The wizard’s apprentice was working,
as his master often made him,
on gathering herbs and cooking meals
and whatever else he bade him.
So much was the apprentice’s labor
that he seldom had time for sleep.
while his master slept in a nice warm bed,
he had to bed down with the sheep.
One day while the Wizard was brewing
a particularly potent brew,
the wizard’s apprentice snook off for a nap
for only a moment or two.
He woke up to hear an angry voice
calling out his name.
It was the voice of the wizard, saying
“Boy! get me some wolf bane!”
“We are out of it” the boy replied,
“will Saint John’s Wort suffice?”
“NO!” said the wizard “go get some,
and don’t make me tell you twice!”
So the weary young apprentice
went out in the woods to find
the magical ingredient,
before his master lost his mind.
While out in the woods he spotted
a wolf bane plant he sought
but its leaves were dry and withered
‘this will have to do’, he thought.
So he gathered up the wolf bane
and took it back to the mage.
but when the wizard saw it
he nearly went into a rage.
“You call this wolf bane, you thick-headed lunk?
’tis nothing but dry leaves and sticks.
go and get me another, boy,
and for your sake, make it quick!”
At this the boy turned angry
and his courage boiled over his head.
“Why should I work so hard for you?”
said the boy, though he trembled in dread.
The wizard scowled at him fiercely.
“dare you question me?” he spoke.
“do you not know what I’ll do to you,
if you think this is some kind of joke?”
“I do not!” the boy answered,
“but I do have some complaints.
I haven’t slept in so very long
I am almost ready to faint.”
“You promised me you would teach me,
as long as i did behave.
but so far all have done with me
is use me for a slave.”
“You make me gather, you make me cook,
you make me feed all your stock.
you make me write ’til my fingers bleed
and my head feels like a big rock.”
“When will you teach me some magic?”
said the apprentice, expecting a blow,
but the wizard’s eyes were kinder as
he said “There’s something you should know.”
“I HAVE been teaching you magic,
though you didn’t see it then.
but give me a minute to explain
and I shall show you when.”
“Remember when i taught you to cook
and to follow a recipe?
I was teaching you how to make potions
it is all the same, you see.”
“And when I taught you to gather
the roots and herbs that I use,
I was teaching you to identify them
and know the best ones to choose.”
And when i taught you to handle
all the different kinds of beasts,
I was teaching you be patient,
a lesson you’ve learned the least.”
“And when I made you write and recite
those poems that made you so bored,
i was teaching you how to scribe your spells
and how to store and record.”
“Being a wizard’s not all fun and games
it’s work, and a great deal of that!
did you think it was all cute little tricks
and wearing a pointed hat?”
“Before you even start with the spells
you must know what you are doing.
too little knowledge is dangerous
and well could be your undoing!”
“Now go and get me some wolf bane,
a good one this time, please,”
and the humbled apprentice went back to the woods
a little weak in the knees.
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This is the Queen”s True Story – Written as a Fantasy
Part eight
Well the Queen is now at her Brother’s Realm and trying to get herself back to normal. The Queen is determined not to be depressed by earlier events and starts on the road to get there.
After a time the Queen finds a new wizard and this wizard shows her that she can talk long distances to other realms. The Queen is excited and gives it a try, matter of fact she spends hours with this new toy chatting with many people around the world. The Queen also starts a new job in order to fund her new life. This new job keeps her busy, but her boss is a tyrant.
After some time goes by the Queen started chatting with one Knight of a neighboring realm, he seems like a happy fellow. He makes her laugh most every day. And this is just what the Queen thinks she needs: More Laugher in her Life.
One day while she was at work this Laughing Knight surprised her by coming to visit her. He tells her that he wants to show her his Realm. Well at this point the Queen got worried a bit but the Laughing Knight told her she would be ever so safe. So she went with him to his realm.
While in the new realm the Queen was happy and laughed every day, so much that the Queen did not want to leave. The Laughing Knight told her to stay and she did. All seemed wonderful at the time, but little did the Queen know the Laughing Knight was Laughing on the outside but Evil on the inside. She also did not realize that the wonderful feelings she was having would later go away because she also had not full dealt with her past.
But for now the Queen was happy and full of laughter, so when the Laughing Knight asked for her hand she was willing to give it. The date was set and the family and friends told and invited to the gala event. And what a gala event it was, as the event was held in the new castle and it was filled to the brim with everyone around.
For many years the Queen was happy and content, then slowly little things happened that showed her that the Laughing Knight was not as he seemed. Over time she would find maidens in her castle and the Laughing Knight flirting away with them. The Queen tried so very hard to dismiss these things as nothing and go on with her life.
One day the Queen became very sick, and the Laughing Knight took her to see many wizards to find out what the trouble was. The common Wizards could not help the Queen, and one even said she was crazy in the head. This was all proved wrong by one great Wizard that soon cured the Queen. But during this time of sickness the Laughing Knight showed his very evil side. The Laughing Knight brought in an Evil Witch into their life. This Evil Witch’s only goal was the demise of the Queen. She did many horrible things to the Queen, which included trying to get the Common Wizards to commit the Queen into an insane realm. The Queen was even sure the Evil Witch had tried to poison the Queen. And the Queen was positive the Evil Witch had poisoned the Laughing Knight, if not by drugs, surely by tongue. Whenever the Evil Witch spoke it was pure Evil, and she also was an apprentice wizard so she knew many ways to cast her evilness onto unsuspecting Queens.
