Cinderallium - a fiery story
Once upon a time, Baron Landscape had three daughters inclined to Medicine.
Pharmacopoeia and Panacea grew popular and successful; but poor Cinderallium was despised for being old-fashioned, simple, and unacceptably smelly. She was made to wear oilskins, care for the old man's heart, and make pasta.
One day, Pharmacopoeia and Panacea were invited to an Important Discussion on BBC TV about the Common Cold.
"Let us cure it!" they boasted - but none of their remedies would fit, and the Presenters went home with runny noses.
And since no Fiery Godmother appeared to proclaim uninvited Cinderallium as Princess Garlic Clove, whose breath is virus death, they all lived miserably ever after.
Pharmacopoeia and Panacea grew popular and successful; but poor Cinderallium was despised for being old-fashioned, simple, and unacceptably smelly. She was made to wear oilskins, care for the old man's heart, and make pasta.
One day, Pharmacopoeia and Panacea were invited to an Important Discussion on BBC TV about the Common Cold.
"Let us cure it!" they boasted - but none of their remedies would fit, and the Presenters went home with runny noses.
And since no Fiery Godmother appeared to proclaim uninvited Cinderallium as Princess Garlic Clove, whose breath is virus death, they all lived miserably ever after.