QUAINTUPLETS: Yvonne and the Princess

     Once upon a time, there was a cow in a fairy tale.      “What am I doing here?” she complained.  “I don’t wear glass slippers, and I don’t have a basket of goodies for Grandma.  I don’t believe I even have a Grandma.  I can hardly trade myself for magic beans.  If I could,Continue reading “QUAINTUPLETS: Yvonne and the 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: 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”