The flower princess and the prince


My 6-year old daughter Nat wrote this when I wanted to update my blog and she said it was her turn to write a story. Next stop, punctuation ville :)


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once upon a time there was a beautiful princess she lived with her mummy and daddy one day she was playing in the garden and five minutes later a witch snatched her away when her mummy saw what was happening she was very worried and scared as she ran after her when she got there the witch said if you want your child back i turn you into a snail yes or no no said them mother i don't want to be a snail then you will never see your child again bye bye then the witch plucked a flower and put it into a vase and she took the princess she snatched and put her into the flower and she said a magic spell on the flower and every day the flower will drop one petal when the flower drops all its petals the witch will lock the princess up in a tall tower and on her sixteen birthday the witch will lock the door up in the highest floor and she will say let down your hair when she wants to climb up and one day a prince came riding on a horse he saw the witch saying let down your hair the prince was astonished and he wanted to kill the wicked witch and he wanted to save the princess and one day he saw the witch in the forest and he took out his sword and killed the witch and the prince and princess lived happily ever after the end.

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