Pirate Angharad

Pirate Angharad, originally uploaded by esmereldes.

This is my newest girl, Angharad. She was a Veritas that I put in a new wig and made ears for. The ears are a little silly, but I'm happy with the way they came out. :P
All of my Pullips are fairy tale characters, and Angharad has ears because she is Puss-in-Boots. This is her story:

Some time ago, Angharad turned down a marriage proposal from a Prince. She was probably right to do so, because the rejected Prince had an enchantment placed on her in punishment. She had to find a way to get a commoner married into royalty in order to break the enchantment. Difficult, but not impossible, right? But of course that was only the condition to break the enchantment - the enchantment itself turned her into a cat! The Prince didn't think much of cats, and figured there was no smaller or lower creature than a cat, and there was no way a cat could help a commoner marry into royalty. Clearly the Prince was not very bright, in addition to being snobby and not very nice, because everyone knows that cats get their way with everything!

Angharad found herself in the household of a very poor and very old and sick miller. When the poor man passed away, he left the eldest son his mill and the middle son his donkey, which were all of
the significant things he had in the world. To the youngest son, he had nothing to leave but his cat. His youngest son bemoaned his fate, as not only did he have nothing to feed himself with, he had gained another mouth to feed!

Still, he was a kind boy, and promised the cat he would not leave
her to starve. Hearing this, the cat suddenly spoke up and said, "If you can give me a pair of boots, I will make your fortune for you!" The boy was much surprised, but fortunately he was clever with a needle. Begging some scraps from the local tannery, he made the cat some fine boots. So she set off to make him rich. Every day she caught some lovely game and presented it to the King as a gift from her master. After some time, the King asked to meet her master. The boy was ready to panic, but Angharad still had a plan. She told him to bathe in the river the next morning and all would be well. He did so, and at that moment, the King passed by. Angharad cried out that her master was drowning and had been set upon by thieves! The King
"rescued" the Miller's son and gave him some clothes of his own to borrow.

The King - and the King's daughter! - both took a fancy to the boy, who was really quite handsome and charming. After he had stayed for some time, the King asked if they could visit the boy's home, as Angharad had assured the King the boy was a wealthy Count. Again the boy was ready to panic, but Angharad promised all would be well. She knew of a nearby castle that had been taken over by an ogre. After craftily defeating the ogre, she told the King it belonged to the boy. The King, impressed by the boy's wealth - and the entreaties of his daughter! - decided the two should be married.

On the day of the wedding, the boy said to Angharad, "I thank you Puss, for all you have done. It was more than worth a pair of boots! If there is anything further I can do for you, you have only to ask." Angharad said she wanted only a slice of their wedding cake and her freedom. Surprised by this, but more than willing to comply, the boy-turned-Prince handed over a slice of cake. No sooner had Angharad tasted some then she turned into a lovely girl - although a girl with a pair of cat ears! Angharad thanked the Prince and explained that she had been under a rather odd enchantment and helping a poor boy marry a Princess was the condition for turning back to human. (The ears remaining was unexpected, but Angharad rather liked them after all...) Angharad then set off and had many adventures of her own. Most lately she has been Captain of a Pirate ship!