The Princess and the rat waved good bye as the ship left. They turned round and walked up the hill towards the telegraph tower. As they walked the road they became surrounded by a huge forest.
Suddenly there was an 'oh no' from the quantum cat.
Looking up the Princess noticed a number of posters nailed to the trees near the road. The first one had a picture of the flying boy. 'Wanted' the poster said 'burglar, thief and escape artist. Danger prone to fading'. The poster promised a reward of ten pounds for his capture.
'For that much might I might hand myself in' signed Flying boy.
The next one showed the Princess. 'Wanted' it said 'fake mechanical Princess. Beware of this imitation' with reward of ten pounds.
The final poster was of the quantum mechanical cat. He looked at it in horror 'wanted for treachery against the Kings men. Helping a thief and clockwork Princess to escape prison. Billy, Bailey, Boby, swimming pond the quantum mechanical cat'. This had a reward of fifteen pounds.
The rat started laughing.
'They must think you helped us' said the rodent scholar who was glad and just a little disappointed that he didn't have a poster too. Then they heard the sound of galloping horses.
'It's the King's horses, Quick hide' said the Princess. She ran and hid behind for a nearby log. The others followed but the Quantum cat struggled to shout and escape. Flying boy pulled the cat then joined them behind the log. They hid before the horses thundered by'
The cat kept struggling with his collar and pointing at things so no one would look at him and he could escape, but the rat was too clever for this.
'If we get caught I'm going to tell the Kings men that not only did you help us but the escape was all your idea' said the rat.
'Typical rat trick, I hate you all' said the cat.
When another troop of horses went by the rat noticed the cat was quite.
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The Clockwork Princess
Ciencia FicciónAfter a riding accident Princess Amelia discovers she is made entirely out of clockwork. Trapped in the Kings prison she escapes with the help of a well read rat, a mute fly boy and a quantum mechanical cat. So begins her incredible peregrination of...
