Her eyes were wide and curious as with her tiny feet, she strolled through the gardens of her home. Her hair, extending down till the middle of her back, glimmered under the light from the sun as she traced her hands over the flower beds on both of her sides.
She wore a lavender dress that reached down till her ankles, as barefooted, she ran over to the lakeside in front of the palace where she could see her mother sitting with her elder brother, Alexander.
“Mother! Look what I found!” The seven-year-old Eleanor squealed as she waved her hands clutched around bunches of dandelions, showcasing them to her mother. She skipped all the way to the two before climbing up on the bench they were sitting on, gazing at the swans in the water.
“Grandmother scolded you the last time you plucked fl
