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" She opened the satchel.
And honestly, fate couldn't have provided a better prize at the end of a scavenger hunt.
She pulled out a beautiful, sparkling crown.
Her large green eyes grew even larger. Despite the hour and lack of sunlight, its jewels still managed to shimmer and twinkle in a magical, expensive way. Rapunzel might not have had much experience with royal gems or any kind of precious stone, but it was very clear that these were those. The thing was straight out of a fairy tale, what a princess would be wearing when she was turned back from a swan. The giant diamonds were even shaped like swans' eggs. Under each was a round pink ruby, and threading between them was a strand of perfectly round pearls.
She turned it over in her hands, tracing the tiny, intricately wound gold wire that held it all together.
And there, in a small flat patch of smooth metal, was the artist's mark-- and a multi-rayed sun symbol.
The same one on her bracelet clasp.
The same one that she constantly painted and dreamed of. The one that meant life and happiness and energy in the personal vocabulary of Rapunzel's soul. "

Liz Braswell , What Once Was Mine


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Liz Braswell quote : She opened the satchel.<br />And honestly, fate couldn't have provided a better prize at the end of a scavenger hunt.<br />She pulled out a beautiful, sparkling crown.<br />Her large green eyes grew even larger. Despite the hour and lack of sunlight, its jewels still managed to shimmer and twinkle in a magical, expensive way. Rapunzel might not have had much experience with royal gems or any kind of precious stone, but it was very clear that these were those. The thing was straight out of a fairy tale, what a princess would be wearing when she was turned back from a swan. The giant diamonds were even shaped like swans' eggs. Under each was a round pink ruby, and threading between them was a strand of perfectly round pearls.<br />She turned it over in her hands, tracing the tiny, intricately wound gold wire that held it all together.<br />And there, in a small flat patch of smooth metal, was the artist's mark-- <i>and a multi-rayed sun symbol</i>.<br />The same one on her bracelet clasp.<br />The same one that she constantly painted and dreamed of. The one that meant <i>life</i> and <i>happiness</i> and <i>energy</i> in the personal vocabulary of Rapunzel's soul.