Once upon a time in a land far away,
there was a kingdom. Of course, in this kingdom there is a king: King Travel. It may sound weird to you, but that was his name and he was famous for it. His queen, Queen Loretta, knew the purpose of his name as well. I will tell you his story now........................................
You see ever since the king was a boy he dreamed of travel the world. "I will do it. I promise." he vowed. (As I may warn you, he never broke his promises.) "You promise?" his parents asked. He nodded. At the time his name was Sterling. His parents thought he wouldn't do it, for he would someday rule the kingdom.
When he was at least 25 years old, he married Queen Loretta, when she was just 15. "Now that I'm married, I can begin to travel." "Who will run the kingdom?" they (his royal subjects) asked. "My wife." he simply stated.
He traveled for about 40 years.
He became known as King Travel.
When he was 65 years old his wife told him, "You are getting old. I think it would be risky if you continued to travel, please try to rule your country. " "Nonsense! I am not old, I mean I don't feel old. Besides, I haven't visited Egypt, or India, Australia, and my other 5 places. I need to keep going. Give me 2 more years!!" he begged. So he had 2 more years. But he broke his legs in climbing the pyrimids in Egypt, so he was sent home.
"I have not even visited the great wall of China, or how about the great Emproer of Japan, or how about the jungles of South America, or the Statue of Liberty in America?" "Well, you can't travel anymore." the queen told him.
Now, you know the king was upset, so he told his kingdom to make a decree. This is what it said:
King Travel has made a royal decree. Each man can figure out a way for the King to travel, without leaving his kingdom.
The reward is 500 pounds of gold.
Every man in the country tried to make crazy inventions to not help the king, but to get the reward. But nothing worked.
"Paige! Hurry up boy!" the king called sitting on his throne. "Yes, your majesty?" the young boy asked bowing before him. "Please tell me who is next in line for my decree?" "The farmer's wife." Paige read from the scroll. "Bring her in." King travel commanded.
A tall young women dressed in fassion clothes, looked too rich to be a poor farmer's wife. "Your majesty, I have this a magic crystall ball." "What does it do?" "Since, you want to travel, I'll make it happen for you." She sang sofetly, but nothing occured. The king realized she was lying. He commanded for her to drop the ball. She did and it didn't crash. "Was does this prove?" the Paige asked him.
"It tells me that she said it was magic. Most magic balls are crystal glass. This was made out of plastic. Plus, nothing is working. She comes to my court telling me a lie! Wasting my time?! Take her away!"
Another time a proffesor came to see him. "Sire, I have this flying hat I've invented." "Have you tested it?" the king asked. "No, but it can lift you at least 12 feet off the ground!!" The king said he must try it out. He put it on but something terrible happened. He only lifted 4 feet into the air.
It stopped working and he fell and broke his neck. The king summoned him to prison for two days.
King travel was giving up. Nothing was working. He was sad. The last person who came was a small child. A little girl came and said, " I have a greater gift so you can travel." She held up a book. It said: All aboutThe Great Wall of China! "A book?" "Yes, when you read it's like you are really there. Take a look, sir." He obeyed and said, "Hey you're right! It looks as if I am really there! You receive 500 pounds of gold!"
And so now you know the story of King Travel. The moral of this is that books can take you wherever you
want to go. When you read it does look as is you are really there.
THE END!!!!
