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The Paper Bag Princess

By Robert Munsch
Elizabeth was a beautiful
princess. She lived in a castle and
had expensive princess clothes.
She was going to marry a prince
named Ronald.
Unfortunately, a dragon
smashed her castle, burned all
her clothes with his fiery
breath, and carried off Prince
Ronald.
Elizabeth decided to chase the
dragon and get Ronald back.
She looked everywhere for
something to wear, but the
only thing she could find that
was not burnt was a paper bag.
So she put on the paper bag
and followed the dragon.
He was easy to follow, because
he left a trail of burnt forests
and horses’ bones.
Finally, Elizabeth came to a
cave with a large door that
had a huge knocker on it. She
took hold of the knocker and
banged on the door.
The dragon stuck his nose out
of the door and said, “Well, a
princess! I love to eat
princesses, but I have already
eaten a whole castle today. I
am a very busy dragon. Come
back tomorrow.”
He slammed the door so fast
that Elizabeth almost got her
nose caught.
Elizabeth grabbed the knocker
and banged on the door again.
The dragon stuck his nose out of
the door and said, “Go away, I
love to eat princesses, but I have
already eaten a whole castle
today. I am a very busy dragon.
Come back tomorrow.”
“Wait,” shouted Elizabeth. “It is
true that you are the smartest
and fiercest dragon in the whole
world?”
“Yes,” said the dragon.
“Is it true,” said Elizabeth,
“that you can burn up ten
forests with you fiery
breath?”
“Oh, yes,” said the dragon,
and he took a huge, deep
breath and breathed out so
much fire that he burnt up
fifty forests.
“Fantastic,” said Elizabeth, and
the dragon took another huge
breath and breathed out so
much fire that he burnt up one
hundred forests.
“Magnificent,” said Elizabeth,
and the dragon took another
huge breath, but this time
nothing came out. The dragon
didn’t even have enough fire
left to cook a meatball.
Elizabeth said, “Dragon, is it
true that you can fly around
the world in just 10
seconds?”
“Why, yes,” said the dragon
and jumped up and flew all
the way around the world in
just ten seconds.
He was very tired when he
got back, but Elizabeth
shouted, “Fantastic, do it
again!”
So the dragon jumped up and
flew all the way around the
whole world in just twenty
seconds.
When he got back he was too
tired to talk, and he lay down
and went straight to sleep.
Elizabeth whispered, very
softly, “Hey, dragon.” The
dragon didn’t move at all.
She lifted up the dragon’s ear
and put her head right inside.
She shouted as loud as she
could, Hey, dragon!”
The dragon was so tired he
didn’t even move.
Elizabeth walked right over
the dragon and opened the
door to the cave.
There was Prince Ronald. He
looked at her and said,
“Elizabeth, you are a mess!
You smell like ashes, you hair
is all tangled and you are
wearing a dirty old paper
bag. Come back when you
are dressed like a real
princess.”
“Ronald,” said
Elizabeth, your
clothes are really
pretty and your hair
is very neat. You look
like a real prince, but
you are a bum.”
They didn’t get
married after all.

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