17 The Fairytale Castle c Sometimes a pile of sand is a pile of sand. But sometimes, in the hands of a 6-year-old, a pile of sand is a shimmering castle with a drawbridge guarded by dragons and fire. “This is the princess up here,” says Gavin Chhabra, placing a white shell on the sandcastle he was creating on July 5 at Wrightsville Beach. “She has to be in the top room.” Chhabra adds more shells, explaining that these are Dry Tools: Shells, bucket and an unlimited windows so the princess can keep a watchful eye out for her www.wrightsvillebeachmagazine.com WBM Type of Sand: imagination prince. Of course, Chhabra’s fortress needs obstacles for the prince to conquer to reach his princess, so Chhabra digs a moat around the mountain of sand. He adds a bridge over the moat and sprinkles a handful of pointy shells on top. Not shells, he says, dragon teeth. “There’s a sword there and the prince can slay the dragon and then he has to jump over the fire,” Chhabra says. “And the baby dragons are underneath the bridge.” Chhabra gives his nautical narrative a fairytale ending. He explains the prince befriended the dragon with treats before navigating the fiery bridge, rescuing the princess and living happily ever after. In oceanfront property, no less.
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