FAIRY TALE by Josu L. (DBH2)

Once upon a time, in a land of the north where the days were short and the nights were long, there lived a king who would listen to no-one but his counsellor. The king had no children, and his wife had died long ago. The king was kind, and thought that the counsellor was a good man, for he thought that everyone was good. But the counsellor was really a wicked man, and planned to become the king himself.

One day, the king called the counsellor to him. ‘Wisest counsellor’ he began. ‘There is something I must tell you. It is not true that I have no children. Many years ago, we had a beautiful daughter. But when she was a baby, she was cruelly stolen from us, and we have never seen her again. Soon I will die, and she must be queen. You must find her for me. Find her now!’

The counsellor found the daughter of the king. Two years later the king died. His daughter was the new queen. The counsellor decided to kill the queen. One day they went to the forest. They arrived at a river. Suddenly, he pushed the queen, and she fell into the river. But she didn’t die. A fairy rescued her. Meanwhile, the counsellor couldn’t find the way to come back to the castle.

The princess arrived at the castle and she lived happily ever after. But the counsellor wandered in the forest all his life.