Chapter 1 - France

Once upon a time there was a little girl named Nancy. She was an eleven-year-old blue-eyed girl with long blond hair. She was fair-skinned with lovely rosy cheeks. She was looking forward to her birthday, next March 17.

She lived in Kilmarnock not too far from the sea, with her little brother, Arthur, 4, and her parents. She loved the place because she had a lot of friends there. What she liked most was the sweet shop where she could get sweets, waffles, gingerbread and even 6-scoop ice-cream. Arthur and Nancy were fond of all sorts of delicacies. She also liked the new gym that was next to the tenpin bowling where she would still go every week. Almost everyday she enjoyed settling in the house her father had built up in the tree next to the river.

Nancy would love spending her time inventing silly things. One morning, while she was riding to school, she met the sweet shop keeper who was opening his shop. She asked him for some sweets.

"Thank you!"

Along the way she met a small dragon. She put it hastily in her bag. Once at school, she thought, "I hope the teacher will not find it!"