The tiara had been stolen. There was a furore in the palace. The King and the Queen were looking disturbed. The maids were crying. The attendants and the footmen looked anxious. The cook was having hysterics in the kitchen. The butler sat in the pantry holding his head.The soldiers had been asked to search through […]

It was a beautiful creature. The white unicorn stood in the snow-covered meadow. Princess Helena looked at it longingly. ‘It would be wonderful if I could ride on this unicorn!’ she thought.Surprisingly, the unicorn looked up at her as if it had heard her thought. It trotted up to her and stood waiting. She put

It was sad that no one ever believed Princess Veracity. She enjoyed telling tall stories.“Last night, a witch came and turned me into a milkmaid,” she announced one day, “I have been to a farm early morning and had to milk three cows there.”Another time she said she had flown to an island and bought

The gnomes had been at work. They had been digging up the garden and the place was a mess. Henry, the gardener, was fed up of chasing them. They would run into the hedges and bushes, and hide. He could hear them laughing and chuckling but it was very difficult to get them out.Henry would

Far away where winters are long and snow covers the ground, there was a palace of ice. There in it lived the beautiful Princess Cristobal. She had a silver carriage in which she travelled over her land.Many princes had tried to win her hand in marriage, but none of them had succeeded, for the palace

Whenever it rained, Princess Caroline had to stay indoors. She had to do needlework and read books and learn all about nouns and verbs. It was terribly boring. One day, Caroline threw a tantrum and the Queen came running to find out why the Princess was lying on the carpet and screaming! “She wants to

“Who will marry the Princess Lucinda?” asked the Queen, looking sadly at the King.He shook his head, at a complete loss for an answer.“I have tried everything, and failed. I have even removed all the mirrors from the palace so that she may not feel bad.”The King looked sadly at his daughter who sat at

The fairies of the mountain were rushing around arranging a secret party. It was the birthday of the Fairy Princess, Esme. They wished to give her a surprise.All the little animals on the mountain had been invited and the trees, bushes, and even the boulders had been decorated. Music was being organised by the birds

The King and the Queen loved Princess June, though she was quite scatter-brained. She lost dozens of things and maids had been specially employed to find them. She misplaced books, jewellery, ribbons, shoes, perfumes, pencils, handkerchiefs, her tiara, the needlework and what not.One day, Princess June lost her puppy, Doodle. She had been playing with

In a village in Africa, there was a Chief with a very pretty daughter. He wanted the bravest warrior of the village to marry his daughter as he would be chief someday too.So, Chief decided to test the young men before deciding which of them was suitable.“Each of you must travel to the Popolakat Mountain.

It was midnight and the witches were having a party. There was a great deal of magic in the air and the witches were delighted in showing off their cats, owls and broomsticks to one another. Some of them were sharing recipes and cauldrons were smoking on the fires they had lit as various potions

Princess Arabella had heard of a pearl guarded by an eagle. It was said to light up the whole island with its glow. She longed for that pearl.Princess Arabella said she would marry the one who brought her that rare pearl. Many princess tried and went away disappointed.One day, an ordinary young man, Peter, came

Once upon a time, there were three sisters—Clara, Constance and Clementine, who lived together in a cottage. Constance and Clementine were slightly foolish and extremely ambitious, but Clara was a sensible girl.One day, their Fairy godmother appeared before them with a magic mirror.“If you look into this, you’ll see your future husbands, my dear girls,”

Princess Bridget was a very quiet girl. She rarely spoke. The King and the Queen wanted her to become more friendly. “How will she run the kingdom later if she is so reserved?” asked the King.“I think it will be good if she has company. Let’s send her to a school,” suggested the Queen.Miss Hazel’s

Once upon a time, a Prince who had gone hunting got lost. In his city, there lived a pretty girl called Lynnet who loved the Prince. She decided to look for him.Lynnet wandered over the hill and the dale, through deserts and forests till she came to a cave in a mountain. There seemed to