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		<title>A Fantasy Story by Katie B.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 00:25:06 +0000</pubDate>
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Okay, so the lady named Carole was walking with her pack wolf, and a idiot of a warrior showed up.  He saw the wolf, and decided that Carole was in danger.  This caused Carole to panic, and she was  forced to throw her vessel at the offender.  Now, a cupid in [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span class="thumb_float"><span class="wpg2tag-image"><img src="http://www.artofstorytelling.org/gallery2/d/4681-1/6e3351da.jpg" width="299" height="246" id="IFid2" class="ImageFrame_None" alt="A Fantasy Story by Katie B." longdesc="Okay, so the lady named Carole was walking with her pack wolf, and a idiot of a warrior showed up.  He saw the wolf, and decided that Carole was in danger.  This caused Carole to panic, and she was  forced to throw her vessel at the offender.  Now, a cupid in traing was watching this fiasco, and decided that the lady and the warrior would make a fantastic match.  shooting at the lady, he missed and hit the wolf instead, who immeadieatly fell in love with the horse, who bucked its rider, and they ran off into the sun set.  Leaving the cupid disturbedd and humiliated, and the lady and the warrior stranded."/></span><span class="painting"><span class="title"></span><span class="artist"></span></span></span></p>
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<p></flv><span class="story_text">Okay, so the lady named Carole was walking with her pack wolf, and a idiot of a warrior showed up.  He saw the wolf, and decided that Carole was in danger.  This caused Carole to panic, and she was  forced to throw her vessel at the offender.  Now, a cupid in traing was watching this fiasco, and decided that the lady and the warrior would make a fantastic match.  shooting at the lady, he missed and hit the wolf instead, who immeadieatly fell in love with the horse, who bucked its rider, and they ran off into the sun set.  Leaving the cupid disturbed and humiliated, and the lady and the warrior stranded.</span></p>
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		<title>Rivals in Love story by Emily LeBaron</title>
		<link>http://www.artofstorytelling.org/2012/02/14/rivals-in-love-story-by-emily-lebaron-2</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 03:17:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rivals in Loveby Henry Soulen"He did this poser think he was!" I could not even believe this was happening.  At one point Prince Frances and I had been best friends, then I met Princess Isabella. I instantly fell for her, I mean who wouldn't? She was beautiful, intelligent, funny, yet elegant. She had this [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span class="thumb_float"><span class="wpg2tag-image"><a href="http://www.artofstorytelling.org/v/Art+Gallery/2005-1_001.jpg.html" title="Rivals in Love  "><img src="http://www.artofstorytelling.org/gallery2/d/326-8/2005-1_001.jpg" width="400" height="382" id="IFid4" class="ImageFrame_None" alt="Rivals in Love " longdesc="Rivals in Love Henry James Soulen (1888-1965) c. 1930 oil on canvas Gayle and Alene Hoskins Endowment Fund, 2005 Read the stories inspired by this painting Soulen’s illustration Rivals in Love depicts the adversaries Valentine and Proteus competing for the beautiful Sylvia’s favors from Shakespeare’s romantic comedy Two Gentlemen of Verona. This painting is typical of Soulen’s best work in its application of intense colors in impressionistic broken brush-strokes.  In the 1920s Soulen’s color palette became more intense and brilliant after viewing an exhibition of the work of the Russian painter and stage designer Leon Bakst. Soulen’s exploration of color led him to make thousands of color notes juxtaposing tints in varying degrees of saturation to serve as his color reference."/></a></span><span class="painting"><span class="title">Rivals in Love</span><span class="artist">by Henry Soulen</span></span></span><span class="story_text">"He did this poser think he was!" I could not even believe this was happening.  At one point Prince Frances and I had been best friends, then I met Princess Isabella. I instantly fell for her, I mean who wouldn't? She was beautiful, intelligent, funny, yet elegant. She had this way of setting a person completely at ease whenever you were around her, even the most depressed person would find some kind of happiness after one conversation with Isabella. I didn't have a chance. I began a pigeon-correspondence with her and it seemed to me that she might feel nearly the same as I do. I was simply overjoyed, for the first time in a long time I was truly happy. I wrote to Frances concerning the matter and asking his advice on how to proceed. I spoke of her remarkable qualities and he related that he met a girl under the same title recently at a ball held in the honor of Sir Corbin who was to go and join the French