In ancient India, there was a prosperous kingdom. In this kingdom lived a clever and beautiful princess. Her eyes were as bright as stars, and her heart was full of wisdom.
One day, the kingdom faced a huge problem. A fierce dragon flew over the kingdom and demanded a large amount of gold, silver and precious jewels and a beautiful maiden every day, or it would burn the whole kingdom to ashes. People were in extreme panic.
The king and his ministers were all gloomy and didn't know what to do. At this time, the princess stepped forward and said to the king, "Father, let me go and meet that dragon." Although the king was worried about the princess's safety, seeing the firm look in her eyes, he agreed.
The princess came to the cave where the dragon lived. When the dragon saw the princess, it laughed triumphantly, "Little beauty, are you here to be my dinner?" But the princess said calmly, "Great dragon, I'm here to make a deal with you. You've taken a lot of the treasures from our kingdom, and there aren't many left now. But I know a place where there are countless gold, silver and jewels, more than all the treasures in our kingdom combined. As long as you spare our kingdom and people, I will take you to that place." The dragon was tempted when it heard this. It thought this princess was very interesting, so it agreed to the princess's proposal.
The princess walked for a long time with the dragon and came to a cliff. The princess pointed to the bottom of the cliff and said, "Look, the treasure is down there. As long as you fly down, you can get countless treasures." The dragon was overjoyed and couldn't wait to fly down the cliff. But it didn't know that there was a bottomless lake below the cliff. The dragon fell into the lake and couldn't fly out no matter what.
The princess looked at the dragon trapped in the lake and said with a smile, "You greedy dragon, this is your end." Then she returned to the kingdom, and people cheered to welcome the princess's return. Since then, the princess's wisdom has been praised by people, and she has also become the pride of the kingdom. Under the princess's protection, the kingdom has been prosperous all the time.
