Once upon a time , a match was
lit online, and it started a slow burn. As the keystrokes flew between Beauty
School and Shoe School, the embers sparked into the beginnings of a romance.
It came upon a day that the Brave and Talented Knight from Shoe
School hit the keystrokes, inviting the Fair Young Maiden from Beauty School to
meet him, face to face, at the Fisherman’s Wharf . . . then he hit Send.
The Fair Young Maiden’s finger hovered tentatively over her Send
button, then, before she could change her mind, she clicked it with
anticipation. The Knight’s invitation was accepted.
On the agreed upon day, The Fair Young Maiden made her way to
the wharf and sat with baited breath on the bench in front of the giant, and
kinda scary, crab statue . . . and waited. Unbeknownst to her, the Brave and
Talented Knight had preceded her and was aperch the next bench over.
Eventually, he slowly turned his head.
What started out as a small ember, now burst into a hot
flame. His eyes fell on her and he said
to himself, “She’s more beautiful in person.” After catching his breath and
slowing down his heart, he arose, stood in front of the Fair Young Maiden, held
out his hand, and introduced himself with a smile.
That eventful day was spent entirely in each other’s company,
enjoying food, the sights, and each other’s nearness. It was a match made in
cyberspace.
But let’s not end the story here.
The Knight continued to woo and dine The Fair Maiden, and she
continued to spin her spell over him. So, of course, there had to be another
special and eventful day.
A few years later, while the happy couple was vacationing with
family in the Napa Valley, touring winery after winery, (and getting soused?),
The Talented Knight’s well-orchestrated plans finally came to pass. The
families’ meanderings just so casually ended up at the aforementioned wharf. At
the very same bench. Hmmmmm.
The plot thickens.
Just enough space was cleared on the bench and the Talented and
Thoughtful Knight had his Lovely and Sweet Maiden sit on their bench . . .
while he knelt down on one knee.
The crowd at the wharf roared with applause, and a choir group .
. . where did they come from??? . . . broke into song as the sun was setting
over the tearful Maiden. Really? This teller of Fairy Tales could not have made
this one up.
Ahhh . . . suffice it to say, the Brave and Talented Knight from
Shoe School and the Fair Young Maiden from Beauty School, won each other over, and
they will be living happily ever after, not only sharing cyberspace, but their
hearts as well.
(Tale as told by a most humble Storyteller)
