Bold Tales of Brave-Hearted Boys by Susannah McFarlane

Author:Susannah McFarlane
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Aladdin
Published: 2020-10-27T00:00:00+00:00

One day Christian and the emperor were out riding in the hills (the emperor wearing a jaunty golden suit with small horseshoe motifs embroidered in fine silken thread at the cuffs) when they rode past some villagers collecting juniper berries. The emperor, who had little contact with life outside the palace walls, was taken aback by their appearance.

“Why are their clothes so dirty?” he exclaimed. “And why such drab colors?”

“They only have one set of clothes each,” explained Christian, who sometimes wished his emperor would spend a little more time out in his kingdom.

“Well, that’s ridiculous!” declared the emperor.

“Perhaps if the Royal Treasury helped the villagers more, Your Highness…,” offered Christian.

“Oh, don’t bore me. You’re supposed to protect me from such things. Come, Christian, let’s away. I need to change into my luncheon suit.”

Christian sighed as he turned his horse back toward the palace. But it wasn’t his place to instruct the emperor, and he didn’t want to upset anyone—he loved his life at the palace, and he wanted to keep things that way. He knew the emperor was a little vain, but, Christian reasoned, he was still growing into his job. Christian wanted to protect the emperor, just like his father had—but he had yet to learn that wolves didn’t always look like wolves.

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