by Michael Espinoza
Once upon a time, a rich man was looking to get married. He visited a poor
man who had four daughters. The daughters were beautiful to look at, but each
had a past—each had been with many men before, who were not their husbands.
The rich man fell in love, but would only marry one
daughter--he left it up to them to decide which of them loved him enough to
accept his marriage proposal.
The first daughter accepted his proposal, but on the day of
the wedding, she remembered her past and refused to put on her white wedding
dress and left the church, never even starting down the aisle. The bridegroom
was not pleased, and thought, "If she will not even show up at her own
wedding, how can I depend on her for anything else?" And so the wedding was called off.
The second daughter then accepted his proposal, and on the
day of the wedding she put on her white wedding dress and looked radiant. But
as she started down the aisle, she remembered her past and felt the eyes of all
staring at her. She hid her face, frightened at their stares of judgment. The
bridegroom saw this and thought, "If she is too ashamed to be seen at her
own wedding, how will she be anything but ashamed to be my wife?" And so
the wedding was called off.
The third daughter then accepted his proposal, and on the
day of the wedding she put on her white wedding dress and looked radiant. And
she did not hide her face as she walked down the aisle. But remembering her
past, she felt ashamed, and her shame spread to her face. The bridegroom saw
her look of shame and thought, "If she cannot put her past behind her, how
loyal will she be to me when we are married?" And so the wedding was
called off.
The fourth daughter then accepted his proposal, and on the
day of the wedding she put on her white wedding dress and looked radiant. And
she did not hide her face as she walked down the aisle. And while she
remembered her past, she looked to her bridegroom who smiled at her, and she
smiled back--and this made her look all the more beautiful. She married her
bridegroom, and remained loyal to him until death, and they had many children
together.
THE END
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