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Two years have passed since the last book, and Princess Irene and her father go to Gwyntystorm, while Curdie (a miner boy who is the friend of the Princess) stays at home with his mother and father. As the years go by, Curdie begins to hunt for pleasure. He also slowly begins to doubt Irene's story of her great-great grandmother. One day, he shoots down a white pigeon. Curdie then remembers Irene's tale of her grandmother's pigeons, assumes the one he has shot down was one of them, and becomes aware of his folly. A light appears at the roof of the castle, and Curdie follows it. There, Curdie meets the old Princess, who appears small and withered, contrary to Irene's descriptions.

Curdie was the son of Peter the miner. He lived with his father and mother in a cottage built on a mountain, and he worked with his father inside the mountain. A mountain is a strange and awful thing. In old times, without knowing so much of their strangeness and awfulness as we do, people were yet more afraid of mountains. But then somehow they had not come to see how beautiful they are as well as awful, and they hated them—and what people hate they must fear. Now that we have learned to look at them with admiration, perhaps we do not feel quite awe enough of them. To me they are beautiful terrors. I will try to tell you what they are. They are portions of the heart of the earth that have escaped from the dungeon down below, and rushed up and out. For the heart of the earth is a great wallowing mass, not of blood, as in the hearts of men and animals, but of glowing hot, melted metals and stones. And as our hearts keep us alive, so that great lump of heat keeps the earth alive: it is a huge power of buried sunlight—that is what it is.

he Princess and Curdie is a youngsters' great dream novel by George MacDonald from late 1883. The book is the spin-off of The Princess and the Goblin. The experience proceeds with Princess Irene and Curdie a year or two more seasoned. They should topple a lot of degenerate pastors who are harming Irene's dad, the lord. Irene's grandma likewise returns and gives Curdie a peculiar blessing. A beast called Lina helps his journey. Two years have gone since the last book, and Princess Irene and her dad go to Gwyntystorm, while Curdie (an excavator kid who is the companion of the Princess) remains at home with his mom and father. As the years pass by, Curdie starts to chase for joy. He additionally gradually starts to question Irene's account of her incredible distant grandma. At some point, he shoots down a white pigeon. Curdie then recollects Irene's story of her grandma's pigeons, expect the one he has shot down was one of them, and ends up mindful of his imprudence. A light shows up at the top of the château, and Curdie tails it. There, Curdie meets the old Princess, who seems little and wilted, in opposition to Irene's depictions. The old Princess delicately tells Curdie of his wrong reasoning, and he admits. Since he presently trusts, the pigeon mends. He is then advised to keep his bow and bolts yet use them for good rather than terrible things. The old Princess at that point discloses to Curdie he should go on an uncommon journey. Before she sends him, she consumes his hands in her unique flame of roses. His purified hands presently have the capacity to have the option to feel the hands of his kindred men and distinguish what sort of individual (or mammoth) they are within. She likewise gives Curdie's dad a unique emerald to keep while Curdie is away on the journey. In the event that Curdie is in peril, the emerald will change shading, to caution his dad to follow him. Curdie is given a massive yet inviting mammoth, Lina, as his solitary voyaging buddy. Lina spares him from numerous dangers as they travel to Gwyntystorm. When they achieve their goal, Curdie's assignment turns out to be clear: he ends up at the King's royal residence, where the King lies powerless and sick in his bedchamber with his little girl Irene his solitary medical attendant. Having sneaked in to keep an eye on what is happening and listen in on the royal residence workers, Curdie understands that the King's "specialist" is entirely harming him. The royal residence hirelings and retainers have all turned out to be ethically degenerate and adversaries of the lord. Nobody can be trusted and both the Princess and the King are in mortal peril, so Curdie acknowledges why the Old Princess has sent him: he should spare the lord (Irene's dad) from a plot to harm him and take his kingdom by coercively wedding his little girl Princess Irene to a detestable faker. With the guide of the old Princess, who has been veiled as a housemaid, the lord, his little girl, and the kingdom are spared. Curdie and Princess Irene are later hitched and guideline the kingdom after the ruler passes on. Be that as it may, they have no youngsters, and after the two of them kick the bucket, the kingdom disintegrates until one day it crumples and has never been discussed again.

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