The King of Custard Castle Page 2

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  Princess Fifi had a busy day. She had to:

  eat breakfast

  choose her dress

  go roller skating

  read her Bumper Book of Princes

  eat chocolates

  change her dress

  play some tennis

  and try on all her jewellery.

  Bella had a busy day. She had to follow Princess Fifi around the castle, picking up:

  toast

  dresses

  roller boots

  the Bumper Book of Princes

  chocolate wrappers

  more dresses

  tennis balls

  and all the Princess’s jewellery.

  By lunch time, Bella was fed up.

  “I’ve had enough!” she said, stamping into the kitchen.

  The Cook, Wizard Watchit, and Jack the servant boy were there, eating their lunch. Princess Fifi was eating her lunch upstairs with the King and Queen, and dropping bread rolls on the floor.

  “I spend all day tidying up after Fifi!” wailed Bella. “She never puts anything away! What can I do?”

  Jack thought about it.

  “Pile all her things in a big heap,” he suggested, “and get the dragon to set fire to them.”

  “I’d love to!” said Bella. “But I’d get into terrible trouble.”

  The Cook thought about it.

  “Ask Fifi politely to put her things away,” she said.

  “I’ve tried that!” sighed Bella. “It doesn’t work.”

  Wizard Watchit thought about it.

  “Hmm,” he said. “I have an idea.”

  “Do you know a spell that I can use to make her tidy?” asked Bella hopefully.

  “Better than that!” said Wizard Watchit. “I’ve got a plan. Listen…”