51 pages 1 hour read

Dealing with Dragons

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1990

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Chapters 11-15Chapter Summaries & Analyses

Chapter 11 Summary: “In Which Kazul is Unwell, and Cimorene Makes a New Acquaintance”

Alianora leaves and Kazul returns. Cimorene tells the dragon about the encounter with Antorell, her suspicions about Woraug, and the plant that Antorell was harvesting. She shows Kazul a bit of the plant, and Kazul burns it immediately but accidentally inhales the smoke. Kazul identifies the plant as dragonsbane, and Cimorene must fetch an antidote. 

Overcome by the smoke, Kazul sleeps for three days. When she wakes, she is still too weak to warn the king of the dragons, so she tells Cimorene to pass the news to a dragon named Roxim, who will warn the king. Cimorene navigates the tunnels and heads to Roxim’s cave. At the gate leading to the Cave of Fire and Night, she discovers a prince who has been partially turned into stone. He explains that a soothsayer’s prophecy that he would one day be of great service to a king. The stone prince felt such heavy expectations from the people around him that he ran away. Soon, he realized that he really wanted to do something great, so he found a king to serve. The king asked for Waters of Healing from the blurred text
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