Valentine's Day Stories for Kids The Prince's Valentine

Author Unknown Once upon a time there was a little Prince, and he wanted to give a valentine to a little Princess who lived in a neighboring kingdom. She was a ver beauti!ul little Princess indeed, !or her smile was as bright as her golden hair, and her love !or her sub"ects was as deep as the blue o! her e es. #$hat kind o! a valentine shall % get !or the Princess&# the Prince asked. #A heart, our 'ighness( nothing but a heart will do)# said the *ourt $ise +an. #A beauti!ul heart, our 'ighness( nothing but a beauti!ul heart will do)# said the *ourt ,adies. #A priceless heart, our 'ighness( nothing but a priceless heart will do)# said the *ourt *hancellor. So the Prince started out to get a heart valentine !or the little Princess that would be both beauti!ul and be ond price, and he did not know where to !ind it. -e!ore long, though, he came to a "eweller's shop that was !ull o! prett , costl things to wear. There were pins, and bracelets, and necklaces made o! silver and gold, and set with rubies, and sapphires, and emeralds, and diamonds. #This is the place to !ind a valentine !or the little Princess,# thought the Prince, and he selected a diamond heart hung on a gold chain as thin as a thread !or the little Princess to wear about her neck. The Prince gave the "eweller his bag o! gold and started out o! the shop with the diamond heart in his hand. -ut he stopped at the door, looking at the heart. %t was dull, and no longer shining. $hat was the matter with it, he wondered. Then he remembered. %t was not the right valentine !or the little Princess because it had been bought with his bag o! gold. So the Prince gave the diamond heart back to the "eweller, and went on again. A!ter the Prince had gone .uite a distance he came to a pastr shop. %t was !ull o! delicious things to eat, "am tarts, and little strawberr pies, thickl !rosted cakes, and plum buns. %n the window o! the pastr shop was a huge cake baked in the shape o! a heart. %t was rich with sugar and spices, and the icing on the top was almost as thick as the cake itsel!.

#This is the place to !ind the valentine !or the little Princess)# thought the Prince, and he pointed to the great heart cake in the window. #'ow much must % pa !or that cake&# he asked o! the pastr cook. #Oh, ou could not bu that cake)# the pastr cook replied. #% made it as a decoration !or the shop !or Valentine's /a . -ut % will give it to ou, our 'ighness.# So the Prince thanked the pastr cook, and started out o! the shop with the great cake in his arms. #This must surel be the valentine !or the little Princess, because % could not bu it,# he thought. Then the Prince almost dropped the cake. %t had suddenl grown too heav !or him to carr . $hat was the matter with the rich, huge cake, he wondered. Then he remembered. %t was not the right valentine !or the little Princess because something rich to eat is not beauti!ul. So the Prince gave the cake back to the pastr cook, and went on again. 0ow he went a long, long wa , and he came to a bird seller beside the road. 'e had little gold birds, and bright1colored ones in green basket cages. The were all singing as i! their throats would burst, but the Prince could hear one so!t note above the others, because it was so clear and sweet. %t was the cooing o! a little dove who sat in her cage apart !rom the others. The Prince thought he had never seen such a beauti!ul little dove, as white as snow, and with rose red !eet. #$h does she sing so much more sweetl than the others&# the Prince asked, pointing to the little white dove. The bird seller smiled. #She sings because o! her heart,# he said. #The other birds sing in the sunshine, but look#2he held up the dove's cage, and the Prince saw that the little white dove had closed, blind e es. #She sings in the dark because o! her happ heart,# the bird seller said. #+a % bu her,# the Prince asked, #to give as a valentine to a little Princess&# #Oh, % will give her to ou,# the bird seller said. #Ver !ew people want to take care o! a blind bird.# -ut the little Princess did. She liked the white dove better than an o! her other valentines. She hung her cage in a pink rose tree in the sunniest part o! the garden, and she o!ten invited the Prince to sit with her under the tree and listen to the dove's sweet song.