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    Once upon a time, there was a 

beautiful princess named Jess who 

lived in a kingdom called Lanisle, 

located off the coast of Italy.

Lanisle was a small country, but very 

important to Jess’s family, as it was 

their home, despite the fact that they 

had not always lived there.

When Jess was a little girl, her family lived in the 

lovely country of Greenland, full of grassy plains 

and endless rows of flowers.

 Jess and her family lived in a beautiful cottage off 

the coast, that experienced many rainstorms, and 

an awful lack of sunshine. 

Yet, this family still lived everyday to it’s fullest, and 

was very happy in Greenland. 

However one day, the king and queen of Lanisle, 

at the time, were on a trip to see relatives, when 

they were in a horse carriage accident. Jess’s 

father, George, was the brother of the king, and 

next in line to the throne. Therefore, Jess, her 

mother and father, were forced to leave their rainy 

town of Greenland and move to a land that was 

always sunny and hot. This land was Lanisle. 

From that day on, Jess would grow up to be a 

beautiful and caring princess. 

One day, about 10 years later, Jess was 

combing her long, silky hair in the mirror when 

she noticed how pale she was. She decided 

right away to go out to her personal beach and 

try to tan since she had an important ball to 

attend the next day. Throwing on a bathing suit 

and grabbing a towel, Jess went out to the 

beach. 

As Jess laid in the scorching hot and bright 

sun, she started to become drowsy from 

watching the soft waves of the ocean and the 

bright beams of the sun. Within a few minutes, 

Jess was asleep.   Four hours later, she woke up 

and looked down at her skin and felt the urge to 

cry. Her skin was a dark shade of red! 

Suddenly, Jess became worried because she 

had never experienced this “abnormality” that 

stung and felt hot to her touch. Plus, she was 

going to look like a lobster for the ball! Jess 

immediately ran inside the castle to tell her 

father about her dilemma.

Once she told her father her problem, her dad 

suggested she meet the Royal Skin Doctors of 

the castle. Jess was puzzled. Why did she need 

to see them? She just wanted to get rid of her 

red skin before the ball. Yet, she did not protest, 

because even though she had never experienced 

this before, because she used to live in a place 

where it rained a lot, she knew only the skin 

doctors would have the answer to fix her 

problem.

A few minutes later, the Royal Skin Doctors came 

running into Jess’s royal chamber to assist Jess 

in her time of misery.   “What’s wrong Princess?” 

they asked her.  

Jess cried, “This red stuff on my skin! What is it? 

It hurts!”   As they looked at her skin, they giggled 

and told her,”It’s sunburn, silly!”   The word 

“sunburn” was a foreign thing to Jessica.   They 

explained to Jess,”Sunburn is a type of 1st 

degree burn that only damages your epidermis. It 

is typically followed with mild swelling and 

discomfort.”   Jess gave a confused look and 

said,”Epidermis?”   They then began to explain to 

her what the epidermis was.   “The epidermis is 

the outermost layer of our skin.   It is avascular, 

meaning it has no blood supply.”

Jess still didn’t understand. “My skin is 

layered?”

“Yes,” said a Royal Skin Doctor, “The skin 

is made of two layers: the dermis and 

epidermis. The dermis is the lower layer 

and it is vascularized, which means there 

is a blood supply. Therefore, if you fall and 

scrape your knee, you would damage the 

dermis and cause it to bleed. The 

epidermis is the layer right above the 

dermis.”

“Is that it?” asked Jess.

“Not completely,” said another Royal Skin 

Doctor. “There is also something called 

the hypodermis which is not considered a 

part of the skin. This is made up of fat in 

the body, and stores energy in order to for 

you to do your everyday activities.”

“Then where did I get this red color on my skin?”

“In the epidermis, there is something called 

pigments. These are what give the skin its color. 

One type of pigment is called melanin. This 

pigment is important in protecting the skin from the 

sun’s light. When there is not enough to protect 

your skin, you will then get burned and your skin 

will turn red.”

Jess fought back her tears as they 

touched her burned spots. However, 

once she finally understood what had 

happened, she knew that she just had 

to let the redness heal itself.

Sighing, Jess prepared for her 

appearance at the ball, and the 

Royal Skin Doctors left the castle 

without further comment.

It had been almost one year since Jess 

received the awful news of her sunburn 

before the ball. However, now that she 

knew what it was, she was not so afraid of 

it. Every few days, Jess would attempt to 

go out and tan, and sometimes she got 

burned, depending how long she tanned, 

and other times she was not affected at all.

Even though Jess’s sunburn went away 

after a few days, she still kept seeing the 

Royal Skin Doctors every so often. They 

even became friends. Jess was very 

interested in everything they had to say 

about her skin, so she was always asking 

them questions.

One day she asked, “Why does water leak down my 

face when its hot?”

A Royal Skin Doctor replied, “Those water drops are 

called sweat glands. They happen because of 

something called homeostasis. That is how the body 

keeps balance in different ways. For example, 

temperature is apart of homeostasis. When you get 

hot, the body tries to keep your temperature balanced 

by causing water to leak from you which will keep you 

cool. When you are cold, the body causes the little 

hairs on your arms to rise in order to act in trying to 

keep you warm. Those are called goose bumps.”

“Goose bumps? Wow!”

Jess was fascinated each time she asked 

the skin doctor another question. She felt 

like there was so much to know about her 

body, and she was just getting started!

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