Jacks Journey
Once upon a time there was a beautiful princess who lived in a kingdom far far away. A night, when the princess was on her way to bed, an ugly witch with a wart on the nose, kidnapped the princess. The witch flew the princess back to her place. No one had ever visited the house, because it was almost impossible to get there. The witch’s house was located in the middle of a big maze. To get to the maze, you had to climb over mountains and get over a wild river.
The king announced publicly that the one, who could bring back his daughter, would get the princess and half the kingdom.
Many people tried to get to the witch’s house, but they all failed. At the other end of the kingdom, a lazy boy named Jack,T lived in a house with his parents. Jack always sat inside his house doing nothing. But when he heard, that the princess had been kidnapped, he decided to go out and save her. Jack brought an apple with him so he would not get hungry. No one believed in Jack, not even his parents. They thought Jack was stupid, trying to get to the witch’s house barefooted, only bringing an apple to eat. Jack’s parent would not let him go, but he had already made up his mind. Jack carried the apple in his hand and left the kingdom.
Soon Jack came to an old hut. Inside the hut, an old man was lying in a bed. He was very dirty and probably sick too. The old man looked like he had been lying in the bed for ages. He saw the apple in Jack’s hand.
“Please give me your apple. I am starving!”
Jack gave the old man his apple. The old man took a bite of the apple and suddenly Jack was looking at a fairy. The fairy handed him a bag with three different reservoirs containing glowing blue, red and green water.
“This will help you getting to the witch’s house” said the fairy.
“But what do they do?” asked Jack. But before he got an answer, the fairy was gone.
Jack resumed his journey and after some time Jack came to the wild river. But how should he get over the river? He could not swim over it, and there was no bridge nearby. The boy took out the reservoir containing glowing blue water and drank it.
And Poof! Jack transformed into a pike. Now he could easily cross the river. When he came to the other end, he transformed back to a human. Jack resumed his journey and after a while, Jack came to the mountains. Jack tried to climb the mountain, but he could not. It was too big for him to climb. This time Jack took out the red reservoir containing glowing red water and drank it.
And Poof! Jack transformed into an eagle. Now it was easy for him to get on the other side. He could just fly over the mountains. When he landed on the ground again, he transformed back to a human. Now he could see the big maze, with a house in the middle.
“I am never going to complete that maze. It is too big” Jack thought. So he took out the last reservoir containing glowing green water and drank it.
And Poof! Jack transformed into a mole. Now it was easy for him to get through the maze. He could just dig a tunnel under it. When Jack jumped up from his tunnel, in the middle of the maze, he transformed back to a human. It was a strange house. The walls where made of cake, the windows where made of sugar and the roof was made of pancakes. Jack could see the witch sleeping through the window. Through the other window, he found the princess lying on the ground crying. The witch had locked her inside. She was shut in a small room. Jack ate the window of sugar, and helped the princess getting out the window. Luckily the witch was still asleep and they returned to the kingdom safely.
So Jack was made a king, with a wife and a crown, and sat on a throne. And they all lived happily ever after.