So Cliche 4

by Far Tamen

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The prince knew his fairy tales, of course. All that he had to do now was gallop gallanty throughout the land, pretending he actually cared, and have every woman in the kingdom try on the stinking shoe. They would flock to him at the sight of him atop his mighty steed, the donkey, his limp, greasy hair thrown out behind him.

Little did he know the ugliest, poorest wench of them all was the one to whom the shoe belonged.

So he was galloping- okay, plodding, really- down the road on his obese donkey, when suddenly, the fat animal’s hoof caught on a branch, and-

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Average Reader Rating: 5.0 stars out of 5

  1. So Cliche 4

    A Clockwork Apple's Buddy Icon A Clockwork Apple

    Posted about 1 year ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    I love your descriptions here. It made it really easy to visualize. Your writing reminds me of Chuck Palahniuk, the author of Fight Club and Haunted. Extremely vivid, and incredibly detailed oriented.

  2. So Cliche 4

    SKermitgorf's Buddy Icon SKermitgorf

    Posted 6 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    love the details. and pretending he cared. classic. failry tales would be better if all written this way. bravo.

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