Literature
A fairy tale?
Once upon a time, the story began, there was a beautiful princess who lived in a far away kingdom of snow and ice. Her parents loved her very much, as did her grandfather, the Emperor, who ruled above her father and his brother-kings.
Like any other ordinary child, she learned her magic, her calligraphy, her weaving, and to paint pictures of the vast icy lakes of the kingdom. When it snowed, she played in the flurries until her nose and cheeks glowed bright pink with cold.
She did not have a lonely childhood either, for the princess had a brother who was heir to the kingdom. They played together often, and even if he was