The Fairy Tale

Katy Lum 5C
9-29-08 Final Draft


Why Leaves Turn Red in Fall

There was a time when the leaves were green all year. At the same time, there was a beautiful girl named Anita who lived in a forest. She was so beautiful that people only remembered her for her beauty. Her sister was so jealous of her being pretty that one day she tricked Anita into going into the cellar and locked here in there. Anita cried for about a year. As she cried, she begged, “Don’t keep me in here forever!” The wind blew so hard that the trap door opened and then Anita was free.
One day she met a prince and fell in love with him immediately. But she never forgot all the time she spent in the forest and that people only remembered her for being beautiful. So before she left, she said “I must do something so people can remember me by.” “ I know!” she said. “I will paint all the leaves red!” “That way people will remember me for that and not just because I am pretty.” But before she could paint the last leaf red, her sister poisoned her drink. But her sister was so busy making Anita drink the drink that SHE drank the drink! Anita’s sister fell down on the ground and everybody cheered! And that is why leas turn red in fall.