Once upon a time, on a sunny day,
in a royal castle far away,
a naughty princess, she did scream.
Yucky yuck!
Strawberry ice cream!
This girl was called
Princess
Ping.
She didn't seem to like anything.
But most of all, she hated her toys,
none of them seemed to bring her joy
The palace butler gave her a dolly,
dressed in pink lace, named
Miss
Lolly
I don't like dolls! shouted
Princess
Ping
She cried and threw away the thing
The palace maid said,
There, there,
here's a lovely fluffy teddy bear
I don't like bears, howled
Princess
Ping
I don't want to cuddle anything
The palace guard said
I know what you'll like!
He gave her the coolest, flashiest bike
I don't like bikes! cried
Princess
Ping
She kicked the bike in front of the king
The poor king didn't know what to do
He wanted the princess to smile too
So he called a meeting at the court
said.
Where can the best toys be bought?
At the wonderful toy maker's shop,
they said.
Everyone agreed and
nodded their heads.
He makes magic toys,
but lives far away.
Magic toys! cried the princess.
Let's go today!
Seeing her so excited,
cheered up the king.
He said,
Very well then,
Princess
Ping.
They set off on their long, long journey,
over hills and roads that
were twisty and turny.
After going over moun
tains high and low,
through the moaning wind
and the falling snow.
They reached the wonderful
toy maker's shop.
Outside its sparkling
windows they stopped.
In the window was a magic display,
where tiny tin horses
stamped and neighed.
Magic balls glittered and bounced about.
A real mini aeroplane swooped in and out.
Goodness,
this looks like the place! said the king.
Magic toys! cried the princess.
Let's go in!
Then the door of the shop opened
with a big bang!
Welcome, your
Highnesses, said a friendly old man.
I'm the
Toymaker, he said.
Have you come far?
I make the most special toys
that there are.
Princess
Ping, I see you need some fun.
You may choose one toy, but only one.
Inside the shop,
the princess gaped.
There were toys in so many
different shapes.
Fast as lightning model cars and
spinning tops as bright as stars.
I don't know what to choose, said
Ping.
It seemed the toy shop had everything.
Musical instruments played
and shone.
There was even a magic microphone.
The toys were so sparkly and so, so bright.
But something dusty came into sight.
A wooden box of paints in all colours.
Was it these she'd come all this
way to discover?
These are special paints,
the toy maker said.
You can paint whatever pops
into your head.
And whatever you paint, well,
it comes to life.
Princess
Pink stared with wondrous eyes.
I can paint whatever I imagine, she said.
I'll never be bored then!
This toy is the best!
So she'd paint with her paintbrush
and draw with her pen.
And she was never ever bored again.