Princess Isabella
In a kingdom tucked away in the highest mountains lived a little
princess named Isabella. Princess Isabella lived with her parents, the King and Queen, on the tallest mountain overlooking the kingdom. Isabella and her parents were the only ones
that lived in the tallest mountain, alongside the trees and animals. Her parents moved her away from the village
when she was born, because they had heard story after story about princesses being harmed or taken, and they didn’t want to take a chance of that happening.
As Isabella grew older and older she grew lonelier and
lonelier..
Isabella loved her parents, but those were the only real
people that she ever came in contact with, unless it was time for the doctor to
make his monthly trip to give the princess her check-up. Not only was Isabella isolated from the
village; her parents gave her certain boundaries, and she could only travel so
far away from the castle. Isabella loved
to be outdoors climbing trees, feeling the grass between her toes, and smelling
all the beautiful flowers, but she always wondered what went beyond her
limit. Isabella was never sure what would happen to her if she were to go past her boundaries. Her parents always just told her that there was nothing special about going any farther, and that it would be a waste of time for her.
The closest thing to a best friend Isabella were her
dolls and the animals that roamed the castle and the castle yard.
Every day she would take time to visit all of her animal friends. The first stop of the day was the
caterpillars and ladybugs. She would
always bring them a piece of lettuce for them to eat, and they would always
compliment how beautiful they were. Next
she would visit her pet pigs and horses.
One of her favorite things to do was comb and braid her horses’ hair, and
they loved her so much for that, they would tell her stories of what was beyond
her boundaries of the kingdom. The pigs were one of her favorite animals
because they would tell her funny jokes and she would roll around in the mud
with them (even though her mother hated that).
Lastly she would bring carrots to all the bunnies and they would cuddle
with her with their oh so soft fur. The
only animal she wasn’t allowed to be friends with were the birds. Her father, the King, told her that they are evil and will trick you into danger. She listened to her father and never
listened to the birds until one day a yellow bird told the princess that he
would take her beyond her boundaries and have her back before sun was down.
Because Isabella was
lonely and dreamed of the land beyond her limits, she quickly agreed and ran off
with the bird for an adventure. The bird
was showing her all sorts of new things she had never seen before. She got to see a pond and talked to the fish
about what it is like to swim she smelled new flowers and climbed new
trees. It was starting to get dark and
the princess suggested that they head back to the castle, but the bird insisted
on eating some berries before they headed back.
The bird told Isabella that he must fly to get the berries and that he
would be back shortly. She was to wait for him in that exact spot. As she waited, she started to hear the bush
leaves crumble, so out of curiosity she looked in the bush to see what was
making the noise. As she pulled back the
leaves she saw a little squirrel that told her that the bird was only planning
on killing her with poisoned berries, and that she must follow him back to the
castle. Isabella was surprised to hear
this because she had such a nice day with the bird she couldn't believe that he
was evil.
The sun was almost down, and she remembered what her father
said about the birds being evil, so she decided to follow the squirrel back
home. The squirrel rushed the princess
back so that the bird couldn't stop them before she reached the castle. Once they reached the front step of the
castle Isabella thanked the trustworthy squirrel and told him to come back and
that they could be friends.
After the princess's adventure with the bird she realized
that there is evil in the world, and understood why her parents brought her to
the kingdom. She became content with all
of her animal friends and never wished to leave her boundaries again.
Author Note:
This story is based off PDE Ramayna part
C. In my story the animals help Isabella, and even
save her life. There isn't much about my story that relates to PDE Ramayna and none of the characters are the same and the story line
does not fit the theme of Ramayna. One of the only resemblance is that some of the animals in Ramayana were
helpful. A squirrel helped Rama and his army of monkeys and bears who were building a bridge. The squirrel brought tiny pebbles and grains of sand to add to the bridge. I always find it fun when you
can bring an animal to life with communication, and this is why I chose to
create my story around helpful and evil animals. This is a similarity between my story and the Ramayana. Jatayu and Sampati, the monkeys, the bears, were all animals who communicated. The purpose of this story is to show and
learn from Princess Isabella that rules are sometimes made for our safety, and
that we should respect them even if we don't understand them. Princess Sita learned a terrible lesson when she stepped outside of the circle boundary that Lakshmana drew around her. Both Princess Sita and Isabella learn how important it is to follow rules. Learning to follow rules is an important
lesson for a young child; this lesson is something that is carried throughout
life, and once you learn this lesson life can get a little more organized. The
image I chose is to represent the castle that Isabella and her family lived in
looking over the village. I picked this
because I thought it offered a good setting to picture when reading about
Isabella and her adventure.
