A face appeared. The tree yawned and woke up.
“Thank you,” said the tree in a drowsy voice. “You saved my life.”
”It was sleeping!” she said.
“I wasn’t sleeping,” said the tree. “These vines are poisonous to all of the candy plants and candy creatures here and they drain our magic.”
“Princesses never give up!” she explained.
“Wait a minute; you’re the princess from the legend!” said the tree. “Every hundred Candyland goes to sleep. I fear our time is up.”
But Rachel was in too much of a hurry to hear what the tree had to say. Rachel snapped off the vine completely, tied it around her waist and threw the other end up to the top of the mountain. It hooked onto a piece of rock candy. She used the candy cane step to get back up to the rock candy ledge and started to climb. Rachel knew if she fell, the licorice rope would catch her. But just in case she fell again, she placed a marshmallow on the ground so at least she would have a soft landing!
She climbed vigorously until she reached the top. The princess had fallen 6 times on her way up but that wouldn’t stop the Princess of Bravery!
Princess of Bravery, she sure is!! would love to see your illustrations too Rainy !
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