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The Princess And I Story Romantic

                      The Princess and I

The indefatigable Geraldine, who at work wanted to introduce me to a suitable young woman, and tried, without success, on a number occasions, spotted me sitting in the company cafeteria. She had in-tow this time a prettier-than-usual candidate and seated her and herself at my table. “I want you to meet our new worker, Nataliya,” she said in that breathless voice of hers. “She is a real Russian princess.”

The woman reddened slightly. ”Mazel tov,” I said, adding “Chorosho,” “good” – one of the few Russian words I recalled from the period in which I tried to teach myself Russian. I doubted she understood Yiddish, as Russian princesses didn’t learn the language. I rejected the notion of grabbing her hand and kissing it, as Melvin Douglas had done to Greta Garbo in the movie, ’Ninotchka.’

Although the matchmaker thought the Russian princess bit would impress me, I wasn’t crazy about Russian royalty. The czars had been anti-Semites. Their motto with respect to the Jews was “Kill a third, convert a third, and banish a third.” As a youth, I thought that the last czar murdered by the Bolsheviks had it coming to him. This history I did not lay on Princess Nataliya, nor the fact that as a youth I had admired Trotsky, the Red Army commander who was a distant relative of mine. Not a time for comparative lineage. I wisely let Geraldine do the talking, blah blah blah, including praising me as intelligent and that “She wouldn’t introduce just anyone to Nataliya.”

“Princess Natalyia,” I couldn’t resist correcting Geraldine. She gave me a withering glance, suspecting that I might have been using the prefix ironically. However, she warmed up to me considerably after I assented to her suggestion that “Since Nataliya is new to our city, perhaps you would like to show her the town.” I shot a quick glance at Nataliya to see how this suggestion went down with her. Apparently positively, because she smiled at me and nodded, “I would like that very much.” It was my turn to redden. She was a real looker. Buxom with the “heavy Russian beauty” that Tolstoy or somebody described. I had always had a thing for zaftig women. So much so that I was willing to violate my rule: Never date women from work. If you later break-up, it could make the workplace unpleasant.

I had never dated a Russian princess, only American Jewish princesses, as the more spoiled ones were called; I had found most Jewish women to be anything but spoiled, pleasantly down to earth, although finding one who could tolerate me may have been at the nub of the problem. Maybe I would do better with Russian princesses, if the cliché ‘opposites attract,’ was correct.

“Well, I’ll leave you two to get acquainted,” chortled Geraldine, her work finished. She stood up and nodding to various co-workers, made her way out of the cafeteria. Her bubbling, friendly personality made her a popular colleague among the company’s employees.

Silence ensued. What do you say to a Russian princess? In my case something stupid. “Are you really a Russian princess?”

“It depends on whom you ask. There were so many rivalries and claims to the throne and being related to the czars, that my family says yes, but others disagree. We claim that we are

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related to a noble family that existed in Russia until the Bolshevik Revolution. The ones not killed fled the country to Paris where they took jobs as taxi drivers and such.

Apparently seeing that I was somewhat flustered at her pedigree, she added, “I won’t bite.”

That, of course, won me over, as a sense-of-humor in a woman was for me de rigueur.

I tried to think of a clever retort, or if not a retort, at least something humorous. I rejected as fatuous Woody Allen’s query whether the correct spelling of the Russian ruler’s title is “Czar” or “Tsar.”  To break the silence, I asked, “Are you related to Anastasia.?” I had seen the movie about the daughter of Czar Nicholas who claimed that she was Russian royalty and had survived the murders of her family by the Bolsheviks. A claim which caused conflict between supporters of her claim and those who disputed it.

“Ah, you know about that?”

“I saw the movie.”

“Until this day, my wider family talks about her. We – they – the family dispute her claim.”

I switched tack. “Well, I can show you our fair city, if you are still interested.”

She put the hand of her arm rich in bracelets on my own. “I would like that very much.”

