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By Jay K. Lacey
Once upon a time, in a faraway land
there were a King and Queen who Ilved
in a big palace and had everything they
wanted. Well, almost everything. Most of
all they wanted a child. And so one day
the Queen announced that they were going to have a baby , The news spread
quickly and soon everyone in the casUe
was husUing and bustling throughout the
courtyard making things ready for the
big event. The King was so overjoyed he
had his Honda Scrambler tuned and even
took the barnes out. .
At last the Queen ha d a daughter.
Seven falry godmot hers came riding up
to the christening of the IitUe princess.
Each gave the pri ncess a gift, as was
the custom of fairies in those days,
Some gave carburetors, so me gave tires,
others gave us eful odds a nd ends, such
as helme ts , chain tools, and alloy clutch
pla te s. Even a new Webco camshaft
tu rned up !
Arterthe ceremonies were over everyo ne returned to the King" s pala ce for a
quick feast which had been prep ar ed for
the falries. A magnHlcent case of pure
gold was set before each fairy and in the
case was found a knife, fork, and spoon
set with diamonds and rubies. As they
sat down there came into the hall a vel)'
old fairy who looked as old as Excelsior
herseH. Everyone thought she was either
dead or enchanted (proba bly because
she drove one of the oldest Allard Mark
\1I's ever seen). The King co uld not
furnish her with a case of gold because
only seven had been made for the seven
fairies. The old falry was heard to grumble and gripe.
When It came time for the old falry to
make her gUt to the young princess, she
sald spitefully, · W
hen the princess
reaches the age of fHteen she shall bum
herself and die of the wound. ·
This terrible gift made everyone
tremble, but at that moment one of the
seven fairy god-mothers came forward
and said. " Oh , King and Queen, your
daughter shall not perish of this disaster. It Is true that I can not undo entirely what the elder fairy has done, but
Instead of dying, the princes s hall
merely fall into a deep sleep that wtll
last a hund red years. At the en d of that
time, a King 's son wtll come and awaken
her,"
To avoid the mi s fortun e fo re told by
the old falry , the King issued proclamations stating tha t the prin cess was In be
kept from lire, matches, etc. Thus fUteen years pa s sed and 110 harm befell
the princess.
But one day , soon after she was fifteen, the you ng pri ncess took a walk
throu gh the palace and cou rtyard, In the
courtyard she found a couple of the
caslie's guardsme n womng on their
wheels. The IIrst was briskly polishing
his 5-speed 500!Flve while the other
tuned hi s P ur5ang. Walking over tAl the
second guardsman she aske d.
"What are you doing . my good man? ·
"I' m jetting for the scrambles this
weekend. your highness,· he answered
smiling,