In a small
kingdom far away lived a beautiful princess named Sky Blue. She lived with her father and stepmother in a
castle. Sky Blue’s stepmother was
beautiful to look at, but evil underneath.
She hated Sky Blue, because she was beautiful inside and out. Also, Sky Blue was loved by all the people in
the kingdom.
Each morning
the stepmother would look in her magic mirror and ask the same question, “Who
is the most beautiful woman in the kingdom?”
The answer was always the same— “Sky Blue.”The stepmother was
furious. She paid a man to kidnap Sky
Blue and take her deep into the forest and leave her there. The man drove her deep into the forest, but
he didn’t want to leave her alone. So he
took her instead to the house of seven kind lumberjacks. The lumberjacks promised to take care of her.
All went well
until the stepmother discovered Sky Blue was still alive. She disguised herself asa door-to-door
saleswoman and went to the home of the lumberjacks. Sky Blue, being as kind as she was, invited
the saleswoman to lunch. The stepmother
put poison in Sky Blue’s drink. Immediately
upon sipping the drink, Sky Blue fell into a deep sleep. The lumberjacks came home to find her still
asleep. They couldn’t wake her. They put her body in a glass box in the forest
and opened it toward the sun.
A visiting
prince heard of the beautiful princess.
He went to look upon her beauty that very day. He kissed her lips, and she sighed with
relief. Sky Blue sat up, reached for the
prince, and together they rode off into the sunset.