Semi and the Cherry King

Semi was a small girl. She lived in a village near Pondicherry. She liked cherries very much. She wanted to eat cherry always. One day when she was playing in her garded, she saw a cherry plant. She was veery happy.

She thought, "Oh! I have a cherry plant and so I can eat cherry daily". So, she started to eat the cherries. This plant really belonged to the cheery king and there was a problem in his Kingdom. He and his subjects believed that only the magical Cherry Princess could save them.

The problem was that at daytime, stones were falling into their Kingdom. It hurt he people. The King wanted to find the Princess. So, when he saw Semi he thought "May be she is the Princess. Let me test her". So he went and talked to her about his Kingdom, him, the Princess and his problems.

Semi asked the King what she should do. The King said, "Go inside the woods. You will find a cherry plant. In that, choose the ripest cherry and bring it to me". Saying this he disappeared.

She followed the instructions and brought the ripest cherry. When the cherry king saw the cherry, he asked Semi to eat it. When she ate it she began to shrink. She was turning into the cherry Princess. She wanted to find out who was throwing the stomes.

At daytime, she was out of the bush and was sitting in the sand so that she could see who was throwing the stomes. After sometime a boy was standing near the bush. It was Semi's younger brother, Martin, He was the one who was throwing the stones while playing.

She went to the cherry King and said what she saw. She asked him to turn her inti her normal size so that she could help. So King changed her into a girl. Then she asked her brother not to throw stones.

The kingdom was saved. The King thanked Semi and said that she could visit anytime she wanted to. As a gift, he gave her a bowl and said , "When you say "Start", cherries will start coming and when you say "stop" it will stop. Semi thanked the King and went home happily.

Princess Elena meets a kind woman - Chapter 4

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Fifteen years passed happily without any trouble. The pricess was very beautiful. One day when the Princess went to her Friend's party, the King and Queen were at the palace, Rexona appeared before them and said, "oh! Foolish Queen, you didn;t even realize that I am the one who is trying to kill your child. If your child had gone to the GodMother's cottage she must have realized her powers and would have killed me. But, you stopped her from doing so. Thank you. Now I am going to capture you and soon I will kill her and rule over the world. Ha! Ha! Ha!Ha! She took hold of them and disappeared.


Everyone in the castle disappeared except a servant who had gone to collect berries. When Princess Elena came back, she was surprised to see that none were there except the servant. The servant told Elena what had happened. Elena did not say a word and started to search for Rexona hastily.

She started running towards the dark Forest. While going she saw a small cottage. She was very tired and decided to rest for a while in the cottage. She knocked the door and out came an old lady carrying a broomstick. She was very worried but the moment she saw Elena she was happy. She fed Elena and made her a comfortable bed and was very kind to her.

In the morning , Elena said that she is leaving. The woman said, "If you want to destroy Rexona you need my help. Just think of me and I will be there". She went inside her cottage.

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