Week 12 Story: The Haughty Woman

Once upon a time, there was a woman named Blair who laid around her mansion all day as her brothers waited on her. She never lifted a pinky to help with any of the household chores, she couldn't even make toast for herself. Her brothers didn't seem to mind her laziness, though, as they enjoyed the work and led quite the lavish lives themselves. Day in and day out, she would tell her brothers what she wanted them to do for her that day and they would return with gourmet food and shopping bags in hand.

Despite Blair's poor attitude, there was no denying her beauty. Her beautiful brown hair flowed like the waves of the sea and her skin was the shade of honey. All the men in town admired Blair and her good looks, wishing that they could take her hand in marriage.

A young man named Augie was particularly enamored with Blair. The problem was, Augie was not a ladies man by any aspect of the imagination. He was likable enough and everyone around town stood up for Augie if anyone had the audacity to say something mean to him. On a day where he felt particularly filled with confidence, Augie went to Blair's house after her beefy brothers had left and knocked on her door.

(Matt Bennett as Augie; Image Source)

"H-h-h-hi Blair!"

Blair just glared at him.

"I'm just gonna spit this out before I chicken out, would you like to go to the zoo's black tie event with me tonight?"

Blair scoffed in disgust and slammed the door in Augie's face. She couldn't believe that a guy like that would ever dare ask someone like her to go to the benefit night. Augie was saddened by this dismissal, but he decided he would go to the event, with or without a date.

When Augie showed up that night, news quickly spread how Blair treated him earlier that day. Everyone there was outraged with Blair's behavior and avoided her the whole night. She had her riches and beauty but she would never have friends or love with her bad attitude.

Author's Note:
This story was inspired by The Jackal Would A-Wooing Go by W.H.D. Rouse. The original is about a haughty lioness who is offended when a jackal asks for her hand in marriage. In the original, the brothers go after the jackal and end up dying from their ignorance and the jackal dies of fear, but I decided that in this story, I would just stick with Blair becoming an outcast. Her beauty couldn't make her friends or win her love.