Brittany Blue, lady-in-waiting to Princess Peawhit, had had enough of the young royal’s never-ending demands to complete The Bright Scholarly Wizard Andrew’s “History, Myth and Legends of All The World” homework for her. And now, the princess had also decided that she no longer had any need to engage in her embroidery, tapestry, and musical lessons (all of which PP had no talent…whatsoever), and stated, examining her crumbly, fungus-infested fingernails, that “When I am married, I won’t have to do any of that for myself, so why bother?”
Andrew, aware of Brittiany’s frustration — not to mention all her hard and delightfully scholarly accomplishments – had been looking for an apprentice as fervently as Brittany had been looking for an escape.
With a quick word to the willing Lady Blue, he whispered in the king’s ear that it might be time to host a knightly tournament in order to marry off his darling daughter Peawhit, at which the king turned in surprise, loudly exclaiming “But my daughter lacks both wit and beauty, my treasury is nearly bare, no one seems to really like her, and…and it would take a miracle to scare up any rivals to compete for her hand!”
“I’ve got an App for that, and an able assistant to organize the tournament and weave the necessary spells of illusion for just such a miracle,” Andrew said as he nodded to Brittany, who lowered her eyes demurely, while clenching her hands in the lap of her skirts.
The App was deployed, the spells concocted and misted over the farthest reaches of the world, the tournament announced, the Princess married, and nearly everybody lived happily ever after.
© Liz Husebye Hartmann (2021)
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Valley of the Trolls 
That is some kind of app! Maybe he downloaded it from Google Play!
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😂😂
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That was a whole lotta fun, especially the arrival of the App 😁😃😄
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Apps always essential for a relatable fairy tale! 😉
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Great story! And the key words are, “nearly everyone!”
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Just keepin’ it real, here. 😀 😉
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Nearly everyone… yep, someone took it for the team.
What a fun upon a time tale.
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Such an image your provided of PP “examining her crumbly, fungus-infested fingernails” and then the ending line of “nearly everybody lived happily ever after.”
I’m guessing the winner of the tournament is wishing the app had frozen before the winner was announced.
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Or perhaps the spell lasts forever-after?…Or she at least kept up using a strong fungicide!
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The App is hilarious. Of course I have an app too. I usually take it about mid-afternoon. 😉
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Right after a tasty, sleep-inducing snack? Yep, same here…
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I like the thought of having an App to scare up those rivals. And the happily ever after for nearly everybody.
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As if torn from the headlines themselves, eh? And “nearly everybody” is a step toward the real world, perhaps?
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Surely the virtual world is every bit the magical kingdom once confined to book read to children only at the end of day… and apps, as you remind us, surely are magic spells.
‘…and nearly everybody lived happily ever after.“*
*this week’s ‘I wish I’d thought of that line’ award.
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Thank you, Ckark. 🏆😂
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I love the App idea! Seems there’s one for everything now. 🙂
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🤗🙈
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Ha! “Nearly” everyone. Too bad the app couldn’t be updated to make the spell last longer 😀
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Now THERE’S a thought! 😏😉
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Always a joy to come here. Good six
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Thank you, UP!
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Heeheehee! Everyone was happy ever after except, i expect, the prince duped into the marriage.
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Maybe he gets a booster on that spell….
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🙂 The thought of the “App” is hilarious!
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Creative anachronism, for a little bit of fun! 😉
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