\u201cYou\u2019ve contradicted yourself,\u201d the man said.\u00c2\u00a0 \u201cWishing for one thing, wishing for another.\u00c2\u00a0 There was a king once, in some medieval land, a boy king who ascended at far too early an age.\u00c2\u00a0 He built his kingdom upon wishes.\u00c2\u00a0 Whims.\u00c2\u00a0 Fancy.\u00c2\u00a0 He erected palaces unsurpassed in the history of imagination.\u00c2\u00a0 He amassed treasures and wonders from every corner of the earth.\u00c2\u00a0 There are more than four, you know.\u00c2\u00a0 From every corner, he gathered jewels and sculptures and musical instruments some say were enchanted.\u00c2\u00a0 An entire kingdom, built upon the wishes of a boy king.\u201d<\/p>\n
The man paused.\u00c2\u00a0 Jill wanted nothing more than to get out, back into the open air, away from this stranger who was obviously mad, but her curiosity bested her.\u00c2\u00a0 \u201cWhat happened?\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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