The ugly ogre.

By: Emily waltrich

Once upon a time there was the ugliest ogre in all of the land. She was named Bertha, she had zits all over her face and smelled really bad. Bertha got called a bunch of names that made her very sad, some of those names included, Toad, pig, cow, and many more. So one day she decided to go on a search for the beauty waterfall. Legend says that if anyone man or woman dives into it they will be beautiful for the rest of their life. But the journey was long and dangerous, no one has ever made it back. But Bertha decided to take a chance and go for it. She went to her parents and talked to them about doing this.

“ Mom, Dad?”

“ Yes, sweetie?”

“ Now before I tell you what I am going to do you have to promise me something.”

“ Okay, we won’t, now what do you need to tell us?”

“ Well, i have decided to go to the beauty waterfall…”

“ THE BEAUTY WATERFALL?! ARE YOU CRAZY!?”

“ I asked you not to well!”

“ Well honey, how do you expect us to react? Why do you want to go to the waterfall anyway.”

“ Well because I’m ugly… and I want to be beautiful!”

“ Honey, you don’t need to go to the fountain for that.”

“ HAVE YOU SEEN MY FACE AND BODY?”

“ I’m just ugly, and everyone thinks so.”

“ Honey you are far from ugly!”

“ Okay fine whatever, I’m going to my room.”

“ Okay, honey and remember you are beautiful the way you are.”

Bertha knew she would never get her parents to agree to let her go. So before she told her parents, she formulated a plan to sneak out. The only problem was her parents have a very strong sense of sound. So she would never be able to get out of the house. Little did her parents know she put a magic powder in their drinks to make them not hear her sneaking out. All Bertha had to do was wait until they fell asleep and then BOOM she was free to go to the beauty fountain. A couple of hours went by and they fell asleep, so Bertha was off!

As Bertha went into the forest, she didn’t know what to expect on her journey to the beauty fountain. All she knew was she wanted to be beautiful and didn’t want to be called names any longer! Bertha knew that the journey there and back would take at least two weeks, and she hoped that her parents wouldn’t freak out that much. After all Bertha did leave a note telling her parents where she was going. Bertha also did have some money with her in case she wanted to rest at a nearby hotel. The first day of the journey was very quiet, which Bertha thought was weird. But she just ignored it and went on her journey, until she heard a horrifying sound. Bertha panicked and jumped into a pile of thorn bushes. There she lay down and waited, after about a few minutes she got up looked around, and thought the coast was clear. Until she looked up and screamed. She closed her eyes hoping it was a dream, but sadly it wasn’t. It was her worst fear, spider cats. Bertha couldn’t stand to look even at them; they were so gross, and she hated both cats and spiders so much that she almost peed herself at a dance when she saw one. They had nasty teeth that were crooked, and a lot of the spider cats were poisonous, which didn’t make it any better. The only way to get rid of one was to take off the tail. If someone didn’t take off the tail, they would die. Spider cats were very temperamental; they get mad very easily. So what Bertha decided to do was blind it so she could get away. Because she didn’t have anything to kill it with, so that is what she did. It worked, but spider cats would only not see for a little bit, so she had to run like the wind. Lucky Bertha was very fast, so she got away. Once she was far enough away, she decided to relax and take a break. She saw a comfortable inn that no one had been to in years. So she decided to sleep for the night and continue her journey in the morning. As dusk came, she was starting to second guess herself. She just thought that “ Is it worth it to go to the beauty fountain?” Then all of the sudden she heard a small voice speak. She screamed and made the inn move; she looked around with a panic on her face. The creature started to appear, and she was terrified. But it turned out just to be a harmless mouse,

“ Excuse me, ma’am, what is your name and what are you doing in my inn?”

“ My name is Bertha, and I am just resting here for the night, I promise I will be out by morning! what is your name?”

“ Oh no, it’s okay I don’t mind the company, and my name is Oliver Ridley.”

“ Well, it is nice to meet you, Oliver Ridley.”

“ Nice to meet you too bertha! Say what are you doing in this part of town?”

“ Well, I am on a journey to the beauty fountain.”

“ The beauty fountain?! Are you crazy?!”

“ I most certainly am not crazy! I just want to be beautiful that is all!”

“ Oh Bertha, there is other ways to be beautiful!”

“ Oh yeah like what?”

“ Well for starters you need to have more confidence!”

“ Oliver, how can I have confidence if everyone makes fun of me?”

“ Well, why don’t you just ignore them?”

“ I CAN’T! If I do they just keep making fun of me and me, don’t like it.”

“ Well just tell them to stop, Bertha does you know how dangerous this journey is?”

“ They will just keep doing it, and not I have never been through that part of town.”

“ Well, I think you should turn back right now and just go home. Your parents are probably worried sick!”

“ Well I guess they are, I just want to be pretty that is all, is that too much to ask?”

“ Well, Bertha I think all you need is a little more confidence!”