Crusade. I told him of my feelings for her and he advised to let things run their course, do not let my feelings be known this early. Imagine my surprise when I came to visit the lovely Princess and I find no other than Frances sitting in the garden outrageously pursueing Isabella. What nearly broke my heart however was the fact that Isabella didn't seem to completely resent the attention, it seemed to me that she was actually enjoying it. I found myself wishing to go to a corner and quietly die, then I remembered my birthright. I was Phillip the second, future king of France. I was to pursue and win the heart of Isabella nd no long haired, oragne wearing, backstabbing, excuse for a friend was going to take her away from me. I then resigned myself, never again would I back down, I grabbed hold of the hilt of my sword and sauntered over to the bench where they were seated. I pulled Frances from the bench in disgust I then turned my gaze to Isabella. I pulled her into my arms and softly kissed her. How amazing it felt! I knew in that moment that we were meant to be, Frances didn't matter anymore, I knew I had my Isabella.</span></p>
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		<title>Marooned story by Allison Mathews</title>
		<link>http://www.artofstorytelling.org/2012/02/08/marooned-story-by-allison-mathews</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Maroonedby Howard PyleJohn sat in the warm air, that afternoon. He was troubled with thoughts and ideas. He had to find a  way to  get out of marrying the dreadful Elizabeth. Yes she was delightful but behind all that she was self centered and if he were to marry her, he would tend [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span class="thumb_float"><span class="wpg2tag-image"><a href="http://www.artofstorytelling.org/v/Art+Gallery/Marooned.jpg.html" title="Marooned  "><img src="http://www.artofstorytelling.org/gallery2/d/313-8/Marooned.jpg" width="400" height="270" id="IFid6" class="ImageFrame_None" alt="Marooned " longdesc="Marooned Howard Pyle (1853-1911) 1909 oil on canvas Museum Purchase, 1912 Read the stories inspired by this painting Pyle’s ability to tell a story within the confines of a canvas is nowhere more evident than in this deceptively simple painting, Marooned. Pirate communities were primarily cooperative and democratic, not a bunch of lawless desperadoes. Marooning was an acceptable punishment for a member of the crew who had violated the pirate’s code. The searing heat and parched landscape conveyed by the acidic tones detailing sky and earth encapsulate the sailor’s loneliness having been cast-off his ship. The only lively elements of the composition are the slight flutter of waves breaking in the background at the edge of the land and the ascending flock of birds to the right."/></a></span><span class="painting"><span class="title">Marooned</span><span class="artist">by Howard Pyle</span></span></span><span class="story_text">John sat in the warm air, that afternoon. He was troubled with thoughts and ideas. He had to find a  way to  get out of marrying the dreadful Elizabeth. Yes she was delightful but behind all that she was self centered and if he were to marry her, he would tend to her every need. His mother and father were always pushing for the idea of marrying her, but it was all because she had a comfortable home and a great deal of money. Yes he would be able to go to law school, like he has been studying for since he was a young boy. But the thought of being under her rule was crippling. He knew that he could not marry Elizabeth. John wanted to marry out of love not of prominance. Acting out on his mind what he was going say to Elizabeth and to his parents. He knew that it would all work in one way or another.</span></p>
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		<title>Salem Wolf story by Amelia Hansen</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 04:11:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Salem Wolfby Howard PyleOnce apon a time there was a little girl named Kassy. This little girl's was the cutest, most respectful, fun girl around. Her famly loved her, and she was truly happy. But, as she grew older her parents had passed away and since she was an only child, she felt as if [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span class="thumb_float"><span class="wpg2tag-image"><a href="http://www.artofstorytelling.org/v/Art+Gallery/persians.jpg.html" title="A Wolf Had Not Been Seen at Salem for Thirty Years "><img src="http://www.artofstorytelling.org/gallery2/d/911-2/persians.jpg" width="400" height="242" id="IFid8" class="ImageFrame_None" alt="A Wolf Had Not Been Seen at Salem for Thirty Years" longdesc="A Wolf Had Not Been Seen at Salem for Thirty Years, 1909,  from “The Salem Wolf,” by Howard Pyle,  in Harper’s Monthly Magazine Howard Pyle (1853-1911) December 1909 Oil on canvas  Museum Purchase, 1912 Read the stories inspired by this painting As this story by Howard Pyle unfolds, the Deacon’s daughter Miriam, promised