A selection of short panel comics by Petra van Berkum
The Princess on the Road
1. Once a princess went out in the dress of a peasant girl for an adventure
trip. On her way, she reached in a village of farmers and commoners.
¶“For me are your songs and
your smiles,..
For me, forever, for all the
years…..”¶
2. She sat down on the steps of a cross
and thought,
Where am I now! I am a long way
from the palace.. This is life. But
I am thirsty . Where can I get
some milk from? Who is that
coming! ..
3. That was a village boy named Johnny.
Hey you, where is
everyone? I am hungry
and I need some milk
now.Everyone is in the
field, harvesting.. We
have some milk in
our house but..
So I should get it
myself right… great.
This is an adventure.
The princess went into his house and came back with some milk
and a loaf of bread.
4. The princess drunk the whole milk and ate the bread. She crumbled the rest
of the bread and threw it to the ducks.
By then the villagers came back and saw the
girls on the steps of the cross
5. One of the villagers recognised her jug and plates near the
girls . When they asked about it…..
Hey, these are my stuff.
How did they get here?
How dare you to steal
them?
I am sorry ,I was hungry
and thirsty. So I took them.
Mom, she took our
Sunday loaf too and
gave it to the ducks..
6. How dare you to
steal from our
village?
Hold her …
search her..
She is a thief .. A
vagabond
Please leave me… I am the princess…
7. At that time, a juggler came in that way and saw the mess going on
Hey everyone, what is going on
here?
When he saw the girl, he recognised her as the princess.
8. The juggler tried his best to convince the mob but..
You mad fools, this is the newly
married wife of our prince
Florimund…. Listen to me…
Look at her she is
nothing but a
vagabond…
9. Your Highness, please
show them
something to prove
yourself. Otherwise
they won’t let you
go.
I can sing for them… or… I can
dance for them…
10. The princess tried to prove herself by singing…
…..and dancing but nothing worked out.
Ha Ha Ha
Ha Ha Ha ..
“For me are your songs and your
smiles…”
12. Look people… who among you
can do it? Look at that
folks… that’s our
princess. You
believe now?
Wow!
wonderful …..
The princess took some apples and threw them in air
and caught it,, and went on throwing them.
13. ..and those who catches the
apples will help me to get
back to the palace….
Me….
Me…
I got it…..
14. And that worked…. The people of the village brought a cart for the
princess and took her back to the palace…..