Once upon a time, in a kingdom where roofs were floors and floors were roofs, lived Prince Renn. He giggled every day because people walked on sky-blue ceilings and slept under rainbow carpets. Whoosh! Prince Renn had a friend named Servant Queen Sara.
She wore a crown made of cookies, and she served kindness instead of food. Giggle, giggle! One sunny morning, Prince Renn tip-toe, tip-toe, tip-toed into the royal kitchen. He wanted just one tiny cookie from the Queen's crown.
Crunch! Crunch! He ate two cookies - pop! pop!
- right off the crown. Then - oh no! - Sara came in. Her eyes went wide."Where are my cookie crown cookies?" she asked. Prince Renn's tummy felt twisty. His cheeks went pink.
He looked left, then right. He whispered,"Maybe the wind ate them?" Sara's smile turned small."The wind does not eat cookies, dear Renn." Prince Renn looked at his feet. His shoes had cookie crumbs on them. Crumbs! Crumbs!
Little tell-tale crumbs. All day the kingdom felt upside-downer. Birds flew backward. Flowers sang sad songs.
Even the jelly on the ceiling wobbled slowly. Sara sat on a cloud-stool."A true friend tells true words," she said softly. Prince Renn’s heart went thump-thump-thump.
He took a deep breath. He walked to Sara. Step, step, step."I ate the cookies," he said."I am sorry." Sara’s smile came back, big and warm."Thank you for the truth!" She gave Renn a big squishy hug.
Squeeze! Together they baked new cookies. Stir, stir, stir. Sprinkle, sprinkle, sprinkle.
The kitchen smelled like happy. They put the new cookies on Sara’s crown. Ta-da! The crown shined brighter than before.
The kingdom flipped right-side-up again. Birds flew forward. Flowers sang la-la-la. The jelly giggled on the ceiling.
Prince Renn learned that telling the truth makes hearts light and crowns bright. Every day after, when he wanted a cookie, he asked. And Sara always shared, because sharing is caring, and caring is kingdom-loving! And guess what?
The cookie crown grew back every night, so there were always enough cookies for everyone. Yum, yum, yum! Do you think Prince Renn ever told a fib again? Nope!
He told truth like a brave prince. And Servant Queen Sara? She kept serving kindness and cookies. Forever and ever and ever.
The end!