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The Prince Who Did Not Want to Be King
The Prince Who Did Not Want to Be King
The Prince Who Did Not Want to Be King
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The Prince Who Did Not Want to Be King is a fairy tale about a king who wants to retire but cant decide which of his four sons should succeed him. The three oldest boys initiate projects intended to impress their father, but the youngest son just wants to stay out of trouble and not do anything to bring shame upon his family or country. Instead, he wants to do something each day to make his country a better place to live and raise a family. The story is rich with thieves and villains, a dragon, a wise old man, a king, knights, princes, and a horse that seems to talk. Adults should read this with children aged 8 to 12 and discuss it with them to develop a biblical world view.

LanguageEnglish
PublisherWestBow Press
Release dateMar 24, 2011
ISBN9781449714390
The Prince Who Did Not Want to Be King
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Frank Hall

Frank hall born March 4,1969 in Jamaica Queens new York. Raised by Julia and Charlie C. Hall studied in P.S 40 in science, algebra, special education class after school I was transferred to another school to study the same subjects in special education class then went to Theodore Roosevelt high school to study science, creative writing, algebra. Graduate from High School. Attended drake business school in business administration. Then moved to Virginia. Then attending nova college for film and motion pictures. Working odd jobs to make in meet. Now studying in creative writing class in open door in Christ Jesus in triangle Virginia.

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    The Prince Who Did Not Want to Be King - Frank Hall

    THE PRINCE WHO DID

    NOT WANT TO BE KING

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    FRANK HALL

    ILLUSTRATED BY JIM HARGIS

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    Copyright © 2011 Franklin S. Hall

    All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced by any means, graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping or by any information storage retrieval system without the written permission of the publisher except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.

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    ISBN: 978-1-4497-1438-3 (sc)

    ISBN: 978-1-4497-1440-6 (dj)

    ISBN: 978-1-4497-1439-0 (e)

    Library of Congress Control Number: 2011924918

    Printed in the United States of America

    WestBow Press rev. date: 03/21/2011

    Contents

    Preface

    Chapter 1

    The Contests

    Chapter 2

    Friends and Fishes

    Chapter 3

    Prince Rupert and Whinny

    Chapter 4

    Two is Company

    Chapter 5

    Captured!

    Chapter 6

    The Dragon’s Den

    Chapter 7

    Prince Donald and the Dragon

    Chapter 8

    Barrels of Blood

    Chapter 9

    The Oakdale Dilemma

    Chapter 10

    Back to Castletania

    Chapter 11

    The Treasures

    Chapter 12

    Justice or Revenge?

    Chapter 13

    The Panel

    Chapter 14

    Agonizing Decision

    About the Author

    Preface 

    This is a fairy tale. A charming fairy tale. It has thieves and robbers, a dragon, a wise old man, a king, princes, knights, and a horse that seems to talk. It is written on a 6th or 7th grade level, but the author does not expect that many 6th or 7th graders will choose to read it unless a wise parent has read it to them and discussed it with them first. It is intended for dad or mom, grandfather or grandmother, to read it to children aged 8 to 12. It is intended for Christian parents to engage their children in the discussions at the end of each chapter to develop a Christian and conservative worldview, and to develop their vocabulary.

    Based upon feedback from test families, all children this age will understand the issues of honesty, humility, teamwork among brothers, and the various matters of character. This, alone, is justification for such a book. The younger children will understand very little of the political and economic issues, and probably 95% of the older children will understand only the most basic concepts. However, a basic vocabulary has been planted in their minds, on which the parent can build. We predict that they will want to return to this book as the years go by and as their understanding develops. We think parents will appreciate having a simple frame of reference from which to develop the more complex issues.

    We expect that some parents may have to do some studying to prepare themselves to conduct the discussions on economic and political issues. There is plenty of time since the children will not understand until months or years later. We recommend W. Cleon Skousen’s book The 5000 Year Leap as an excellent text for home study. Don’t forget to also use your copy of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution.

    In one sense, this tale is a series of parables that help children to understand more complex principles. In another sense, it is an experimental means of inoculating children against the infections of materialism, relativism, socialism, progressivism, communism, and self-centeredness that they will be exposed to later in life. It is intended to be used by praying Christian parents. May God bless and guide you! We will be praying for you.

