The Princess and the Clock

Here's an unusual story for ya! This is a little something that Cara and I had fun writing a couple years ago to send to Klara when she was in Israel. I just sort of rediscovered it today.

The Princess and the Clock

Once upon a time there lived a little girl named Authoria Sweetness− Sweetness was her last name of course. She was nine years old, and had hair like sunbeams. She had a quick laugh which sounded like silver bells tinkling in a winter breeze.

Anyway, one day Authoria went over to the castle’s great, grandfather clock. She noticed that it was ticking rather strangely. Authoria stuck her face right in front of the clock and watched the hands go round and round. Suddenly, she was caught by surprise as the clock swallowed her, first her head and the rest of her followed. You see, the clock had a magic spell cast upon it by the evil wizard Tic-Toc. The spell was that anyone who put their face a centimeter or less away from the clock face would be swallowed and sent to a faraway land.

Authoria flew through the air in a tunnel of confusion… until she saw a faint light at the other end. She went plummeting towards it at a great speed. The light got brighter and brighter and then she came to the end. She emerged and saw a beautiful rainbow colored land. The color was too much for her and she popped. She blew into a bubble and floated away, never to be seen again.

The End