"K. D. Wentworth - Hallah Iron-Thighs and the Five Unseemly Sorrows" - читать интересную книгу автора (Wentworth K D)

Prince Rumkin and Princess Merrydot were married scant hours before she turned sixteen and exceeded
her expiration date. Princes Tristin and Adelbert hung out at the castle long enough to back up Rumkin's
story, then set off for home, shoulders slumped. Fortunately, no one in Findlebrot ever realized they were
pining for one more round of the Whipping Boy and the King instead of marital bliss with the luscious
Merrydot.



The weird screaming up on the mountain, the ominous fires, and clanking of chains ended. No more
gnawed bones were strewn along the high trails and there were no more royal abductions, although I later
heard reports of an excessive amount of broiled squash rinds littering the heights.



True to her word, the princess paid Gerta and me handsomely, though the bulk of our fee came to us in
the form of surplus wedding gifts. I suppose we'll eventually find a use for the silver candle-snuffers and
jewel-encrusted toilet paper cutters. It's the thought that counts, as they say.



The most elegant reward for our exploits, though, Merrydot kept secret until her wedding reception,
where she announced to one and all that henceforth only Four Unseemly Sorrows would be recognized
throughout the kingdom.



That's why, in Findlebrot, it is no longer a sin to be Tall.