A charming everyman and a mysterious something-under-the-bridge cross paths in a short fairy tale by the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Eleanor & Park and the Simon Snow series.
It's fate when a man accidentally drops his phone off the bridge. It's fortune when it's retrieved by a friendly shape sloshing in the muck underneath. From that day forward, as they share a coffee every morning, an unlikely friendship blooms. Considering the reality for the man above, where life seems perfect, and that of the sharp-witted creature below, how forever after can a happy ending be?
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Once upon a time, in a land, there lived a boy...
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(Amazon Original Stories, 15 December 2020, ebook, 27 pages, borrowed from @AmazonKindle, #PrimeReading)
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I'm a fan of the author so had high hopes for this story. I really enjoyed The Prince and the Troll, an original take on the troll-under-the-bridge fairytale. I liked the way the author created their own version of a well-known tale with modern twists such as the 'Prince' dropping his phone and bringing the 'troll' coffee every day because he enjoys her company and yet still retains a flavour of the original. This is very entertaining.
