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The horse has asked to let the record show: She didn’t mean to kill the prince

But the prince didn’t understand the difference between reign and rein A king reigns, dom A horse has reins, straps that are used to direct it But the prince assun, he also had free rein with the reins Fortunately, the prince at least understood the difference between rein, reign, and rain, otherwise he ht he could command the weather, too

The horse neighed in an annoyed tone, nudging the dead prince with her long nose She had only ai branch to try to knock some sense into him Instead, she had knocked him clean off and clean out

But look! His chestherto stick around while we talked about the difference between mane, main, and Maine, the horse trotted away

The prince lay in the middle of a vast forest On one side was a castle with a very tall tower There was a lot of activity at that castle—soldiers running here and there, calling out a na for so from the stables, too

Hmmm

On the other side of the forest was a castle where no one h the entire castle wanted to avoid the harsh light of the sun and only caht

Hmmmmm

In between the two castles were a few se in the woods just awaiting a granddaughter, or a clever tailor, or a boy oods

There were also wolves and bears going about,their own business, unaware that very soon they would be descended upon by ht be the sa

With a groan, the prince sat up He rubbed his head If he knew the difference, he’d know that he now had neither rein nor reign He was alone, in thethe sky, just a few yards from where he sat, was a lone tower

The prince hated towers

They were ugly They s burn and your breath catch in your chest if you had to huff all the way to the top of them They were very difficult to keep clean, ith all the stones and dusty stairs and little ani up residence in them And, until very recently, he had been held prisoner in one

That last reason is probably a better reason than the others to hate towers

His first impulse was to burn the tower down (There arewith towers! First, find out what the zoning ordinances are for the kingdoht restrictions? What is the tower being used for? Is it a commercial tower in a residential district? Or a residential tower in an area zoned for retail? Are all of its licenses current and valid? After doing the research, write a letter to the local kingdo they open up an inquiry to look into whether or not the tower is legal After waiting several months with no reply, write another letter This ti a lawyer Then you’ll need to find a laho specializes in tower law, and … You knohat, on second thought, the prince is probably onto so idea)

But before he could even gather up enough tinder for a campfire, much less a towerfire, he heard the e of the trees

The ground around the toas cleared in a circle The tower looh in the sky, three or four stories tall, unlike this book, which is ten stories tall Rough gray stones ascended to the sky There was no door, not even auntil the top of the tower That as open, and fro out like a doorbell Some people have voices like church bells, but this one was less regal and more “come on answer the door come on come on”