ALES FROM DIFFERENT CULTURES THE ROSE PRINCE

ALES FROM DIFFERENT CULTURES THE ROSE PRINCE nice upon a time, a rose bush grew at the edge of a forest. The bush had and the smell of blood. He saw the King cut from his horse and run through with a lance. beautiful roses; each blossom was He heard the dying King call to him to avenge more splendid than the last. One day, the bush his death. He felt the anger burn in his brain. produced a bud lovelier than all the others. He reared his horse and pursued the King’s When the bud opened, there was a human slayer towards the forest. The Prince knocked child inside. The rose had given birth to a son. the man from his horse and cut the lance from The Queen of the country was walking near his hand. the rim of the forest when she heard a baby’s As he lifted his sword to strike again, he saw cry. She followed the sound to the rose bush the wild roses under the pines. There was blood and found the child lying on the petals. The on the roses. In an instant, he felt the hatred that Queen wrapped the baby in her veil and car- clouded his brain. The Prince told the soldier, ried him to the palace. "Flee-while I am still in my right mind." The Several weeks later King Laurin returned soldier ran; the Prince was alone in the serenity from battle. He found the Queen in her rose of the forest. He vowed to end the carnage. bower. She was swinging a wicker cradle hung The Rose Prince returned to the battlefield. from satin ribbons. The King saw the infant He gathered the fallen banners of all the coun- inside the cradle and smiled. King Laurin and tries and held them high over his head. Queen Rhoda accepted the child as their own. "Stop the battle," his voice rang out. One by 1996 by The Center for Applied Research in Education They were childless and the Queen was long one, the soldiers stopped fighting. The battle past childbearing age. Once the palace had ceased. The Prince spoke softly of surrender been filled with the laughter of seven sons. But and reconciliation. The soldiers began to cast one by one the laughing voices were stilled as off their armor and weapons. One by one, each each prince was slain in the ceaseless war that turned and went home. raged across the country. The reason for the The Prince walked to the forest. He called war was forgotten because it was so ancient. out, "I am of you. Where is the rose bush that But now King Laurin fought to avenge the bore the splendid blossoms?" deaths of his seven sons. A nightingale replied, "She is dead. She was The Rose Prince grew in strength and grace. a noble tree and had a prince for a flower." The King taught him to ride horseback and to "I am that prince. The juice of the rose still swordfight. The Queen taught him to play his runs in my veins. I wish to return to a life of lute and to write poetry. fragrance and beauty. I wish to leave this As the Prince reached manhood, he was to human life." be knighted. On the eve of the ceremony, he sat The nightingale said, "Dear Prince, I will alone in the chapel and watched over his stay with you and sing your soul back to a rose." armor. The Queen came and sat with him. She The Prince knelt on the spot where he was told him of his birth and the rose bush who born. At nightfall, the nightingale began to was his mother. sing. The melody cast out all memory of the During the pink dawn, the Prince knelt world of men. The Prince sank into the moss before the King and pledged to right the and loam; his limbs took root in the earth. By ancient wrongs. He kissed the Queen farewell dawn, a tall and thornless rose tree had and rode to battle by the King’s side. By the bloomed. And for as long as the rose tree lived, time the sun was overhead, the Prince was on a there was peace in the land, ia battlefield surrounded by the sound of screams 222

Based on The Rose Prince story(see attached photo), create some propositions and related items. Don’t forget directions for each item. Please create:

1 proposition + 1 True-False item (4 points)

1 proposition + 1 Multiple choice item (with four choices) (4 points) 

1 proposition + 1 Matching Exercise (with four items to match) (4 points)

2 propositions + 2 essay questions (1 at Synthesis level, 1 at Evaluation level) (8 

points)

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