in marriage to a local boy, is believed to transform into a wild wolf due to a curse from Granny Whitlow, a witch. Eventually the wolf attacks the Deacon and is fought off by Miriam’s intended, who later finds Miriam afflicted by the same wound that he delivered to the wolf. In the end, Miriam dies of her injury, ridding the family of the curse. "/></a></span><span class="painting"><span class="title">Salem Wolf</span><span class="artist">by Howard Pyle</span></span></span><span class="story_text">Once apon a time there was a little girl named Kassy. This little girl's was the cutest, most respectful, fun girl around. Her famly loved her, and she was truly happy. But, as she grew older her parents had passed away and since she was an only child, she felt as if she had no one. Well she lived on a street next to the Wilcox family. The family kept a close eye on Kassy and was constantly doing kind acts of service towards her whether it was pulling some weeds in her garden or bringing her a fresh loaf of bread. Despite their efforts, she still kept a cold heart and ignored all the acts of kindness. One day, Kassy left her house to go to the market like she had done every day.  The Ma and Pa of the Wilcox family got a feeling that they should follow the old lady into town. Not knowing why they were meant to follow her, they snuck out of the house walking slyly behind the old lady. Kassy walked in and out of the market without any problem and then continued on the way back home. The Wilcox family parents questioned why they even had followed her and felt as if it was a waste of time. But as they were walking back they heard a scream up ahead. They saw that the old lady was confronted by a wolf from the nearby  forest. Luckily Pa had a knife, he ran towards the wolf with knife in hand. The wolf lost interest and it scampered back off into the forrest. The old lady had thanked the family and asked if there was anything she could do to repay them. Ma and Pa looked at each other and invited her to dinner. The, at one point, grumpy old lady went to dinner and realized the love that was emitted to her from the Wilcox family. She lived the rest of her life with a smile always on her face. </p>
<p>The End.</span></p>
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		<title>Love&#8217;s Messenger story by Megan McCarty</title>
		<link>http://www.artofstorytelling.org/2012/02/06/loves-messenger-story-by-megan-mccarty</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:22:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Love's Messengerby Marie Spartali StillmanShe looked about in confusion. Oh, how had this happened?
After all, it had started out as a normal Sunday morning. The maids had opened the drapes, the cooks had made breakfast, and the stablehands had fed the horses, just like every other morning.
That was, until, the window opened.
Out of nowhere, a [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span class="thumb_float"><span class="wpg2tag-image"><a href="http://www.artofstorytelling.org/v/Art+Gallery/1935-75.jpg.html" title="Love's Messenger  "><img src="http://www.artofstorytelling.org/gallery2/d/333-8/1935-75.jpg" width="324" height="400" id="IFid10" class="ImageFrame_None" alt="Love's Messenger " longdesc="Love's Messenger Marie Spartali Stillman, 1844-1927 c. 1885 watercolor, tempera and gold paint on paper mounted on wood Samuel and Mary R. Bancroft Memorial, 1935 Read the stories inspired by this painting The subject of this painting does not appear to be based on any specific text, but instead suggests a plot, and leaves it to the viewer to fill in the narrative details. Stillman worked in mixed media – gouache (an opaque watercolor), gum Arabic (a binding agent), pastel and chalk. The combination of materials creates a rich surface which looks like oil paint, but with a slightly softer finish. This unusual combination of media was perhaps her way of traversing the gender gap in the Victorian art world.  "/></a></span><span class="painting"><span class="title">Love's Messenger</span><span class="artist">by Marie Spartali Stillman</span></span></span><span class="story_text">She looked about in confusion. Oh, how had this happened?</p>
<p>After all, it had started out as a normal Sunday morning. The maids had opened the drapes, the cooks had made breakfast, and the stablehands had fed the horses, just like every other morning.</p>
<p>That was, until, the window opened.</p>
<p>Out of nowhere, a small dove had flown in, and landed right in the middle of her palm. If that itself wasn't odd enough, what happened next was even more queer. For right then and there, the bird opened it's beak and... Spoke.</p>
<p>"Beg your pardon miss, but  have you seen my flax seeds?" is what it had said.</p>
<p>Spoke! A bird!  Plain as day. Why the very  notion of a bird doing so is ridiculous. And yet it had.</p>
<p>"I must  be going insane",  she said. "For surely this bird did not just utter words unto me!"</p>
