The knight in rusty armor by Fisher Robert 1922-

Author:Fisher, Robert, 1922-
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: Knights and knighthood, Conduct of life, Knights and knighthood, Conduct of life
Publisher: North Hollywood, Calif. : Wilshire Book Co.
Published: 1990-08-05T16:00:00+00:00

THE KNIGHT IN RUSTY ARMOR

devastating quiet. Only then could the knight frankly admit something he'd never acknowledged before: He was afraid to be alone.

At that moment, he saw a door in the far wall of the room. He crossed over to it, slowly pulled it open, and stepped into another room. This chamber appeared very much like the last, except it was somewhat smaller. It, too, was void of all sound.

In order to pass the time, the knight began talking aloud to himself. He said anything that came into his mind. He talked about what he was like as a little boy and how he was different from the other boys he knew. While they hunted quail and played "Pin the Tail on the Boar," he sat inside and read. Since books were handwritten by the monks then, they were few, and he had soon read them all. That is when he began talking eagerly to anyone who passed his way. When there was no one to talk to, he talked to himself-just as he was doing now. He unexpectedly found himself saying that he had talked so much all his life to keep himself from feeling alone.

The knight thought hard about this until the sound of his own voice broke the chilling silence. "I guess Fve always been afraid to be alone."

As he spoke these words, another door became visible. The knight opened it and stepped into the next room. It was smaller than the previous one.

He sat on the floor and continued thinking. Soon the thought struck him that all his life he had wasted time talking about what he had done and what he was

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