A young girl of about 12 loved rabbits. She loved them more than anything. Everywhere she went she took one with her. She was very kind to the rabbits and they all seemed to sense that. They were drawn to her.
The young girl was a princess in the kingdom of Regaltheria*. Her name was Avonlea and she was the
* pronounced Regal - there - ree- a
youngest of six princesses. Most times she was ignored as she was different from them. She wasn't quite as pretty or charming as the others. Avonlea also did not like the things they did. She hated parties and getting dressed up for she longed to be outside. So when they would ignore her she would play with her rabbits who truly seemed to be her only friends.
Avonlea was the only one in all of Regaltheria with brown hair. Everyone saw her as ugly,different. Her mother and father paid her hardly any attention. She was shameful to them. However, Avonlea was not moved, for she had her pets.
Now one day all of the young princess' family went away. In fact, it seemed the whole kingdom had abandoned her. You see, she had been out in the meadow picking clover for her darling little pets. When she arrved back to the castle everyone was gone. Not even a mouse seemed to be left in the castle. There were even no tracks for her to follow.
This distressed the girl for she had a very kind and caring heart. She worried where they could have gone. She could not think of them leaving her on purpose for she was an innocent child. She searched the castle up and downto look for even the slightest clue. If they had left they must have been in a great hurry. There was food uneaten on the table, bath water in the tub, and papers strewn everywhere in her father's office.
Then she found it, a small arrow no bigger than her pointer finger. It was stuck in the side of her father's desk drawer. She then knew that her family had to have been kidnapped! But by whom she didn't know. She did not even know of Regaltheria having any enemies! So she pondered there a while. SUddenly she remembered a story she had been told when she was but a toddler.
The story went like this:
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