NARRATOR: Once upon a time there was a rich king who had three beautiful daughters, but the youngest was the prettiest, and the king loved her the most. The three of them were engaged and were happy. One day, the king was feeling weak, so he called his three daughters and their handsome princes.
FATHER: I wanted to talk to you because I feel sick and weak and I need that one of you takes my place.
OLDEST DAUGHTER: I will take your place, father.
FATHER: Don´t interrupt me.
SECOND DAUGHTER: Let him talk!.
FATHER: I have thought about dividing my kingdom into three equal parts, one for each one.
OLDEST DAUGHTER: That will be fair.
FATHER: I will live for a while with each of you, and will take with me a hundred men.
OLDEST DAUGHTER: A hundred men!.
FATHER: But that´s not all. I will divide my kingdom into three equal parts, according to your love and kindness.
NARRATOR: Then, there was silence in the room. The king asked the oldest daughter.
FATHER: How much do you love me?.
OLDEST DAUGHTER: More than my own life. Come and live with me, I will take care of you.
SECOND DAUGHTER: I love you more than anybody could love you in the whole wide world.
YOUNGEST DAUGHTER: I love you as a daughter should love a father, and I need you as the food needs salt.
NARRATOR: The king was very angry because he was dissapointed of the youngest daughter, and said.
FATHER: That´s all?. Well, I will divide my kingdom between your two sisters and you will receive nothing.
NARRATOR: At that moment, the youngest daughter´s prince left the room and didn´t come back. He thought that he didn´t want to have a poor girlfriend. Then she said to her sisters.
YOUNGEST DAUGHTER: (crying) I don´t know how to express myself as you do, but I love our father as much as you do. And I know that you must be very happy right now because you wanted so much this kingdom that now it will be yours.
NARRATOR: The two sisters were laughing at her.
OLDEST DAUGHTER: Ha, ha, ha.
SECOND DAUGHTER: Ha, ha, ha.
FATHER: I don`t want to see you anymore!.
YOUNGEST DAUGHTER: But father!.
FATHER: Get out of my castle, and never come back!.
NARRATOR: The crying princess left the palace taking only one dress, a party dress, and her wedding dress.
YOUNGEST DAUGHTER: I have been walking for days, and I am so tired.
NARRATOR: One day she got to the edge of a lake where she saw some reeds. She looked herself in the water and saw a beautiful image.
YOUNGEST DAUGHTER: I will take some of those reeds to make a dress. I need to cover this elegant dress I am wearing. And I will also make a hat to cover my blond hair.
NARRATOR: From that day on, when people saw her they started calling her: Reed Hat. One day she arrived to her ex-boyfriend´s land. She then knew that his father had died and that now he was the king. She also knew that he was looking for a princess . Then she went to talk to the cook.
YOUNGEST DAUGHTER: I know that you have a lot of work with so many parties and so many guests. Can I work here?.
COOK: The truth is that I don´t have so much work. But if you make a mistake I will throw you away from here.
NARRATOR: The princess worked a lot and never complained. She wasn´t getting paid and could only get food to eat. Once in a while she could see the king and that made her feel happy. Meanwhile, her father wasn´t as rich as he was because he had already divided the kingdom between his other two daughters. And with his hundred men he went to the oldest daughter´s house.
OLDEST DAUGHTER: I am happy to see you but you bring too many people, father. I think that fifty men is enough for you.
FATHER: (angry) What are you saying?. I gave you my kingdom and you cannot have my men living here. I will go live with your sister.
NARRATOR: The second daughter heard his complains and said.
SECOND DAUGHTER: Come on, father. My sister is right. Why do you want so many men for?. You should fire them all. You can stay, but I cannot have all those people here.
FATHER: Ohh!. I will go back with your sister, at least she wanted fifty of my men. Your are so ungrateful.
NARRATOR: The old men fired half of his men, and went back to his palace. But because of his old age he traveled slowly and by the time he got to his oldest daughter´s house she knew already what had happened. So she ordered to close all the gates. When he arrived a man from the high tower shouted.
MAN: Go away, my lady doesn´t want you here!.
NARRATOR: The old king, sadly fired all his men, and had to sell his horse. Then started walking through the woods where he found an abandoned hut and stayed there to live. One day Reed Hat was walking in the forest looking for fruit for king, when she saw his father sitting in a rock. She felt sorry for his father. The king didn´t recognize her because of her dress and hat and because he was almost blind.
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