I confess a shiver went up my spine. Whether because of her touch, her beauty or her pedigree, I wasn’t sure. I pictured Rasputin, the Russian mystic and self-styled holy man, charlatan according to others, turning over in his grave.

“Well, time to return to work,” I said. I took her phone number, stood up, and resisted the impulse to bestow on her a deep bow as I had seen Russian aristocrats do in the old movies. After a final glimpse at her blond hair with its braid curled on the top of her head like a halo, very Russian in my estimation, I walked away.

Nataliya had a smile like Grushenka in the movie ‘The Brothers Karamazof,’ but then I had a tendency to romanticize things. Maybe that’s why I was still single – the women couldn’t come up to my expectations. Still, I wasn’t sure I wanted to pursue a Russian princess. Suppose one thing led to another and I had to introduce her to my mother. She would be upset, no doubt imagining my getting married in a Russian Orthodox cathedral with everyone crossing themselves as we walked down the aisle.

I wondered if Geraldine had told her that I was Jewish.

I took Nataliya on a tour of the Lincoln Memorial, the Washington Monument, the Japanese cherry trees, topped off by the Phillips Collection, the scene, alas, of many a futile attempt on my part to pick up a date. I would sit next to a prospect and pose how much I enjoyed the concert or the paintings on the wall in order to impress them. Maybe the women saw through me. I adopted a restrained approach with Nataliya, letting her comment on the paintings,

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confining myself to nodding or verbally agreeing with her. She was smitten by Renoir’s life-size painting ‘Luncheon of the Boating Party,’ with its vibrant colors.

When I had picked her up, I noticed that Natalya wore her hair long on her shoulders, less off-putting than the Russian bagel-on-head braid she wore at work. During the tour, Nataliya was charming. What did she see in me? I wondered. Maybe simply a guide, and nothing more. I kept waiting for the other shoe to drop, for Nataliya to inform me as I said goodbye to her after taking her home, that while I was a delightful companion, etc., etc., she couldn’t continue seeing me.

But continue she did. Although we had mutually agreed that at work none of our colleagues would know about our dating, some knew. Geraldine taking matchmaking credit, I assumed.

At some point I would have to raise the fact of my being Jewish. It could be a real obstacle given her royal Russian pedigree.  I hit on a stratagem. “I like to folk dance. Would you like to come, Nataliya?”

She would. I didn’t add that the folk dancing was Israeli folk dancing. I told her so only when I picked her up to drive to the dance site.  After she had fastened her seatbelt, I simply blurted out, “The folk dancing is Israeli folk dancing.” “Easy to learn,” I added weakly.

“Fine,” she said. I pictured her total lineage wondering what ever happened to the gala imperial balls held in the Winter Palace. And yet she seemed not at all bothered.

Nataliya was a quick learner. I enjoyed especially the couple dances with her.

On the way to her residence after the dance, I came out with it. “Natasha, you know that I am Jewish?”

“Of course. Geraldine told me before she introduced us. She feared it might be an obstacle.”

“And it was not?”

“No. I was never a functioning Russian princess. Closer to a Jewish American princess. I dote on lox and bagels.”

I tried not to show my relief.

“My best girlfriends are Jewish,” she said.

“So, when we were introduced and Geraldine told me you were a Russian princess and I said ‘mazel tov’, you knew what it meant?”

“Certainly. Your ‘chorosho’ was a bit harder to decipher. Your Russian pronunciation needs improving.”

When I introduced her to my mother, it would be easier than I thought.

