Once upon a time in a beautiful land, Austonian, lived a gorgeous princess named (text-style: "shadow")[Mia].
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And with her lived her sweet puppy, a schnauzer named [[Abbey]].
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But one day everything came crashing down.
The evil dragon (text-style: "shadow")[Cactus] stormed the castle of Austonian and kidnapped the princess.
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Taking her back to his dungeon in (text-style: "shadow")[Dallastopia], an awful [[waste land.]]
In the neighboring kingdom of Midlandia, lived prince (text-style: "shadow")[John]. He heard of the great tragedy in Austonian. He was saddened by the news of the princesses kidnapping.
[[He decided to send flowers to the King and Queen with his condolences.]]
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[[He decided to go after the Princess]]
The king and queen appreciate his gesture.
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When they reached Dallastopia, Cactus locks princess Mia away in the dungeon of his castle. The princess is scared and doesn’t know [[what to do.]]
Taking a day to plan, he set about to pick the best route.He also begins packing supplies he will need for his journey. He gathers food and water among other essentials. He takes his sword to the blacksmith to be sharpened.
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After gathering everything he needs he goes to bed and plans to leave at first light the next day.
[[He rides off in his jeep Cherokee ]]
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[[He rides off on his horse Barbaro]]
With great haste the Prince speeds off in his jeep. He drives all day and through the night.
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It only takes him two days to reach the dragons castle.
Upon arriving in Dallastopia in the morning he decides to…
[[Head straight to the castle and fight the dragon!]]
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[[Stop and make camp. Spending the day to plan.]]
With great haste the Prince speeds away on his horse.
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He rides all day and through the night.
Knowing he won’t be any help to the Princess if he wears himself out trying to hurry to the castle, he decides to stop and rest.
After a week of travel he finally reaches the dragons castle.
Upon arriving in Dallastopia in the morning he decides to…
[[Head straight to the castle and fight the dragon!]]
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[[Stop and make camp. Spending the day to plan.]]
But she wasn’t just beautiful, she was also smart and kind. Her mother, (text-style: "shadow")[Queen Susan], believed you must be kind and strong. That you must put others before yourself.
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Her father,(text-style: "shadow")[King William], loved his daughter very much and believed she deserved the best education.
Together the King and Queen raised a well-rounded daughter, destined to be a great [[princess.]]“Hello Sarah” said Princess Mia as a tear welled up in her eye, “My name is Princess Mia”.
She barely managed to say her name before breaking out in tears.
“Please don’t cry Princess” said Sarah. Knowing it best not to say anymore she hurries out of the room.
[[Even though it wasn’t much, this gives the princess hope.]]Well that didn’t go as planned Princess Mia thinks to herself. She becomes discouraged by this. It had taken her three days to work up the courage to say something.
[[Give up]]
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[[Keep trying]] This proves to be a mistake. The dragon sees Prince John and he is burnt to a [[crisp.|what to do.]]
<img src="https://www.pinclipart.com/picdir/big/14-146551_fireplace-border-cliparts-fire-clipart-png-transparent-png.png">After making camp on the end of town. He goes about surveying the castle, looking for any weaknesses in its defense.
He finds there is a small opening at the back of the castle
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[[Head inside!|Head straight to the castle and fight the dragon!]]
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[[Wait till nightfall.]]Princess Mia is all alone, worried she may never get free. But she doesn’t give up hope. Although the dragon Cactus was evil and nasty he was fair. Allowing the princess two meals a day delivered by a servant.
The same servant came every day to bring her food.
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Though the princess was scared, over time she worked up the courage to engage the servant in conversation. She hoped she might build up a relationship with the servant and perhaps they might help her escape.
“Hi, what is your name?” said Princess Mia
[[“… My name is Sarah” said the servant.]]
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[[There is a long pause. then suddenly the servant blurts out “ I’m sorry but I mustn’t talk to you” as she runs out of the room.]]
Scared and discouraged, the princess never again tries to the talk to the servant.
After many weeks in solitude the princess begins to wither away.
Eventually over time she gives up hope…
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(text-style: "shadow")[The End] Although discouraged the princess doesn’t lose hope. This proves to be the right choice.
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Under the cover of darkness the prince is able to sneak into the castle undetected.
Once inside the castle he can hear the princess crying.
He ventures down the the corridor towards the crying.
He reaches the end of the corridor and finds the princess locked in the dungeon.
[[Quietly approaches the door]]
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[[Takes out a pistol and shoots the lock.]]Alas! The princess screams at the sound of the gun. This ultimately alerts the dragon.
Triadically they are both burnt to a crisp.
<img src="https://www.pinclipart.com/picdir/big/14-146551_fireplace-border-cliparts-fire-clipart-png-transparent-png.png">He whispers “ My name is John and I and here to save you”.
He hands the princess his handkerchief “Here you must wipe your tears” the prince says “If we are going to make it out of this castle we are going to have to work together.”
The princess replies “ You’re right, I’m sorry” while wiping the tears from her eyes.
“I think I have an idea” said the princess
[["If we work together we might be able to left the door off its hinges with this bench"]]
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[["Perhaps you might be able to pick the lock with this hair pin"]]The next time the servant comes by, they exchange a few more words. A week goes by and they begin to chat a little bit more every time. The servant tells the princess about her family and how she had leave her family and come work at the castle.
Then one day the princess works up the courage to ask the servant to help her escape.
“ Please you must help me” pleaded the princess. “ If you help me escape, you and your family came come live with me in my castle”.
The servant over time had come to adore the princess. “ Okay I will, but we must do it at night” replied the servant.
The princess was so happy, she was finally going to get out!
The servant came back later that [[night.]]
The prince carefully tries to pick the lock with the hair pin.
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Leaning in close the princess tries to offer advice. “ You need to move it a little more to the left” said the princess.
Not looking up from the lock “ I know what I’m doing” he replies in a gruff tone.
But alas the hair pin breaks.
The prince looks up at the princess and says “ Well I thought I knew what I was doing, [[it looks like the bench is our only hope”|"If we work together we might be able to left the door off its hinges with this bench"]]
“If I place the legs of the bench like so, I might be able to create the right amount of leverage to lift the door off its hinges” explained the princess. “ You have the most important job, you need to catch the door as it comes of the hinges so it doesn’t make a sound” the princess continued.
“ Wow this might actually work, you are very smart ” said the prince.
“Thank you” replied the princess beginning to blush “ Okay we need to hurry before a guard comes by”.
“ On three”
1…
2…
[[3…]]
(text-style: "shadow")[It works!] The door slides off and the prince is able to catch it and quietly place it on the ground.
They hurry out the way the prince got in.
The prince returns the princess safely home to Austonian.
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(text-style: "shadow")[The End]
“If I place the legs of the bench like so, I might be able to create the right amount of leverage to lift the door off its hinges” explained the princess. “ You have the most important job, you need to catch the door as it comes of the hinges so it doesn’t make a sound” the princess continued.
“I think this might actually work but we need to hurry before a guard comes by” said the servant.
“ On three” said the princess.
1…
2…
[[3… ]]
(text-style: "shadow")[The door comes off!] The servant and the princess are able to escape the castle.
And as promised the servant and her family come live with the princess.
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(text-style: "shadow")[The End]