Annie and Jack stayed in a village
next to a sparkling river and dense forest. One day, they were playing hide and
seek and wandered deep into the forest. Suddenly, they found themselves sliding
down some soft mud and fell in the river. They were swept away by a strong
current and landed on hard ground with a thud. They found themselves staring
into ferocious eyes. They jumped back in horror and realized that they were
staring at a “DRAGON”!! They rubbed their eyes and looked around and saw that
they were in some kind of an underwater lair.
The dragon snorted, “I have two
slaves now who will do all my work”. He tied a chain around their legs so that
they could only shuffle. He gave them a long list of tasks to do and went out.
Poor Annie and Jack…. They had never worked so hard all their life. They scrubbed
and cleaned and washed and swept and cooked but the work did not seem to end.
In the midst of this, they saw a
light and went towards it timidly. They saw a beautiful fairy tied to a pillar.
The fairy told them that the dragon wanted her to make him very powerful
through her magic but when she refused, he tied her there. Annie and Jack asked
the fairy how they could escape. She said, “The dragon’s life is in a small
doll. As soon as you destroy that doll, the dragon will also get vanquished”.
Annie shouted excitedly, “Where is that doll?”. The fairy said, “It is in this lair,
but I do not know where”. They said, “How can we search for it? We are tied and
it is difficult to move.” The fairy smiled and recited a chant and they felt
their legs getting squeezed and found that they had turned into a mermaid and merman !!
The chains slipped off their
bodies and they could easily float. Annie asked the fairy, “Why don’t you also
turn into a mermaid and escape?”. The fairy sadly replied, “I cannot change my
form till I am captive”. The kids promised to free her.
They started searching and found
the doll in a chest under the giant’s bed. Annie was about to destroy the doll
when she heard the dragon’s roar. She dropped the doll in fright and fled, with
the dragon in hot pursuit. The bewildered mermaid did not know what to do. The
dragon caught her and was about to breathe fire on her when there was a cloud
of smoke and poof…. the dragon disappeared. Jack swam to Annie and told her
that he had destroyed the doll and thus, the dragon had vanished.
The fairy became free and she
granted a boon to Annie and Jack that they could use the chants to turn
themselves into a mermaid and merman whenever they wanted. The kids were
overjoyed and thanked the fairy. The next day, Annie and Jack set out to …...
By Varenya
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Good story,we really enjoyed reading it over it more than once.
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