May 4, 2012

The Paper Bag Princess: Retold

Lydia was a beautiful princess. She lived in a castle and had expensive princess clothes.

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She was going to marry a prince named Caden, until one day a dragon smashed her castle, burned all her clothes with his fiery breath & carried off prince Caden.

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Lydia decided to chase the dragon and get Caden back. She looked everywhere for something to wear but the only thing she could find was a dirty old paper bag.

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Well, she outsmarted that dragon with her quick and brilliant ways. She first challenged him to blow down hundreds of forests with his fiery breath and then to fly around the world in just 10 seconds, twice. When he came back he was too tired to move another muscle and he fell fast asleep. She stepped over him and ran into his castle to find her prince.

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Caden took one look at her and said, “Lydia, you are a mess, you smell like ashes, your hair is tangled and you are wearing a dirty old paper bag, come back when you are dressed like a real princess.”

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Princess Lydia knew right then that Caden was not the prince for her and she skipped off into the sunset to make a new life for herself and she lived happily ever after!

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The end.

 

 

 

Original Author: Robert Munsch.

Shortened, condensed & names changed by: me.

This was one of my favorite books as a child and I had a ball sharing it with Lydia and Caden.

2 comments:

Hilary F. said...

You make all us other moms look bad. And Lydia makes a ridiculously cute paper bag princess.

Heidi-n-Scott said...

Haha Cute idea! Lydia is SO pretty!! Seriously. Tyson is gonna have a tough time fending off all the boys. ;)