What have I done to be hated?\u00a0<\/p>\n
$25 Points\u00a0<\/p>\n
The butler spent a good while trying to convince the princess to return to the palace. However, there was no way to change her mind. At last, the butler had to return to the palace and report to his majesty that the princess had refused to return.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy did she refuse to come back?\u201d The king asked.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cShe said she preferred to live in that place rather than in the palace, Your majesty,\u201d the butler\u00a0<\/p>\n
responded.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cVery well, leave it.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen I feel better, I will bring her back myself.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cFor now, you can send the maids to take care of her.\u201d The king said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYes, Your majesty.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
0\u00a0<\/p>\n
A few hours later, the butler sent several maids to attend to the princess. They saw the princess barefoot and her clothes covered in dirt. They looked at her with contempt, but they spoke\u00a0<\/p>\n
courteously.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cFrom today onwards, we will take care of the princess.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Despite their words, Abril could feel how much those maids despised her. She didn\u2019t want to continue being marginalized, so she said to them.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t want you here, go away.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWe can\u2019t, this is an order from His majesty.\u201d They replied.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Abril took a bucket of dirty water that she had been using to wash her muddy hands and said to\u00a0<\/p>\n
them.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t want you near me, go away, or I\u2019ll throw this dirty water at you.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cDon\u2019t be unreasonable, princess, we\u2019ll be your help whether you like it or not.\u201d One of them replied.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou have never been my help.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t want you.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cNow leave!\u201d The princess replied with anger in her voice.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The maids kept insisting until Abril threw the bucket at them. With their soaked clothes, they ran back to the royal palace and went straight to the butler.\u00a0<\/p>\n
1\/5\u00a0<\/p>\n
What have I done to be hated?\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThe princess is wicked and aggressive.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cShe threw dirty water at us even when we only wanted to help.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
+25 Points\u00a0<\/p>\n
The butler sighed heavily and sent the other maids. All those who came looked at Abril with contempt and mockery. She didn\u2019t want people like that by her side. She would rather live alone, forgotten by everyone.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Abril received them all with a bucket of dirty water. In the end, she even found it amusing and started looking forward to their arrival. She enjoyed seeing how they reacted after getting soaked\u00a0<\/p>\n
in water.\u00a0<\/p>\n
What\u2019s funny is that she ended up using clean water because they didn\u2019t even give her time to get the water dirty. Abril knew that everyone saw her as an evil woman, even though it was the others who were mean to her. For the first time, she decided to behave just the way others saw her.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Abril was sitting on a chair in front of the door, waiting for the maids to knock so she could open it and throw the bucket she had next to her.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI hope they soon get bored and stop coming to bother me.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAlthough I find it somewhat amusing to do this every morning, I want to have my peaceful days back.\u201d She said to herself.\u00a0<\/p>\n
When she heard a knock on the door, Abril stood up excitedly, took the bucket of water, and after opening the door, she threw it. But when she saw the person in front of her, she opened her eyes wide and wished the ground would open up and swallow her. It was Alessandro. He looked at her with an angry face as the water dripped from his clothes.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The butler had sent several maids to the small house but they all returned with their soaked clothes, claiming that the princess was evil and always threw a bucket of water at them with a grin\u00a0<\/p>\n
on her face.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The butler, tired of this situation, went to report to His Majesty what was happening. He had told him to let him take care of the princess.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Alessandro decided to make a personal visit to speak with Abril, but he never imagined he would receive such a reception. He frowned, clearly annoyed. When he raised his hand, Abril stepped back. He took out a handkerchief from his pocket and, although it was also soaked, used it to clean his face.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat does this mean?\u201d He questioned.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI did not know that it was Your majesty that knocked.\u201d She replied.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Abril stammered in fear, she had offended the king, she only hoped that her head wouldn\u2019t roll on\u00a0<\/p>\n
2\/5\u00a0<\/p>\n
What have I done to be hated?\u00a0<\/p>\n
the floor.\u00a0<\/p>\n
+25 Points\u00a0<\/p>\n
Alessandro entered the house and closed the door behind him. Abril wondered what he was\u00a0<\/p>\n
planning to do with her.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cBring me something to dry myself with!\u201d He ordered in a stern voice.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Abril did as she was told and handed him a towel to dry himself.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI have ordered you to return to the palace.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy haven\u2019t you done so?\u201d He asked.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause I don\u2019t want to.\u201d Abril replied.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThat is not an answer.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat is the reason for you not wanting to return to the palace?\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u0665\u00a0<\/p>\n
That\u2019s my question.\u201d the king said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t like it there.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cDo you prefer to live here as a beggar?\u201d He questioned further.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYes, I prefer this place over the palace.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cPlease allow me to stay in this place,\u201d She begged.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s unimaginable for a princess to live this way.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou must show the dignity of royalty,\u201d he replied.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat\u2019s the difference?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAfter all, no one will see me here.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Abril muttered with her head down.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cStop muttering and look at me when I\u2019m talking to you.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
4\u00a0<\/p>\n
Alessandro\u2019s beautiful golden eyes stared into Abril\u2019s, waiting attentively for what she would say.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Alessandro noticed that she was still wearing her old dress. He noticed that the length of the dress was short, and it was not worthy of a lady. She showed her legs without any modesty, and he realized that she was barefoot, so he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat you\u2019re wearing can\u2019t even be called clothes.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou truly are a shameless princess.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
3\/5\u00a0<\/p>\n
<What have I done to be hated?\u00a0<\/p>\n
+25 Points\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI can\u2019t imagine what kind of education you had.\u201d He said with disappointment written all over his\u00a0<\/p>\n
face.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Abril wore short dresses because they were more practical when working and, as for her\u00a0<\/p>\n
education, she had never had such a thing.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cBut I have never had it.\u201d Abril muttered.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou are a real nuisance.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cCan\u2019t you live peacefully without bothering anyone?\u201cAlessandro said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Those words bothered Abril. Since she had arrived at that palace she had stayed locked in silence in a room. Even when she was bothered by the servants she didn\u2019t complain, she had even been hurt and suffered pain. She never complained.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Now the first time she said she didn\u2019t want anything. The first time she wished her life in that small place wouldn\u2019t crumble, now all these? She tightened the skirt of her dress firmly, she couldn\u2019t stay silent anymore, like a boiling pot she exploded.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cDidn\u2019t you want me to stay calm?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s the only thing I\u2019ve done since I arrived at this place.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve been ignored and mistreated, but I never complained.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI just stayed silent.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYour majesty forgot that I existed for three years.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy not do the same now and let me live peacefully in this place?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIs that too much to ask for?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIs your majesty\u2019s hatred so strong that I can\u2019t even be allowed to live in this remote part of the palace in peace?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat have I done for your majesty to hate me so much as to make my life miserable?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cTell me, because I don\u2019t understand, why does everyone hate me when I\u2019ve done nothing wrong?\u201d Abril began to cry, tears rolled down her cheeks. That was the first time Abril told someone how she felt, the first time she cried in front of someone else, the first time she wished her words would\u00a0<\/p>\n
be heard.\u00a0<\/p>\n
70\u00a0<\/p>\n
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