Ophelia And Her Garden

Once Upon A Time...

In a wonderful land of Make-Believe, there was a Beautiful Princess named Ophelia. She had such a wonderful life. She was loved by all. Her father and mother adored her and planted a beautiful garden when she was a child. As she grew through the years, her garden grew. She tended the flowers daily, watering them and talking to them giving them tender love.

Her garden grew and grew and grew...it became an enchanting place where Ophelia spent all her time.



One day a cordial young gentleman by the name of Dashel came along and admired Ophelia as she tended to her garden...he immediately fell in love with her. He introduced himself and they soon became friends and then lovers.

For the next few years they spent all of their time together, they loved each other and were devoted to one another...all the while, Ophelia's garden was neglected and all kinds of weeds and thorns grew and began choking her beautiful flowers, plants and trees.

As time passed Ophelia and Dashel began arguing and fighting and became bitter towards each other. They yelled and screamed at one another constantly. Their love soon grew cold and they no longer wanted to be together.

Ophelia forced Dashel to leave her palace.

Ophelia went back to her first love...her garden...she found it to be in shambles and a complete mess. It was all but dead. She soon began working again in the soil, pulling all the weeds and thorns...her garden felt her love and began responding to the tender loving care she gave.

All the while Dashel watched her in secret...he stood in the shadows and took notice of her every move. He began becoming jealous of the garden and hated the garden...he understood the deep love Ophelia had for her garden and he didn't like it...not one bit.

In the darkness of night, Dashel went to her garden and in a fit of rage, began cutting, chopping, shredding and demolishing the beautiful flowers, bushes, and trees until there was no more...everything was desolate.

Ophelia awoke the next morning to find her beautiful garden had been destroyed...she was heart-broken, crushed, vanquished.

She confronted Dashel who quickly denied it but she knew better. She knew he had destroyed her one true love, and she hated him for that.

She told him to leave her alone and to never return ever again.

She immediately began working on her garden again to try and revive it's listless life, but everytime the garden began responding to her love, Dashel would come and destroy it.

He came time and time again smothering the new love she gave to her garden. Ophelia became calloused and eventually stopped planting new flowers new bushes and new trees.

Her love had been spent...she had no more to give. She went to her bedroom to cry again but Dashel was there waiting for her...he starteled her and they began arguing and yelling and screaming...and in his rage, Dashel put his hands around her neck and choked the last breath out of her. She fell to the floor.

She was gone. Her garden was gone. Dashel remained.