After encountering the knight who also wanted to see the wizard in order to gain courage, Cinderella, the Scarecrow and the cowardly knight strolled along the Golden Brick Road, chatting away merrily.
"Did you say that the princess was sixteen when she got pricked by the spindle and that happened ten years ago?" asked the talkative scarecrow. After receiving a nod of affirmation from the knight, he continued. "Then, the princess must be 26 years old now? You look like you're around twenty years old. Wouldn't the princess be too old for you?"
"Well, nay," answered the knight. "The curse has frozen time inside the castle, so everyone that's asleep from the curse will remain the same age. I was merely ten years old when the princess got pricked by the spindle and now I am twenty, so I will be four years older than the princess."
"So, even if the princess has slept for one hundred years, she'd still be sixteen when she wakes up?" queried Cinderella.
"Yup, that's right!" said the knight. "At least that's what I've heard from the villagers. I mean, I've never seen the princess since she fell asleep, so I wouldn't know."
"Wow, I wouldn't want to wake up one hundred years later only to find that the world has changed but I haven't," contemplated Cinderella philosophically. "It must be such a strange feeling."
Suddenly, they noticed that the Golden Brick Road was becoming narrower when they perceived that in front of them was a wooden bridge which was the only path that could lead them across a murky river inhabited by aggressive crocodiles.
"Oh no! Looks like we have no path around it!" exclaimed the knight in despair after looking around for another way to cross the river.
"Then, let's get a move on!" said Cinderella. "I am confident that if everyone else before us has passed the bridge, then we can do it as well!"
"Not so fast!" shouted the Scarecrow. "Look carefully! There seems to be a few planks missing on the bridge. From my calculation, the gap is well over 2 metres. There is no way that we can jump over it to reach the other side!"
Just when the Cinderella was about to argue that they would never know if they hadn't tried, a large, ferocious-looking wolf with bloodshot eyes appeared abruptly on the wooden bridge and was advancing menacingly towards them.
"Yikes, mamma-mia!" exclaimed the cowardly knight in fright. "Although I doubt that we can jump over that gap, I am pretty sure the wolf can and will!"
"Then, we'd better run for our lives!" concluded the scarecrow.
~To be Continued~
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