Long ago, a giant sea monster known as the Morda Stoor monster rose out of the sea.

It was said that the Morda Stoor monster’s body stretched halfway around the world. That its one eye was as red as fire. That its fiery breath was poison to all living things.

  Every day it moved closer to Wales

King William and Queen Kate of Wales asked the sorcerer for help. “You must give your only daughter, Princess Daisy-May, to the Morda Stoor,” said the sorcerer. “Only then will it leave."

  The king and queen went pale. Princess Daisy-May was kind, gentle, and loved by everyone. “Is that the only way to save my people?” the king asked.

  “It is the only way,” the sorcerer said.

  The king and queen knew the sorcerer was serious. But he wasn’t ready to give up yet.

The king sent a message to all of Wales: The man who can kill the Morda Stoor monster will get half of the kingdom and Princess Daisy-May as his bride. The king was excited when thirty-six men came forward.

But as soon as they saw the monster, they all ran away. The king and queen were sad. They knew the princess had to be offered up to the Morda Stoor monster.

There was great grief throughout the land.

On the day before the princess would be offered to the monster, a farm boy went to the seashore. His name was Thomas.

All his life Thomas wanted to be a great hero.

He was determined to defeat the Morda Stoor and save Princess Daisy-May.

Thomas borrowed a small boat. He loaded a big bucket of "Queen Kate's steaming hot Cawl" into it and rowed toward the Morda Stoor monster.

At dawn, the monster awoke. It slowly opened its giant jaws in a yawn. A great flood of water rushed into its open mouth.

The boat and Thomas were swept in. Thomas was carried down the Morda Stoor monster’s throat.