Once upon a time there lived a girl named Capricorn Girl. More than anything, she loved flowers: she had a large pink garden that she tended to, and the roses returned her affection: they delighted her with their fragrance.
One day Capricorn Girl sat on the porch of her house and saw: a huge Whale flying across the sky. Flying - seeing all the earth: houses and small forests, and fields, and Capricorn Girl's garden too.
"What a giant!" thought Capricorn Girl. "It must be bigger than anything I've ever seen in my life. It must have such a big heart! And with such a big heart, it must surely be very friendly. I'll get to know it better, ask it about its aerial travels. I think in its big heart there will be room for one small me."
But the Whale flew high and far, and it never heard how loudly Capricorn Girl called out, how long she tried to invite it into her garden, and how hard she tried to introduce it to each of her roses. The Whale simply flew on.
Then Capricorn Girl became sad, but decided to get to know and befriend the Whale no matter what. And not just befriend it! The girl wanted to become the Lady of the Whale's Heart (and between you and me, she had every chance: the Whale was just tired of his loneliness and was traveling in search of a wife).
Capricorn Girl set off to the edge of the forest to the Witch, so that she would give her wings to fly after the Whale.
She came and asked.
And the Witch answered her:
I want to give you more than you ask for: I want to make you as big and flying as the Whale. Only you need to trust me and obey me in everything.
Capricorn Girl became frightened: what if the witch made her jump off a cliff or dive headfirst into a whirlpool! But when she imagined that she would now know for the rest of her life that the Whale exists and live without it, she thought that anyway it would turn out to be a half-life, not a real one.
Capricorn Girl agreed. And the witch just waved her hands a couple of times - look, and Capricorn Girl became big, very big, even majestic. And how she swims through the sky!
The witch was left only to wave her handkerchief.
Capricorn Girl swims through the sky, folding little roses from clouds for her daughter, and the Whale carves a whistle from lightning for his son. Happy together, that's what I say!
