Princesses Can So!!!
By Megan Jenter and Gillian Barclay

Once upon a time, there was a princess named Rebecca, who had three brothers, named Percy, Reginald and Henry. They lived in a big castle with the king and queen, overlooking the village of Smeglton.

Princess Rebecca didn't get along with her brothers because they were always making trouble. One time they even drew a great, big, black mustache on the queen's portrait that hung in the front entrance. Rebecca was upset with her brothers for doing such a naughty thing, so she quickly ran and told the king about how much mischief the brothers were causing. The king called Percy, Reginald and Henry into the great hall and told them, "if you cause one more problem, none of you will be able to go to the Great Ball!" "But daaaaad", the three boys whined. " I MEAN IT!", bellowed the king as he marched from the room.

The three brothers turned to their sister and told her, "this is all YOUR FAULT" Then they stormed off to their rooms.

The next day, Percy, Reginald and Henry were playing in the yard and decided to go put on their helmets and pull out their bikes because it was the perfect day to go biking across the kingdom. Princess Rebecca walked up to them and asked, " Can I come too?" Percy looked Rebecca up and down, he whispered to his brothers and then quickly turned around. "Don't be silly, everyone knows princesses can't ride bikes"

Princess Rebecca quickly answered, "Princesses can so". Well, Rebecca went to the royal shed and pulled out her pretty pink bike with pink and silver streamers on the handles. Then she put on her silver riding helmet with a cool pink racing stripe down the center (built specially for going right overtop royal tiaras) and headed out to meet up with her brothers.

The four of them set off for a nice ride across Smeglton. Percy, Reginald and Henry liked hills and decided to go up and over Mount Smoogle, the biggest mountain in all of Smeglton. The ride up Mount Smoogle wasn't SO bad but on the way down Princess Rebecca's bike kept going faster and faster.

All of a sudden as she was tumbling down the mountain into a bunch of Broozle Berry Bushes, Princess Rebecca heard a riiiiiiiiiip and felt a slight breeze. She looked down to find she was sitting there in her underclothes. As she looked back at her bike, all she could see was a mass of pink frills caught in the spokes of her bike and could hear her brothers laughing. "I told you princesses can't ride bikes", called Percy, as the boys rode off.

A day after that, Princess Rebecca was having a tea party in the royal garden with her stuffed animals, when she heard loud shouts. She followed the noise into the clearing where her brothers were huddled around the BIGGEST mud puddle she had ever seen. "Can I play too?" asked Princess Rebecca. Reginald looked her up and down, he whispered to his brothers and quickly turned around. "Don't be silly, everyone knows princesses can't play in mud puddles" answered Reginald. Princess Rebecca's face got a little pink as she replied, " Princesses can so!"

Princess Rebecca took off her patent leather shoes and crept to the edge of the GIGANTIC mud puddle. She stepped deeper and deeper into the sticky brown mud and just then a big, ugly green toad jumped out of the mud onto Princess Rebecca. She screamed as she tumbled head over heels into the mud. Her dress was ruined once again and she began to cry. Reginald laughed and said, "I told you Princesses can't play in mud puddles". As her brothers walked away the ugly toad kerplunked right onto Princess Rebecca's head.

After she took a long hot bath to get rid of the mud, Princess Rebecca went to look for her brothers. They were out on the royal patio drinking from the root beer fountain. Princess Rebecca dashed through the castle when she heard what they were doing because she was afraid that they would drink it all. When she got to the patio she asked her brothers, " Can I have some too?" Henry looked Rebecca up and down, he whispered to his brothers and then turned around quickly. "Don't be silly, everyone knows Princesses can't drink this root beer"

The root beer that the fountain spewed was said to be extra fizzy, super gassy, really bubbly and would make ANYONE burp. But Princess Rebecca's face turned bright RED and she yelled, "PRINCESSES CAN SO!!!" The princess grabbed a goblet and filled it full of the root beer and quickly drank it down with one big GULP! Her brothers began to count "5, 4, 3, 2 ..." "BUUUURP!" a huge belch escaped Princess Rebecca. It was so loud that it shook the castle and scared the royal watchdog, which was lying in the sun.

The king stormed out onto the patio, "BOYS, I warned you not to make anymore mischief. You CANNOT go to the Great Ball!" "But daaaaaad", the boys whined again, "it was Rebecca". "Don't be silly everyone knows that princesses don't cause such mischief" answered the king.

Princess Rebecca grinned and whispered to her brothers, "Princesses can so".