That morning Sly woke up early as a bird and began to get ready to practice to become a prince. He has been practicing that for over a week ,ever since he had lost Anna he has been thinking about her day and night . He began to think how he was going to surprise her when she sees him dress up like a prince. " But would that be enough?" He thought to himself. His good pal Jack was assisting in getting ready for the party and just entered the doorway, " Hey there Prince Sly to what do I owe the honor?" Jack said sarcastically pretending to be a king. Sly replied, " I feel like a fake and I am not sure I can pull it off." He angrily took off his tie. Jack tried to calm him down by saying, " Hey why are you being pessimistic about this all of a sudden. Believe in yourself, when you came to me to ask me to help you dress like a prince you were overjoyed and enthusiastic , what happened now?"
Sly told his friend," The reality of the situation hit me . If I get caught they will put me in jail and I can lose Anna forever." He smiled and laughed, " Oh Anna what have you done to me , my life was simpler before I found you."
It was the day before Sly went to the castle and met Anna, he was strolling in the middle of the town when he heard a bunch of ladies gossip, " Tomorrow king Henry is hosting a big party in the castle." One of the ladies said , " I wonder what the occasion is." Another lady said," Rummer says they are searching for an appropriate suitor for princess Anna.Sly thought to himself ," A party , I got a great idea .While everyone is busy with the party I will sneak in and steal their expensive possessions .
Sly has just hit the jackpot , no more stealing from rich men and women in the streets. " This is going to make him richer than he could ever imagine." The day before the party he went into the castle and posed as a gardener who needed a job. Fortunately he was accepted for that position. Every day he would come to trim the bushes and water the flowers. One day while he was planting the plants he noticed behind the curtains of one of the rooms, a shadow of a young lady brushing her long silky hair that touched the ground. "That must be the princess."
Sly thought to himself. "What would I do to get a glimpse of her?" He saw her through the curtain but unfortunately it was not a clear picture. The shadow of her allowed him to picture her in his mind, he imagined a woman, her skin so fair and white with long smooth, silky long hair extended till her back. After she was done brushing her hair she put in a bun and placed some cream on her hand and then around her neck .He imagined himself kissing her neck down to her beautiful breasts, then while he was trimming off one the thrones from the flowers he accidentally cut his finger."Great!" he shouted out loudly, " I need to ask for a bandage and fast."
He went in the castle and asked on of the lady servants where he can find a bandage and she pointed towards the kitchen.When she left him alone he glanced around the castle and noticed how many guards were standing guarding everything while in the kitchen looking for a bandage, he heard a lady's voice come in the kitchen and she shout , " Where's my mother?" Sly looked at the servants from the corner of his eye and saw them shivering and scared of the lady that just entered. With fear they mumbled softly to her, " I think she is in the garden ,princess Anna.Would you like me to fetch her for you?" Anna replied angrily, " No thank you I will just go by myself !"
Anna left the kitchen quickly, then Sly thought to himself, " What a spoiled princess, what does she have to be angry about ? I broken nail." He laughed and then decided to follow her, he saw her hurry done to the garden and he carefully went after her. Anna saw her mother by the garden and went to her, while Sly found a hiding place next to the bushes and hid there to hear the princess conversation with her mother. Anna began yelling to her mother, " What is this I hear? Are you and father planning another party to find for me a suitor!" Her mother whispered softly to her daughter, " Lower your voice down ,some one can hear us." Her mother looked at her firm, " Now listen Anna ,your father and I agreed that you are in an age that you should meet men! That is what this party is about!"
Anna raised her voice, " How many times do I have to tell the both of you, I want to study to become a veterinarian then I will see if I want to meet someone." Her mother nodded her head and pointed her finger to her daughter, " Now listen Anna ,this is a tradition that has been going on for many years now and you can not break tradition." Anna ignored her mother and ran away .
Sly was shocked with what he heard, a princess who didn't want to get married, he had to follow and see where she went .He went out side and saw her sitting on a swing her back facing him ,he went closer but walking slowly because he didn't want to be heard or seen. Anna was holding her rabbit tightly on her chest and said, " Oh bunny ,sometimes I feel that you are the only person that understands me in this whole castle." She gave a huge sign, " What would I do with out you? I wish my parents would understand that I want to become a vet when I grow up , not get married at 18." Sly felt sorry for the princess , she had all the money in the world and she is still not happy.
Sly was back with Jack in the small house telling Jack the tale of the first time he ever met Anna, Jack asked, " That was the first time you saw her but you didn't speak to her right." Sly replied, " Yes I didn't speak to her then but on the day of the party when I went back to the castle to steal some expensive goods I met her then."
Jack sounded excited, " Tell me more, come on don't hold back on me now." Sly laughed at his friend's excitement and continued his tale," There was a party going on in the castle ,knowing people would be busy I found it the best time to sneak in without being noticed.I was already introduced as a gardener and I came back and told the guards that I was not finishing planting in the garden and that I had to finish my job. To my luck they agreed to let me in. I knew by now which window took me to the king's room. I looked up and said to myself. If I climb up these leaf vines I could reach to the room and steal some expensive possessions . So carefully and slowly I climbed up the leave vines, but unfortunately I didn't know that Anna was looking at me from the other side from her window. So after I climbed up a saw her waiting for me in the room, I was so scared that I got caught I thought she was going to tell on me." Jack got confused and asked, " Why didn't she? " Sly continued, " Surprisingly she wanted to run away with me to get away from the duties of being a princess, like being forced to marry a prince." Jack said, " I can't believe you accepted." Sly defended himself, " I had no choice, the guards were knocking on the room. I had to act fast so I took her with me and rode her on my horse."
Jack was stunned by this tale , " Well my friend this sounds like destiny, it feels like you and the princess were meant to be and I think you should not give up on her." Sly agreed with his friend but was scared of one thing and that is maybe Anna has given up on him instead.