The Tragic Story of Lady Asrai

Meet Lady Asrai. She takes her name from the type of faery she is. Asrai's are small and delicate female faeries who melt away into a pool of water when captured or exposed to sunlight. This tragic story started less than 24 hours ago. It was the early dawn hours and Lady Asrai was out for her usual romp in the fields and meadows. She was heading back home when something in the dirt caught her eye. It had been a full moon and the moonlight was making this object sparkle. Even though Lady Asrai knew it was time to be heading home before the sun came up. She just had to see what that sparkle was. There in this pile of dirt was a little golden stone. She picked up and was examining it. Turning it over and over. The moonlight made it sparkle as she moved it around. She was so intrigued with this that she didn't notice that Farmer Jones was at the top of the hill. Farmer Jones is the only human who had ever seen Lady Asrai. And for years he had been trying to capture her, to show everyone that he wasn't crazy. But she always managed to elude his captured. She took great pleasure in letting him get a glimpse of her then disappearing. She knew letting him see her went against all the faery rules, but she was such a flirt and couldn't help herself when it came to the very handsome Farmer Jones. Anyway. . .back to the story. On this morning Farmer Jones was out looking for his prized cow Mary Belle. She was always wandering off when it was time for milking. He stood at the top of the hill looking out over the fields and meadows. When all of the sudden a flicker of light at the bottom of the hill caught his eye. As he squatted down do get a better look. His feet slipped out from underneath him and he started to roll down the hill. It wasn't until he was half way down the hill and picking up speed did Lady Asrai see him coming. She had been so wrapped up in her stone she didn't see him there or see him fall. But now she was terrified as she saw him coming towards her. And coming faster than she had ever seen him move before. She froze in her tracks. Just seconds before he reached where she stood. She remembered she could melt away into a pool of water to avoid his capture. Little did she know. He hadn't seen her and capture was the last thing on his mind at the moment. But just as she started her transformation into water. Farmer Jones rolled right over top of her. Due to the dirt pile she had been standing in and the partial water transformation she had done. She was squished into a pool of mud. Poor, poor Lady Asrai. Does this story have a moral to it. Yes it does. Don't ever let greed make you lose sight of things around you. *grin*

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