The Princess, the silly blue frog, and
Louie the star-struck lizard began their
journey to see the Wizard.
Along the way, they ran into the Queen,
who was gathering some flowers from her
garden.
"What is the trouble, Princess, Blue
Frog, and Louie the Lizard? You all look
so worried," said the Queen.
"The King wants me to make a Blueberry
Pie out of one of my friends here,"
replied the Princess. "He also thinks
that cooking is my only talent," she
added.
"Don't you know that the King would
rather give up Blueberry Pie than to
have three of his subjects be so sad?"
said the Queen.
"Go on, now," she said. "Hurry and see
the Wizard." She is the wisest in the
Kingdom, and she'll know exactly what to
do. Why, I've heard it said that she
must be an angel!"....
Soon after leaving the Queen, the sky
darkens and a chilling wind comes up.
"Come on, hurry and we can make it to
the foothill caves before the rain
starts!" said the Princess.
So off they
ran, hopped and slithered, trying to
beat the fast approaching storm.
Soon all 3 are panting, but the wind was
starting to throw stinging drops of rain
at them and no one wanted to stop to
catch their breath.
Blue Frog, spotting the cave first,
croaks, "Hurry up, we're almost there!"
The princess, being of such a kind
nature, reaches down and scoops up both
Louie and Frog and sprints into the cave
just as the torrent begins to fall in
earnest.
"Put me down, put me down", squeeks
Louie. "Your holding too tight."
The Princess gently sets both of her
companions down, and begins to move
around the wall of the cave.
"Look!" she cries. "There is another
section back here."
But before she can move more than two
feet in that direction, there comes to
everyones ears a noise like leaves
scraping against a glass window, and
clacks like that of the hounds nails on
the wooden floor of the hall.
Then an enormouse dark bulk moves into
sight, and the Princess draws in her
breath sharply as a great head swings
their way through the dark cavernous
entrance.
"Hello Princezzz", comes hissing from
the dragons jaw, "I am Snork and my
master has forseen your journey and bid
me to wait for you here".
The dragon extends his left foreleg and
flexes his muscles, causing them to
ripple, and his shiny purple scales to
tinkle against each other musically. The
Princess sees many thorny spines running
the length of its back, and stares in
terror at the size and beauty of it.
Then, looking around, she spots Blue
Frog crouching under a leaf and shaking
like jelly, and Louie laying still as
death across a camouflaging stone.
"Well, no help there", she thinks to
herself. So she raises her head proudly
(remember, she IS from a monarch's line)
and says, with only a tiny quiver to
betray her fear, "Who is your "master"
and why has he sent you here?"
Snork snorts through his blunt snout and
a sulpherous cloud blows into the
Princess' face, momentarily blinding
her.
When she can see again, she nearly lets
out a scream, for Snork is now standing
up to his full height, only inches in
front of her.
"My massster is named 'Asshar" and you
know her azz the 'wizzzard of Ogh',"
hisses Snork, "And she has sent me
to ..."
