PART 1

Once upon a time, there was a young girl named Nouf who lived in an old village in the Kingdom of the Moon. Nouf was not ordinary because she could fly in the sky. Nouf was smart and could fly like an eagle. Her hair was brown and long. She always wore a white but dirty dress. Her family was poor, yet they did everything for Nouf. Abu Nouf was a shoemaker in the village and her mother was a servant. She had to go to work away from home every day. It is not surprising that the salary is better outside the city. Nouf’s mother used to take a dinar made of iron every week. In the village, people used to earn a little money, half an iron dinar (50 dinars made of wood ). Nouf father’s salary is five dinars made of wood per day. It was impossible for them to save money to improve their lives.

One day, a huge and terrible spider suddenly attacked this village, killing all the people and finding those hiding. This day was a black day for the nation. The spider left only ruins behind it. Unfortunately, Nouf was not there because she was visiting her sick grandmother in another village, so she was unable to help her family. When she returned to her house, she saw the houses and was frightened by this sight. Nouf had hate inside her. She jumped up and started flying towards the Night forest where many monsters were hiding.

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PART 2

After about ten minutes in the sky, she finally arrived at the beginning of the forest. She did not fly because the area was very large and you had to explore from inside. She saw the tall trees and heard the first sounds coming from the depths of the forest. She remembered her mother’s words, “Be careful, my daughter, never go into the Night forest,” and what she saw was not much different from what they told her, and it was even worse. She put her fear behind her and started walking inside this terrible place. She slowly entered in the forest. She observed the whole place. She moved the leaves and branches with her hand on her way. It became cold in the evening, after the sun had disappeared. She had been walking for an hour and she got already lost. She arrived at a river and decided to sit down and get some rest. She was hungry and thirsty. She saw sweet fruits next to the water, so she took them and ate them. After a while, she felt sleepy and fell asleep. When she woke up, Nouf was not by the river.

When she woke up, she couldn’t move her body. She looked around and saw herself tied to a chair in a large but dark room. At first she tried to untie herself, but it was impossible, so she screamed with all her might so that someone could hear her. After a few hours, she was still alone. As soon as she stopped screaming, a tall person walked towards her. He stood in front of her and started smiling and then laughed. He said, “What does a little girl do in the woods alone ? Your family doesn’t tell you not to go somewhere you don’t know ? Listen, this world is very dangerous. You are safe (in security) here.”. Before she even knew who he was, the person left the room. Suddenly hundreds of lights lit up the place and a large wooden table appeared in the middle of the room. There were also a lot of insects around. Nouf was afraid of them. Flies started flying beside her, and a cockroach climbed on her head. A man was standing in the middle of all the insects and said loudly “My friends, peace be upon you. Listen to me! I am very happy that Nouf has agreed to eat with us. Do you know that there are not many people who accept to come when we invite them? Nouf, come and eat this feast.” Suddenly, while she was still thinking about how the man knew her name, the chair moved towards the table and Nouf was untied. When she approached the table, she saw the person who talked to her. He was sitting next to the other man. The last one was bigger than him. He said, “Thank you Nouf, and I want to thank you all, especially my son. Together, we will get back the kingdom that my brother took from us.”

They ate for hours. The whole time, Nouf did not speak, she was afraid and did not know where she could go if she wanted to fly. Also, the insects could hunt her. Finally, the party ended and all the living beings left the place and left the two people behind. The older person said, “My daughter, I hope you liked the food. I am King Suleiman Ibn Qamar. I am the brother of the current King of the Moon, Muhammad Ibn Qamar, he is my younger brother.” Nouf did not believe what Suleiman said and replied, “You are a liar. Everyone knows that the king has neither a brother nor a sister.” But the truth was very different and dangerous. When he was born, he had a rare disease. Everyone next to him started getting sick, and most of them died, like his mother. His father decided to build a palace away from everything, and the Night forest was a perfect place for it. And he gave the crown to Muhammad. “Mustafa is my son, he learned magic in the forest and helps me. He is behind the insects and attacks on the kingdom’s villages.” Nouf was very nervous when she heard Suleiman. She ran and flew towards them.

Nouf tried to hit the two boys, but she did not succeed. She was flying in the room and attacked strongly. At this time, Mustafa, Suleiman’s son, turned into a huge spider. Nouf knew that he was the spider that destroyed her village, and Suleiman rode on the animal to control it. Nouf became very nervous and once again flew towards the monster and decided to grab one of its legs and kept wrapping itself around the spider. The monster fell on its back on top of Suleiman, and Suleiman was greatly hurt. When the insects saw them on the ground, they stopped their attack on Nouf because they thought that the spider was invincible and they were afraid of it. Because of this, they decided to help Nouf and made a hole in the ceiling of the room and then on the roof of the palace in the middle of the forest. Nouf understood why they did this and caught the spider and Suleiman with the help of the insects. The insects left from the hole they had made and Nouf followed them to find the exit of the forest.

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PART 3

Then they flew to the Moon Palace. They arrived at the palace and placed the spider and Suleiman in front of the palace door. The kingdom’s guards opened the door and the king came out of the palace to see what was happening. Nouf introduced herself to the King and told him the whole story. King Muhammad Al-Qamar looked at them all and got close to Suleiman’s face and said, “You have changed, my brother.” Nouf was surprised and realized that the story that Suleiman told her was a true story. Suleiman replied, “You took everything from me. Look at my son and what happened because of you.” By this time, Mustafa returned to his normal appearance. King Muhammad said, “You were dangerous, and you are always dangerous to the kingdom,” and ordered the guards to imprison them, but Nouf shouted, “No! They did not honor the kingdom with what they did. They killed my family, they killed my friends, but they don’t deserve this bad treatment, once again. I saw how the insects changed. They can also change like them.” And Suleiman told his son, “Enough, let’s free all the insects from your magic and show to the people of the kingdom that we are not devils.” Indeed, Mustafa said a few incomprehensible words, and the insects turned into people. These people were the people of the villages who were thought to have died in the attack. Nouf saw her father and her mother. She ran to them, hugged them and started crying. When the king saw the happiness of the people gathered, he decided to forgive Suleiman and his son.

Suleiman Al-Qamar became the king’s minister and lived in a palace next to his brother’s palace. Mustafa used his magic to rebuild all the destroyed villages and Nouf and her family lived happily in the Palace of the Night Forest, which became an amazing place after the spider left it, and Nouf always used her abilities to help the kingdom, and that is how the story ended.