Star Wars - Ewoks - The Ice Princess! by Unknown Read Free Book Online Page A

least we won’t starve to death,” said Teebo, scurrying towards the table.
    “Come back, Teebo!” ordered Wicket. “We don’t have any time to eat. We must find the fire plant and we won’t find it here. That’s for sure!”
    “How do you know?” asked Teebo.
    “Because I think this must be the throne-room of the Frost Giants’ king, and Frost Giants are obviously unlikely to have the fire plant.”
    “Why?”
    “It would melt them, silly.”
    “No need to be quite so hot-tempered,” snapped Teebo. “All right. Let’s go.”
    But it was too late, for as Teebo spoke a procession of Frost Giants entered the cavern, heralding the arrival of the king.
    The Ewoks gulped at what they saw, for the Frost Giants were indeed gigantic, at least eight times the size of an Ewok.
    “Run,” cried Wicket. But before they could move Wicket and Teebo were surrounded by a circle of Frost Giants.
    “Trespassers!” roared the king.
    “Your Majesty,” gulped Wicket, bowing low. “We did not intend to trespass. We were trying to…”
    But before Wicket could finish, the Frost Giant king scooped him up in his icy hand.

    “You are doomed,” he said. “We have a special way of dealing with uninvited guests. We breathe on them.”
    “Oh well,” said Teebo. “As long as you haven’t had too much garlic, it can’t be all that bad.”
    But Wicket had heard the legend of the Frost Giants’ breath. Anyone who was touched by it was instantly turned into a block of ice.
    Just as it seemed the Ewoks were doomed, two guards rushed into the throne-room. “Sire,” gasped one. “The devil-bird has returned. We are being attacked.”
    Wicket realized that the guard was talking about the dragon-bird, and he could see that the Frost Giants were terrified: with good reason, for one puff of the dragon-bird’s breath and the giants would melt.
    “Sire,” said Wicket. “Teebo and I will deal with it. I have a plan.”
    Wicket quickly put his plan into action. He ordered the giants to build a huge wall of ice on the very edge of the mountain summit.
    Then he asked one of them to lead him back to the entrance to the maze, which was just below the summit. He could see the fearsome bird flying nearby.
    Wicket made a very rude noise at the dragon-bird which swooped down towards him. Just as it looked as if the bird would have the courageous Ewok in its grasp, Wicket shouted “Now!” and darted backwards into the tunnel. Above, on the summit, the Frost Giants pushed with all their might against the towering wall, and before you could say, “Ewok!” it cascaded down the mountain in an enormous avalanche and smashed into the ledge.

    The dragon-bird squawked as it was buried beneath tons of ice, and then was heard no more.
    Teebo looked down and started to sob, for he thought that his friend had died along with the dragon-bird.
    “Gone!” he sobbed. “Wicket’s gone!”
    “Well, I think that was very successful,” said a voice behind the weeping Ewok. He spun round and there, standing quite calmly, was Wicket, looking for all the world as though nothing had happened.
    “How…” started Teebo.
    “I’ll explain later,” said Wicket.
    “Ewoks,” said the Frost Giant king. “You have saved us. How can we reward you?”
    “If it please Your Majesty,” said Wicket. “All we want is to be shown where the fire plant grows…”
    “We will show you, but we dare not go near it,” said the king…
    When Wicket and Teebo returned to the village with the fire plant, Logray immediately
    began to mix a steaming potion. When it was bubbling furiously he poured it over Kneesaa’s icy form.
    All the Ewoks watched impatiently and then there was a huge sigh of relief as the ice began to melt. Soon she was free of her frozen prison and a great cheer rang out through the forest.
    Chief Chirpa was so grateful that he could hardly speak. But eventually he got his tongue back and thanked his two faithful Ewoks time and time