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I’m Beautiful

Once upon a time , there was an angel kingdom in the heaven , named Ciarra. All the angels lived peacefully with their own magical power. One of them was Damara, a beautiful young angel of twenty. She was the king’s beloved daughter who has  long brown hair with a magical lightening circle above her hair. It would be darkened if she was sad. 

However , she had less confidence than her two sisters. She liked to take a long time looking herself in the magical mirror which could change one’s appereance to be more attractive whenever they saw theirselves at it. But , it actually didn’t happen with their real appereance. It was just such kind of illusion given by the magical mirror. Therefore, Damara  would be upset after she realized that herself was not what she was expected. She felt that she as a rotten apple between her two sisters. She aimed herself that she was not as beautiful as them. She had tried hard to beautify her appearance by treating herself with charm. But, her vinture was in vain, she couldn’t change nything of her body because destiny couldn’t be change with magical power.

One day she flight over the heaven to amuse herself by enjoying the wonderful view above the sky. Then she stopped at the mountainous cloud and decided to take a rest for a while. Damara was lying on the cloud with the circle kept darkening on and on. While enjoying her daydreaming, She  heard that another angels were talking shop. One of them broke the news .

“Look at me , I’m now pretty , aren’t I ?” said one of the woman.

“Oh my God , are you Sheila ? you look so different , I mean , you are amazing . how could it be?” another woman implied.

“Mum’s the word, I came to a witch who lived in the dark cloud.” Said the woman.

Hearing that, Damara directly followed the blabber’s words. She looked for the dark cloud the woman had mentioned. When she arrived there , An ugly old  lady with crooked body and white tangled hair that was very misterious greeted Damara.

“Excuse me , Madam. Is it the house of  a witch living in the dark cloud ?” asked Damara.

“Yes dear , what do you want from me ?”

“I want you to turn myself into the most charming angel in this heaven , I will give you thousands stars , my father is the king of this kingdom. You can live in the castle ,and I’ll give whatever you want.”

The witch gave her a sarcatic smile on her face. “It’s hard to be through dear.”

“Help me please , I don’t care whatever the risks.” She begged.

“OK ,I’ll turn you to be the most charming angel like you want with my black magic, but you musn’t be arrogant upon other angel . If you broke it , you’ll be the ugliest angel in this heaven.”

“OK , I promise Madam.”

“ Cliiiing.....”  with the witch’s dark magic, Damara became the most beautiful angel at That time.

When Damara came back to the castle, all of the angels were so surprised.  They amazed with the beauty of Damara “. Damara, what happened to you ? you look so different. You’re not like a plain angel--Damara that I know”. “It’s me ofcourse, the most attractive and charming angel in this heaven. None can be as beautiful as me.“ She suddenly  felt something strange inside herself. Her face was so hot and she felt painful in all her body. Her beautiful wings was shattered, and her face was full of scared. Damara suddenly yelled loudly. “what happen with my face ! ”. 

Damara realized that she had botched up her promise to the witch. She went to the witch’s house and told her what was happened to her. “ I had told you, Damara. “ The witch said. “Help me healing all this pain ! “ Damara cried. “ Can you see me, huh? Could you think why I’m so ugly? I’ve experienced what you have now. I also want to change my self to be more and more beautiful in the last time. But I couldn’t keep my promise. My face turned to be ugly and old “. “ I do regret to be ungrateful angel,please tell me how I can relieve from this suffer. I beg you so “ Damara asked with heart and soul. “hear, Damara.. go down to the earth, and look for the man who can love you sincerely with your own condition right now. Your self will turn to be what you are before the black charm. “ I will do it,madam “ said Damara.

The following day, damara went down to the earth and disguised as a human with her shattered  face. Everybody mocked her when they saw Damara’s face. But She never gave up until she met that boy. The next day, When Damara took a walk on the road, she met someone whose face full of pimples, he wore dirty clothes and smelled so stinky. Damara could feel the boy’s suffering. They got know each other, shared many stories of their life. “Don’t be upset, don’t be shy to be like this. Hmm... look at me. I’m happy to be myself. Although I’m not goodlooking, I can smile widely.” Damara said to the boy. Then damara was surprised of the boy’s words. “ Damara, I felt in love with you after I know that you’re good hearted person. You didn’t mock or even get rid of me although I’m ugly. I see that you’re tthe girl that I’m looking for. Will you marry me ? said the boy. Suddenly She turned into her original appearance and so did the boy. His appearance was changed to be a handsome angel. The boy was actually the cursed angel.” I don’t believe that you are an angel disguising as a human like me, Ofcourse I say yes. I’ll be loving you for the rest of my life, being your beloved wife in the heaven and live harmonously with you” Damara answered. Then they lived together happily ever after.

Generic structure :

1.  Orientation

2.  Evaluation

3.  Complication

4.  Resolution