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Authors Notes: This story was somewhat based on the story of Beowulf, but more than anything, just kind of came to me on my own. In this story, the son of an unjust king and queen finds out how easy he has it and begins to resent the way his parents treat their kingdom. He finds a beggar and brings him back to the castle as a friend but sees how his parents react to the sight of a beggar and becomes angry with them. This story is about fairness and being understanding of other people and shows how charity and generosity can go a long way. In the story of Beowulf, Beowulf was always looked at as not being as strong as he really was or was made fun of because of how clumsy he was. This story is related because the king and the queen both find the sight of poor citizens to be appalling, until one day those same citizens whose lives had been ruined by the king and queen, show up at their door and demand the kingdom return to the people. I hope you enjoy this story and hope that you all ...

Ryker was the military specialist of a special city just outside of Tokonowa. He was known to be extremely skilled in martial arts and had many weapons that he was a true master with handling. He had been a part of an unidentifiable assault team that his country used to gain power in their kingdom. For his entire life, Ryker had trained countless hours a day to help his team achieve glorious victories in every battle they went into. Their team was known as the Convoy's, and it was Tokonowa's greatest military unit in all of the city's history. Ryker had several teammates who were specialists in other areas of fighting, Gino was good with guns, Amus was good with swords, and Becker was the best in the kingdom with hand to hand combat. Each day these four warriors would train together in the kingdoms training arena, working on their skills and battling against simulated experiences that would better prepare them in real life combat. After each week of hard training, they wo...

Read my story in my portfolio here:  Copper and the Magic Book In the kingdom of Anvil lived a boy who went by the name of Copper. Copper was the youngest kid in his family, having one older brother whose name was Nickel, but went by Nick, and one older sister whose name was Diamond. Copper's father was a craftsman and worked in a forge building swords for King Platee's enormous army. Copper's mother was a stay at home mom, who was at one point a teacher, but now stayed home and did homeschooling with the kids. When Copper was 8 years old, there was a large war that broke out between the kingdom of Anvil and the nearby kingdom of Hammer. Copper, who loved to see his dad's swords, began helping his father in his forge in order to make enough swords to supply King Platee's army.  The famous sword of King Platee... credit:  NeedPix One day when Copper and his father were working in the forge, a group of soldiers came in and said to Copper, "S...

Here is the link to my story: https://sites.google.com/view/storiesbyrandy/story-week-6 Authors Notes: The Jakata tales are a group of short stories that were influenced by the teachings of the Buddha. The stories serve as teachings, but are also very entertaining to read. As I read through these stories, I was very excited moving from one story to the other, figuring out what the lesson was in the story, while also learning about the different constructs of the Buddhist way of life. Each different story portrayed a different lesson that an individual could put into their day to day lives to become more successful as a person and more well rounded. Some of my favorite lessons from these stories really had an impact on how I look at life and made me want to make those same changes in my own life. I think that each person could benefit from reading this collection of stories by Ellen C. Babbitt. The way that the author is able to create a summarized form of the traditional Buddhis...

The great King McDonald ruled over all of the western hemisphere of the area of land named the Chain. In this great kingdom, there were other three other kings, King Freddy, who ruled the northern hemisphere, King Wendy, who ruled the eastern hemisphere, and finally King Whatta, who ruled the southern hemisphere. Once a year, all the kings would get together and talk about economics, war, and politics. One day, King McDonald told the other kings that his three most valuable possessions had disappeared, his Burger Sapphire, his Fry Ruby, and his beloved Milkshake Gauntlet. These were three of the most valuable items in all of the Chain. The other kings were not surprised that they had gone missing, as King McDonald was known for being out late partying and drinking with the clowns of his kingdom. Each of the kings offered their condolences and went back to their homelands.  When King McDonald returned home, a local hobbit came forward and told the king that he ...