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One of my many discarded AMV attempts was basically a spoken word fairy tale with simple animation or still images as a background. What I learned is that either I suck or even a fairly simple fairy tale is too complex for a video. Perhaps both are true. So now I have a fairy tale I wrote and nothing to do with it. I guess it's time to dump it a place no one will care about, including me. I should rewrite the thing someday. There are spots that are little more than summaries of what the video would show at that point, so it doesn't exactly stand that well on it's own. Especially the fox and king in the woods part, I really skimmed past that.
The trouble started, as it often does, with a fox. The king did not know this of course. He thought she was just a human woman, although a rather strange one. But I'm getting ahead of myself, let us start our tale at the beginning.
The fox lived alone in the mountains and never did pay attention to what the humans on the plains were up to. This is why she did not learn that the King was searching for a woman to call his queen until years after his quest had started and he had started despairing that he might never succeed. The fox learned of this from her visitor, the ever gossiping badger. The badger dropped this news after she spent a full half hour discussing how Pindola Harada stopped by for tea just last week, but before commenting how sad it is to see the old traditions dying. The latest example to spark this longstanding complaint was the trolls had left their toll bridges and taken jobs as highway construction engineers. The fox heard the kings quest and fell silent in thought. After awhile she interrupted badger and announced that she will the first ever fox queen, packed her things, and left her hole while Badger was still sitting there in astonishment. Badger wondered what motivated fox to go. Did she want to feel the city streets beneath her pads? Did she tire of her lonely life and want the comfort of a mate? Or was it just a desire to cause trouble? Fox never said, but whatever the reason Badger thought that clearly Fox is an ungracious host.
Fox took human form and headed into the city. The sights were new to her and she wondered about the strange vehicles that roared down the trolls freeway, the buildings that towered above her, and most of all the noise. All that honking and screaming and beeping and buzzing and none of it ever stopped. It was quite disorientating. She spied a tree in the distance and went towards it, hoping to find somewhere to hide from the strangeness, just for awhile. What she found was a park, a small sad affair compared to the forest she was used to. It contained a few trees, a jungle gum, and a lone swing. She looked at this pathetic miniature version of the forest then turned her back to it to find the King.
It so happens the King was holding a costume ball this evening to commemorate the seventh anniversary since he started searching for a queen. He held little hope of meeting any woman who he had not already met at the previous six balls, but tradition said a queen was found at a ball so he hosted a ball. You can't argue with tradition, even if the tradition doesn't seem to work anymore.
The evening of the ball she transformed herself into a beautiful high class woman. Her hair was as spun gold, her cheeks high and rosy, and her bosom was more than ample. On entering the ballroom, every head turned to her. All men wanted her, all women were envious of her. The King monopolized her time. Each dance was with her, and between the dances he spoke to none save her. As the evening wore on, eventually one of the women noticed something. She had been staring at Fox all evening, jealous thing that she was. What she saw was that Fox had a small bushy tail coming out of her dress, for fox magic can change their appearance but it can never hide their tail. On seeing this, the maiden let out a shriek. Everyone turned to see what the poor hysterical woman was screaming about. Fox realized her game was up, so she turned and fled from the questioning crowd.
Months later, the King was hunting on the edge of the forest. His horse sees something that frightens him. The horse throws the King off and gallops off in the distance. Fox happened to be nearby and saw this. She cautiously went up to him and discovered he had broken her leg. Fox gently took the King to a shack in the woods and nursed him to health over time. Shacks in the woods aren't known for being hubs of activity, there was little to do other than talk to each other. The King fell in love with the Fox, and the Fox loved the King. Once his leg was healed, they returned to his kingdom and had a grand wedding.
By and by the King passed away, as humans are inclined to do. Fox reigned as queen for a long time afterwards. As a whole, she was a fair and just ruler although she did have mischievous fun sometimes. After some years passed, Fox stood on the castle's tower and looked at her kingdom. For three days Fox observed as people rushed to and fro always in such a hurry and all the while talking on their cell phones. She watched the trucks and cars speeding down the highways the Trolls had designed. She looked for the wild woods but all she found was a small park with a few trees, a jungle gym, and a lone swing. Then she disappeared. No one in the kingdom saw her again, although for years those who lived near the forest claimed to occasionally see a white bushy tail disappearing into the trees. No one believed their stories though, so that was all right.
Badger was wandering the woods, on her way to tell Rabbit the latest news about how much trouble the insurance company was giving the Bear family after a young human broke into their house and stole all their food. Badger was passing by Fox's old den when she heard rustling inside. After awhile, Badger got up her courage to look. After all, it might be the human girl again. You never knew. It wasn't. Instead it was Fox tidying up her home after it's long disuse. Badger questioned what motivated fox to return. Did she want to feel the forest undergrowth beneath her pads? Did she tire of the demands of her subjects and want to be alone with her memories of the king? Or was it just that she had caused enough trouble for the moment? Fox never said.