<p>"Well I never!", said the bird. "You are quite rude for a lady of such fanciful taste. Indeed I did speak, as I was hoping you would help me find my precious flax seeds."</p>
<p>"I'm sorry", said the lady. "It's just that I've never heard a bird speak before. And I'm afraid I havn't seen your flax seeds anywhere.".</p>
<p>"Well then, I shant continue wasting your time." it said.</p>
<p>And then without another word, it flew off into the distance, never to been seen again!</p>
<p>"Well, that was queer." said the lady.  "I almsot wonder if it was a dream."</p>
<p>Only then did she turn aorund ... And realize that her precious gold cup had been stolen. In its place was a small sheet of paper. She picked up the paper and read:</p>
<p>"Dearest Lady, </p>
<p>By now you must of realized that I have stolen your cup. Let this serve as a warning to you to NOT TRUST TALKING BIRDS. Confused? Good. You see, I have trained myself an entire army of talking birds to do my bidding, so that I may use them steal all the valuables in the known world (and perhaps beyond?).</p>
<p>You and all your fancy curtains are powerless to stop me now. MUHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!</p>
<p>Signed,<br />
your truely,<br />
-Moustache McVillan."</p>
<p>She could hardly believe her eyes. It couldn't be true... could it? She read it one more time, then let out a loud cry.</p>
<p>"CURSE YOU MOUSTACHE MCVILLIAN!!!!!" She said as she in a voice so loud that it shook the heavens themselves.</p>
<p>-The End.</p>
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		<title>A Romance Story by Haley Burns</title>
		<link>http://www.artofstorytelling.org/2012/02/06/a-romance-story-by-haley-burns</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:37:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Love is a powerful force . . .  One day a lady went to the park and cupid was there. Cupid saw a buitiful lady alone, and by herself. And then cupid saw an handsome man by a tree with a violin about to play. He thought they would ba A great couple. Soon [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span class="thumb_float"><span class="wpg2tag-image"><img src="http://www.artofstorytelling.org/gallery2/d/4658-1/6112cfa0.jpg" width="318" height="246" id="IFid12" class="ImageFrame_None" alt="A Romance Story by Haley Burns" longdesc="Love is a powerful force . . .  One day a lady went to the park and cupid was there. Cupid saw a buitiful lady alone, and by herself. And then cupid saw an handsome man by a tree with a violin about to play. He thought they would ba A great couple. Soon he got bored and shot the lady with a love arrow. She looked around. She looked at the handsome man playing the violin, and walked over to him. She was nervous to talk, but she did anyways, and she said  &quot;Hello, you play bueatifuly on that violin.&quot;Then the man stopped and said &quot;Well, thank you, you are very nice, lets run off to vagas and get married, we can be together forever!&quot;. That moment they ran off together and on thier aniversery they will go that same park, and then go visit cupid.   The End.  "/></span><span class="painting"><span class="title"></span><span class="artist"></span></span></span><span class="story_text">Love is a powerful force . . .  One day a lady went to the park and cupid was there. Cupid saw a buitiful lady alone, and by herself. And then cupid saw an handsome man by a tree with a violin about to play. He thought they would ba A great couple. Soon he got bored and shot the lady with a love arrow. She looked around. She looked at the handsome man playing the violin, and walked over to him. She was nervous to talk, but she did anyways, and she said  "Hello, you play bueatifuly on that violin."Then the man stopped and said "Well, thank you, you are very nice, lets run off to vagas and get married, we can be together forever!". That moment they ran off together and on thier aniversery they will go that same park, and then go visit cupid.   The End.  </span></p>
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		<title>A Horror Story by Berlyn Slemboski</title>
		<link>http://www.artofstorytelling.org/2012/02/05/a-horror-story-by-berlyn-slemboski</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 13:38:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Once a young women was taking a quiet walk through the park.  It was a dark night, and there was mischief in the air, but it did not feel too different from any other day.   The trees were raining leafs and the wind was wistling in the midnight sky, "but what could [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span class="thumb_float"><span class="wpg2tag-image"><img src="http://www.artofstorytelling.org/gallery2/d/4637-1/7df8a813.jpg" width="318" height="246" id="IFid14" class="ImageFrame_None" alt="A Horror Story by Berlyn Slemboski" longdesc="Once a young women was taking a quiet walk through the park.  It was a dark night, and there was mischief in the air, but it did not feel too different from any other day.   