And so Adrien and Selene lived their lives together, and full and happy ones they were, too, filled with love and laughter. Felix never did return to his monastery to take his vows as a monk, and instead took a post as Royal Astronomer, a position which necessitated (so it seemed) having a personal bodyguard to dwell in his chamber and accompany him at all times. For this task, Ned Longbow was found to be eminently suitable.
It was Ferkel, it must be said, who had the most surprising end of all. For he lived to a ripe age, for a pig, and sired many fat piglets of his own. But then one day, it happened that a child who had a soft heart and a fondness for animals—one of the many royal children to whom Selene and Adrien were fond aunts—kissed him upon the snout. At once Ferkel turned into a
