Children's Story Ideas: 10 classic plots to get you started by Harding Ruth L

Author:Harding, Ruth L
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Ruth L Harding
Published: 2013-06-04T00:00:00+00:00

Plot #5

Characters

Farmer

Farmer's 3 sons

King

Princess

 

There was once a farmer with 3 sons, who grew a lot of grass each year. But every year on Midsummer’s Day Eve, all of his fields of grass would mysteriously disappear. One year he told his sons that one of them would have to stay in the barn to watch over the crops because he couldn’t keep losing them year after year. Year after year the farmer had to spend all his profit buying hay to replace what was taken. The eldest boy jumped at the chance to catch the thieves and that night he took himself to the barn.

 

However, during the night there was such a loud noise of thunder and lightning, and the barn shook so violently, that he ran terrified back to the farm house. And once again the entire crop vanished overnight.

 

The next year the farmer once again said one of his sons would have to spend the night in the barn to protect the crop. The middle son volunteered but, no sooner had he settled down to watch the crop when a huge storm of thunder and lightning shook the barn, and all manner of noise was about. He ran as fast as his legs could carry him back to the safety of the farmhouse.

 

The next year, as Midsummer’s Eve came around again, the farmer once again implored his sons for one of them to stay the night in the barn to protect the crop. This time the youngest of his sons volunteered to watch the crop. The middle and oldest son laughed at him and ridiculed him saying he was only good for cleaning and baking. Not dissuaded, the youngest son took his place in the barn and settled in to watch over the crop.

 

Three times a great noise came up and the barn shook from side to side. Each time the youngest son told himself that if it didn’t get any worse than that, he would stay. Each time when the noise and shaking abated the youngest son still kept his vigil. And then, though he waited for more disturbances, none came. In fact, it was so quiet that he thought he could hear a horse munching grass right outside the barn.

 

Sure enough, when he went outside, in the still of the night he saw a huge horse, much, much bigger than any he had seen before, chewing away at the crop. It was wearing a fine saddle and bridle, and a full coat of armor lay on top of the saddle. Getting his fire starting steel rods, the youngest son laid these on top of the saddle and they immediately served to remove all the horses’ power. As long as the steel fire making rods were on top of the saddle the horse would do anything he wanted it to do.

 

So he mounted the horse and rode it to a secret place that only he knew about.

 

Knowing the huge horse couldn’t eat any more grass, the youngest son went home.

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