Happily Ever After-W

Here is the love story of Zhi Nu and Niu Lang A romantic ancient Chinese tale of very long Zhi was a nymph and Niu Lang was a cowherd Cowherd-nymph love forbidden,secretly wedded. Had two children, but their happy life ended. As by the goddess Wang they were detected. The goddess took Zhi Nu back to the heaven Niu Lang chased them with his two children. They were blocked by the milky way- sky river And the children kept crying for their mother, Shouting her name, Niu and children wandered By their pain and grief, the goddess was moved. She allowed them to meet one day in a year Could be seen in the sky as Altair and Vega star They meet and live happily ever after for a day. Day celebrated as Qixi- Chinese valentine day. Wish I had a beloved like the nymph Zhi Nu fair So that I can live in the sky with immortal affair. Like William Blake would say "Death be not proud" I would have said unlike Blake "Life be proud". II Yet another story of Yeh-Shen, the orphan girl A Chinese Cinderella living with stepmother cruel She had a friend, a fish living in a nearby river Once the fish was killed by her cruel stepmother. Yeh-Shen was very unhappy for of her friend dead. An old man told her that bones of fish were powered One day she talked to the bones of her fish friend Then eventually Yeh-Shen in a beauty transformed. Once she visited the king’s palace, the king saw her They were married soon, lived happily ever after. Wish I was tiger as friend with cruel stepmother So I could enjoy good things at this age forever. Wish I was a sculptor like Pygmalion, not a poet Make alive ivory Galatea by grace of Aphrodite Married her blessed with the happiness and love And to have enjoyed long and blissful life to live ********** *Based on Greek and Chinese fairy tales of Pygmalion-Galatea, Zhi Nu and Niu Lang and Yeh-Shen ================================================ Fifth place winner in: Contest: Happily ever after sponsored by John heck