Affretz did not recognize the hand that caught at his boot, but knew at once it could have nothing to do with the flower. He grabbed it, more because it was dragging him into the hole than any other reason. A dirty but familiar face gazed up at him, and then Deedee seemedContinue reading “UNSLEEPING BEAUTY: Fiends Everywhere”
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UNSLEEPING BEAUTY: Underground Princess
Dimity was discovering that there were many things in this castle which, if they were not as bad as the ogre, were quite bad enough. Her plan had been to break the glass in the greenhouse windows and escape back into the forest. This plan was based on complete ignorance of ogre greenhouses. Continue reading “UNSLEEPING BEAUTY: Underground Princess”
Unsleeping Beauty: Gardening With Dragons
Affretz swung up his sword to whack the dragon away, but the dragon let go at once and shook its head. “You don’t understand!” Steam dribbled from its nose as it whined, “You’ve broken half the spell! Help me break the other half!” “Spell?” demanded the prince. “Oh, I get it! WhatContinue reading “Unsleeping Beauty: Gardening With Dragons”
Unsleeping Beauty: The Princess and the Ogre
Meanwhile, having been surrounded by a sack, Dimity found herself being dragged down stairs which would have been much too high for her to have walked down. They felt like tree roots as she bounced across them, but the smell alone would have helped her guess she had been taken underground. “You areContinue reading “Unsleeping Beauty: The Princess and the Ogre”
Unsleeping Beauty: Multiple Threats
Affretz sat up and rubbed his eyes. Was something wrong? He couldn’t hear Deedee talking. There was nothing much to see but the wagon, the sinister forest, and the horses. He was about to call out when he heard Archels’s voice. “How could we let him get away? I wanted to findContinue reading “Unsleeping Beauty: Multiple Threats”
Unsleeping Beauty: Stranger Meetings
What they were moving toward was, in fact, another castle. It was quite as large as the castle Dimity had grown up in, and even the larger one where her uncle had been kind. It could not be seen above the trees of the grisly grove, however because unlike the majority of castles, whichContinue reading “Unsleeping Beauty: Stranger Meetings”
UNSLEEPING BEAUTY: Strangers Meet
“That was a sneeze!” said Archels, sitting up in the wagon, awake at once. “It was,” said Alain. “You don’t need to be the acutest prince in the world to know that.” A young woman stepped out from among the trees. The princes stared, for this was the first person they hadContinue reading “UNSLEEPING BEAUTY: Strangers Meet”
UNSLEEPING BEAUTY: The Grove
Not far from the castle where Dimity had grown up, and somewhat to the east of the silent, thorn-guarded castle where her uncle’s court slept, there stood a great, dark forest that stretched for miles. It was known by many names in the different ands whose borders touched it, but in the land ofContinue reading “UNSLEEPING BEAUTY: The Grove”
UNSLEEPING BEAUTY: The Wise Old Man
All the people came out to wave as the three princes rode away from home. The princes waved back, even though, as Prince Alain whispered to his brothers, “I get so tired of all those people coming around to look at my face all the time.” Prince Archels looked at the women whoContinue reading “UNSLEEPING BEAUTY: The Wise Old Man”
Unsleeping Beauty: Beauty, Sleep No More
Meanwhile, as mentioned before, Dimity was growing up into a beautiful princess in her own country. But a princess can no more sit around being beautiful all day than a prince. As a small girl, Dimity was very curious, and she went on asking about things as she grew older. “Why does theContinue reading “Unsleeping Beauty: Beauty, Sleep No More”
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