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The Princess Knight, By Lex Bibby.

The Princess Knight
Once upon a time there was a King with a beautiful daughter whom he loved dearly. The King showered his Princess with love and affection. But because he loved his daughter so much the Queen resented the Princess, her own daughter and arranged for her to be kidnapped by a fierce Dragon.

The Dragon met the Princess one-day in the far away castle grounds and pretended to be injured. The Princess being gentle and kind, offered to help the poor Dragon but as soon as she got close, the Dragon swooped her up in his claws and flew her away from the castle.

For years, the King was unable to see his Princess daughter as the Dragon kept her locked in a tower, which he guarded day and night. The Princess would cry for her father and cried because her own mother had been so cruel and cold hearted. The Dragon told her no one would rescue her since everyone knew he was the fiercest Dragon in all the land.  The Princess felt foolish for being so naïve and vowed to become a strong woman so no one could ever fool her again. She began reading and educating herself so that she would become smart and strong enough to be able to escape on her own.

One day a brave Knight came across the fierce dragon and noticed he had a beautiful woman trapped in a tower. The brave Knight didn’t care how fierce the Dragon was, he fought the Dragon to rescue the beautiful woman. Once he slayed the Dragon however and broke through the tower door, he was very much surprised by what he encountered.  The Princess, rather than thanking the Knight and kissing him like he had assumed, said:

“ You know, I wasn’t going to wait around for a Knight to show up one day and rescue me, I didn’t need you to slay the Dragon for me. I had already made plans to escape on my own. “ 

Shocked and confused by what he just heard he meekly offered to take the Princess back to her castle on his noble steed.

The entire trip back, the Princess sat on the horse, reminding the Knight how she didn’t need him and if her plan hadn’t worked to escape she could have found another Knight to help her because she was a smart woman now.  She told the Knight the story of how she had been foolish to believe the Dragon in the first place but that no one was ever going to fool her again because she was a strong, confident, beautiful Princess after all.

When the Knight and the Princess arrived back at the castle, the King was so pleased to see his daughter he decided to throw a celebratory party announcing the Princess’ return.  Before the celebration the King sat with his daughter and announced to her:

“ I would like to offer the brave Knight that slayed the Dragon your hand in marriage, how would you feel about that?“

The Princess replied: “ Yes of course, I fell in love with him from the moment I saw him.  I never thought anyone would be brave enough to come to my rescue. I was already planning my escape but the Knight has been the only man brave enough and strong enough, to ever even try to slay the Dragon. Oh and the Knight is so handsome too father, I did my very best to convince him how independent, strong and confident I was so he didn’t think I was weak and foolish!!”

At the celebration however, when the King asked the Knight forward to thank him for saving his Princess and to offer him her hand in marriage, do you know what the Knight replied?

“ Thank you my King.  Although beautiful, your Princess doesn’t need a man. She is fully capable on her own and I could never compete with her strength and independence. I’m sorry sire but I would rather marry a Princess where I can feel like the Knight and not the other way around. ”

Written byby Lex Bibby, Author and Facilitator of  “Man Safari”