Far, far away, in a land long, long ago, lived a king and his queen and the people they ruled.

One afternoon in late summer, the king and queen rode through a small village with members of their court on the way home from a hunting trip in the forest.

As they walked their horses through the narrow winding streets, the queen's eye caught an explosion of color off to one side.

She turned her head quickly and saw, behind a low wall, a beautiful garden bursting with flowers of all colors and sizes, and, in its midst, stood a young girl quietly weeping as she worked.