Once upon a time there was a little girlwho loved to dress as a princess. She had a very good imagination and her mind took her to lots of places ... Her favourite place was a big bright castle with lots of windows and a big green garden with neat rows of flowers in it. The castle was enchating and seemed to smile as you approached it.

The little girl invited all her friends often. There was a big dressing up box of all sorts of pretty clothes in it, long dresses, fairy wings, wands and glass slippers like cinderella.

They played in the warm sun on many afternoons, laughing and skipping, sometimes they would paddle in the fountain on hot days and cook would give them fresh lemonade and cute little sandwiches on a big rug under the willow tree.

hey all felt safe and happy and smiley. On the odd occasion a lack cloud scuttled across the sky they would seek shelter in a brightly lit old oak tree, hollowed with time ... inside it was home to bunnies and owls and lots of pretty wildlife. They named them all and played hide and seek in the tunnels beneath the tree. It was magical under there .... the scent of lily of the valley and sweet riar rose filled there nostrils. Orange chinese lanterns swayed next to the sweet honestyfilling the tunnels with light and beauty.

The girls and sometimes boys loved the adventure of the magnificent castle.... there were still rooms unexplored, attics and corridors, locked doors and secret passages .......

There was a room right at the top of a long, winding staircase they stumbled across one day ... but it was locked ....

to be continued .......

Jin xx