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The Fairy's Mistake
Children's fiction
The Fairy's Mistake
Book 1 of the The Princess Tales series
87 pages · First published 1999
Fairy Ethelinda believes she has neatly rewarded kind Rosella and punished rude Myrtle by making jewels fall from one sister’s mouth and insects and reptiles from the other’s. Real life immediately ruins the fairy’s moral arithmetic when a greedy prince imprisons Rosella for her treasure-producing speech while Myrtle discovers that frightening people can be surprisingly advantageous. Ethelinda must confront the consequences of magic that sounded fair in theory. Gail Carson Levine’s retelling of “Toads and Diamonds” is a comic lesson in unintended consequences and the danger of assuming rewards automatically create happy endings.
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Kidnapping/captivity · Violence, weapons, and peril
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