How the Narwhal Got Its Horn is a bittersweet rhyming story based on an Inuit legend. Fairy tales are often sad, as this story is; but cry not. In this narwhal tale, love conquers all-even death. A young princess falls in love with a whale but is set to marry a prince. When the prince finds out about the princess's secret love for the whale, he sets his heart on vengeance.