The Princess and the Goblin

by MacDonald, George

• ISBN13: 9781470084073
• ISBN10: 1470084074
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-02-15
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Pub

Summary

There was once a little princess whose father was king over a greatcountry full of mountains and valleys. His palace was built upon oneof the mountains, and was very grand and beautiful. The princess,whose name was Irene, was born there, but she was sent soon afterher birth, because her mother was not very strong, to be brought upby country people in a large house, half castle, half farm-house, on theside of another mountain, about halfway between its base and itspeak.The princess was a sweet little creature, and at the time my storybegins was about eight years old. I think, but she got older very fast.Her face was fair and pretty, with eyes like two bits of night-sky, eachwith a star dissolved in the blue. Those eyes you would have thoughtmust have known they came from there, so often were they turned upin that direction. The ceiling of her nursery was blue, with stars in it,as like the sky as they could make it. But I doubt if ever she saw thereal sky with the stars in it, for a reason which I had better mention atonce.