Wonderful
horse
Far away in a big castle lived a beautiful princess. Her name
was Lucy and she was very pretty. All men in the kingdom loved
her.
But the king, her father, was not very rich and he wanted
her to marry Lord Harrison, who was very old, ugly but wealthy.
Every day he used to come to the king’s castle to meet the girl.
The princess had always dreamt of young and kind prince. She did
not like Lord Harrison.
Princess used to walk a lot in all places
of kingdom. She liked horse riding and had favourite horse in the
stable called Mouse.
One day she came to the horse and started to
complain about marriage that she did not want. Suddenly the princess
heard that the horse started talking to her and encouraging her.
She was so surprised that stopped crying and exclaimed: “Oh! You
can speak! Am I sleeping?” Mouse said: “Yes, I can speak! I am really
worried about your disaster and I will try to help you.” Princess
was shocked but a bit encouraged.
Next day she had to go to Lord Harrison’s castle. She came to say
good bye to her horse in the morning but the horse was not in the
stable. Lucy started to cry bitterly.
Later she came to the castle
with Lord Harrison. She was placed in the highest room. She had to
spend 3 days there before her marriage.
During
two days she was sitting at her room and crying. On the third day
she looked at the window and noticed her favourite horse running
fast to the castle. She opened the window to speak with horse. But
suddenly she saw that wings grew on horse’s back. Mouse flew to the
high window and took the princess with her.
And they flew away to the far kingdom where there lived a kind handsome
prince. Prince and princess fell in love with each other from the
first sight.
They married and lived long time together in happiness
and agreement.
Story: Dasha S., & Irina, Illustration: Arina (when in pre-school),
Russia
Illustration (flying horse): Nina, USA
Background: Midori, Japan |