The trees were were raining leafs and the wind was wistling in the midnight sky, &quot;but what could happen in a small town as this, in a small and boring park just a few blocks away from my house?&quot;  That was what she kept saying to herself to comfort herself of the doubts and fears she had in her heart, becasue the truth was, it was a very unusual night.    She could not stop staring at the brightly colored Indian Chief sitting across the park river.  The indian was dark, and had dark long hair that went down about to his middle back, but the chief was not the thing that kept catching her eye, it was the large wolf laying next to him.  He had bright blue eyes, that were sharp like the edge of a knife that seemed to to have a spark and a twinkle in them, but not in the good way.  Oddly enough the Indian Chief was not the only out of the ordinary person she had seen floating around the park.  She had met eyes with what looked like some type of westerner with a sword and a cape, also she had seen a man with a shovel standing still as a statue, but what scared her most was the old woman she saw.  This woman was large, but not fat large, tall large, her face was one of the ugliest she had ever seen.  As she past her on the bride it was almost as if she could fee the womans eyes folowing her. Things were begining to be too strange, so the woman decided to leave the park and return home, but as she turned around, to her horror she saw all the the people from the park, The hideous lady, The Indian Chief, The man with the shovel, the westerner, and the wolf.   They were all glaring  at her with mischeviuos eyes, and before she knew it they were upon her.  The people turned into hideous red and black beasts standing at 8-10 feet tall.  They all had snarling teath and a hungry look in their eyes.  I tried to run, but she knew that it was no use, it was no use it was six to one.  She tried to run, but just as she had suspected they caught up to her in one leap.  &quot;why me&quot; she said outloud to herself as the beasts took her aprart limb by limb, bone by bone. Many people say that she now roames with the  frightful gang of beasts.   They say she is the most dreadful out of all of them, because of her eyes.  She can find your deepest fear and haunt you with it, forever, and ever, and ever... "/></span><span class="painting"><span class="title"></span><span class="artist"></span></span></span><span class="story_text">Once a young women was taking a quiet walk through the park.  It was a dark night, and there was mischief in the air, but it did not feel too different from any other day.   The trees were raining leafs and the wind was wistling in the midnight sky, "but what could happen in a small town as this, in a small and boring park just a few blocks away from my house?"  That was what she kept saying to herself to comfort herself of the doubts and fears she had in her heart, becasue the truth was, it was a very unusual night.   </p>
<p>She could not stop staring at the brightly colored Indian Chief sitting across the park river.  The indian was dark, and had dark long hair that went down about to his middle back, but the chief was not the thing that kept catching her eye, it was the large wolf laying next to him.  He had bright blue eyes, that were sharp like the edge of a knife that seemed to to have a spark and a twinkle in them, but not in the good way.  Oddly enough the Indian Chief was not the only out of the ordinary person she had seen floating around the park.  She had met eyes with what looked like some type of westerner with a sword and a cape, also she had seen a man with a shovel standing still as a statue, but what scared her most was the old woman she saw.  This woman was large, but not fat large, tall large, her face was one of the ugliest she had ever seen.  As she past her on the bride it was almost as if she could fee the womans eyes folowing her.</p>
<p>Things were begining to be too strange, so the woman decided to leave the park and return home, but as she turned around, to her horror she saw all the the people from the park, The hideous lady, The Indian Chief, The man with the shovel, the westerner, and the wolf.  </p>
<p>They were all glaring  at her with mischeviuos eyes, and before she knew it they were upon her.  The people turned into hideous red and black beasts standing at 8-10 feet tall.  They all had snarling teath and a hungry look in their eyes.  I tried to run, but she knew that it was no use, it was no use it was six to one.  She tried to run, but just as she had suspected they caught up to her in one leap.  "why me" she said outloud to herself as the beasts took her aprart limb by limb, bone by bone.</p>
<p>Many people say that she now roames with the  frightful gang of beasts.   They say she is the most dreadful out of all of them, because of her eyes.  She can find your deepest fear and haunt you with it, forever, and ever, and ever...</p>
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		<title>A Romance Story by Melissa Perry</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:14:30 +0000</pubDate>
