When the Princess Rescued the Prince - fantasyREADERS

“About our traveling cloak,” said the biggest giant,
showing her a tattered gray cloak. “My brothers and I
have forgotten whose turn it is to wear it. You little
human people are very clever. Please decide for us, so we
can leave this stupid donkey and go on our way.”
“What does the cloak have to do with the donkey?”
“I told you. This is our traveling cloak. Using it, we
would not need the donkey. Whoever wears the cloak, can
just wish himself wherever he likes, and anyone he is
touching goes there too.”
“Very well,” said Dina “I will hold the cloak while I
decide.”
“See,” said the giant to his brothers, “I told you a
human was as smart as a magistrate.” He handed Dina the
cloak.
Quickly Dina put on the cloak, grabbed the donkey’s
mane, and wished herself and the donkey to be at the
Castle of the Golden Sun.
Hardly had these words passed from her lips, when a
great whirlwind picked up both her and the donkey,
leaving the giants shouting far below.
The wind whisked and swirled Dina and the donkey
through the air, then set them down by a green meadow
near a great, black, deserted castle.
End of free excerpt.
This story was liberated from Grimm. The CMU Hunt site
calls it “The Crystal Ball.”
The whole story is in ONCE UPON A TIME WHEN THE
PRINCESS RESCUED THE PRINCE: Thirteen Fairy Tales by
Rosemary Lake. The book is available in paperback or as