The trouble started, as it often does, with a fox. The king did not know this of course. He thought she was just a human woman, although a rather strange one. But I'm getting ahead of myself, let us start our tale at the beginning.
The fox lived alone in the mountains and never did pay attention to what the humans on the plains were up to. This is why she did not learn that the King was searching for a woman to call his queen until years after his quest had started and he had started despairing that he might never succeed. The fox learned of this from her visitor, the ever gossiping badger. The badger dropped this news after she spent a full half hour discussing how Pindola Harada stopped by for tea just last week, but before commenting how sad it is to see the old traditions dying. The latest example to spark this longstanding complaint was the trolls had left their toll bridges and taken jobs as highway construction engineers. The fox heard the kings quest and fell silent in thought. After awhile she interrupted badger and announced that she will the first ever fox queen, packed her things, and left her hole while Badger was still sitting there in astonishment. Badger wondered what motivated fox to go. Did she want to feel the city streets beneath her pads? Did she tire of her lonely life and want the comfort of a mate? Or was it just a desire to cause trouble? Fox never said, but whatever the reason Badger thought that clearly Fox is an ungracious host.
Fox took human form and headed into the city. The sights were new to her and she wondered about the strange vehicles that roared down the trolls freeway, the buildings that towered above her, and most of all the noise. All that honking and screaming and beeping and buzzing and none of it ever stopped. It was quite disorientating. She spied a tree in the distance and went towards it, hoping to find somewhere to hide from the strangeness, just for awhile. What she found was a park, a small sad affair compared to the forest she was used to. It contained a few trees, a jungle gum, and a lone swing. She looked at this pathetic miniature version of the forest then turned her back to it to find the King.
It so happens the King was holding a costume ball this evening to commemorate the seventh anniversary since he started searching for a queen. He held little hope of meeting any woman who he had not already met at the previous six balls, but tradition said a queen was found at a ball so he hosted a ball. You can't argue with tradition, even if the tradition doesn't seem to work anymore.
The evening of the ball she transformed herself into a beautiful high class woman. Her hair was as spun gold, her cheeks high and rosy, and her bosom was more than ample. On entering the ballroom, every head turned to her. All men wanted her, all women were envious of her. The King monopolized her time. Each dance was with her, and between the dances he spoke to none save her. As the evening wore on, eventually one of the women noticed something. She had been staring at Fox all evening, jealous thing that she was. What she saw was that Fox had a small bushy tail coming out of her dress, for fox magic can change their appearance but it can never hide their tail. On seeing this, the maiden let out a shriek. Everyone turned to see what the poor hysterical woman was screaming about. Fox realized her game was up, so she turned and fled from the questioning crowd.
Months later, the King was hunting on the edge of the forest. His horse sees something that frightens him. The horse throws the King off and gallops off in the distance. Fox happened to be nearby and saw this. She cautiously went up to him and discovered he had broken her leg. Fox gently took the King to a shack in the woods and nursed him to health over time. Shacks in the woods aren't known for being hubs of activity, there was little to do other than talk to each other. The King fell in love with the Fox, and the Fox loved the King. Once his leg was healed, they returned to his kingdom and had a grand wedding.
By and by the King passed away, as humans are inclined to do. Fox reigned as queen for a long time afterwards. As a whole, she was a fair and just ruler although she did have mischievous fun sometimes. After some years passed, Fox stood on the castle's tower and looked at her kingdom. For three days Fox observed as people rushed to and fro always in such a hurry and all the while talking on their cell phones. She watched the trucks and cars speeding down the highways the Trolls had designed. She looked for the wild woods but all she found was a small park with a few trees, a jungle gym, and a lone swing. Then she disappeared. No one in the kingdom saw her again, although for years those who lived near the forest claimed to occasionally see a white bushy tail disappearing into the trees. No one believed their stories though, so that was all right.
Badger was wandering the woods, on her way to tell Rabbit the latest news about how much trouble the insurance company was giving the Bear family after a young human broke into their house and stole all their food. Badger was passing by Fox's old den when she heard rustling inside. After awhile, Badger got up her courage to look. After all, it might be the human girl again. You never knew. It wasn't. Instead it was Fox tidying up her home after it's long disuse. Badger questioned what motivated fox to return. Did she want to feel the forest undergrowth beneath her pads? Did she tire of the demands of her subjects and want to be alone with her memories of the king? Or was it just that she had caused enough trouble for the moment? Fox never said.