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Stupid Marco

Story Stats

Rating: 4
Grade Level: 3, 4, 5
Page count: 18

Author

Jay
Williams

Appeared in

The Practical Princess and Other Liberating Fairy Tales

Story Summary

The third son of a king was rather dim-witted and the king didn't see how he would every rescue a princess to wed. Luckily he was aided in his quest by Sylvia, a princess herself. In the end it is Sylvia he marries having rescued her from boredom.