Marcus and ELizabeth

Once upon a time, there lived a mighty King Lion who ruled his dominion with justice and with kindness. One day, his wife the Queen gave birth to a baby daughter. They named her Elizabeth.

Elizabeth grew to be a fine, young Lioness. She is considered a great beauty in the whole forest, and many animals admired her. One particular animal, a blue fox named Marcus, fell in love with her upon seeing her hunt. He approached the young Lioness and, with a polite manner, he introduced himself.

Elizabeth was dumbfounded when she saw the majestic creature who politely came to her to talk. She cannot help but admire the other’s finess and grace when he talks and walks. After a few days they became friends and, finally she agreed when the fox told her that he would like to meet her father.

Elizabeth took her place beside her mother when they entered her father’s court. Marcus calmly entered the presence of the King, with no sign of apprehension on his face whatsoever.
Once they were done with the introductions and the salutations, the fox boldly asked for the lovely Elizabeth’s hand in marriage. The King was shocked, but none was more surprised than Elizabeth herself was. This creature wanted her for a wife?

The King, who loves his daughter so much, dissented to this without batting an eyelash. Elizabeth tried to protest, but the King held his ground. He cannot bear to let his daughter be away from him. He ordered the fox to go away, and never come back. The fox sadly went away, but not without looking at his love for the last time.

Sad because of the unfortunate event, Marcus climbed the highest cliff and decided to end his life, but Elizabeth had stopped her in time. She told him that they could run away. When they were about to run, her father’s soldiers surrounded them, and they had no wait out. They knew that if they pursued their plan, they will surely die. Painfully, in the hands of these soldiers, and separately. However, if they jumped off the cliff right now…

They looked at each other for the last time and were about to take the last step together, when the King came running to stop them. He now realized that he was mistaken to forbid Elizabeth to marry when she is clearly old enough to know what’s best for her. And so, the two were married, and they lived happily… oh, you know it already. :)