Princess proved as premier

By Charles Henshaw

The kingdom of Keriville, tonight is rejoicing as they at last have a premier princess for their prince. Many other princesses had tried to win the hand of the prince but all proved to be fake until now.

Queen Jemima, who very protective of her son, only wanted him to marry someone of blue blood therefore a true princess. She devised a plan to test each girl to make sure she was real. When Prince Aragor met a new princess the queen would invite the princess to stay the night at the palace.

The princess was to sleep in a special room prepared by the queen herself. Each morning the queen would enquire after the health of the princess. Each morning the princesses replied that they had a wonderful sleep. Each morning the queen bid them farewell. That is until this morning.

When Princess Emmy was asked how her night had been, She was silent for a while and all of the court wondered what was wrong. Then to the surprise off all she announced she had a night’s sleep from hell. All the court was aghast that the princess had dared to complain about the bed but not the queen. She smiled and welcomed the girl into her family and said she would be a fine princess for the prince.

The court official on behalf of the queen announced to the press that the queen had made a bed for each princess which had 15 mattresses on top of one another. Between the very bottom and the next mattress she placed a pea. A true princess is so sensitive and soft that she would feel a pea through a stack of mattresses.

The queen immediately organised a big party to celebrate the upcoming wedding and the pea was given a place of honour planted in a flower pot for future generations to feed from it.



This may be a very old fairy tale but today it is big news in the local paper in Keriville. Today you are to choose a story that you know well which is a fairytale, legend or myth and present it as a newspaper report.
1. Keep your language formal
2. Give it a title
3, Write about 200 words
4. Make sure you proofread so that it has no errors in it