The Barefoot Princess

Once upon a time, there was a kingdom with a magnificent castle.

Inside lived a King, a Queen, and thier daughter,
a beautiful princess.

The princess had shiny, golden hair and kind, brown eyes, and was loved and adored by all.
Her name was Hannah.

But Hannah had a problem...
...she was cursed by a witch.

Whenever she put on a pair of socks,
poor Hannah's feet would be tickled like crazy until she took the socks off.

Hannah's sockless toes were very cold in the wintertime.

The King and Queen loved their daughter very much,
and they asked three magical wizards to break Hannah's curse.

The first wizard gave Hannah a magical cupcake to eat...
...but the cupcake didn't break the curse.

The second wizard massaged a magic potion into Hannah's feet...
...but not only did it not break the curse, it made her feet even more ticklish.

The third wizard, who was the wisest,
told Hannah how she must break the curse.

The wizard told her, "Someday, you will find one special pair of magic socks.
Wearing those socks will break the curse."

Once again, the King and Queen did all they could to help thier daughter.
They sent three brave knights to find the the most beautiful socks in the whole kingdom.

The next month, the knights returned.
Each one had found a beautiful pair of socks.

The first knight had found golden ankle socks. Hannah put them on...
...but they gave her the worst tickling she had ever had, like one-hundred feathers between her toes.

The second knight brought a pair of silver tube socks. Hannah tried these on, too...
...but they tickled her even worse than the golden socks had,
as if one thousand fingers were scrabbling across her soles.

Hannah nearly died laughing.

The last knight, who was young and handsome, had found Hannah toe socks,
woven from all colors of the rainbow.

Poor Hannah, who had been tickled to tears by the first two pairs,
bravely put on the final pair of socks...

...and they were soft and warm, the perfect shape for Hannah's feet.
Best of all, they didn't tickle. The curse had been broken.

Delighted, Hannah threw her arms around the brave knight, huging him tightly.
They were married the next day.

The people of the kingdom, overjoyed for their beloved princess,
decided to make a holiday in her honor. They called it Hannah Day.

It was decided that, on Hannah Day,
all the little girls in the kingdom would be tickled like crazy...

...except for Hannah.

And with her magic socks and her handsome knight, Hannah lived happily ever after.