![]() ![]() Right from the start, I loved reading Once Upon a Marigold. ![]() When he finally gets the courage to contact her, through p-mail (pigeon mail), he finds out her name is Marigold, and starts a long correspondence between them. But Christian is especially attracted to the younger, dark-haired princess. He is an uninvited guest at the balls and banquets, and even at the weddings of the three triplets. He watches the three beautiful, blond princesses grow up, as well as their smaller, dark-haired sister. Through a small telescope, Christian can watch King Swithbert's castle, and all the goings-on there. However, when he is found by Ed, a short, friendly troll, he becomes a young inventor living in a beautiful cave with his troll foster father. Christian is only a small boy when he runs away from home, tired of living in stiff suits, with too many siblings and too many rules. Once Upon a Marigold is a riches-to-rags fantasy about a young runaway boy, a plain, unpopular princess, and a four-foot-tall troll. ![]() What if you were a princess who lived a perfect, happy life except for one minor problem-your mother kept trying to marry you off to a boring royal suitor so she could become queen? What if you had never met or talked to your best friend except by letter? And what if, after too many boring suitors to count, you fell in love with someone you weren't allowed to marry? ![]()
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