Once upon a time two Candy Princesses, named Bella and Brynn, disappeared. It was a bright, sunny morning and to everyone’s surprise, the princesses and their fabulous Candy Castle simple were no longer where they should be….
“Lost princesses are so distressing,” said Plumpy, the last of the Plumpa trolls, as he shoves a juicy Gingerbread Plum into his mouth. Plumpy is the caretaker of the Gingerbread Plum Trees and his job is to gather up all the ripe plums that fall from the trees. But ever since the princesses disappearance, Plumpy does more eating than gathering….growing more plump and more glum with every bite of a plum.
Mr. Mint, the peppermint Lumber-jack and keeper of the Royal Peppermint Forest, also thinks the situation is somewhat sticky. Mr. Mint cuts down big red and white peppermint trees into bite-sized whistles and flutes, creating the sweetest sounding musical instruments ever. “My peppermint piccolos have been rather off key ever since the princesses left,” says Mr. Mint. “I certainly hope they return soon.”
“And what of my Gumdrop Mountains,” moans Jolly, the official Gumdrop Mountain greeter. “They don’t just glisten and glow the way they used to.” Indeed, the pastel-colored, sugar-crested range grows paler and paler every day the princesses are away!
“Oh, do cheer up,” says the ever-hopeful Gramma Nutt, who lives in the Peanut Brittle House. Gramma believes that some very special boys and girls can help find the missing princesses and their castle right at the end of the Candy Land path….if they look hard enough! “But whoever can these very special children be?” she asks.
“I know just the group to find my fellow princesses,” says Princess Lolly, of the Lollipop Woods. In a voice as light and airy as the fluffiest marshmallow, she says, “They’re the Candy Land kids…..courageous, clever, and ever so determined.
“They’ll never find the princesses or their castle,” Lord Licorice says sourly, “for I have hidden them from sight so that all of Candy Land will be mine!” His heart is as hard as rock candy. Always gloomy, ever grim, Lord Licorice lives very much alone, except for a few bitter chocolate bats to keep him company!
“Utter nonsense,” Queen Frostine says of Lord Licorice’s evil plan. Peacefully adrift on an ice-cream float in the Ice Cream Sea, warm-hearted Frostine thinks the Candy Land kids will surely find the princesses. “And no matter how many times Lord Licorice plots and plans,” she adds, “Candy Land will sparkle once again.
“When the kids pass my Molasses Swamp, the princesses and their castle will soon be found,” oozes Gloppy, the kingly Molasses Monster who is definitely more “goosome” than gruesome….
All of Candy Land is ready to help the Candy Land kids find the princesses. Even the gingerbread men from the Cookie Patrol have offered to act as guides along the path.
Alright Candy Land kids!! Please visit the 6 different areas of Candy Land. Once you do, you’ll find Princess Bella and Princess Brynn and their lost castle and everyone in Candy Land will live happily ever after!
