THE TWO LITTLE PRINCESSES


Once upon a time, there lived two princesses; Sarah
and Rebecca. They both had short brown hair and sparkling
blue eyes. They were seven years old and quite clever.
The girls lived in a castle that was in a big forest.
They weren't like other princesses. They didn't wear long
dresses and jewels, or crowns and tiaras. They wore ordinary
clothes. They liked things that other princesses would
think unprincesslike. They liked to swim in a lake
that was by their castle. They also liked exploring
in the forest.

One day their exploring led to the Dragon's castle. A
dragon lived there.He had a fence of human bones around
a black brick castle. He was a bad dragon, and like all
the other dragons, he liked to eat princesses. He spit
out their clothes and tore them. Then he hung the clothes
on the castle with swords.

Sarah and Rebecca went to that castle for an adventure.
They didn't know that a dragon occupied the place. Their
father had warned them NEVER to go there! NEVER! But
Sarah and Rebecca went there looking for an adventure.
The dragon had people cages that were above the ground.
They were meant only for princesses. The girls went there
and this is what happened.

Sarah and Rebecca were exploring when suddenly Rebecca called
"Sarah! Sarah! Look at this!". Sarah came. "What is it?"
she asked. "It's a castle", replied Rebecca. "Let's go
in!" said Sarah. "Okay", her sister said. But just as
they were nearing the fence, a cage trapped them!

Rebecca bagan to cry as they were lifting up toward the
castle tower. She knew something terrible was happening!

Finally they were dumped on the damp floor. The only furniture
there was a stool and a table. There was also . . . Tandoori the
dragon!  He sneered at the two scared girls. They could see his
sharp teeth, and the red in his mouth. It was a horrifying sight.
Tandoori grinned, showing more of his gleaming teeth. "Yum, yum!"
he said. "Two princesses for lunch!" He blew fire across the room.
Sarah hid her face and started to cry as hard as Rebecca. With tears
streaming down their pale cheeks, they turned and stared at
Tandoori, their eyes wide open. He grinned, "I'm not hungry
just yet", he said. The girls uttered a sigh of relief. But, Tandoori continued,
"You will have to stay here." Before the children could cry out,
he was gone.

"Now what will we do?!" cried Rebecca. Sarah thought for a second. Then
her face lit up. "I can stand on the table and I bet we could get out". Rebecca
looked glum. "No we can't", she said. "The window is closed."
"No, it isn't", Sarah said gleefully. "The glass is shattered!" So it was.
Rebecca gave in at once! Sarah and her sister pushed the table under the
window.  Sarah stood on it and climbed in the window. She smoothed out
her white t-shirt and looked down. "There's a moat!" she whispered. "And
alligators!" she added with horror. "I'll go", said Rebecca. "Fine with me", said
Sarah, shivering.

Just then, both of them heard the same thing. Heavy, lumbering dragon steps!
"Jump!" yelled Rebecca. Sarah jumped.  There was a splash as she hit the water.
Rebecca crawled out on the window ledge and jumped just as the dragon appeared.

She was falling. Rebecca screamed and closed her eyes. She hit the water with a
splash. Then she heard Sarah's voice. "Over here, Rebecca!" Rebecca looked up and
started to swim toward land. When she got out she was shivering in her wet
long sleeved blue shirt and purple shorts. Her sister was wearing the same shorts
with her white t-shirt. They took hold of each others hands and raced to their castle,
where they told the king all that had happened. He hugged them and said how
glad he was that they were safe.

Everyone lived happily ever after, except the dragon, who had to be killed, but
that's another story!