Rose Red and Snow White as a POEM

Ok, so this is a first draft and super rough. But I think it's pretty adorable. I'm planning on illustrating it after I polish it some. Enjoy!

 

1. Once upon a time, long ago and far away
Lived a widow with her two lovely daughters
Rose Red and Snow White, they
Blossomed in spirit and face like flowers.

2. In the coldest of winter nights
A knock sounded upon the cottage door.
There a bear stood in the cottage lights
Whom Rose Red opened the way for.

3. "It is cold," the bear said
"May I warm myself at your fire?"
Terror the widow felt but instead
Of giving in to her dreadful desire

4. To flee and escape, she greeted the bear politely
As though he were any traveling stranger.
"Welcome to our home," she said brightly.
"Feel free to spend the night free from danger."

5. All through the cold winter the bear returned.
He became a good friend to the widow
And Rose Red and Snow White's favor he earned.
Finally spring came and the thaw ended the snow

6. The bear said "I must leave you, friends,
For I have treasure which I must protect
From the dwarves which sneak to my many dens
And from me my treasures collect.

7. The spring advanced at a steady pace
And Rose Red and Snow White daily went out walking,
Enjoying each new and different place
All the while merrily laughing and talking.

8. One afternoon in lovely April,
The sisters heard yelling and spied a man
Small of stature and of voice shrill
Shouting "Help me if you can!"

9. Beside the man lay an axe an a large bag
And upon his very long beard
A tree had fallen and managed to snag
His whiskers, making for a sight quite weird.

10. Seeing the man's trouble and hearing his pleas
Made both girls want to help as much as they could.
Taking scissors from her purse with ease
Snow White clipped the man's beard free from the wood.

11. "What have you done you horrible girls?
More harm than good, to my whiskers so fine!"
Said the small man, then about he twirls
Lifting his bag and running in a straight line

12. A different day saw Rose Red and Snow White again
Skipping through meadows and frolicking in forests
Till they head a familiar shout, so then
They rushed to aid the man so distressed

13. On seeing the small man the sisters were amused
For he hopped about with a fishing pole in one hand
And the other on his beard, with wrath suffused
A hook in his whiskers had made a tangle quite grand.

14. Upon seeing her fellow creature's plight
Triggered Snow White to valorous deeds
Out came her scissors bright
And with a snip the man was freed

15. "What have you done you horrible girls?
More harm than good, to my whiskers so fine!"
Said the small man, then about he twirls
Lifting another bag and running in a straight line

16. Fated to meet the small man once more
Snow White and Rose Red splaying again in spring sun
When what did they see but the man of yore
Clutched by an eagle, his life looking done!

17. Seeing that the man held by his jacket was in trouble clearly
The two sisters Rose Red and Snow White went into action
Each grabbing one of the man's legs individually
They pulled him from the bird's talons then awaited his reaction.

18. "What have you done you horrible girls?
More harm than good, to my jacket so fine!"
Said the small man, then about he twirls
Lifting yet another bag and running in a straight line

19. Yet again while the girls wandered the countryside
They encountered the small man, beard now shorn.
As always hi had a large sack with twine tied
And climbing a cliff, his boot in rocks stuck he did mourn.

20. Recognizing an opportunity to aide someone
Snow White and Rose Red each grabbed hold of an arm
And tugged and pulled till the man's foot came undone
Leaving behind his boot to avoid harm.

21. "What have you done you horrible girls?
More harm than good, to my boot so fine!"
Said the small man, then about he whirls
And tried to attack the girls, not the least bit benign.

22. Just then a bear who looked like someone they knew
Charged out from the nearby woods
And knocked the small man down the cliff to
The ground far below, destroying him and all of his goods.

23. At the death of the small man, the bear
Vanished in a puff of smoke and a shower of sparks
Rose Red and Snow White stood stunned gazing into thin air
Then a tall man appeared garbed in gold marred by no marks.

24. The golden man said, "I am your bear, a prince by birth
Turned to a beast by that small man's curse.
He then stole my treasure from me using bags of little worth.
Thank you for granting me cause to do that to which I was averse."

25. "The act of killing," the prince continued,
"I find extremely repelling
But I found I could do that which I had eschewed
To defend you sweet girls. It became compelling."

26. After checking that Rose Red and Snow White were alright
The prince invited the sisters and their mother
To stay at his castle, but not just for one night
But always and forever, nights one after another.

27. That is how the sisters Snow White and Rose Red
Met a gold clothed prince full of joy and laughter
And for their sweet nature were rewarded.
So Snow White and Rose Red lived happily ever after!