Fantastic Tales for Fearless Girls: 31 Inspirational Stories from Around the World by Anita Ganeri

Author:Anita Ganeri
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9781398819672
Publisher: Arcturus Digital Limited
Published: 2020-07-14T16:11:44+00:00

“You must distract Alcina,” Melisso told Ruggiero. “So that brave Bradamante can defeat her.”

Together, they went back to the throne room. Alcina was lounging on her throne, not realizing that Bradamante was hidden behind a statue.

Ruggiero strode bravely into the middle of the room. “I don’t love you and I wish to leave,” he announced.

Alcina’s anger was terrible. Summoning her most harmful spells, she called up every evil genie and spirit she could to stop him from leaving her. Bradamante leapt out from behind the statue, shook off her battle helmet, and defended Ruggiero from all the evil spirits. She dodged magical curses and, with a hundred swift swings of her sword, defeated all of the grasping monsters that Alcina could conjure.

Then, with a roar, Bradamante dived through the air, over Alcina’s throne, and, with a sudden strike, smashed the urn into a million pieces. At once, Alcina’s palace crumbled away into dust. Alcina herself sank into the ground, with a deathly wailing sound. The island was free of evil, at last. Ruggiero and Bradamante ran into each other’s arms.

There was one last good deed to be done before they could leave the island—to transform the rocks, trees, streams, and wild animals of the island back into the people who they had once been. Among them was Astolfo, the knight who had been turned into the myrtle bush, and his son, Oberto, who had been turned into a ferocious cave lion. Melisso arranged to take all the newly transformed people home in the boat. Saying farewell to their friends, Bradamante and Ruggiero jumped on the back of Bradamante’s flying horse and set off through the skies for home. They were looking forward to a life of happiness—and adventure.

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