The Princess and the White Bear King

The Princess and the White Bear King — page 1
In the North where the thickly-needled pine forests are deep and dark and the snow falls bride-white there once lived three Princesses daughters of a King and Queen All three were beautiful but with her long fair hair and her dreamy eyes the youngest was the fairest by far And her father loved her best One night the youngest Princess dreamt of a golden crown and the gold of the crown was brighter than the sun itself When she awoke there was nothing she wanted more than to go back to sleep and keep company with her dream When the King heard about his daughter’s dream he ordered all his smiths and craftsmen to forge fine crowns But some crowns were too big and others were too small some were too intricate and others were too plain None of the crowns made at her father’s command were as fine as the one the Princess had dreamt about