom, a wispy shape appeared.
The tiny princess thought about whether she should be scared or not, and decided, no, she wouldn't be scared. At all.
Wisely, the wispy shape nodded its head.
14.
'Do you know where the bird from the empty cage has gone to?'
The wispy shape slowly shook its head. It looked almost sad. But then, it pointed a wispy finger towards the East, and the tiny princess joyfully thanked the sad wispy shape. The sad wispy shape vanished from sight.
The tiny princess continued towards the East along the lakeside, until she came upon a little burrow. In front of the burrow sat a young and petulant bear.
'Hello bear', greeted the little princess. 'Do you know how I could learn to fly? To fly like the fish? Lustrous and wondrous, in the sky? Would you happen to know?' she asked very politely.
The petulant bear looked up at her and tilted its head. 'Are you the bunny rabbit?' asked the petulant bear.
The tiny princess laughed. 'No, I'm not the bunny rabbit. I'm the tiny princess.'
Petulantly, the bear looked her up and down. Yes, there was no denying - she was indeed tiny.
15.
'But I could help you find the bunny rabbit', offered the tiny princess, but the petulant bear only shook its head.
'I can't. I'm much too busy sulking', said the petulant bear sadly, and the tiny princess nodded. And continued along her way.
It wasn’t long before she came across somebody she immediately recognized. 'You must be the bunny rabbit!' she exclaimed.
The creature before her that looked a bit like a bunny rabbit, regarded her warily. 'Who wants to know?' wanted the creature that looked a bit like a bunny rabbit to know.
'The petulant bear', explained the tiny princess, and the creature that looked a bit like a bunny rabbit raised its eyebrows and drooped its ears.
'Yes and no', said the creature then.
'Yes and no?' asked the tiny princess.
'Yes, I am the bunny rabbit, and no, I want nothing to do with the petulant bear. He's a terrible sulk.'
'Do you happen to know where the fish is?' asked the tiny princess after a moment.
'The fish that is a bird?' asked the bunny rabbit.
'Yes, the fish that is a bird', nodded the tiny princess eagerly.
The bunny rabbit thought for a moment.
16.
'No, I don't', answered the creature that indeed was a bunny rabbit after a while. 'But', it continued.
'Yes-yes?' asked the tiny princess.
'But I know somebody who might', said the bunny rabbit deliberately.
'And how would I find the somebody who might know?' The tiny princess carefully regarded the bunny rabbit before her.
'Follow the chalk line', said the bunny rabbit and pointed at the wall. The tiny princess could see a thin white line of chalk trailing off into the distance.
'Thank you', shouted the tiny princess, while she was already busy running off after the thin white line of chalk.
17.
The tiny princess followed the thin white line of chalk further and further, and eventually she noticed that the line was leading her deeper and deeper underground. The light was swallowed by the surrounding darkness, and in the distance, the tiny princess could hear the sound of dank water dripping.
Still she continued further on. Deeper and deeper she went, until she came upon an iron door, studded with huge rivets and securely locked.
After a moment of consideration, the tiny princess knocked on the giant door.
The door opened, and a grimy gatekeeper looked down on the tiny princess.
'What do you want?' growled the gatekeeper.
The tiny princess regarded the gatekeeper carefully. He frightened her a bit, but she didn't like to be frightened. She was a princess, after all. A princess, and a tiny one to boot, should never have to be frightened.
'Let me in. I'm looking for the fish that is a bird', she said resolutely.
18.
After a moment's hesitation, the gatekeeper let her pass. While she walked down the corridor of dirty cast iron, he shouted after her: 'But don't break anything.' And then, after another moment: 'And don't make anything dirty.'
The tiny princess either did not hear him, or pretended she couldn’t.
'Kids', he muttered under his breath and turned back to keep the gate.
The tiny princess wandered down the long winding corridors of cast iron, until she came upon a round chamber with a really high ceiling.
In that room stood the Iron Queen, who regarded the tiny princess with a snarl, when she entered.
But since the tiny princess had decided to not be frightened, she wasn't frightened by the Iron Queen, either.
'Do you know where the fish that is a bird is?' she asked, unfazed by the stern looks.
'Go and ask my daughter', answered the Iron Queen curtly, and turned her back on the tiny princess.
Anmerkung von Mutter:
Teil 3 von 4
*edit: Jetzt ungefähr eine Mijon Mal geändert, weil ich heute Morgen offensichtlich etwas dittsy bin ... :/
