The Ickabog

by J.K. Rowling

What do the monsters we conjure tell us about ourselves?

Cornucopia

the Ickabog’s powers were as great as the imagination of the teller.

You may think this strange, but Mrs. Beamish was glad to hear Mr. Dovetail cry, because tears can heal a mind, as well as laughter.

Sometimes — I don’t know how — people who live many miles apart seem to realize the time has come to act. Perhaps ideas can spread like pollen on the breeze.

Whether people were really Bornded from Ickabogs, I cannot tell you. Perhaps we go through a kind of Bornding when we change, for better or for worse. All I know is that countries, like Ickabogs, can be made gentle by kindness, which is why the kingdom of Cornucopia lived happily ever after.