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After a few hours sleep I had these thoughts:
It's a children's tale with a strong moral aspect. Consider creating events that reinforce that moral, and/or compare or contrast to the events with the gargoyles. Maybe people or creatures that are beautiful or cute-and-cuddly-from-a-human-perspective present an obstacle of some sort.
Or, you can give reasons/excuses for the Prince's bad behaviour by setting him up to have an aversion for rocks and tunnels. He could get caught in a rock slide, or a cave in, or something.
The latter obviously being something that the gargoyles must know how to deal with and perhaps their affinity with rock allows them a more elegant way to surmount the problem. The former would allow some contrast in perspectives because beauty (or cuddly) is in the eye of the beholder.
Your thought about going through a volcano presents interesting possibilities, because the heat (and perhaps fire-beings) can be quite beautiful but deadly to both people and gargoyles. (Fire may present problems for your ball of twine.)
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