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Bora Chung, Transl. Anton HurCursed Bunny: Stories
Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2017A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more.
Stories 9-10Chapter Summaries & Analyses
Story 9 Summary: “Ruler of the Winds and Sands”
Content Warning: This section of the guide features descriptions of child abuse and death by suicide.
A golden ship flies over a desert, commanded by a sorcerer who lost his left arm in a duel with the desert king. The sorcerer cursed the king’s descendants, causing the king’s son to be born with blindness some years later. When the prince is of age, his father calls for a princess to marry him. The princess of the grass plains is sent to the desert kingdom.
Out of curiosity, the prince sneaks into the princess’s chambers. He introduces himself as her future groom and touches her face to sense it. The prince weeps at her beauty, which elicits her pity. The prince explains the curse and warns that their children will similarly be affected for as long as his father rules the desert. The princess resolves to find the golden ship and convince the sorcerer to end the curse.
The princess sneaks out of the palace but finds that navigating the desert is a challenge. She reaches the ship and is offered a ladder to ascend. When the shipmaster demands her reasons for seeking the Ship of Time and Winds, the princess plainly states that she wants him to lift the curse.
