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    Princess Rose
    Princess Rose
    Princess Rose
    Ebook67 pages56 minutes

    Princess Rose

    By Nikolaj Vigrim

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    Princess Rose arrives in Sofie's dreams; lets her have a glimpse of her world, then begs to be rescued.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherNikolaj Vigrim
    Release dateFeb 1, 2014
    ISBN9781310051302
    Princess Rose
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    Nikolaj Vigrim

    Nikolaj lives in Auckland, New Zealand with his long suffering partner, their four children and a cat that thinks she's a tiger. His work as a yacht captain takes him away for long periods to far flung corners of the globe. It's a full on job but when possible Nikolaj escapes into a fantasy world of teleporting clouds and flying cats to write stories for his children. He used to write these out long-hand but more recently has been tapping them out on an i-pad and publishing them online. While his children are rapidly growing up, the younger two are firm fans and always demand a bedtime story when Dad is home.

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      Princess Rose - Nikolaj Vigrim

      Princess Rose

      by Nikolaj Vigrim

      Published by Nikolaj Vigrim

      Smashwords Edition

      Copyright 2003 Nikolaj Vigrim

      Cover by Lulu

      Inside Cover by Sofie

      Smashwords Edition, License Notes

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

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      Contact the Author

      nikolajvigrim@gmail.com

      Chapter 1 - In Antibes

      Sofie's house is bright yellow.

      From the chaos of the street, you step in through the dark green door between the shoe shop and the boulangerie, then climb the wonky, winding staircase where tall people have to stoop, and still bump their heads. After spiralling around three times you reach the apartment where Sofie lives. The apartment has two bedrooms, each with a tiny terrace overlooking the cobbled shopping street. Nick and Caroline, Sofie's mum and dad have one and Sam and Lulu the other. The other room has the kitchen at one end and a sofa and the TV and a big window at the other. In the winter it looks out across orange roof tops. In the spring, fresh green leaves block the view until the autumn winds turn them orange and yellow and chase them into untidy piles in the school yard far below.

      If you continue up a little wooden staircase from this room you get to Sofie’s bedroom. Actually, it’s not really a bedroom but just a space at the top of the stairs before you go out onto the roof terrace. On one side Sofie makes a nest out of a big old duvet for her and her dolls, Pinky and Marie, to sleep in. On the other side there’s a ledge just big enough for Sofie’s desk and her special things. As it’s a bit of a jump across the canyon where the stairs come up, Sofie’s little sister Lulu can’t get over to menace with her treasures.

      Sofie loves to draw. She draws girls and fairies and princesses. She draws houses too. Although she loves the apartment, she dreams of living in a house where she can have her own bedroom and a garden to play in. She writes stories and poems and is always dreaming, dreamy girly things. Her teacher says, 'Sofie, tu a ta tete dans les nuages.'

      Sofie, you have your head in the clouds!

      She almost does in her little space at the top of the stairs. Looking out the windows she can see the sky. Clouds scud by when it’s windy; martins glide high overhead by day then swoop around the chimney pots in noisy flocks at dusk; airplanes roar past low over the town and at night, the stars and the moon light up the sky and the ghostly shapes of seagulls glide by. She looks across the orange rooftops of the old town to Chateau Grimaldi, its flags flying happily in the breeze. To the north she looks out across the masts of the yachts to the Alps and there’s a glimpse of sparking blue sea and the hills of Italy.

      The roof terrace has great big terracotta pots with plants growing in them. There are bushes that are boring most of the time then suddenly burst into flower with pink and yellow blossoms. There's jasmine, which her mum says is too stinky and wants to throw it over the edge. Sofie imagines it flying through the air then landing with a smash on the street below, squashing someone flat. There are prickly cactuses that sit there doing nothing, waiting patiently for Sofie to get close enough to get her with their prickles. She loves the evenings best. The martins swoop so low over the terrace as they play tag over the roof tops that she ducks when they zoom by in a rush of air and noise. Then they are gone and the neon lights of the hotel opposite paint the

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