la princesse et l'écureuil

there once was a princess who lived in a treehouse. she enjoyed reading & writing, collecting leaves and pressing them between pieces of wax paper, and making smoothies. she lived alone because princesses can choose how they want to live, but there were many guardians around the tree where her treehouse was built because princesses cannot choose to be totally left alone. to get some exercise and find more leaves to press, the princess went walking in the woods. she walked & walked. she met many woodland creatures, and as you are no doubt well aware, woodland creatures make good companions because they are energetic & enthusiastic, but woodland creatures do not make good friends because they cannot be trusted. one particular day, the princess met one particular woodland creature who appeared to be more trustworthy than the others. to test him, she told him one little relatively worthless secret. he immediately told it to all the other little woodland creatures, so she knew that he was no different than all the rest, and that it's true what they say: all squirrels are squirrely.