PRINCESS LILLABELLE AND THE DRAGON

Once upon a time in a faraway land lived a beautiful young princess named Lillabelle. She lived in a castle at the front of the forest. One day, the phone rang. It was her honey, Prince Crumbcake. He wanted to know if the Princess could come over to see him. “Why, sure, sweetie. I would love to come see you,” she exclaimed. The princess checked her hair in the mirror, and then set out. As she got closer to the woods, Princess Lillabelle heard a very, loud “GREEEEEEEEEEEER!” It was the big, ugly green dragon. “AAAAAAAAA!” yelled the Princess, and ran all the way back to the castle.
“Beep,beep,beep,beep.” She called up Prince Crumbcake. “Honey, I cannot come and see you today. The big, ugly, green dragon came out and went ‘GREEEER’ and scared me and I ran all the way back.”
“Hmmm,” thought Prince Crumbcake. “Dearie, I have an idea. Maybe the dragon is just having a bad day. Why don’t you try it again. This time have a big smile on your face. That will make the dragon feel better.”
“O.K.” said the Princess. “I will try that.” The princess went back to the mirror and fixed her hair, put on her happiest smile, and set out.
As she got closer to the dragon, she looked right at him, gave him a big smile, and even waved at him. “GREEEEEEEEEEEEEEER!” went the dragon. ”AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!,” yelled Princess Lillabelle all the way back to the castle.
“Beep, beep, beep, beep.” She called up Prince Crumbcake. “Honey, I cannot come and see you today. The dragon did ‘GREER’ again and I went ‘AAAA’ and here I am back at the castle.”
“Hmm,” thought Prince Crumbcake. “O.K. Sugarplum. I have another idea. Why don’t you wait until the dragon falls asleep and then sneak by him.”
“Lovekins, you are so smart. I will try that.”
So the Princess watched from her window until the dragon fell asleep. With the quietest of steps she walked outside. As she got closer to the dragon she held her breath. Her eyes were on the dragon to make sure he didn’t wake up. “CRACK!” The Princess accidentally stepped on a large branch and broke it in half. The dragon’s eyes popped right open. When he saw the Princess he “GREEEEEEEEEEEERed” as loud as he could, sending Lillabelle back to the castle.
This time when she called Prince Crumbcake she was crying. “Beep, beep, beep, beep.” She had a hard time getting her words out through her sobs.
“O.k. my Sweetpea. I will come over and take care of this dragon myself.”
So Prince Crumbcake grabbed his sword and his spear and started out from the end of the forest to find the dragon. It took him awhile, but he finally came to the front of the forest. He could see that the dragons’ back was to him. He was sitting watching the castle to see if the Princess came back. The Prince went up behind him. “Hey! Why have you been scaring my girl?” he yelled. The big, ugly, green dragon jumped. “You scared me,” he said in a little voice. “I scared you? You have been scaring my Princess all day. What is going on?”
The dragon started to cry great, big, crocodile tears. “I’m sorry. I am just in a really, bad mood today. You see, I am so lonely. I have no one to play with, or hang out with. When I start thinking about that it makes me sad and crabby.”
“Hmmm,” thought the Prince. “I have an idea. Come with me.” They walked toward the castle, and “Knock, knocked” on the door. When the Princess opened the door and saw the dragon, she got scared again. The fearsome Prince told her not to worry. They were going to help the dragon.
Together they began to walk toward the end of the forest. As they got closer they could hear noises getting louder and louder. Before long, they were at a clearing where you could see dragons. Bunches and bunches of dragons. The big, ugly, green dragon saw them and began to jump up and down clapping his hands.
“This would be a great place for you to find a buddy,” said the Prince.
“Thank you. Oh, thank you!” exclaimed the dragon, excitedly. He gave the Prince a hug. Then he took the Princesses’ hand and kissed it. “I promise that I will never scare you again.” With that he ran off to meet all of his new friends.
Now that the dragon was gone the Prince and Princess could see each other anytime they wanted. And after they got to know each other real well, and realized that they were perfect for each other, they got married. And they lived happily ever after in the castle at the front of the forest.