"Where"s he got to?" wondered Princess Eloraine.
"Stop worrying about your little groundling," her sister snapped. "I"m sick of hearing about him. Anyone would think you had a crush on him.
Eloraine looked at her sister, fury in her eyes.
"Don"t be ridiculous. He"s a groundling. Do you really think I"d be infatuated by an animal?"
"Peace, girls," said Bramnor. "Is he worth fighting over? A groundling?"
"No, not really," replied Eloraine, "it"s just that I still can"t make out how he got to Smithtown so quickly."
"Maybe he flew!" smirked Sprinkla. "Maybe he"s an aerial after all and has a membrane that he can hide."
"Shut up!" snapped Eloraine.
Just then their mother entered the room.
"Arguing again, girls?" she said. "What"s it about this time? Not that young boy from near the par
