I should have lived happily ever after. I married Prince Charming, after all!

But I put him through some awful tests, and I’m not at entirely peace with the fact that I almost sent him to his death in the Cavern of Gloom. All for a flask of water from the Fountain of Beauty!

The flask has since been broken, and I will age like everyone else. The memory of my vanity, however, isn’t fading so easily….

Pretty Goldilocks in The Story of Pretty Goldilocks, Blue Fairy Book. Illustration by Manning Lee.