kakorrhaphio (![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} kakorrhaphio) wrote in ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif){kind=small} endiings,@ 2008-03-31 18:31:00 |
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“Get out of here!” shouted the king, stamping his foot harder and then harder still so it seemed as if the whole castle, the very world, were shaking. “Rodents know nothing of honor.”
Despereaux ran into the hole and from there he looked out at the princess. She had picked up his handkerchief and she was looking at him…right, directly into his soul.
“Despereaux,” she said. He saw his name on her lips.
“I honor you,” whispered Despereaux. “I honor you.” He put his paw over his heart. He bowed so low that his whiskers touched the floor.
He was, alas, a mouse deeply in love.
