The Lost Princess by Debbie Dadey

Author:Debbie Dadey
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Aladdin

Kiki nodded. A big blob of sand sat in front of her. “Does this look like a sea slug to you?”

Shelly didn’t want to hurt Kiki’s feelings, but the blob didn’t look anything like a sea slug. “Well . . . ,” Shelly said.

Kiki sighed and dug her hands back into the sand as Rocky teased, “My vampire squid is sucking my arm off.” The whole class turned to see Rocky’s hand stuck inside his molded vampire squid.

“Save me!” he yelled.

“Rocky!” Miss Haniver snapped. “That will be quite enough out of you for today.” She swam with Rocky to the back of the room for a little conference about proper classroom behavior.

“Sweet seaweed, you shouldn’t be getting your hands dirty like that,” Pearl said to Shelly.

Shelly looked up in surprise. Pearl had talked to her twice in one week. “Why not?” Shelly asked.

“Aren’t you a princess?” Pearl asked.

Shelly didn’t want to answer, especially since she thought everyone was listening. “Yes, my grandfather told me the truth,” she said softly. “My mother was a princess.”

“Then put that nasty sand away.”

“Why?” Shelly asked.

Pearl rolled her eyes and took a seat next to Shelly. “Because you are a princess, and princesses don’t ever get dirty.”

“Who says so?” Shelly pushed her red hair out of her face with a muddy hand.

“Everybody knows that,” Pearl said.

“Pearl,” Miss Haniver said from the back of the room, “get back to sculpting.”

“Yes, Miss Haniver,” Pearl said sweetly, but she didn’t move away from Shelly. “Now that I’ve found out the truth, I have a gift for you.”

“For me?” Shelly said.

Pearl smiled and pulled a sparkling tiara out of a small bag. “My dad gave this to me for my birthday. You can borrow it,” Pearl said, “until you get your own.”

“I can’t wear this,” Shelly said.

“Why not?” Pearl said. “After all, you are a real princess.”

Shelly looked at Pearl. She had shiny blond hair and a glistening white necklace of pearls. Pearl looked like she would make a good princess, but that’s not the way it had happened. Shelly took another look at the crown and shrugged. “Okay, I’ll give it a try.”

Pearl giggled and placed the tiara on Shelly’s head. It felt tight and cold. Shelly didn’t feel any different inside, but she couldn’t help noticing the looks of surprise on Echo’s and Kiki’s faces.

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