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The Court of the Summer King

Story Stats

Rating: 4
Grade Level: 5
Page count: 16

Author

Jennifer
Roberson

Appeared in

The Unicorn Treasury

Story Summary

In the depth of a bitterly cold winter, a fever settles in to the village of twins, Asta and Gar, threatening the life of their baby sister, Elki. Desperate to save their sister, they visit the village witch hoping for a spell or medicinal tea, Unfortunately she has no cure for the fever but sends them to the Court of the Summer King to find a Unicorn's horn. When they arrive they discover that to take a Unicorn's horn, means death to the Unicorn. It is Asta's gentle heart that finds the solution.