Anne Bishop - The Wild Heart

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The Wild Heart, by Anne Bishop.

The Wild Heart

Anne Bishop

Year: 1999

Nothing hobbles a good story as much as the truth.

So I saved my breath to cool the bowl of stew and swallowed the words along with the ale. Besides, I've

heard this story in every village I've passed through.

Satisfied that she'd have an audience at least until the bowl was empty, the plump wife of the tavern

owner wiped one end of my table with a damp, dirty rag.

"There was this magical frog," said the tavern wife, "and he jumped right out of the pond where the

Queen was doing her washing up, and he told her she'd be having a babe right quick. Well, the King and

Queen were that happy because they'd wanted a babe for ever so long."

I finished my stew while she told me about the fairy's curse and how the princess fell into a deep sleep

after she pricked herself with a spindle, and how a briar hedge grew up suddenly and surrounded the old

tower that stands next to the castle. When she told me the terrible fate of the brave, handsome princes

who had come to rescue the princess, she dabbled at her eyes with an apron that was as dirty as the rag

she'd used to wipe the table.

"So the princess still sleeps in the tower?" I asked, straightening the leather cap that covered my head

from crown to neck.

She nodded. "It's been fifteen... ah, no, it's been ten years now." She smiled slyly. "I remember because

that was the year all the young men were courting me." I drained the tankard and opened my coin pouch.

All business now, the woman looked me over more carefully. My clothes were worn, but the quality was

as good as her husband might buy. And I'm sure mine were much cleaner.

"What brings you to these parts?" she asked.

I smiled at her. "You tell the tale well, but I've heard it before. I thought I'd see if I could wake the

sleeping beauty."

She laughed so hard she almost fell over. "You?" she gasped, clutching her sides. "You? You're not a

prince."

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