The End - “The fairy tale ends here.”

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┌----Many readers know Mr. Bushkov as the author of the whole├
┤action series - the “Piranha” cycle, “Mad” and others... Except│
│sometimes stunning action, these books sometimes give very ┌──┘
┤cynical look at Soviet history.-----───────────────┘┌─┐
├─---And here we have the same author in a new role - a science fiction writer.─┤││
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with the words “The fairy tale ends here” - but this is not the end, there
something must happen, because the positive ones are alive
heroes and even some of the negative ones, and the lucky prince
half the kingdom is due, but the rescued princess cannot do without
without a legal marriage, she’s not some kind of fence-sitter and not
cook's daughter. The head of a dragon (or troll) lies in the dust
under the fence in the backyard, where she was kicked by the kitchen
Guys, don't let me interfere with carrying beef from the glacier
andsealed jugs. The princess (or princess) has none
decent dress, and it needs to be trimmed urgently, eldest sons
they climb on the wall out of anger, and it’s quite understandable: they,
most likely, they diligently and seriously prepared for the accession
to the throne, studied economics, finance and military affairs, until
the youngest was hanging out in the company of talking gray wolves
far away (besides, probably without a passport
and travel, so diplomats now have more than one to unsubscribe
week). Ministers are racking their brains as to how to properly
divide the kingdom in half without destroying the established
economic ties without touching the borders of the baronial estates
and community grazing. If there is a stock exchange there, it's there just in case.
panics, and foreign exchange rates jump in the most bizarre
and in an idiotic manner. The common people, seeing real chances
for an extra weekend, crowds in taverns and at the palace gates -
What if they roll out the barrel? One daddy king got drunk to celebrate
and squeezes the maid of honor. And the prince himself sits in the upper room and little by little
begins to realize that boring everyday life is beginning,
because the rescued princess, having become the legal wife,
with two he will let go to free other princesses and slay dragons,
for women are incredibly practical. In general, it’s a swamp, for good reason
the clever wolf warned that they would not see each other again...
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