This document summarizes a story called "Once Upon a Marigold" through pictures and captions. It describes how the main characters are Marigold, a princess, and Christian, a boy who was raised by a troll in a crystal cave. They fall in love but cannot be together since Christian is a commoner. The document explains key events like them communicating by pigeon mail, Queen Olympia's plans to force Marigold into marriage, and the discovery that Christian is actually a lost prince, allowing him to marry Marigold.

1. By Jean FerrisBy Jean Ferris
Once Upon A Marigold
By Jean Ferris

2. Once Upon A MarigoldOnce Upon A Marigold
The reason that I covered the whole coverThe reason that I covered the whole cover
slide with a picture of a marigold is becauseslide with a picture of a marigold is because
one of the main characters in this book isone of the main characters in this book is
named Marigold. I also included a picture of anamed Marigold. I also included a picture of a
castle because Marigold is a princess. Thecastle because Marigold is a princess. The
other picture I added was a picture of a crystalother picture I added was a picture of a crystal
cave because the boy that Marigold meets andcave because the boy that Marigold meets and
falls in love with lives in a crystal cave.falls in love with lives in a crystal cave.

3. Christian
This picture shows a little boy alone in the
woods. In this story, Edric, a normal forest
troll, found a little boy out in the woods. The
boy told Ed that his name was Christian. Ed
told Chris that he would help find his parents.
Then Ed said that the little boy could live with
him until they found his parents. When they
got to Ed’s crystal cave, the cunning little boy
said that if Ed tried to contact his parents he
would tell them that Ed had kidnapped him.
Christian did not like his strict parents and to
escape, he had hidden in the forest. Ed
became aware of what could happen if he
contacted Christian’s parents, so Ed became
Christian’s foster father and raised him in the
crystal cave.
This picture shows a blue velvet suit similar to the one that
Christian was wearing on the day that Edric found him. The
fine suit led Edric to believe that Christian might be of
nobility or royalty, but Christian said that it was itchy and
that he never wanted to see it again.

4. Walter and Carrie
This is a picture of two pigeons. In this
story, people talked to other people over long
distances using pigeons. This method of
mailing is called p-mail which stands for
pigeon mail. One day, Christian was looking
across the river at the castle and he saw
Princess Marigold reading a book. At that
time, Christian was a man, but he was still
curious to know what she was reading. He
sent Walter and Carrie, his two pigeons, over
to ask her what she was reading. When she
responded that she was reading Greek Myths,
a book that Chris had read, they started a
friendship through p-mailing.
Princess Marigold was an avid reader. Whenever
Christian would look at her through his binoculars, she
would be reading. The day that he had the courage to p-
mail her was the day they became friends because they
had read many of the same books.

5. King Swithbert’s Castle
This is a picture of a castle because in the
story, Princess Marigold lived in her father’s
castle. Her father is King Swithbert and her
mother is Queen Olympia. Queen Olympia
wanted Marigold to marry but many of the
suitors have been uninterested in such a
boring, plain girl. At the same time,
Christian was coming to work for the castle
as a servant and while he was there, he
started to fall in love with Marigold. Of
course, he could not marry her because he
was a commoner, but their secret love went
unnoticed.
This picture shows a crown because Queen
Olympia was obsessed with power. She would
do anything to be queen. Even if it meant
forcing her daughter to marry just to get her
out of the kingdom. She was also hoping that
her old husband would die soon so that she
could be the sole ruler of the kingdom.

6. Olympia’s Bedroom
This is a picture of a room in castle because in
the story, Christian was walking out to do his
work on the terrace when he heard Queen
Olympia’s voice coming out of her bedroom.
As he eavesdropped on her, he realized that
she was talking to Fenleigh, her pampered
ferret. The things that she said horrified
Chris. She was making threats that Christian
knew she could keep. She said that if
Marigold refused to marry then she would
have to somehow kill her “accidentally” so
that she could still be queen. Even worse, if
her husband didn’t die soon she said he might
have an “accident” too.
This picture of a ferret represents Fenleigh,
Queen Olympia’s very spoiled pet. Sometimes
Olympia treated him better than she treated
humans. As Olympia idly told all her plans to
Fenleigh, Christian heard every single word.

7. Marigold’s Wedding
This is a picture of a wedding because in
the story, Christian finds out that
Marigold is not going to marry and he is
heartbroken. Then, as if planned, Ed
remembers Christian’s blue velvet suit.
When the castle royalty see it, they
immediately recognize it as the suit of
Prince Christian of Zandelphia who was
lost at the young age of six. Since
Christian is now a prince, he can marry
Marigold. He does and Marigold is
saved.
Marigold was always happy being a
princess. She was never power hungry like
her mother. She was never intent on
marrying before Chris came along.

8. Made by Morgan AlexanderMade by Morgan Alexander
Mr. KilbyMr. Kilby
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