Don't forget to count again please!

Her eyes had indeed not let her down. There, surrounded by trees, stood a castle. Princess knocked on the door and hoped the king and queen would be so nice to let her in and sleep here for a night. The door opened.

'Please, King of this castle, I'm a lost princess and I'd like to ask if you could let me sleep here for a night.'

'Of course, you're not the first. Come in.'

That evening, she sat around a table with the king and queen, their son and another girl, who said she also was a princess and appeared to be lost too. That evening, Princess had to sleep in the same room as the other princess, Gabrielle. Gabrielle had to sleep on 20 mattresses and Princess knew that she didn't know that under those mattresses was a marble. Princess had a goodnight sleep, while Gabrielle definitely hadn't had. Later, the Queen whispered to Princess that it had been a test to see if Gabrielle was a real princess.

'But then why didn't you do the same with me? How come you did trust me at once?' Princess asked the Queen.

'That dear, is because I know you. Your mother and I were very good friends.'

'Then you must know where my palace is! Could you please tell me how to come there?'

'Certainly, it's the least I can do for you. Walk along the path that starts at the left of this castle, and then go left. After awhile, you'll see a small house. There you will be helped further on your journey by the eight dwarfs.'

So Princess left the castle taking the path on the left. At the crossing, where she was supposed to go left, she met a creature. It was a dog with boots on two of its feet. He was standing upright against a tree.

'To pass me, you'll have to pay toll,' the dog said with a very low voice.

'I'm sorry, but I haven't got any money,' princess replied.

The dog sighed. 'You can only pass me if you go to the right.'

Leaving no other choice, Princess turned to the left and hoped she would meet someone to ask about her palace.

On her way once more, she passed something that said: 'Strong crosswinds'. Wondering what this could mean she kept on walking. There she walked into a strange scene. On a plain area stood three houses, well two, because the one made of straw was totally blown over. Now a wolf was trying to blow a wooden house away, from which two pigs were hanging on the roof. Scared as she was for wolves, she run into the forest.

As noon was passing, Princess got hungry. When she came past a very large tree with beans in it, she decided to climb in it to see it she could find bigger beans in the top. She climbed until she was passed the clouds. There was a white road, which leaded to a big white palace. However, suddenly a boy of her age came sprinting down that white road followed by a gigantic dragon! First, she couldn't move of fright, but when the boy reached her, he grabbed her hand and pulled her down with him. On the ground, the boy grabbed an axe and cut down the bean tree. The dragon fell down with the tree and hit the ground with a force that made the whole earth tremble. After a few minutes, the boy started a conversation.

'Hello, I shall introduce myself. I am Jack and I live here in this place of nothingness. May I know your name?'

'I – I'm Princess and I am a princess too. I am lost and looking for a prince to save me.'

'Well, I guess you've found your savour, but not a prince,' Jack replied turning pink.

'Doesn't matter,' Princess said, drowning in his shinny grey eyes.

'What is the name of your cosy palace?'

'Palace of fairytales.'

'Today is your lucky day, because you've won the lottery. I know where that is and after all, I do think that you've found your prince.'

Jack brought her safely back that same afternoon and the next day they married. And of course, they lived happily ever after.