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By Jorian Clarke

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Chapter 2

The Rescue of Princess Kimma

On Planet Sarillion, the day was starting out for Princess Kimma like they alwaysdid.“Nana,” called out Princess Kimma. “Nana, do you know where my blue ridingboots are?” Kimma led a perfect life, at least that is what it looked like if you were anordinary Sarillion girl, looking at Kimma’s life from the outside. She had ten closets full ofclothes and eight dressers full of accessories (she didn’t know how many hats, scarves,bracelets, shoes, earrings, handbags and belts she had). She never had to clean herroom, there were palace servants that did that. She got to travel to exotic places and shemet really interesting kids from other planets who traveled with their Ambassador parentsto Sarillion. She never appeared to have blemishes or gain weight, even after a hugefeasting banquet.She knew just about anything that was worth knowing about because a Princesshas to be ready for anything. She had riding lessons, fencing lessons, swimminglessons, music lessons, painting lessons, singing lessons, Yadi lessons (which is aSarillion game that is sort of like a soccer game), language lessons, other culturesensitivity lessons, universal navigation lessons, hovercraft and space ship flying

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