Princess Cressida Paints the Dawn: A Fairy Tale by Bell Kae

Author:Bell, Kae [Bell, Kae]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-01-23T18:30:00+00:00

Each night, Princess Cressida’s hummingbirds flit across the sky, from star to star, collecting the colors from the wispy star-strung nets. They work late into the night gathering enough color to color the next day.

Each night, before dawn, they carry the colors on their wings back to Princess Cressida, just in time for her to paint the dawn...

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As the horses flew higher and higher, propelled by the enchanted silver bracelets made from moon dust, the night sky drew closer. The stars twinkled.

Prince Shady watched as they approached the stars. His eyes grew wide with surprise when he saw the silvery nets strung from star to star. All around, he saw colors floating up into the sky, only to be caught in the whispery nets. Blues and yellows and reds and greens, floating up from dreams as people slept at night.

The colors from the dreams, from people’s imaginations.

And like white wispy breath on a cold day, they floated to the stars.

At last her brother understood the importance of painting the night: People needed to sleep soundly and dream deeply.

For the more deeply people dreamed, the more colors they imagined.

He turned to his sister.

“Why did you not tell me this before?”

Princess Cressida shrugged. “It is a great secret, the origin of the colors. I was worried that you would use the knowledge only for yourself. But of course, the colors are meant for everyone. But I think you see now why things are the way they are.”

“Yes. Yes, I do. I have been foolish. I see now that colors are dreams that have come true! They help people believe in tomorrow, the beauty of a new day.”

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