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The story of a little girl
There was this little girl who lived a simple life with her happy family. She was just like the rest of the kids her age. She wakes up every morning with a bright smile on her face. She greets her family and happily spends time with them. She helps out with the chores. When she has nothing to do, she plays with her friends in the plaza. They pretend they were powerful adventurers or magicians that were out to defeat the bad demons and the mean people. Then when the sun sets and the sky turns dark, she heads home to eat dinner. After dinner, she washes up and gets ready for bed.

Every night before sleeping, her mom would read her a story. The stories were mostly about how a gallant knight or a kind-hearted prince would set out on a journey full of troubles in order to save a princess or a beautiful lady. At first, these kinds of stories excited her. She would often fantasize being abducted by a big meanie then to be dramatically rescued by a handsome prince. Her eyes would always gleam whenever she saw men who fit her standard of "knight in shining armor".

But one particular night, just when she...