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The maiden sank to her knees and wept. she had ridden the wind and tamed great beasts just as witch had commanded. She had taken scales from a dragon and hairs from a unicorn and slobber from a troll. She had stolen the magic jug that could hold a thousand tears from the giant's home, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span class="thumb_float"><span class="wpg2tag-image"><img src="http://www.artofstorytelling.org/gallery2/d/4632-1/241a7aec.jpg" width="354" height="238" id="IFid16" class="ImageFrame_None" alt="A Romance Story by Melissa Perry" longdesc="The maiden sank to her knees and wept. she had ridden the wind and tamed great beasts just as witch had commanded. She had taken scales from a dragon and hairs from a unicorn and slobber from a troll. She had stolen the magic jug that could hold a thousand tears from the giant's home, and purloined ancient scroll of spells from the wizard's lair. She had made the magic potion and said the magic words but her dead love had not been revived. &quot;cupid&quot; she sobbed &quot;send your arrow through my heart, that I may join my love, for surly your first arrow was tipped with a slow poison.&quot; But Cupid saw that her heart was pure and that hers where true tears of sarrow, and he stopped mortal time and traveled to the world of the dead to bargain with the keeper for the soul of the man for which the maid would die. The keeper looked into the soul of the man and saw that not even he, the master of death, could keep him from his love. Cupid brought the man to the maiden &quot;look&quot; he said and the man saw the true tears that fell from her eyes, the tears that did not stop even when the birds flew suspended in air and the autumn leaves where held fast to the tree. With a wave of his hand cupid let the birds resume their flight and the leaves to fall like golden rain. The maiden continued to sob and did not hear her love approach. &quot;why cry you on such a wonderful day&quot; asked the man. The maid did not recognize the voice for she had not heard it in so long &quot;I weep for my love who is dead and cannot return.&quot; The maid looked up at the man who she was sure had not been there a moment ago. When the maiden saw  standing before her the man she loved with a thousand loves, the world sang and every creature and every flower and every man woman and young babe felt the radiance of true love."/></span><span class="painting"><span class="title"></span><span class="artist"></span></span></span></p>
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<p></flv><span class="story_text">The maiden sank to her knees and wept. she had ridden the wind and tamed great beasts just as witch had commanded. She had taken scales from a dragon and hairs from a unicorn and slobber from a troll. She had stolen the magic jug that could hold a thousand tears from the giant's home, and purloined ancient scroll of spells from the wizard's lair. She had made the magic potion and said the magic words but her dead love had not been revived. "cupid" she sobbed "send your arrow through my heart, that I may join my love, for surely your first arrow was tipped with a slow poison." But Cupid saw that her heart was pure and that hers were true tears of sorrow, and he stopped mortal time and traveled to the world of the dead to bargain with the keeper for the soul of the man for which the maid would die. The keeper looked into the soul of the man and saw that not even he, the master of death, could keep him from his love. Cupid brought the man to the maiden "look" he said and the man saw the true tears that fell from her eyes, the tears that did not stop even when the birds flew suspended in air and the autumn leaves where held fast to the tree. With a wave of his hand cupid let the birds resume their flight and the leaves to fall like golden rain. The maiden continued to sob and did not hear her love approach. "why cry you on such a wonderful day" asked the man. The maid did not recognize the voice for she had not heard it in so long "I weep for my love who is dead and cannot return." The maid looked up at the man who she was sure had not been there a moment ago. When the maiden saw  standing before her the man she loved with a thousand loves, the world sang and every creature and every flower and every man woman and young babe felt the radiance of true love.</span></p>
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		<title>A Comedy Story by Samuel Madsen</title>
		<link>http://www.artofstorytelling.org/2012/02/02/a-comedy-story-by-samuel-madsen</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 07:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kiosk</dc:creator>
		
