Valentines Day story!

Here is a nice little Valentines Day story to brighten your day!! :)

Once upon a time there was a little Prince, and he wanted to give a valentines day gift to a little Princess who lived in another kingdom. She was a very beautiful little Princess indeed, for her smile was as bright as her beautiful hair, and her love for her friends was as deep as her blue eyes.

"What kind of a gift shall I get for the Princess?" the Prince asked.
"A heart, your Highness; nothing but a heart will do!" said his friend.
"A beautiful heart, your Highness; nothing but a beautiful heart will do!" said his lady friends.
"A priceless heart, your Highness; nothing but a priceless heart will do!" said his best friend.
So the Prince began looking for a heart valentines gift for the little Princess that would be both beautiful and priceless, and he did not know where to find it.
Before long, though, he came to a jeweller's shop that was full of pretty, expensive things to wear. There were bracelets, and necklaces made of silver and gold, and set with rubies, and sapphires and diamonds.
"This is the place to find a valentine for the little Princess," thought the Prince, and he selected a diamond heart on a gold chain for the little Princess to wear around her neck.
The Prince gave the jeweller his bag of gold and began to leave the shop with the diamond heart in his hand. But he stopped at the door, looking at the heart. It was now dull. What was wrong with it, he wondered. Then he remembered. It was not the right valentine for the little Princess because it had been bought with his bag of gold. So the Prince gave the diamond heart back to the jeweller, and went on again.
After the Prince had gone quite far he came to a pastry shop. It was full of delicious things to eat, jam tarts, and little strawberry pies, frosted cakes, and plum buns. In the window of the pastry shop was a huge cake baked in the shape of a heart. It looked sweet and delicious and the sugar on the top was almost as thick as the cake itself.
"This is the place to find my gift for the little Princess!" thought the Prince, and he pointed to the big heart cake in the window. "How much must I pay for this cake?" he asked the pastry cook."Oh, you cannot buy that cake!" the pastry cook replied. "I made it as a decoration for the shop for Valentine's Day. But I will give it to you."
So the Prince thanked the pastry cook, and started out of the shop with the big cake.
"This must be the right gift for the little Princess, because I could not buy it," he thought.
Then the Prince almost dropped the cake. It had become too heavy for him to carry. What was the matter with the delicious, big cake? Then he remembered. It was not the right valentine for the little Princess because something delicious to eat is not beautiful. So the Prince gave the cake back to the pastry cook, and went on again.
He went a long, long way, and he came to a bird seller beside the road. He had little gold birds, and bright-colored ones in green cages. They were all singing very loudly, but the Prince could hear one small note above the others, because it was so clear and beautiful. It was the song of a little dove who sat in her cage away from the others. The Prince thought he had never seen such a beautiful little dove, as white as snow, and with red feet.
"Why does she sing much more sweetly than the others?" the Prince asked, pointing to the little white dove.
The bird seller smiled.
"She sings because of her heart," he said. "The other birds sing when the sun shines, but look"—he held up the dove's cage, and the Prince saw that the little white dove was blind. "She sings in the dark because she has a happy heart," the bird seller said.
"Can I buy her," the Prince asked, "to give as a gift to a little Princess?"
"Oh, I will give her to you," the bird seller said. "Very few people want to take care of a blind bird."
But the little Princess did. She liked the white dove better than any other gift. She put her cage in a rose tree in the garden, and she often asked the Prince to sit with her under the tree and listen to the dove singing.

The End.

Vocabulary

once upon a time - érase una vez
kingdom- reino
deep- intenso

brighten- alegrar

Prince- Príncipe
Princess- Princesa
heart- corazón

a jeweller's shop- una joyería

bracelet- pulsera

necklace- collar

silver and gold- plata y oro

ruby- rubí

sapphire- zafiro

diamond- diamante

neck- cuello

dull- apagado
pastry- pasteles
delicious- delicioso
jam tart- tarta de mermelada
frosted- glaseado
plum bun- tarta de ciruela
sugar - azúcar
thick- gordo
cook- cocinero
beautiful- hermoso
bird seller- un vendedor de pájaros
cage- jaula
to sing- cantar
clear- claro
dove- paloma
snow- nieve
feet- pies
sweetly- melodioso
to shine- brillar
blind- ciego
dark- oscuridad
to take care of- cuidarse
rose tree- un rosal
garden- jardín
under- debajo de
to listen- escuchar