WARNING TO PARENTS... These stories are intended for children. (But it's OK if you enjoy them too!)
Cutter the Giant Killer? Skywise and the Magic Ring? Trolls and cooking pots, wishing mice, and humans in wolves' clothing? What's going on here? It's Bedtime Stories—classic fairy tales with an ElfQuest twist for younger readers, as well as for the children in all of us who love storytelling.
Contents
- Introduction by Terry Beatty
- "Out of the Woods"
- "King of the Hill"
- "The Wishing Ring"
- "Wolf's Clothing"
- "Ever After"
The Stories
Out of the Woods
In which Cutter and Skywise have a very personal cooking lesson
A Hansel-and-Gretel tale for ElfQuest.
King of the Hill
In which Cutter learns that the grass is not always greener over the mountain
A Jack-and-the-beanstalk tale for ElfQuest
The Wishing Ring
In which Skywise explores worlds beyond anything he has ever known.
Skywise tells his bedtime story to the twins: the time an adolescent Skywise found a magical ring while chasing a ravvit and after learning its history "I wish I'd never found you" reversed everything from the time he'd found it.
Wolf's Clothing
In which a young elf maiden discovers that things are not always as they seem
Leetahs' turn. A "made-up" tale of two young wolves much like Leetah & Cutter and how their meeting joined two tribes.
Ever After
In which Ember and Suntop prove that the best tales are those where fantasy and reality come closest together
Ember and Suntop encounter a griffon who used to be a worm, but encountered Skywises's magical wishing ring who takes them to watch their parents on their adventures. Then they return home and tell their tale and the adults are confounded since the tales were made up...
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