Ariels story disney

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                                           Ariels story disney

Deep beneath the sea lived a little mermaid named Ariel. She loved exploring her underwater home with her friend flounder but dreamed of living on land as a human.Ariel was always searching for human treasures.When she and Flounder found a strange forked object, they swam to the surface to find Scuttle the seagull.“It’s a dinglehopper!” he proclaimed.Ariel’s father was King Triton, ruler of the sea. He thought humans were dangerous.When he learned that Ariel had been to the surface, he forbade her to ever go again! Then he asked Sebastian the crab to keep an eye on her.But Ariel continued to go to the surface. One night, a terrible storm swept across the sea.Ariel and Flounder watched as a prince fell off a huge ship. “I must save him!” she cried.Ariel pulled Prince Eric to shore and sang to him. Then she swam away.Prince Eric only caught a glimpse of Ariel's face, but he knew he would remember her beautiful voice forever.Desperate to see Prince Eric again, Ariel agreed to give her voice to the evil sea witch Ursula.With bigger plans in mind, Ursula cast a spell.....and turned Ariel into a human!But if Prince Eric didn't kiss Ariel by sunset on the third day, she would become a mermaid again.Even worse, she would belong to the sea witch forever!Charmed by her silent beauty, Prince Eric showed Ariel his kingdom.Ariel loved being with the prince in the human world, but the two had not yet kissed.Worried that Prince Eric was falling in love with Ariel, Ursula transformed herself into the beautiful Vanessa.She was going to make the prince fall in love with her instead.Disguised as Vanessa and using Ariel's He was going to marry Vanessa! Ariel had lost her true love.Just before sunset on the third day, Scuttle discovered that Vanessa was Ursula in disguise. He hurried to warn Ariel.As Sebastian went to find King Triton, Ariel and Flounder raced to catch Prince Eric's ship.With the help of her friends, Ariel was able to stop the wedding and get her voice back.Released from Ursula's spell, Prince Eric realized that Ariel was the one he truly loved. But it was too late.The sun went down before Ariel and the prince could kiss. She was a mermaid once more, and she belonged to Ursula.To save his daughter, King Triton gave Ursula his great powers and became her prisoner. "Now I am the ruler of all the ocean!" shouted Ursula.As Ursula grew in size and towered above the sea, Prince Eric jumped aboard an old ship.He steered its jagged bow through Ursula's heart. With a howl, the sea witch disappeared in the waves.With Ursula gone, King Triton regained his powers. Seeing Ariel's love for Prince Eric, the king granted her wish: She became human!Ariel and Prince Eric married and lived happily in a castle by the sea.

The Princess and the Pea

                                        The princess and the pea

Once upon a time there was a prince who wanted to marry a princess; but she would have to be a real princess. He travelled all over the world to find one, but nowhere could he get what he wanted. There were princesses enough, but it was difficult to find out whether they were real ones. There was always something about them that was not as it should be. So he came home again and was sad, for he would have liked very much to have a real princess.

     One evening a terrible storm came on; there was thunder and lightning, and the rain poured down in torrents. Suddenly a knocking was heard at the city gate, and the old king went to open it.

     It was a princess standing out there in front of the gate. But, good gracious! what a sight the rain and the wind had made her look. The water ran down from her hair and clothes; it ran down into the toes of her shoes and out again at the heels. And yet she said that she was a real princess.

     Well, we'll soon find that out, thought the old queen. But she said nothing, went into the bed-room, took all the bedding off the bedstead, and laid a pea on the bottom; then she took twenty mattresses and laid them on the pea, and then twenty eider-down beds on top of the mattresses.

     On this the princess had to lie all night. In the morning she was asked how she had slept.

     "Oh, very badly!" said she. "I have scarcely closed my eyes all night. Heaven only knows what was in the bed, but I was lying on something hard, so that I am black and blue all over my body. It's horrible!"

     Now they knew that she was a real princess because she had felt the pea right through the twenty mattresses and the twenty eider-down beds.

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A friend in need is a friend indeed

                              A Friend in need
                                                                  is a Friend indeed

Once there lived two Friends in a village.They were very fast friends.One of them was very tall,beautiful and clever.The other was short.They promised to stand by each other through thick and thin.

One day they were travelling through a forest.When they raeched the middle of the forest,they saw a bear coming to them.They were filled with fear to see the bear.They were worried about their lives.The tall man was very clever and selfish.He,at once,climbed up a tree to save his life.He did not care for his friend.The other friend was perplexed but he thought of a trick.He had been told that a bear does not harm a dead person.

