Ella

Ella's real name is Eleanor, and she is the daughter of Lady Eleanor and Sir Peter. Ella finds out that she is one of the last people in the kingdom with fairy blood, which she inherited through her mother. Ella loves to laugh and play jokes, and climb trees and slide down banisters. She does great imitations of people and animals, and she is quick to learn foreign languages. The day Ella is born, the fairy Lucinda gives her the gift of constant obedience, thinking that this will make her docile and sweet. Instead, Ella is rebellious and stubborn, angry at being forced to submit to the will of others. In order to preserve her freedom, Ella finds ways of technically obeying, while doing something else to thwart the will of the person who commands her. Ella loves reading fairy tales, and making up her own. She does...