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Oct. 2nd, 2006

She was a stickit lass, they said, when she came around offering to work for her bread and milk. A stickit lass, and it were aye a pity, for her mother had been a beautiful one, and her father had been fine to see when he was dressed in his best homespun for the markte day. How those two, whose love had been so sudden and overwhelming that they had merely to lay eyes on each other before they were whisked away by their parents to lay the banns before anything untoward happened, could have spawned a daughter so marred and not-quite-right was a village mystery. It were a great pity that the lass had no parents, as the wonderful pair had tumbled from--

Inspiration: "Stickit" - Scot. Of a product, ruined or imperfect. Of a person, unsuccessful, particularly in a chosen occupation.
Story Potential: Low
Notes: Meh. So it's a Scottish version of the Ugly Duckling, then? So what?

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