He,at once,lay downon the ground and held his breath.The bear came near him.He sniffed and took the man to be dead and went away.When the bear was out of the sight,he came down the tree.By way of joke ,he asked his friend what the bear had whisphered into his ear.

The friend replied that the bear advised him not to trust a false and selfish friend.Saying this,he bade good-bye to him and continued his journey alone.

Moral:

1. Do not rely on selfish friends
2. Beware of false friends

The Fox and the Goat

                                      The Fox and the Goat

"Look before you leap" is well-known proverb.It means before doing anything,we should carefully judge the results of our action.Before we engage anything new,we should make careful preparation.If we do something in haste without thinking about it properly and carefully,we may meet unforeseen dangers and difficulties.

Once a fox fell into a shallow well.He cursed himself for his carelessness.He tried his best to come out of the well but he could not.He began to think about some means to get out of the well.Meanwhile ,a thirsty goat happened to come there.By chance,the goat peeped into the well and was suprised to see the fox there.

She said to him,"Hello uncle,what are u doing here"?The fox replied,"Dear nephew,the water of the well is very sweet and cold.Therefore,i daily come here to drink it.If u taste it,u will surely enjoy it very much.So come down and have a drink."The goat was very foolish.She,at once,jumped into the well.The fox at once got over the back of the goat and jumped out of the well.The goat could not come out of the well.Now the goat realized her folly.

She requested the fox to help her out.The fox said,"You are foolish.You should not have jumped into the well without thinking about how to come out of it."Now go on bleeting and your master will come to get you out."In the meantime,you may enjoy the sweet water of the well.He bade goodbye to the goat and ran away to the jungle.He left the goat in trouble.
Moral:

1. Look before you leap
2. Haste makes waste

The Dove and the Bee

                                                   The Dove and the Bee

"Kindness never goes unrewarded" is an often-quoted proverb.It means if we help others in their difficulties,they will help us in our difficulties.If we do good to others,they will do good to us.There is a famous story to illustrate the truth of this proverb.

one day a bee was very thirsty.It went to river to drink some water.But it was driven away by the waves.A dove was sitting in her nest.She saw that the bee was unable to fly and was about to drown.She took pity on the poor bee.She,at once,plucked a leaf and dropped it near the bee.

The bee somehow or the other succeeded in climbing over the leaf.It dried its wings in the sun and flew away.The bee thanked the dove for saving its life.They became friends.

After few days.the dove was sitting on the branch of a tree.A hunter happened to come there.He saw the dove.He loaded his gun to shoot her down.He had taken aim at the dove.The bee that was flying here and there happened to see all that.It,at once,flew towards the hunter and stung him on his hand.The hunter felt a jerk and missed his aim.

The dove flew away with the bang of the gun and saved her life.Thus she received the reward of her noble deed done to the bee.
Moral:

1. Do good,have good
2. Kindness never goes unrewarded
3. One good turn deserves another

The Farmer and the snake nature never changes

              The Farmer and Snake Nature  Never changes

"Nature never changes"is a famous proverb.It simply means that if a person is good by nature,he will always be good.But if a person is bad by nature,he will always harm others.

It was winter.It was very cold in the morning.It was snowing and everything looked white.A farmer was returning from his fields.All of sudden,he saw snake lying along the path.

The snake was almost frozen on account of severe cold.The farmer thought that it would die soon in that intense cold.He took pity on it.He carried it home in basket.

After reaching home,he placed the snake near the fire.The farmer's children gathered around it.After a few moments,the snake got a new life because of the heat of the fire.It began to move about.Seeing the children,it rushed at one of them.It was its nature to sting,to do harm to others.

The farmer,at once,took a stick and hit the snake with it.He killed the snake before it could sting his child.
Moral:

1. Nature never changes
2. Nature cannot be changed 
3. You cannot befriend an enemy 

A bag of Gold

                                                              A bag of Gold

There is a famous proverb "As you sow,so shall you reap".It simply means that every person will receive what he pays.If a person commits wrong actions,he will have to face the consequences.If a person digs a pit for others,he himself may fall into it.