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Funny story! A damsel was in the great room of her home and thought, "I should throw a party! A disco ball is a must! ...wait, what is a disco ball? Whatever, there will be one! An ice skater was circling around the room. It was strange because there wasn't any ice. All of a [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span class="thumb_float"><span class="wpg2tag-image"><img src="http://www.artofstorytelling.org/gallery2/d/4624-1/0c2bd3f2.jpg" width="362" height="249" id="IFid18" class="ImageFrame_None" alt="A Comedy Story by Samuel Madsen" longdesc="Funny story! A damsel was in the great room of her home and thought, &quot;I should throw a party! A disco ball is a must! ...wait, what is a disco ball? Whatever, there will be one! An ice skater was circling around the room. It was strange because there wasn't any ice. All of a sudden there was a pirate behind her! It didn't really bother her though. She just kept thinking about party ideas. Then out of now where, comes a wolf! Still didn't seem to phase them. I'm pretty sure they were all high on something because this all seemed normal to everyone. Whatever. When the damsel turned around to talk to the random pirate she was surprised at what she saw and asked him why he had a tree growing out of his head! He said it was a birth defect. Still seemed normal to everyone. This is in Canada by the way. Oh and the stool is for sitting on......or hitting people with. Which ever one is most needed.  "/></span><span class="painting"><span class="title"></span><span class="artist"></span></span></span></p>
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<p></flv><span class="story_text">Funny story! A damsel was in the great room of her home and thought, "I should throw a party! A disco ball is a must! ...wait, what is a disco ball? Whatever, there will be one! An ice skater was circling around the room. It was strange because there wasn't any ice. All of a sudden there was a pirate behind her! It didn't really bother her though. She just kept thinking about party ideas. Then out of now where, comes a wolf! Still didn't seem to phase them. I'm pretty sure they were all high on something because this all seemed normal to everyone. Whatever. When the damsel turned around to talk to the random pirate she was surprised at what she saw and asked him why he had a tree growing out of his head! He said it was a birth defect. Still seemed normal to everyone. This is in Canada by the way. Oh and the stool is for sitting on......or hitting people with. Which ever one is most needed.  </span></p>
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		<title>A Fairy Tale Story by Tanner Walstad</title>
		<link>http://www.artofstorytelling.org/2012/01/28/a-fairy-tale-story-by-tanner-walstad</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 19:48:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kiosk</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Once upon a time … there was a damsel who was lost in the field.  A brave warrior sent out to look for her, but when he found her, she looked sad.  While perched on the rock, something caught his eye.  A pirate!  The pirate looked crazy, like he was going [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span class="thumb_float"><span class="wpg2tag-image"><img src="http://www.artofstorytelling.org/gallery2/d/4597-1/f79d4d7a.jpg" width="299" height="246" id="IFid20" class="ImageFrame_None" alt="A Fairy Tale Story by Tanner Walstad" longdesc="Once upon a time … there was a damsel who was lost in the field.  A brave warrior sent out to look for her, but when he found her, she looked sad.  While perched on the rock, something caught his eye.  A pirate!  The pirate looked crazy, like he was going to snatch the damsel.  On his way down to where the damsel was standing, he noticed there where satchels of gold, and an antique violen with a very old picture.  The pirate had traveled all this way just to take these three precious items.  The damsel had run away to protect them from being stolen.  The warrior agreed to help protect the treasures with her, and they made the pirate flee, never to be seen or heard from again.  The damsel and warrior fell in love that day, and got married and lived happily ever after."/></span><span class="painting"><span class="title"></span><span class="artist"></span></span></span><span class="story_text">Once upon a time … there was a damsel who was lost in the field.  A brave warrior sent out to look for her, but when he found her, she looked sad.  While perched on the rock, something caught his eye.  A pirate!  The pirate looked crazy, like he was going to snatch the damsel.  On his way down to where the damsel was standing, he noticed there where satchels of gold, and an antique violen with a very old picture.  The pirate had traveled all this way just to take these three precious items.  The damsel had run away to protect them from being stolen.  The warrior agreed to help protect the treasures with her, and they made the pirate flee, never to be seen or heard from again.  The damsel and warrior fell in love that day, and got married and lived happily ever after.</span></p>
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