Epilogue
Everything had gone through perfectly, just as Janet had hoped. It was perfect. Fang and her were back in America and she was staring out at the beautiful city below them, enjoying the view from their penthouse suit. Fang and her had moved in together a few months ago and Janet was enjoying the benefits as her company grew from strength to strength. She was proud of all that she had achieved, proud of everything that she had managed to do.
She was proud of her relationship with Fang, and proud of everything they had overcome. Everything seemed to be on the right track and Janet couldn’t be happier. She thought of that first day, standing in her father’s office. Everything had changed so drastically since then. Everything had changed completely and Janet smiled- it had changed for the better, at least, in her opinion.
Janet smiled again, thumbing through the well-worn copy of her father’s book. She scanned the last few pages of the book, smiling as she did so. She remembered the last time that she had read this, flying to a new country, with no clue about what awaited her, no clue what she was facing.
This, as well, occurred as the fox said; they carted away the fowl, the princess mounted once more, and they rode on to an incredible wood. At that point the fox came, and stated, 'Ask execute me, and remove my head and my feet.' But the young fellow declined to do it: so the fox stated, 'I will at any rate give you great guidance: be careful with two things; deliver nobody from the scaffold, and take a seat by the side of no stream.' Then away he went. 'Well,' thought the young fellow, 'it is no hard issue to keep that guidance.' He rode on with the princess, till finally he went to the town where he had left his two siblings. What's more, there he heard an extraordinary commotion and mayhem; and when he asked what the issue was, the general population stated, 'Two men will be hanged.'
As he came closer, he saw that the two men were his siblings, who had turned criminals; so he stated, 'Would they be able to in any capacity be spared?' But the general population said 'No,' unless he would give all his cash to the miscreants and purchase their freedom. At that point he didn't remain to consider the issue, however paid what was asked.
What's more, as they went to the wood where the fox initially met them, it was so cool and lovely that the two siblings stated, 'Let us take a seat by the side of the stream, and rest a while, to eat and drink.' So he stated, 'Yes,' and overlooked the fox's advice, and sat down in favor of the waterway; and keeping in mind that he didn't speculate anything, they came behind, and tossed him down the bank, and took the princess, the steed, and the winged animal, and went home to the ruler their lord, and said. 'This have we won by our work.' Then there was incredible celebrating made; yet the steed would not eat, the winged animal would not sing, and the princess sobbed.
The most youthful child tumbled to the base of the waterway's bed: fortunately it was about dry, yet his bones were relatively broken, and the bank was steep to the point that he could discover no real way to get out. At that point the old fox came yet again, and chastened him for not following his recommendation; generally no insidiousness would have come to pass for him: 'Yet,' said he, 'I can't abandon you here, so lay hold of my tail and hold quick.' Then he hauled him out of the waterway, and said to him, as he got upon the bank, 'Your siblings have set watch to slaughter you, on the off chance that they discover you in the kingdom.' So he dressed himself as a poor man, and came furtively to the lord's court, and was hardly inside the entryways when the stallion started to eat, and the winged animal to sing, and princess left off sobbing.
At that point he went to the lord, and disclosed to him every one of his siblings' roguery; and they were seized and rebuffed, and he had the princess given to him once more; and after the ruler's demise he was beneficiary to his kingdom. A drawn-out period of time after, he went to walk one day in the wood, and the old fox met him, and besought him with tears in his eyes to kill him, and remove his head and feet. Also, finally he did as such, and in a minute the fox was changed into a man, and ended up being the sibling of the princess, who had been lost a considerable number of numerous years.
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“What are you reading?” Fang was behind her, his arms sliding around her waist. It didn’t feel like he was wearing a shirt and it made her shiver to imagine his skin pressed against hers.
Janet laughed, a soft, comfortable sound, and shook her head softly, “Just an old fairytale.”
“Oh?” He smirked, amusement playing in his eyes, “Has your fairytale come true?”
Janet laughed and turned into his arms, pressing softly against his chest, “No way.” She leaned up and kissed him, her lips lingering against his, “I think I like dragons a lot more than foxes.”