Once Upon a Time...

There was a terrible monster in the Kingdom of Arnold that was so big it made the ground tremble and the villagers flee in fear.  

The monster had eaten all of the village pets, but continued to terrorize the Kingdom of Arnold.

No matter what the villagers tried, they could never scare away the monster.  Even arrows would not harm the beastly creature.  

One day The King of Arnold summoned his most wise subjects to find a way to keep the monster away.  

Alice and Emmy, the smartest and most adventurous sisters in the kingdom, joined Mr. Mike the Owl, and Kahlia the Wizard to decide what to do.  

Mr. Mike the Owl suggested they feed the monster its favorite food... a cat!  

But there were no cats left in the kingdom.  

Before anyone knew what was happening, Kahlia the Wizard cast a spell.  Lightning shot out of the wizard's wand and into Emmy, transforming Emmy into a cat!  

Emmy-Cat meowed at Alice in confusion.  

The ground started to shake and tremble.

Suddenly, the monster appeared, snatched up Emmy-Cat, and gobbled her up whole!  

Alice pleaded with The King to let her go after the monster to try to save her sister, Emmy.

The King replied, "If you can find a way to save her AND stop the monster from coming back, you may go."

The brave Alice quickly gave some instructions to the villagers and ran after the monster.  

Alice ran as fast as her legs would carry her to the edge of the Arnold village wall.  

She caught up with the monster just as he was breaking down the wall and heading into the forest.  She yelled up at the monster.  

Stop right there, monster!  

Give me back my sister!

The monster grabbed Alice in his huge, clawed hand and snarled, saying, "Why would I want to do that?"

Alice had a plan.  "Because I have a monster of my own who is even bigger and scarier than you!  If you don't spit out my sister right now, I'll make him eat YOU!"

The monster did not believe her for a second.  
"SHOW ME THIS MONSTER!" he growled.