Mickey, the clown, sat on a wooden box looking very sad. The circus had to perform a special show for the palace. He didn’t want to perform, for he had fallen in love with Princess Gwendoline when he saw her. ‘What will she think of a clown performing silly tricks?’ he thought. But he had […]

Wendy, the Fairy Princess, went missing. The whole kingdom was out looking for her. They had made large placards with flowers with ‘Come home, Wendy!’ written on them and flew everywhere showing them to everyone. Prince Orlando of another fairy kingdom saw them and decided to search for Wendy. He had heard that Wendy sang

Princess Luna was never sure of anything. When the queen asked her if she was going out riding, she would say, “Yes certainly. I’ll be going out, maybe!” The queen found this very confusing. “My dear, be clear,” she said, “Either you are certain or you are not. Don’t keep saying ‘certainly, maybe’!” But Luna

Whenever Prince William fell asleep, he dreamt of a castle up in the clouds. When he woke up, he decided to look for it. He climbed up trees but didn’t find it. Finally, he rode away to seek the cloud castle. At a forest hut, an old woman gave him food and a bed to

Mr Blunt came down the street every night with a ladder. He would put it against each lamp, climb up and light it. Little Clementine watched him every night. One night, she saw that there were some creatures fluttering around one of the lamps. She ran out and saw that they were fairies and they

Prince Abdul was given his first camel by his father, the Sheikh. It had a fabulous silken cover embroidered with gold thread on its back. Decorations hung around its neck with a beautiful golden bell. Prince Abdul loved his camel and the bell always told him where it was. One day, the camel wandered off

Little Prince Hector had just begun to toddle around and lisp a few words. His nanny thought he was the cleverest little fellow in the kingdom. ‘I must teach him the alphabet,’ she decided. So, she made little cards with pictures and alphabet and collected little toys to show him what each word was. But

Princess Katie scattered seeds and grains for the birds and the squirrels. They had become so used to her and loved her so much that they would come and peck the grains from her hands and sit on her shoulders. But one morning, Katie did not come out. The birds and the squirrels were very

Prince Geronimo loved new clothes. He would tell the tailor exactly the colours and the designs that he wanted on each of his dresses. Trouble arose with the cobbler. The best cobbler in the city, Hudson, deaf and had his own idea about what a good shoe was. He didn’t hear anything the prince said,

Prince Boniface was a nuisance. He kept asking questions incessantly. “Why can’t birds fly on their backs?” “Why can’t rivers flow backwards?” “Where does the sun sleep?” “Who taught birds to make nests?” “Why is it important for a cake to rise?” The king and the queen, the ministers, the soldiers and the attendants, the

Letitia had gone to collect sticks from the forest when she heard a loud noise. She looked around and saw smoke. She crept up to see what it was and saw a large dragon. It was crying; big tears were falling down its cheeks. “What happened?” asked Letitia. The dragon held out its paw and

Mr Van Pelt taught music to Princess Victoria. He looked depressed because she did not know anything about music! She thumped on the piano like a rabbit jumping on it and her singing was like the wailing of cats! “Madam,” said Mr Van Pelt to the queen, “I think it will be better to instruct

Miss Jasper was very strict in her dance class. If she found anyone playing the fool or simply unable to dance, she would say, “Outside the door!” And the student would stand patiently outside till the class was over, feeling terribly ashamed! Princess Sylvia had been sent to the class to learn to be graceful.

Primrose liked to take a break from her work as often as possible. She was an assistant in a tailoring shop. She got tired of hemming and stitching buttons. ‘I could make gorgeous dresses if only they would let me!’ she thought, ‘I think I’ll make it when I take a break!’ And she began

The Goofers lived in a cottage near the forest. Mr and Mrs Goofer had seven children and eleven nephews and nieces living with them. So, their house was like a circus! They were friendly and boisterous. One day, Prince Homer was passing by on his way to the forest. He was astonished seeing the number