![]() ![]() Rappaport’s main undertaking is to give the sisters back their individuality. The wizard prophesied “calamity, much grief, no ray of light, an incalculable ocean of tears.” He gave up being a wizard and started drinking. The World went to War, our kingdom being no exception. For a long time nothing happened (except, you know, some wars, pogroms, assassinations)-until a bullet flew into the archduke of Austria. As anybody could see, the family was in a bit of a bind. But the wizard had come to be reviled throughout the kingdom. An entourage of doctors was helpless-only the wizard could bring the boy back from the brink of death. But what nobody knew was that the little tsarevich was gravely ill with a royal disease of the blood: A bang on the knee could lead to death. Though he was “uncouth” and “sexually intimidating,” he granted their wish-at last there was a cause to launch 301 gun salutes (girls warranted only 101), and the kingdom rejoiced. At wit’s end, they sought the help of a wizard. They needed an heir, but instead kept popping out princesses. ![]() ![]() ![]() Once upon a time, in a kingdom far, far away, there lived an inept king and a scorned queen (versions vary in some she may be wicked, insane, abominable, all of the above). ![]()
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