Adrianna

Once upon a time in a kingdom by the sea there was a kind king and
his beautiful queen. They were well loved by their subjects because
they always shared their wealth with those who were in need.

The royal couple had wished for a child for many years when they
found out the queen was finally with child. They had much love for
each other and was so happy they would now share that love with this
child. However the queen had a difficult delivery and she was unable
to survive giving birth to a beautiful princess who was to be named
Adrianna. The king was saddened over losing his beloved wife but
ordered the celebrations to go on for the Princess Adrianna.

During the celebration the king and queen form a near by kingdom
presented baby Adrianna with the gift of a beautiful jeweled crown along
with the pledge their son, who was a year older, would grow up to marry
Princess Adrianna and unite the two kingdoms as one. Adrianna’s father
accepted the crown and the pledge of marriage on behalf of his daughter.

After all the celebrations were over the king became very distraught
and began grieving over the queen’s death. His half sister ask him if
she could take charge of the care of Princess Adrianna. Since he didn’t
trust this half sister, because of the evil he had always seen in her, he gave
charge of the princess to a servant girl who had for some many years been
loyal to the queen, Adrianna's mother.

As time passed the king’s grief grew and he wouldn’t eat or sleep so
this took a toll on his health. When the princess was almost two he
succumbed to his grief and to death.

The king’s half sister then saw her opportunity to take over the
kingdom. She ordered that the Princess Adrianna, who would now be the
new queen, be brought to her and be put in her charge.

Meanwhile the servant who was tending Adrianna had a dream. An
angel told her to take the child queen to a childless farm couple in a
near by kingdom. The angel told the servant this farmer and his wife
would raise and protect the young queen from her wicked aunt. The
servant arose and took the child to the farm as she was told. She left
Adrianna there with a few of the her possessions which included the
jeweled crown that had been presented to her as a promise of
marriage to the young prince of this very kingdom.

As the years passed Adrianna’s wicked aunt named herself queen
and ruled the kingdom. She was much hated by all the subjects because
she ruled as a selfish and evil queen. She sent her soldiers out looking
for the child queen but they returned empty handed.

Meanwhile Adrianna grew up to be a beautiful young lady as the
daughter of the farm couple. They never told her she wasn’t their
daughter or that she was a queen because they knew her life would be in
jeopardy from her evil aunt.

Adrianna worked on the farm and did her chores. One day when she
was sweeping she found a box hide behind a loose brick of the fireplace.
In this box was the jeweled crown that was given to her at the birth
celebration. She took it to her parents and ask where this beautiful treasure
had come from. Her parents knew it was now the time to tell Adrianna
who she really was, so they did. Then the farmer went to the near by
castle to get the now young king. The farmer told the king where Adrianna
had been those many years and showed him the jeweled crown. When the
king saw her he knew Adrianna was his betroth because an angel had told
him he would soon find her and how she looked in a dream. The young
couple was overcome with love for one another and they knew they were
destined to marry and unite the two kingdoms. The king sent his soldiers to
Adrianna’s kingdom to tell her subjects their real queen was still living. When
the people of her kingdom heard about Adrianna being alive they stormed the
castle and killed her evil aunt. They then had a grand celebration to welcome home
Queen Adrianna because they hated her evil aunt and the way she had cruelly ruled.

Adrianna and her king were soon married. They united the two kingdoms
into one and as her parent had done before her shared their wealth with all their
loyal subjects. They lived happily ever after and so did all those in the
kingdom. Their love grew and so did their family with the addition of two
princesses and a prince. Adrianna got to know all about what good people her
parents were. She also gave the wonderful couple who had raised and cared for her
all those many years their own castle to live in right next to her's.

May love and goodness always win out. May all live happily ever after.