Once there were three bosom friends.They lived in a village.They always played and chatted together.However,all the three were very greedy.They were jobless.They decided to go to a city to find some job to earn their livelihood.One day,they set out on a journey to try their luck in a city.

They promised to stand by one another through thick and thin.They had to pass through a forest.While passing through the forest,all of a sudden ,they found a bag full of golden coins.They felt very happy.They sat down and started to count the coins.They decided to divide them equally among themselves.But each wished in his heart of heart to have all the coins himself.They were feeling very hungry.Therefore,they sent one of them to bring some food from the city.

On the way to the city,the man thought that he should have all the coins.So he decided to kill his two friends.He bought some poison and mixed it into the food of his other two friends.While in his absence,the other two friends planned to kill him and divide the coins between themselves equally.When he reached them with food,they killed him.

Then they sat and ate the poisoned food.soon after taking the food,they felt severe pain in their stomachs and died before dividing the coins.

Moral:

1. As you sow,so shall you leap
2. Selfishness is a vice.

Grapes are sour

                      The fox and the Grapes

                       

"The grapes are sour"is well know proverb.It means people often find fault with things which they like to achieve but they cannot succeed in getting them.Then only to satisfy themselves,they find defects in them.

It was a very hot day in a summer.A fox was very hungry.He did not get anything to eat.He wandered here and there in search of food but could not succeed.

At last,he went to an orchad.He saw there ripe grapes hanging from a grapevine.He thought that he would get something to eat from there.His mouth began to water at the thought of Delicious and Juicy grapes.

He jumped up to get the grapes but could not reach them.He jumped again and again but could nor succeed in getting the grapes.The grapes were too high for him.At last,he was disappointed and gave up the attempt.He left the orchard sadly.To keep appearances and to console his sad heart,he said "The grapes are unripe and sour and are not worth-eating".i do not like them.saying so he went away.
Moral:

1. Grapes are sour
2. People pretend to dislike what they cannot get.
   
   
   
   

Honesty is the Best policy

                                             Honesty is the Best policy

"Honesty is the best policy" is a well-known proverb.It means that honesty is always appreciated.No one like dishonest person.Everyone likes honest dealings in life.Honesty makes people trust you.The honest person is rewarded in whatever field he may be.

Once there lived a poor wood cutter in a village near a river.He was very honest and hard working.He used to cut wood from forest,sell it in the bazaar and earn money.He lived a very simple life.He was contented with his lot.One day he was cutting wood near the bank of a river.All of sudden,his ax slipped from his hand and fell into the deep water of the river.

He became very sad because he did not know how to swim.He began to to weep over his loss of ax.He looked upward and prayed to God.Suddenly ,an angel appeared there and asked him why he was weeping.The wood cutter told the angel  that his ax had fallen into the river.It was only source of his income.The angel took pity on him.He jumped into the river and brought out a gold ax.
He gave this gold ax to the woodcutter.The woodcutter refused to take it and said it is not his ax.The angel dived again and into the water and brought out a silver ax.He gave it to the woodcutter but he again refused to take it.He told the angel that his ax was made neither of gold nor of silver.His ax was made of iron.The angle once again dived into the water and brought out an iron ax.

The woodcutter felt very happy to see his iron ax.The angel was deeply impressed with the honesty of the woodcutter.He gave him the other two axes of gold and silver as a reward of his honesty.

Moral:

1. Honesty is the best policy
2. Honesty never goes unrewarded

The Story Haste Makes Waste

                                    Haste Makes Waste

  

"Haste makes waste" is an often-quoted proverb.It means that actions or decisions taken in haste and without thinking properly about their consequences may lead a person to an irreparable loss.

