The Golden Arm and Swan Lake

The Golden Arm and Swan Lake

Once upon a time, there was a young prince. One day, he went hunting in the forest and found a group of swans on the lake. He was attracted by their beauty and stayed by the lake.

It was getting dark. The swans turned into beautiful girls. The most beautiful one had a golden arm on her left shoulder. The prince came upon and told to them. “You are so beautiful. I am a prince. May I dance with you?” The girls laughed and danced graciously with the prince till very late at night.

The next morning, the prince couldn’t find those swan girls. When the sky became dark, he saw those swans came and became beautiful girls again. “Where have you been?” The prince asked. “We have to work as a swan in the daytime. We are spelled by an evil witch. The girl with a golden arm was our princess. If you marry her, then we can break the witch’s spell.”

The prince invited the swan girls and the golden arm princess to the party. But, when the prince went back to palace, there was another princess alike and an evil-looking knight by her side. The prince thought she was the swan girl and told everyone he would marry her.

But then, the prince saw that princess without a golden arm. “You are not the swan girl.” The evil-looking knight became a witch and warned him, “You have to marry her, or I shall kill your people at once.” There everybody were preparing for a married party.

When the swan girl with a golden arm princess arrived in the evening, she realized it was too late. She was very sad and heartbroken. When the prince saw the swan girl with a golden arm come by and go away, he followed her to a mountain and jumped off the cliff.

All the swan girls sobbed and went back to the lake but found the prince and princess still alive. “What happened to you?” the girls asked. “We broke the spell.” The prince and the golden arm princess had broken the evil spell with their true love. They came to life and lived happily by the swan lake ever after.