The story of the ugly girl

She was a girl.She was an ugly girl.
Was it a fault?Was it her fault?

She lied in her cradle always.She sat in her bus alone.
She ate her lunch under the tree.She had no friends.
She was an ugly girl.

The only treasures she had:her enemies- 
her mother who was ashamed of her,
her father who worked hard for her dowry,
her aunt who had a beautiful daughter,
her classmates who teased her,
called her a monster.

Youth brought no hope.
She found a friend:a beautiful girl who pitied her,
carried her around,snatching her the luxury of being alone.

Her heart longed for love.Her beautiful friend got all the love.
She got all the longing.

She tried fairness creams. She tried beauty products,
She tried rouge and mascara.She tried trim and curl.
But She was an ugly girl.

She was a poet.She was an artist.
She was a fine orator.She went unnoticed.
She was an ugly girl.

She landed a singing offer,
She was afraid she might lose it,
The offer giver was a wise man,
He knew nobody would listen to her sing,
He asked her to stay in veil forever.
She agreed.She sang.
She got great success,
 She could never come out in open.
She was an ugly girl.

Once during a show, her veil flew away.
The crowd was astonished and disgusted.
She was an ugly girl.

She spoke out:
"The sun, the sky, the winds treated beautiful and ugly equal,
The Gods bless the beautiful and ugly equal,
Measuring a person's worth from looks is like measuring temperature with metre scale.
I am not beautiful but I am worth a lot and I deserve a lot more.
Today I set my foot down,
I will not take it any more.
Yes, I am an ugly girl but I am also much more."