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Once upon a time, I think it was tomorrow, there was a cute, 

petite kingdom resting on a towering mountain. It was 

surrounded by dozens of clouds! Because of this, it was named 

"The Kingdom of Clouds". Below the city, you would see 

intriguing, glimmering rock, which made up the mountain of which 

the kingdom was sitting on. 

The land was so serene, that 

everyone was happy! Everyone 

except Guinevere, that is. 

Guinevere was the royal 

princess of The Kingdom of 

Clouds. She was the most 

beautiful for miles around! 

Every knight, prince, and king 

wanted her hand in marriage. 

Most people thought that she 

lived the life of paradise. 

However, she had a problem - 

a problem which she believed 

in her kingdom could never be 

solved.

You see, Guinevere Patrilla 

- princess of The Kingdom 

of Clouds was (it's 

true)...bored! Of all people 

it was the girl with the 

dream life. She had 

servants fanning and 

feeding her at command. 

She had the fluffiest, most 

comfortable sleeping 

chambers. It was all hers, 

yet she thought of her life 

as melancholy and bleak. 

One day, as she was 

sitting on her feather-

like bed, thinking 

about how bored she 

was, a quite devious 

idea popped into her 

brain! Guinevere 

smiled a mischievous 

smile and ran 

(gracefully) to her 

desk and started to 

contrive.

The following 

morning, Princess 

Guinevere skipped up 

the stairs leading to 

the roof of the castle.

When she arrived, she drew in a massive breath and screamed at the top of her angelic voice, 

"Barbarians! Barbarians are coming! Save your families and hide!" Now before we move on, I 

must inform you of two things: 1. Barbarians were stinky, uncivilized people, who didn't take 

baths, ate their meat raw, and raided cities for money and land. 2. There were not really 

Barbarians coming. Guinevere thought this to be extremely hilarious   and stood there 

slapping her knee as the townsfolk scrambled for safety. When they finally realized it was a 

joke, they slowly trudged back to there homes, feeling embarrassed.

The next day, Guinevere 

repeated the sneaky scheme and 

had another whole barrel of 

laughs. The following morning, 

she decided not to continue her 

cycle, for her throat was quite 

sore from yelling so loudly the 

days before. As she was 

lounging in her bedroom, she 

saw a flash shine through her 

window. She cautiously walked 

toward her window and gasped! 

Barbarians were charging up the 

rocky mountain path leading 

toward her kingdom! 

She hastily ran up the castle steps, knowing they would imminently bust into the city. When 

she reached the top, she drew in the most gigantic breath she could and shouted, "Barbarians 

are coming! Barbarians are coming! Save your families and hide!" she pleaded. The villagers 

just rolled their eyes, scowled and continued about their business. Suddenly, she heard 

pounding on the city gates, then a huge thud shook the mountain. The gates were down. 

Warriors flooded the streets. When Guinevere heard them coming up the stairs, she fainted.

When she awoke, she found herself in a horse-pulled wagon racing back to 

Barbarian Country. As Princess Guinevere sat there hunched up against the 

wagon's rickety, wooden side, she burst into tears. "If only I hadn't tricked the 

villagers!" she cried, "After all, they are my people and I am their princess, and 

yet because of me, half of my country are now becoming slaves in the most 

uncivilized place on earth! And on top of that, they captured me too!".

Suddenly, she heard a faint whisper. Guinevere looked around and saw a face 

peering in the window at her. "Princess Guinevere!" the voice whispered again, a 

little louder this time. She looked up and realized it was Timothy, one of her 

servants of whom she was quite fond of. Timothy Martin hoisted himself through 

the window, pulled out a knife from his trouser pocket, and cut the princess loose 

from the ropes she was tied in. "Follow me?" Timothy asked respectfully. 

Guinevere was too stunned to speak, so she just nodded and silently followed.

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