With this discovery, and the help of her friends, Cimorene foils the wizards' plan. In exchange, Woraug will give them access to the Caves and magical items held by the dragons.Īlianora discovers a way to melt wizards: soapy water mixed with lemon juice. The wizards plan to interfere with the trials to allow Woraug to win the title of King. (The King is a King regardless of gender.) Cimorene hurries through the dragon caves on errands for Kazul, where she meets a prince turned into a living statue.īased on information from the Stone Prince and Alianora, Cimorene realizes that the wizards poisoned the King with the help of Woraug.
This news comes too late as the King of the Dragons has already been fatally poisoned.Īlthough Kazul is still ill, she must leave to compete in the trials to choose the next King of the Dragons. Kazul sends Cimorene to warn another dragon that the wizards are gathering dragonsbane. The plant is dragonsbane, poisonous to dragons.
Panicking, the dragon burns it up immediately, but the inhalation of the smoke causes Kazul to fall ill.
Cimorene brings a sample of the herb back to Kazul. The wizards' staves absorb magic from any magical sources nearby – including dragons.Ĭimorene and Alianora, princess to the dragon Woraug, find another wizard gathering herbs near the dragon caves. Later, Kazul explains that the dragons and the wizards disagree about the wizards' access to the Caves of Fire and Night. After being annoyed, the wizard leaves using complicated magic, and Cimorene guesses that he is a powerful wizard. While posting the sign, Cimorene encounters a wizard. She hopes that a sign on the road to the cave will keep would-be rescuers at bay. Kazul assigns Cimorene to cook for her and organize her library and treasure hoard.Ĭimorene likes her position and becomes friends with Kazul, but finds she must constantly deal with knights and princes who want to rescue her. She meets a group of dragons and volunteers to become the "captive" princess of the dragon Kazul. Faced with the prospect, Cimorene runs away.
Cimorene learns that they plan to arrange her marriage to an annoying prince named Therandil. The King and Queen take Cimorene on a state visit to a neighboring kingdom. Princess Cimorene is frustrated by her life and persuades the castle staff to teach her fencing, magic, cooking, Latin, and other interesting subjects that are considered very "improper" for princesses to learn. It received the 1991 Minnesota Book Award for Fantasy and Science Fiction. The novel chronicles the adventures of the princess Cimorene, who escapes her tediously ordinary family to become a dragon's princess. Wrede, and is the first book in the Enchanted Forest Chronicles series. Dealing with Dragons is a young adult fantasy novel written by Patricia C.
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