Of course it's nice to be beautiful on the outside, but Princess Madelene's heart was beautiful, so she was kind and loving and gentle to everyone she met.
Princess Madelene was an artist. She loved to draw and paint pictures. Whenever she had a chance, she would go into the royal painting room to do art projects. Her pictures were so enchanting that everyone who saw them wanted to have one. People all around the countryside came to see her work, and then took one of them home to hang on their walls.
If someone saw a picture by Princess Madelene for the first time, that person might say, "This must have been drawn by a fairy, or an angel!" That's how special they were.
The princess loved her castle, and her royal family, but sometimes she wished she could draw magical creatures who could fly her away to a quiet place. There she could draw and paint all the time, with no interruptions to stop her art. She thought that sounded perfect!
One day, Princess Madelene's rooster woke her up much too early! She was still sleeping, and she was very tired, but she couldn't go back to sleep. Her brothers and sister were already playing and making noise. She was feeling grumpy. She thought, "Maybe I could draw a baby dragon to fly me to a quiet place where I could take a nap."
She tried it. She drew a baby dragon. It turned out really well. The little wings were very strong. She made a wish, and the baby dragon flew off the paper and into her room!She was sleepy and tired, and she thought, "Well, I'll only be gone long enough to finish my sleep. Then I'll come right back. No one will miss me."
She flew away to a quiet island with a big, fluffy bed on it. She went right to sleep. After awhile, though, she woke up and heard the sound of crying, from very far away.
"Where's our Madelene? We miss our Madelene! Madelene, come back!" It was the King, the Queen, the princes, and the princess. Even the silly old rooster was crying.
She looked around, but the baby dragon had left her alone.
Quickly, Princess Madelene pulled out her drawing paper, and drew a pretty picture of a large bird to fly her back to her castle. The bird flew off the paper, and bowed down before her, letting her climb onto its back. Its powerful wings carried her home.
Back she flew, over the water, back to her own country and her family who missed her, and back to that rooster who woke her up.
The entire country celebrated her return that night. The King and Queen let her stay up late to watch the fireworks.
The baby dragon flew from the island to visit the bird. Princess Madelene decided to draw more creatures, so there could be a Royal Zoo, right at the Castle.
Princesses Madelene and Olivia would take care of them, and the animals would play with her and their brothers, Samuel and Bennett.
I wrote this for my grand-daughter, Madelene for Christmas 2006 just before her 5th birthday.
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