A Princess, A Fish, and a Safety Pin by Megan

Once upon a time there was a princess named Roset. She was a lovely princess and every prince wanted to marry her, but Roset wanted to marry a peasant boy named Peter. He was strong and handsome.  Every peasant girl wanted to marry him, but Peter wanted to marry Roset.

Well, the King wouldn’t have it, he said Roset had to marry a prince, not a peasant. Roset was very sad, so she went to the lake behind the castle. She sat on a log and cried, when something from the water said, "What’s up?"

Roset looked into the water and saw a fish. "Well," she said, "I want to marry a peasant, but the King won’t let me."

"Hmmm," said the fish. "Why don’t you tell the King you promised the peasant you would marry him? Kings don’t break promises."

Roset said, "But I have to have an engagement ring."

"Yes, you do," said the fish. "Well, go ask the peasant for a ring, then go tell the King."

So Roset left the fish and went to Peter’s house. "Peter," she said, "we want to get married but the King won’t let us. If you give me an engagement ring and I tell the King that I promised I would marry you and I show him the ring, then he will have to let us marry."

"Yes," said Peter. "Only I don’t have a ring."

"Oh," said Roset.

"Wait!" shouted  Peter. "I have a safety pin."  He reached into his pocket and pulled it out.

"That will work. Thank you," said Roset, taking it. "Good bye, Peter."

 Roset ran onto the throne room. "Father!" she said. "You have to let me marry Peter because I promised him I would."

"Oh, you naughty girl," said the King. "But," he said, "you don’t have a ring."

"No," admitted Roset. "He didn’t have one, so he gave me a safety pin instead."

"Fine," said the King.

So Roset and Peter were married as soon as possible and they all lived happily ever after. (Meanwhile, the King was pouring out his troubles to the poor fish in the lake.)