Fairy+Tale+Story

. Christina Del Vecchio Amethyst 6/10/08

The Flute Player

Once upon a time there was a kingdom called F leur. It was ruled by a king and queen. They lived in the center of Fleur in a huge castle, with tall towers. Their family was on the throne for three hundred years. The castle was surrounded by a green moat, with a drawbridge and a guard standing outside to let down the drawbridge. Not far away from the kingdom there was a teenage girl who lived by herself. She lived in a little blue cottage with vines growing up the walls. She planted a flower garden and a vegetable garden in the back of the cottage. The girl’s name was Mandy. Mandy played an instrument called the flute. She had been playing it since she was nine years ld. One day Mandy was shopping outside in the kingdoms market for some fresh fruit, when she saw a bunch of townspeople crowded around a wooden post in the town square. She walked over to see what they were looking at. There was a piece of parchment attached to the post it read: My daughter, Princess Ali, will be getting married this spring in the castle courtyard. We will need a band to play at the wedding. If you are interested please come to auditions next Thursday to the palace. You are to come back three days later to see if you made it, thank you, signed the king. That night I went home and started playing one of my favorite pieces of music so I could play it at the audition. On Thursday I woke up and got dressed in a blue slip on mini-dress and white sandals. I took my flute and my music and my flower handbag and walked to the castle. When I got there there was about one hundred people there, only fifty would get to play in the band. At 11 o’ clock the drawbridge opened and we all walked in to the castle. Once we got there we were given numbers. We were called in one at a time. There was a conductor from a kingdom near us and he was running the auditions and was the judge. I was the tenth person to be called in. We were taken into a small room with a red chair and a music stand. The conductor was sitting at a table and asked me the name of the song. I said the name was My Heart Will Go On. After he said, you may begin. The song took about three minutes to play; I thought I did a good job. After, I just stood there waiting for his reaction. He just sat there at first mouth wide open. After a few seconds he just blurted out, “That was horrible”. I couldn’t believe my ears nobody had ever said that to me. After a few moments I could feel my face get red from embarrassment and anger, I finally just grabbed my things and rushed out of the room. When I got home, I started to cry. Later that day I called my friend Kim to talk about it and said he said the same thing to her. I knew that my friend was very good at playing the flute, so we knew that something was up. The next day we decided to go shopping. When we got out of one of the stores we saw a bunch of people crowded around a post in the town square it read: I am sorry to all those who tried out for the band. From a source we found out that the conductor was going on vacation and couldn’t conduct at the wedding. So he just said that nobody was good enough so he wouldn’t have to do it, therefore the conductor has been fired from his current job for lying and is no longer allowed in Fleur. Due to the recent information everyone who tried out will be able to play in the wedding. Please come one hour early, thank you, signed the king. My friend and I were very happy. The day of the wedding, I dressed in a light pink dress, white high heel shoes, and a small white purse. There were with chairs with ribbons placed in the back of the people invited for the band. Once the wedding started we played three songs, and the king said we did an excellent job. After the wedding she went home to practice and no one ever insulted her again.