The Moonbell's Song: A Princess and Moonbird Story

This free illustrated story follows Princess Rosalina through a moonlit castle to help a Moonbird and ring the silent Moon Bell.

Princess Rosalina stands on a castle balcony at night with a blue bird on her shoulder, moonflowers at her feet, and a full moon overhead.

Princess Rosalina stands on a castle balcony beside glowing white flowers, looking toward a castle under a crescent moon.

Princess Rosalina could not sleep. When moonflowers began glowing along the castle balcony, she slipped from her bed to follow their shining trail.

Princess Rosalina stands in a castle courtyard with moonflowers beside a bell tower and a drawbridge.

The moonflowers led Princess Rosalina down a spiral stair and across the castle courtyard. Their silver petals pointed toward the old bell tower, where a soft song floated through the chilly air.

Princess Rosalina kneels beside a wooden tower door and touches one of three glowing flowers set into the stone wall.

At the tower door, Princess Rosalina found no handle—only three moonflowers pressed into the stone. She touched the brightest bloom, and the heavy door clicked open.

Princess Rosalina looks up at a blue bird inside a hanging cage beneath a large bell.

Inside, the singing grew clearer. Princess Rosalina climbed past dusty ropes and discovered a little midnight-blue Moonbird caught in a rusty cage beneath the bell.

Princess Rosalina kneels beside the bird's cage under the bell and reaches toward its latch.

Princess Rosalina tried the latch, but it would not budge. Then she noticed a loose pin beside the hinge and used it to lift the rusty catch.

A blue bird perches on Princess Rosalina's hand as moonflowers trail up the tower stairs beneath the bell.

The cage sprang open, and Moonbird fluttered onto Princess Rosalina’s hand. Its silver bell chimed once, pointing toward the silent bell above them—and a fresh trail of moonflowers appeared on the stairs.

Princess Rosalina kneels beside a loose stone and a glowing music note surrounded by moonflowers.

At the tower’s base, Princess Rosalina notices the moonflower trail curling around a loose stone. Beneath it rests a silver music note, warm from the singer’s song.

Princess Rosalina holds up a music note as glowing symbols appear above her in the tower stairwell.

Princess Rosalina brushed the dust away and held the silver note to the moonlight. Tiny lines appeared across it, forming a picture of the silent bell and three shining stars.

The blue bird flies near three star-marked bell ropes tied in a knot while Princess Rosalina stands on the stairs.

Moonbird tapped the stars with its beak, then flew up the stairwell. Princess Rosalina followed and found three bell ropes tied in a knot, each marked with one of the same shining stars.

Princess Rosalina reaches toward colored bell ropes beneath a large bell as the blue bird flies nearby.

Princess Rosalina loosened the knot, but the bell stayed silent. Then Moonbird placed its tiny silver bell against the first rope, and Princess Rosalina touched the ropes in the order shown on the note.

Princess Rosalina holds bell ropes beneath a ringing bell, with the blue bird and moonflowers nearby.

The ropes pulled together with a deep, warm clang. The Moon Bell began to ring, and its sound sent silver ripples through every moonflower in the tower.

Princess Rosalina walks from the bell tower at dawn as the blue bird flies beside her and moonflowers wind across the courtyard.

At dawn, Princess Rosalina stepped from the tower with Moonbird fluttering beside her. The castle bells chimed softly behind them, and a trail of moonflowers curled homeward as if the night itself were saying thank you.

The Moonbell's Song

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