FAIRY STORY by Jon Z. (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 was a wicked man, for this reason the counsellor didn’t go to rescue the daughter. Meanwhile the king was dying. But two days later the king told his slaves to look for the counsellor. The slaves found the counsellor and they ordered him to follow looking for his daughter. Then he accepted and he began to look for the daughter. But the daughter was in one castle and the counsellor had big problems. However, he passed the problems and he rescued the daughter.

Next day the counsellor arrived at the kings’ castle to take the daughter to the king. But just then the slaves announced to him that the king was dead.

When the daughter was 10 years old she was crowned. From then on the counsellor was a rich man and a very good person. They lived happily and they celebrated the funeral of the king.