The Magical Scarf

Once upon a time there was a (fairly) young princess who was fond of wearing scarves.

By day she entwined her neck in the prettiest hand-knitted designer pink scarf that was adorned with silk ribbons and tinkled with shells dangling at the fringe. She was very pretty. By day…

By night it was a different story. Off went the pink scarf and the princess donned red and black tribal regalia instead. She would wave it about ferociously in a most unladylike manner whenever her champions clouted the enemy.

And when it was time to go home, remarkably the princess once more reverted to her docile ways – just as soon as she removed the magical scarf, and replaced it with the pretty pink one.

Such was the transformative power of the red and the black.