The New Princess Story

One uponce a time in a castle long ago lived two princesses. Their names
were Auna and Eba. One day the princesses were playing in a magical cave
they had found. They were playing hide-and-go-seek with their troll
friends.

Eba was hiding in a dark cave, so they couldn't find her. She heard
someone coming so she slowly crept backwards watching the front of the
cave. As she was walking backwards she stepped into a giant spider web. It
was the biggest spider web that she had ever seen. She tried to pull free
but she was stuck tight where she stood. She heard a noise and looked up.
There hanging above her head was the webs owner. A big hairy spider. He was
climbing towards her. She was so terrified that she couldn't even scream
for help. He jumped and spun and landed on the ground in front of her. He
was as tall as she was. He smiled and said "I am Zen the spider king. What
is your name little girl"?

She could still barely speak. Slowly she said "I am Eba from the castle
above this cave".

Zen smiled even bigger and asked "Are you one of the princess sisters"?

"Yes I am" replied Eba. She saw Zen crouch and then jump towards her. She closed her eyes. She
felt the web shake from where he landed in it. Then she didn't feel stuck
any more. She opened her eyes and saw that Zen had cut her out of his web.
She was surprised, She said "I thought you were going to eat me".

Zen laughed and said "First of all, princesses are too sour. Most
importantly though, I am old friends with your father the King. He saved my
life once. Run along little princess. Oh, and please do tell your father
that I said hello!" He smiled one more time and then scurried back into his
web.

Eba was very excited to tell Auna about the nice spider King she had met.
They said good-by to their troll friends and hurried home. Eba couldn't
wait to tell their dad that she had met an old friend of his.

Told on Oct. 18, 2010