Our Class Story

The Dragons Return
By: Miss Larsen’s Third Grade Class 2010

Once upon a time in a far away land called Canastasia, there lived a selfish princess named Annabelle. Annabelle wouldn’t watch out for herself and worried only about clothes, food, bossing people around, and how her hair looked. She would always tell people what to do and what not to do. That’s how she was. She never listened to anyone else. This habit soon becomes a problem, and made her problems worse.

George, the dragon, was in a secret underground tunnel under Princess Annabelle’s Castle for 1,000 years and felt it was time to escape. George’s wife, Tina, and the baby dragons were slowly starving to death and were very unhappy. Tina, the female dragon, started digging a tunnel to the surface just outside the castle gates. The dragons overheard the two knights talking about wanting to marry Princess Annabelle. The dragons decided to capture the princess so that they can gain power over the kingdom and escape the dungeon. George snuck up on her in the garden one night and said, “Come with me, if you value your life.” She answered, “No way!” George drew in a deep breath, and breathed a stream of fire directly at her hair. Annabelle finally gave up and went but first said, “Fine, I’ll go with you, but you better not burn my hair anymore.” George happily led her down their tunnel.

The two knights, Brave Benjamin and Scaredy-Cat Joe, noticed her disappearance first thing the next morning. The king sent them on a mission to find Princess Annabelle. The two knights started looking for her and while they were looking for her, Tina (the mom dragon) saw them and headed toward them. The two knights ran when they saw her and hid in the tunnel entrance, and heard the bossy princess yell, “Get me out of here right now, I need to check my hair!” Tina heard her scream and charged after the knights. Scaredy-Cat Joe ran further into the tunnel to hide, while Brave Benjamin went out to lead the dragon away. Tina flew away and Benjamin thought he scared her away, so returned to the cave to find the princess.
Scaredy-Cat Joe turned the corner in the tunnel and saw Princess Annabelle, George and the baby dragons. George was ready to attack. Scaredy-Cat Joe closed his eyes and held out his sword. Then, Scaredy-Cat Joe heard a horrible yell that said, “Dude, open your eyes or you’ll die, dummy.” He opened his eyes just in time to see a baby dragon open its mouth to shoot flames at him, so he jumped quickly to the side. When Brave Benjamin heard the scream, he started running for the cave.

Benjamin quickly saw what was happening, grabbed Scaredy-Cat Joe and ran all the way back to the castle, leaving the bossy princess behind. George and the little baby dragons followed them and began to attack the castle, Tina saw them and joined right in. The soldiers were frightened and tried to hide behind the throne, under the dinner tables in the great hall, and anywhere else they could find. The dragons entered, sniffed out all the people, and ate them all. It was a sad day in Canastasia, Princess Annabelle no longer had anyone to boss around. Everyone lived happily ever after, well, at least the dragons did, the people were left in pieces.

The End