    Chapter 1 

    The Contests

    Once upon a time, many years ago, there was a tenderhearted king who just loved to be happy. And he wanted everybody around him to be happy, not just some of the time – all the time. Instead of just one court jester, King Charles had two who could sing funny songs and tell the funniest stories you ever heard all the day long.

    But, alas, for many hours of every day the king was very distressed because of the quarreling and bickering among his subjects. Half the people in his kingdom had blue eyes; the other half had brown eyes. The blue-eyed people thought the brown-eyed people were all thieves and rogues. The brown-eyed people thought the blue-eyed people were all cheats and liars. And so they argued and disputed day and night.

    King Charles was kept busy for long hours every day trying to resolve their differences peacefully. Many times he would find himself saying, Look, we are all good people. Why can’t we treat each other with courtesy and respect? But it never seemed to do any permanent good.

    He told his very good friend, Friar Fredrick, about this nagging problem, and they prayed about it together many times. Friar Fredrick preached many sermons trying to get the people to stop their quarreling and bickering. That would help for a while, but in a few weeks something bad would happen, and they would start blaming each other, and the quarreling and bickering would return. Poor Friar Fredrick couldn’t find anything he could say or do that would make a permanent change.

    One day the king heard about the Wise Old Man who lived near the top of a mountain in the northern part of his kingdom. He secretly slipped away on his beautiful white horse and rode to the wise man’s hut. Wise Old Man, he began, how can I get my subjects to stop squabbling and live in peace? I am weary to death of their constant strife!

    Your Majesty, you are a blue-eyed bachelor, replied the Wise Old Man. You should marry a brown-eyed wife.

    King Charles rushed back to his palace and held a contest. All the brown-eyed girls brought in the poems they had penned, the quilts they had quilted, the beef they had cooked, the shirts they had sewed, and even the pumpkin bread they had baked. At the end of the contest the king picked Helen, the most beautiful and talented of them all. Then he courted her, won her, married her, and made her his queen.

    Many of the brown-eyed people now realized that the blue-eyed people were not so bad after all. Many of the blue-eyed people decided that maybe their king was right. The brown-eyed people were not as bad as they had assumed. But a few of the brown-eyed people were not convinced and now wanted to argue with those who were. Also, a few of the blue-eyed people thought the king had betrayed his heritage, and they wanted to argue with everybody. So, the situation was improved, but there was still something lacking, and accordingly, the king began to hold different kinds of contests.

    One year he gave prizes to those who sang the prettiest songs. For a few days his people lived in peace and harmony, but then they groused and grumbled because ten brown-eyed people, but only nine blue-eyed won prizes.

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    The next year he gave trophies to those who played most skillfully on dulcimer, mandolin, or harp. Again the people were happy and content until they noticed that eleven brown-eyed people won awards, while thirteen blue-eyed also won. Then they resumed carping and whining.

    Another year he held a Funny Story Writing Contest. Pouches of gold coins were to go to those who read their story aloud and made the audience laugh the hardest. But nobody won prizes that year because his six brown-eyed judges and his six blue-eyed judges got into a fist fight.

    Meantime, as the years sped by, his lovely brown-eyed wife presented him with two comely brown-eyed sons, two beautiful, charming brown-eyed daughters, two handsome, blue-eyed sons, and two exquisite, graceful blue-eyed daughters.

    One day the sheriff brought in two men who had been fighting. What were you fighting about? asked King Charles.

    Benjamin, the blue-eyed man spoke first. Your Majesty, if you will excuse me for saying so, you are an old man. One day soon you will retire, or you might die, and one of your sons will become the next King of Charlovania. I think that Malcolm, your oldest blue-eyed son, should inherit the throne.

    No, no, no, interrupted Douglas, the brown-eyed man, Your Majesty, Donald, your oldest brown-eyed son, must, absolutely must inherit the throne.

    I see, said King Charles. Benjamin, Douglas, this is an issue neither one of you is authorized to solve. That is my decision to make, not yours. If I hear of you two fighting over this again, I will sentence each of you to seven days of hard labor. Now get out of here and tend to your own business!

    In unison Benjamin and Douglas meekly replied, Yes, Your Majesty.

    After this, King Charles sat on his beautiful golden throne and thought and thought

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