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The Messy Princess

The sun rose over Custard Castle.
The King and Queen snored in their beds.

Princess Fifi snored in her bed.

Up in his high tower, Wizard Watchit snored over his spell book.
Only Bella was awake.

Bella was the maid. Every day she got up at sunrise. She had to sweep all the
three hundred dusty rooms in Custard Castle. Then she had to light all the fires.

Bella opened the cupboard under the stairs. First she took out a long, bristly

broom, and tucked it under one arm. That was for sweeping the floors.
Then she took out a small, sleepy dragon, and tucked it under the other arm.

That was for lighting the fires.
Bella tiptoed through the castle. SWISH went the broom, sweeping every dusty

corner. AAAH went the dragon, yawning fire at every fireplace.
Last of all, Bella came to Princess Fifi’s room.

“I hate this room!” she grumbled. “Fifi never puts anything away. Just look at it!

How can I sweep in here? There are clothes all over the floor!”
While Princess Fifi snored, Bella picked up all the clothes and put them in the

wardrobe.
Then she swept the floor. The dragon lit the fire. At last the room was warm and

tidy.

Fifi stretched and woke.
“Good morning!” she trilled.

She took a little golden bell from her bedside table, rang it, and dropped it on the
floor.

“Where’s my strawberry juice?” she demanded.

Bella handed her a glass of strawberry juice. Fifi drank it, and dropped the
empty glass on the bed.

“Dressing gown!” she sang. She put on her fluffy slippers and danced over to
the wardrobe.