Week 7 Storytelling: Mickey and three wives

Here continued another bedtime story of three sisters: Mary, Ally and Sarah. As usual it was Mary’s job to tell a bedtime story about Mickey and Minnie to her sisters. So, Mary started on her sisters’ approval of being ready.

Once upon a time there were three princesses: Minnie, Milly, and Millen. They lived in a huge palace and were not allowed to encounter the real world. Their parents always kept them hidden from evil eyes. Suddenly, the king Moro, Minnie, Milly, and Millen’s father had a severe pain on his head, which required him bed rest. As days were passing along, his condition was getting worse and worse. The king wanted to see his daughters happily married before anything happens to him. So, the king Moro decided to visit the king Shant, who was his childhood friend. As Moro remembered from past that Shant has at least one son.

The next day, the king Moro met king Shant and told him about his serious condition along with the proposal of his three daughters. Within a moment, king Shant said, “How is that possible? I have one son and you have three daughters?”

The king replied, “Yes, I know and I am sure your son will treat all three of my daughters the same way as his wives.”

King Shant said, “But my son Mickey would never agree to this. He would happily marry one of your daughter, but not all three.”

Then, the next day, king Shant presented the situation to Mickey and as it was mentioned, Mickey refused to marry all three princesses at the same time. He said, “I can never do this because I know I will not be able to treat all three equally as my wives. I cannot play with their feelings.”

The following day, Mickey went to see the kings’ condition. There he tried to explain himself, but the king Moro was not willing to listen because he was not sure where to find other two men suitable for his daughters. As king Moro said, “I rather give my three daughter to one man, which is you, then to someone who would not keep them happy.” And the king died as he said, “My daughters are yours now, Mickey.”

The princesses on the other side were speechless, so they followed the kings’ decision. At the end, Mickey tried to keep them equal, but it was clear that he had more feelings for Minnie because she cared for Mickey the most and built her position strong. However, Mickey hesitated to share his special feelings for Minnie.  

Ally was unhappy with the story because this time the story did not focused on Mickey and Minnie.
As she said, "Minnie was missing in the story. The entire time I was waiting for her to appear." In harsh voice, Mary said, "That was all I had. Now go to sleep, Ally."

Princess Minnie

Author's Note: I made the story completely different from the Epified animated film "Mahabharata: Karmic Revolution." However, I used three princesses Minnie, Milly, and Millen similar to Amba, Ambika, and Amblika. But in the Mahabharata, they were kidnapped by Bhisma to marry his brother, while in my retell it was completely different situation.

Bibliography: "Public Domain Edition of the  Overview: Epified Mahabharata
" by Public Domain Edition. Website: Image library for MLLL-4993, Epics of Ancient India