Sandcastle

There once was a girl who lived in an ice palace
With her father, the king, so full of malice
So malevolent was he that she ran far away
To a place where the waves roared and the palm trees swayed
She built a new kingdom up from the sand
And with kindness she ruled her new seaside land

But her father, the king, so irate was he
That he came to her castle by the sea
He demanded she return to his icy kingdom
And give up all of her new found freedom
But she dismissed him with a wave of her hand
And the king was sent far away from the land          

But her father, the king, was very persistent
And with the support of many assistants
He built up an army as large as could be
To invade her charming citadel by the sea

Word reached the princess of the invasion
Of her exquisite and glorious seaside nation
But having learned to rule with great sympathy
She used her cunning to realize victory

And when the dreadful day had come
And the wicked deed was nearly done
Over the kingdom’s warm, sandy beaches
Came the king’s army boiling and speechless
For the heat was merciless to the soldiers
And on the beaches they did smolder

The princess looked out from her palace pane
To see the king’s army going insane
And to the ruler they desperately entreated
“Your Highness, this duty cannot be completed”
But the king ignored their frantic pleas
And soon they all did fall to their knees

And by now the king of an empire dreary
Himself grew very, very weary
He knew his cruel efforts were all in vain
And turned around to save himself pain

The princess’s subjects all did cheer
And celebrated merrily once a year
The joyous defeat of the wicked sire
On an occasion that was dreadfully dire
For then, as now, cunning had won
In the marvelous kingdom under the sun