George MacDonald

I Why the Princess Has a Story About Her
There was once a little prin­cess whose father was king over a great coun­try full of moun­tains and val­leys. His palace was built upon one of the moun­tains, and was very grand and beau­ti­ful. The prin­cess, whose name was Irene, was born there, but she was sent soon after her birth, be­cause her mother was not very strong, to be brought up by coun­try people in a large house, half castle, half farm­house, on the side of an­other moun­tain, about halfway between its base and its peak.