agPrincess
StorybyRobertN.Munsch;IllustratonsbyMichaelMartchenko(1980)
Elizabethwasabeautfulprincess.Shelivedinacastleandhadexpensiveprincessclothes.Shewasgoingtomarry
aprincenamedRonald.Unfortunately,adragonsmashedhercastle,burnedallherclotheswithhisferybreathand
carriedofPrinceRonald.
ElizabethdecidedtochasethedragonandgetRonaldback.Shelookedeverywhereforsomethingtowearbutthe
onlythingshecouldfndthatwasnotburntwasapaperbag.Sosheputonthepaperbagandfollowedthedragon.
Hewaseasytofollowbecausehelefatrailofburntforestsandhorses'bones.
Finally,Elizabethcametoacavewithalargedoorthathadahugeknockeronit.Shetookholdoftheknockerand
bangedonthedoor.Thedragonstuckhisnoseoutthedoorandsaid,"Well,aprincess!Ilovetoeatprincesses,butI
havealreadyeatenawholecastletoday.Iamaverybusydragon.Comebacktomorrow."Heslammedthedoorso
fastthatElizabethalmostgothernosecaught.
Elizabethgrabbedtheknockerandbangedonthedooragain.Thedragonstuckhisnoseoutofthedoorandsaid,
“Goaway.Ilovetoeatprincesses,butIhavealreadyeatenawholecastletoday.Iamaverybusydragon.Comeback
tomorrow.”“Wait,”shoutedElizabeth.“Isittruethatyouarethesmartestandfercestdragoninthewholeworld?”
“Yes,”saidthedragon.
"Isittrue,"saidElizabeth,"Thatyoucanburnuptenforestswithyourferybreath?""Oh,yes,"saidthedragon,
andhetookahuge,deepbreathandbreathedoutsomuchfrethatheburntupffyforests."Fantastc,"said
Elizabeth,andthedragontookanotherhugebreathandbreathedoutsomuchfrethatheburntuponehundred
forests."Magnifcent,"saidElizabeth,andthedragontookanotherhugebreath,butthistmenothingcameout.The
dragondidn'tevenhaveenoughfreleftocookameatball.
Elizabethsaid,"Dragon,isittruethatyoucanfyaroundtheworldinjusttenseconds?""Why,yes,"saidthe
dragon,andjumpedupandfewallthewayaroundtheworldinjusttenseconds.Hewasverytredwhenhegotback,
butElizabethshouted,"Fantastc,doitagain!"Sothedragonjumpedupandfewaroundthewholeworldinjust
twentyseconds.Whenhegotbackhewastootredtotalkandhelaydownandwentrighttosleep.
Elizabethwhisperedverysofly,"Hey,dragon."Thedragondidn'tmoveatall.Shelifedupthedragon'searand
putherheadrightinside.Sheshoutedasloudasshecould,"Hey,dragon!"Thedragonwassotredhedidn'teven
move.
Elizabethwalkedrightoverthedragonandopenedthedoortothecave.TherewasPrinceRonald.Helookedat
herandsaid,"Boy,areyouamess!Yousmelllikeashes,yourhairisalltangledandyouarewearingadirtyoldpaper
bag.Comebackwhenyou'redressedlikearealprincess.”
"Ronald,"saidElizabeth,"yourclothesarereallypretyandyourhairisveryneat.Youlooklikearealprince,but
youareabum."Theydidn'tgetmarriedaferall.
1.DoyouthinkElizabethmadeagooddecisiontonotmarryRonald?
Whyorwhynot?
2.WhatdoesRonaldcareabout?WhatdoesElizabethcareabout?
3.DoyoucaremoreaboutRonald'svaluesorElizabeth'svalues?
Whatdoessocietycaremoreabout?
4.DoyouthinkElizabethisbeautful?Whyorwhynot?