Shortly after the Queen was cured, the Laughing Knight took ill, and to this day the Queen is totally sure it was the doing of the Evil Witch. But it was not all the Evil Witch as the Laughing Knight could now not hold back his own true evil. Out of the woodwork came all his mistresses and maidens to visit him while he was in the Wizard’s Hall. The Queen from this day forward had no peace. She was tormented by the Now Evil Knight and all his Ladies. The Master Wizard told the Queen that the Knight has now changed due to the illness and perhaps in time when he recovered he might be restored to his old self.
Well the Queen made a vow to wait for at least six months before doing anything, even though all her friends told her to leave and run away. No one could understand how the Queen could stand to live with this Knight the way he is now. But the Queen waited to see if he changed back. The next seven months were pure living hell on the Queen; because the Knight had no regard for the Queen’s feeling and starts parading his mistress’s right in front of her. The Knight did ever thing he could to drive the Queen away, but the Queen had made a vow to herself she would stay at least six months.
Well as the seventh month came, the Queen could take no more and her vow was complete. The Queen left the not so Laughing Knight and moved in with a friend. Now the Knight was free to let his mistresses come and go as he pleased. They all fought over the Knight, but little did they know his true evilness, but the Queen knows and bids them all their own hell in time. The Knight soon demands the Court to make the marriage closed, and not one day goes by when the Knight re-marries one of the little winches that is half his age.
The Queen once out of the turmoil and Knight’s life she finds a new true internal happiness that she has never known before. This happiness she finds does not come from anyone else but herself. Of course the Queen can’t say she just happened upon this, as it took a while talking to counsel and looking inside her to find this happiness. The Queen now knows the happiness was truly always there within her, she just aloud outside forces to tarnish it. So for the time being the Queen has decided to purchase herself a new Castle and live the way that make her happy.
This is not to say the Queen is now alone, as she is not for there is Romantic Knight, but alas that is another fable.
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This is the Queen’s True Story – Written as a Fantasy
Part three
Suddenly in the young princess’ young life came a Knight that doth stole the Princess away from the King. This Knight shalt be known as “Sir Fish” Nothing was going to stop this Knight as taking the Princess as his bride. Sir Fish had hidden the princess away from King’s realm and no wizard could track her. The King doth looked for long days for the princess to no avail.
The Princess hath thought this was very romantic at the time so she went along with the plan, and maybe to spite the King’s new Queen. And the new Queen was in fact worse than Cinderella’s wicked step-mother. The King finally relented he search and shortly after Knight and the Princess were wed.
The Princess now became the Queen of the Knight’s realm. Things were not perfect, but the new Queen was not going to give up on her dreams, she was determined to make things right. Also the new Queen believed, at that time, that once wed, it would be forever. For in fact the New Queen lived her life as a fairytale and truly believed that her new life would be forever. And for a while all was good in Lady Kathleen’s realm.
After a few years went by, the Queen was expecting. Then came the beautiful little baby girl, Rebecca. This was a time in the Queen’s life that was filled with the joy of motherhood. This wonderfully cute baby girl was filled with laughter and merriment. The Queen spent many long days playing and teaching this wonderful child. The Queen now had her own little Princess. Also the Queen did spoil the little Princess too much, as she wanted the Princesses’ life to be happy a filled with laughter.
Three years after the birth of the Princess, came the handsome Prince. With the coming of the Prince the first few years were joyful. The young Princess would watch over her little brother, to make sure that no harm would come to him. She even did all him talking. The Princess did that so well that the handsome Prince did not say a word until he was over two years of age. And even then he did not say much he somehow managed to let everyone know what he wanted. Whereas the Princess is bold and will talk to anyone and all the time the Prince is very shy and quiet and would hide behind the Queen shirts when confronted by a stranger.
The New Queen, Lady Kathleen doth spend many years raising her Prince and Princess. Then suddenly the realm was filled with tragedy that doth befall the Kingdom.
The King doth consume the Ale and the Ale made him like a wild mad Bull. And when the King was in such a state, he would direct it toward the Queen. Then one day the same fate hath befallen the princess and so Queen fled into the night with her children in tow.
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This is the Queen’s True Story – Written as a Fantasy
Part one
Once upon a time there was a lady fair with hair of golden red that doth wondered about a most beautiful realm. In her realm she doth reside with her Royal parents and her wicked brother. Of course all brothers are wicked to their sisters.
The Queen mother was said to be a “Class In Her Own Time”, and this doth enchant the young princess. Most of her young life this princess doth notice that she looks much like the Queen mother. During her early years the young Princess only hopes that she too can stay as ageless and timeless as her mother hath done.
The King, the hath flown the sky on Dragons wings during the time the princess hath grown up. During the times that he doth rest his magnificent silver beast he doth spent time with the family. And at times his doth lovingly spoil the princess with his full attention. Both her parents hath taught the young princess many things in her young life. First and foremost, how to love and respect others.
But then sneaking around the realm was that older brother of hers. He was always getting the princess in trouble with the King and Queen. Once such time the Prince doth thought of himself a wizard. Well, he still thinks himself a “Magicman”. He hath gotten a hold of the Queens magic face adornments and mystical perfumes and proceeded to mix them up. Hark he hears a commotion just a short distance away. He doth sneak away to the bed chambers, leaving behind all evidence of what he hath done. A short time later, the King and Queen doth awaken the Prince and Princess. They were told to follow them, and on the way the Prince told his sister, “Tell them thou did it, or else!”
Well the Princess spoke up and lied. She did so, as she was more scare of the Prince Brother than the hand of the King. But fear not the Princess doth got her own back at the Prince. Later, years later, the Princess confided to the Queen Mother that most things she doth claim to do, was not herself, but in fact the Prince’s deeds. The Queen doth believed her and for a long time after that, the Prince’s deeds and the ones the Princess really did, were the Prince’s responsibility.
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