What did JK Rowling do in the evening when she had finished writing a
Harry Potter
chapter
?
She was reading a story to her children.
The Ickabog
, that's the name of this story, is a book that the author wrote over ten years ago.
At the time, the work was to be published after
The Deathly Hallows
.
But after defeating Voldemort, the author wishes to put away his youthful author's wand.
Left unfinished in his attic, the story is therefore gathering dust.
And then the Covid hit the world, millions of children were stuck at home.
JK Rowling decided to resume his text and bewitch the Muggles once again.
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"Once upon a time there was a very small country, which was called Cornucopia ..."
, thus opens
The Ickabog
.
Fred Sans Effroi is the great monarch.
"Terribly beautiful", "popular",
the man is as perfect as the country he rules.
There, the wheat is golden, the pastries divine, and the wine is still flowing.
All the cities compete in magnificence.
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