The Mysterious, Mournful Maiden by Suzanne Williams

Author:Suzanne Williams
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins

From around the corner came a large girl wearing a wide brown skirt and a dirty white blouse. Elena’s face fell when she saw that the girl’s hair—which hung in two long braids—was not green at all, but a bright shade of red.

The girl’s jaw dropped when she saw Elena and Lysandra standing inside the cottage. Both princesses had dressed in simple gowns, but, even so, their dresses must’ve seemed awfully grand to this young woman. Her braids fell forward as she curtsied clumsily. “Your Majesties,” she said in awe.

“Please,” said Elena. “That’s not necessary. We’re sorry to have troubled you. You see, we’re looking for a maiden with green hair, and your brother said—”

“Shh,” said Wanda, holding a finger to her lips. She took the princesses aside. “About my brother…he doesn’t see colors so well. Least not red and green. They both look the same to him. So, just to have a little fun, I told him my hair was green.” She looked at them anxiously. “No harm in that, is there? Being there’s just the two of us? You won’t tell him the truth, will you?”

Lysandra grinned. “It’s a fine joke.”

Elena nodded in agreement. “We won’t give you away,” she whispered. “But I guess you don’t know anyone who really has green hair?”

“No,” Wanda replied. “Like I said, there’s only the two of us around here.”

After saying good-bye, Elena and Fatima rejoined their friends on the carpet. As they sailed over the cottage, they could see Wanda and Eric watching them. All four princesses waved. The boy pointed at Tansy excitedly. “Look, Wanda!” they heard him yell. “That girl’s got green hair too!”

Elena and Lysandra laughed. While Lysandra explained the joke to the others, Elena decided that she would send Wanda and Eric some new clothes after she got back to the castle. It was one thing she could do to help, anyway.

“Where to now?” asked Fatima.

“I don’t know,” Elena admitted. She was afraid that time was running out. What if their search for the green-haired maiden ended in failure?

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