PG13- One for the Morning Glory (v)

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If you appreciate new twists on old fairy tales, then you might want to check out One for the Morning Glory In the Kingdom that exists in a time so long ago that story and reality blend into one and even the people living there know when they're part of a tale, the two-year-old Prince Amatus drinks the Wine of the Gods. And as everyone knows from a saying so old that it must be true, "a child who tastes the Wine of the Gods too early is only half a person afterwards". In Amatus' case, the half that is lost is his left side, although it doesn't seem to impede his ability to walk and talk and otherwise get along in the world. Four mysterious Companions arrive a year and a day later, and the King realizes that his son will be a hero in a story and a mystery that unfolds as the years pass. This is a tale with a blithe self-consciousness that serves only to make it more enjoyable, with an interesting tendency to use real and almost-real words to mean something else entirely. While the slightly changed terminology is never outright explained, it's clear from context and helps to give the story a feeling of a different place and time and carry it into the realm of fairy tales indeed.

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