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Caught!

     Darkness. The Fairy Princess Esperanza woke up in complete darkness. She did not know where she was or how she got here or how long she had been lying on this pitch-black floor.  Panic welled up inside of her as she struggled to come to her senses. “What happened? Where am I? Is anyone there?” she called out.

Silence was the only reply she heard.

The Princess stood up and decided that she was tired of worrying about the dark. She closed her eyes and squeezed her hands into fists while stretching her wings as far as they could go. The veins in her wings began to glow brighter and brighter. Soon, she was surrounded by a warm, white light that reached to the end of her outstretched arm. “Now then, let's see where I am.”

It did not take long for the small fairy to find her way to a clear glass wall, and then another. And another. And another. She tried flying but bumped into the glass dome not far off the ground.

Trapped inside a glass prison! How did she get here? Essie's mind raced as she tried to remember what had happened while she looked for an escape.

She ran her hands along the smooth glass, trying to feel a crack. “I was in the forest, checking on the new litter of baby rabbits. Their mother was feeling snacky so I went to pick some carrots from Farmer Green's patch. I took a shortcut through Fairy Meadow...and then everything went dark. What happened?”

Try as she might, the princess could not remember anything else. She sat down in the middle of her cage and spun the ring on her finger as she thought. “Well. Someone caught me and is holding me here. Someone does not want me to know where I am, but they also have not hurt me either. I suppose I could either try to find some way to escape or just wait here and see what happens.”

What should Princess Esperanza do? You get to decide. At the end of each chapter will be a choice for you to make. Choose your own adventure:

To try escaping, turn to page 2

To wait and see what happens next, turn to page 3