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Practical fairy tales: Mr. Carrot
Once upon a time in this big wide world a beautiful princess, or 500,000 of them, fell in love (or just flat on the face). Fell, but not for the prince, who, as they knew and we know too, never exists, but for something close enough to that fantasy to cause great confusion: the man who didn’t love back but who promised to, promising so well that even beautiful princesses, who knew better but just couldn’t help themselves, continued in a state of disability to pick themselves up.
Then 1 princess said to another, “Your man keeps dangling the carrot.” And the second princess returned the favor to the first one, who said, straight-faced, just this: “Mr. Carrot.” Those 2 words loosened all the muscles that kept the princesses from smiling, all 500,000 (or more) of them.
And lickety-split, like a cottontail seen at sundown, the false luxury of a phantasm disappeared, freeing the minds and hearts of every beautiful princess who had ever lived, all of whom, dead for centuries or living just like you and me, down the street from one another or right across a rainbow, put on their red shoes, which waited, ready, always at the front door, to dance a princess to her favorite hangout for a special coffee drink or dessert, which, as you may have guessed, was anything but carrot cake.
NOTE TO THE READER ~ Princesses, while they perfectly thicken the plot of love, are simply a literary loveliness and convenience, as the author’s hope is that readers who may not be princesses, due to economics or to gender, sex, or some other self-identification, but who find themselves in the princesses’ plight, might likewise find their self-rescue in the embracing humor of their friends.
- June 9, 2010
- Filed under: Love, Men and women
- Comments 2
true words from Joanna, the yogic aphrodite! thank you!
Yes- we hold our happiness in our own hands. Why are we so quick to hand our heart, happiness, and power into another’s hands? It’s unfair to expect any man to live up to such unrealistic expectations. YAY! Put on those red shoes and let’s all enjoy what’s within. Thanks for reminding us in such a fun and playful way!