Once there lived a greedy man in Village.Fortunately,he had a very strange hen.It daily laid an egg of gold.He took the egg,went to the bazaar and sold it at very high price.Within a few days,he became very rich.He began to dream of becoming a millionaire.The people were greatly impressed by his riches.He was respected everywhere.But,with the passage of time,he became more and more greedy.His greed made him impatient.He did not wait for the eggs to come out one by one.He thought of a plan to become rich at once.One day,he caught the hen and killed her to get all the eggs at once.He opened the stomach of the hen and looked for the eggs.He was much surprised to find no egg in the stomach.Now he realized his folly and repented but he could never get such eggs in future.

Moral:

1. Haste makes waste
2. It is no use of crying over split milk.
3. Greed is curse

 The Foolish Stag

                     

It is said that outward appearances are often deceptive.What appears useful and good may prove harmful and useless.Therefore,we should not be misled by the appearance of things and people. That is why it is said"all that glitters is not gold"The following story proves the truth of the this saying :

Once a stag was very thirsty.He went to a nearby stream.The water in the stream was very cold and clear.While drinking water, the stag saw his reflection in the water.He was very happy to see his beautiful antlers and felt very proud of them.When he saw his lean and thin legs,he felt very sorry.He hated his ugly legs.He heaved a sigh and said

 "It is unfortunate to have such beautiful antlers with so ungly legs"

He cursed his legs.All of sudden,he heared the hunter's horse and howls of hounds.He saw a pack of hounds coming toward him.The stag was filled with fear.He wanted to save his life at every cost.He ran very fast to the forest to save his life.His thin and ugly legs were of great help to him.They carried him far away from the hounds

He reached in the dense part of the forest. There were thick bushes growing there.unfortunately,his beautiful antlers were caught up in a long bush.He tried his best to get free but could not.Meanwhile the hounds reached there.His beautiful antlers of which he was so proud brought about his death.The hounds fell upon and tore him into pieces
Moral:

1. All that glitters is not gold
2. Appearance are often deceptive 
3. Pride hath a fall
4. Do not find fault with the Divine hand.

11th class ENGLISH Story A Greedy Dog

                                                          Greedy Dog

"Greed is curse" is a very well-known proverb.It means a desire for more of something than is necessary leads to unpleasant situation.Sometimes a man desires to get more than needs.His greed brings harm to him.
Once a dog was very hungry.In search of food he happened to pass by a butchers shop.He stole a piece of meat from there.He wanted to eat it all alone.Therefore,he ran to the jungle to find some safe place.After covering a short distance he reaches a stream.There was a bridge over it.He began to cross the bridge.He stopped for a while in the middle of the bridge.He looked into the water of the stream.He saw his own refection in the water.He took it for another dog with piece of meat.The dog was very greedy.He wanted to snatch the piece of meat from the dog in the water.He barked at the dog in the water.As soon as he opened his mouth,his own piece of meat fell down into the water.He became angry.He,at once ,jumped into the water to fight with that dog.As soon as he did so,his refection in the water disappeared.He could find neither the dog nor his own piece of meat.Therefore,he had to remain hungry.
Moral:

1. Greed is curse
2. something is better than nothing
3. All covet,all lose
4. Do not be greedy

11th class English Story The Thirsty crow

                                                                 THIRSTY CROW

 

Nothing can be achieved without making efforts.When a need of anything is felt,efforts are made to satisfy it.It is often said necessity is the mother of invention.

It was hot on a day in summer.A crow felt very thirsty.He had no water to drink for the last many hours.He flew here and there in search of water but he could not find anything.At last he saw a pitcher on the roof of a house.The crow happily flew to the pitcher.He saw into it and found a little water at its bottom.He tried to drink water but could not succeed because the water was very low.His beak could not reach it.He felt  disappointed because he did not know how to quench his thirst .However,he did not lose heart.All of sudden,he thought of a plan.He saw a heap of pebbles at some distance.He started bringing pebbles one by one and dropping them into pitcher.After some time,the water rose to the brink of the pitcher.The crow drank water to his fill and flew away crying happily.

Moral:Necessity is the mother of invention Or God help those who help themselves.