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    The Aztec Princess and the Warrior
    The Aztec Princess and the Warrior
    The Aztec Princess and the Warrior
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    The Aztec Princess and the Warrior

    By Nancy McKibbin

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    Both are separated by their social circumstances: she lives in a palace that has its own private zoo, while Huemac, is an aspiring jaguar warrior. As for the Emperor, Montezuma II, he is worried as it has been predicted that in the year of the first reed, 'Quetzalcoatl,’ the feathered serpent, would return as a bearded white man. That man turns out to be Cortes and the Spanish are hungry for all things gold. When Cortes leaves Pedrode in charge to attend another matter, the Spanish then plunder the city of its wealth, desecrating the temples and killing Aztecs. Can they survive the war and disease that spreads its germs all over the Empire? Furthermore, when the volcano erupts, will the Aztec's Empire crumble into the bloodied soil it has built its empire on?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherNancy McKibbin
    Release dateMar 25, 2016
    ISBN9781310337376
    The Aztec Princess and the Warrior
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    Nancy McKibbin

    I was born in the 1960s, in Montreal, Canada, but came to Australia when very young. I love travelling, going to the beach and gym. I also love teaching, reading and writing. I am the mother of three adult children and a grandmother to 4 young children.I have always loved books since I first discovered them in the school's library and read voraciously Enid Blyton, Hans Christian Anderson and Oscar Wilde. It wasn't long before I started writing, sporadically, in my mid-teens. Later at university, I explored and loved the world of English literature.As I am a primary school teacher, my philosophy is that all kids need to read, not just to build their reading and comprehension skills but also to provide fuel for their imagination- good imagination equates with empathetic, human beings with a creative mind that can be used to solve complex, future, world problems.​

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      The Aztec Princess and the Warrior - Nancy McKibbin

      The Aztec Princess and the Warrior

      Nancy McKibbin

      Copyright 2016 by Nancy McKibbin

      Illustrator Vincent De Gouw

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to your favourite ebook retailer and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      Table of Contents

      Chapter 1: The garden of whispering truths

      Chapter 2: Tenochtitlan

      Chapter 3: The night visit to the temple

      Chapter 4: Huemac's Dad

      Chapter 5: Montezuma and the children

      Chapter 6: The tree and volcano discuss humanity

      Chapter 7: The last night in the garden

      Chapter 8: A battle and an Epiphany

      Chapter 9: Montezuma's plans

      Chapter 10: A stream of broken dreams

      Chapter 11: Coyotl's schemes

      Chapter 12: A visit to the markets

      Chapter 13: Truth unveils deceit

      Chapter 14: Nellie's fall and the arrival of Cortes and the Spanish

      Chapter 15: The sacrifice of a warrior

      Chapter 16: Quetzalcoatl’s day

      Chapter 17: Poisoned thoughts

      Chapter 18: The destruction of the city

      Chapter 19: Home - a far away memory

      Chapter 20: A story brought to light

      Chapter 21: Moonlight chant

      Chapter 22: The brave warrior on one knee

      Historical Notes

      Glossary

      Bibliography

      Dedication

      To everyone in my wonderfully large family, especially my grandchildren.

      Map of Tenochtitlan, which was printed in Germany in 1524 at Nuremburg.

      On the left is Cuba, Tenochtitlan is the larger island on the right.

      Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.’ Leo Tolstoy

      Chapter 1: The garden of whispering truths

      Just as the ruler’s daughter, Nelli, was wondering where everyone had disappeared to, she noticed how everything seemed asleep in her garden, as the sun dipped and slowly died in the sullen sky, second by second. The birds in the trees did not stir, as if glued to their perches. Nearby, the village seemed devoid of its regular clamour: the silence spurted with vigour and filled the cool dampness with its command. Nor could she smell the cooking aromas from the neighbourhood, which could elicit hunger at this hour of the day. The world slumbered. Suddenly, she felt quite alone and overcome by sadness without knowing why.

      Walking back rapidly towards the palace, she heard unexpectedly in the distance the sound of a loud noise, then another. The entire earth tottered violently underfoot, as if in the throes of giving birth.

      Next, she felt the blood racing to her head as she stumbled about. Her stomach was a bag of tightly, woven knots. As she ran towards the palace, the turbulent noise roared up to the skies.

      Then everything went quiet for a few seconds before she then heard the screams and cries of human voices stab her ears. Shouts carried by the wind, swirled around her as she picked up her speed. Her breathing laboured, puncturing her chest like a dagger. As she yelled, she slipped on a boulder and fell to the ground: great drops of blood mingled with the dark earth and dried clumps of winter grass.

      Oblivious to humanity, the volcano heaved in response to his utter annoyance at the human race. Then he opened up and spoke to his long-time friend.

      ‘They’re at it again. When will it end? When will they learn?’

      ‘Patience! You know they’ve been at it since the dawn of time. You told me so yourself, since you were almost there,’ the pine tree chuckled as he answered in the singsong of his rustling leaves.

      ‘Well, almost. However, they never seem to learn anything. They love one another one minute and then hate the next. I’m afraid I’m losing patience with them.’

      ‘Give them time- after all what’s an eternity to you. They’re improving, even though it’s so minute you have to slit your eyes like a wary cat not to miss it.’

      ‘If it wasn’t for your friendship, it would have been over long ago.’

      ‘You can’t possibly mean that. Look how much life there is. Good things are happening all the time. It will come good in the end, you’ll see. You must practice a little more patience and stop looking incessantly for negatives.’

      ‘I don’t know how much more I can hold out. The pressure is building up with each occasion,’ the volcano sighed.

      ‘Relax, stop worrying and stressing about everything. You’ll ruin it for everyone,’ the tree replied.

      ‘It’s not easy, you have no idea what it’s like having this pressure building up inside you. It’s boiling in here,’ he answered as a small puff of smoke escaped from the crater within.

      ‘That’s because you’re allowing yourself to get angry all the time. You’ve made a bad habit of it and now you have to get rid of it. Instead of getting angry, why don’t you use your imagination and try to think of different positive reasons why that person or thing might be behaving in such a way. I’m afraid you’ve made little use of it and that’s why you view the world so narrowly- through that dull imagination of yours. Look, the other day the gardener was carrying his axe with him as he approached me. When people carry axes, this usually means that they’ll ring bark my trunk. That is dreadful because even though I can take water up to the tree, I can’t send food, made in my leaves, down to the roots and eventually I’ll starve.’

      ‘I was getting pretty worried,’ continued the tree, ‘and then I felt so angry with this person. I thought I’d better drop a heavy branch on his head. Why was he trying to kill me? Then someone approached him and said that if he was going to sharpen

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