WHEN OGRE HOOD
WAS IN FLOWER

Smash knew all about ogres.  After all, despite his having a human mother, Smash was an ogre himself.  Ogres were not only huge and horribly ugly, as Smash was; they were also so stupid they could hardly speak, and they spent most of the time fighting, destroying, and eating young girls.

So what was he doing here with seven assorted females looking for him to guide them and save them?  Even in Xanth, where magic made anything possible, why should Tandy the Nymph trust him and seem fond of him?  And how could all then high-flown conversation be coming out of his mouth?

But that, it seemed, was what he got for going to Good Magician Humphrey for an Answer - before he even knew what the Question was!

FIRST PUBLICATION ANYWHERE

Don't Miss the Earlier Xanth Adventures
A SPELL FOR CHAMELEON
THE SOURCE OF MAGIC
CASTLE ROOGNA
CENTAUR AISLE
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