THE PRINCESS AND THE TROLL
Once upon a time in the land of Oz lived a beautiful princess called Ahhhhhh, which means Light of the Light. She played joyfully through her childhood with animal, bird and flower friends. Even while Trolls attacked her castle attempting to conquer her Mother, the Queen, Ahhhhhh danced and made beautiful music lighting the land wherever she went. The Queen encouraged her independence and smiled upon her daughter’s achievements as she observed from a distance.
One day, in Ahhhhhh’s seventeenth year, a Troll in the guise of a Prince entered the Kingdom, bewitched the beautiful Princess and carried her away to his cave where he kept her in bondage for many years. She delivered him three children whom she loved with all her heart. They strengthened her bondage. Years went by with Princess Ahhhhhh exhausting her power, Light of the Light was fading.
One evening when the Moon was full and the Troll disguised as a Prince, and the children were all asleep, Ahhhhhh sat outside the cave allowing her mind to travel to the stars in a quest for answers to the disease which was slowly overtaking her body. After a while, a Tawney Frogmouth Owl alighted on a nearby stone. Ahhhhhh smiled and greeted her. ‘What brings you to my side on this beautiful night Madam Frogmouth?’ she asked. ‘For you to hear and you to see, I watch you nightly from my tree. I’m here to tell you’re not a Troll like the one living in your knoll. Your light is fading, you must escape and lead your children from his rape. Your Kingdom needs your guiding light, come now with me to make it bright’, replied the Owl…......
to be continued
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