The Lonely King E-Book

James Gerard

• Herausgeber: BookRix
• Kategorie: Fantasy und Science-Fiction
• Sprache: Englisch

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2015

Beschreibung

Once upon a time in the Kingdom of Sonas, the finest kingdom out of all the kingdoms in the land, everyone was so very happy since King Kindely and his wife Queen Caroline were so very, very good.

But one day King Kindely lost his wife and very young daughter, Princess Priscilla. Upon returning to the Kingdom of Sonas, the King's finest ship carrying the Queen and the Princess was swallowed up by the biggest fish anyone had ever seen on the Salty Sea.

The King was very sad and for years cried and cried. Soon, the Salty Sea began to rise and with it many, many islands that were as big as mountains too. Also, the fish were found no more.

On the land the driest drought anyone had ever experience was taking the only fresh water left leaving the people worrying that one day it would all be gone and they would perish.

But one day the King cried his last tear and came to his senses. He believed if the fish could be found the Queen and Princess could be rescued from its belly and the Kingdom of Sonas would once again be the happiest kingdom in all the lands.

He sent out a plea asking all to help.

And the story begins when the plea reaches the hands of a son of a simple farmer. The son reads the plea and decides to help The Lonely King.

Leseprobe

James Gerard

The Lonely King

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The Lonely King

Once upon a time in a Kingdom called Sonas there lived a very, very good King. King Kindely was his name and he was very, very kind to everyone.

And King Kindely had a very, very lovely wife. Her name was Queen Caroline. She was the cutest of Queens. Like her husband King Kindely, Queen Caroline was also very, very kind.

King Kindely and Queen Caroline had a very young daughter. Her name was Princess Priscilla and she was the prettiest princess out of all the kingdoms surrounding the shores of the Salty Sea, living in the plentiful plains, or frolicking about the meadows in the mighty mountains. She too, just as her father and mother, was very, very kind.

Because the King and Queen and Princess Priscilla were so very, very good and kind, the Kingdom of Sonas was the happiest of all kingdoms in all the lands.

Everyone in the kingdom was very, very happy. They feasted daily on the fresh food provided by the friendly farmers.

The King’s favorite fishermen sailed the stormy Salty Sea and would hook many fish. They hooked so many fish that their strong ships could barely stay afloat. And once they brought the fish back to Bubbly Bay there was enough food to feed everyone in the Kingdom of Sonas for days and weeks and months.

One day Queen Caroline, Princess Priscilla, and the bravest crew of the King’s finest sailing ship were sailing back from a journey where they had visited all the kingdoms. They were returning with a great treasure. The treasure, precious jewels of red rubies and green emeralds and white sparkling diamonds and pure and shiny gold and silver coins, was a token of appreciation for King Kindely and Queen Caroline for providing the best food and clothing out of all the lands.

But as they sailed up the coastline of the Salty Sea on their return something very, very bad happened. The King’s ship, the ship’s crew, Queen Caroline and Princess Priscilla were swallowed up by the biggest fish ever seen by man or woman or child and they were never seen again.

King Kindely’s heart hurt with such sadness that he cried everyday for Queen Caroline and Princess Priscilla. And the Kingdom of Sonas was no longer the happiest Kingdom in all the lands.

To make matters worse the Kingdom of Sonas was hit with the driest drought ever seen by a man or woman or child.

The water locked in the land of the Kingdom was slowly sipped away until very little of it remained to drink and water the crops.

The Salty Sea began to rise. And for some reason no man or woman or child could explain, mighty islands began to pop up all over the Salty Sea. All the fish disappeared too. To make matters worse, as it was told by sailors sailing the Salty Sea, there appeared on one of the original islands a very sad yet powerful siren. She had a very, very sweet voice which, according to legend, no man could resist. Because of this newest of sirens, all ships from the King’s fishing fleet dared not to sail near the island for fear of being bashed about on the island’s rocky shore as they swam to her believing she was truly seeking to be rescued.

Then, after years and years of crying, the very, very last of tears were finally gone. King Kindely came to his senses and realized that the Kingdom of Sonas and the rest of the kingdoms in all the lands were in danger.

Convinced that the dry drought and the lack of fish had to do with the disappearance of Queen Caroline and Princess Priscilla, King Kindely believed they were still alive in the belly of the fish.  Upon their return he knew the drought would end, the fish would once again be plentiful in the Salty Sea, and all the happiness would return to the Kingdom of Sonas and to all the kingdoms in all the lands.

King Kindely then put out a plea to everyone in the Kingdom of Sonas and to every other kingdom in all the lands.

The plea reached a small farm where the son of a simple farmer, Talon, took hold of it. After a strange dream of standing on the stormy shoreline of the Salty Sea and staring at islands as high as the sky Talon popped out of bed and walked outside in the cold and crispy night air.

As he walked towards the barn Talon stopped for a second and could have sworn he heard a voice calling out to him and singing a sweet song.  But he realized the voice had to have been coming from the wind howling through the dry and brown corn stalks all around him. He then continued on and stepped into the barn and lit a lamp.

“I must go,” whispered Talon as he read the pleas from the King.

“Where to?” a voice from the darkness asked.