THE DRAGON SLAYER

The king of Aurora had letters sent to every man in the Kingdom of Aurora that said,

Who ever finds the dragon and slays it and brings my daughter home will be awarded one hundred pounds of gold. If thou might die your family will get ten pounds of gold. If thou would like to do this please come to my Kingdom tomorrow at 8:oo a.m.

Sincerely,
Your King

John decided that he would like to save the princess. His friends said not to go, but he said, “No, I am going.” So John got his horse out of the stable and went to the kingdom the next day at 8:00 a.m. When he got there, there were 200 men there. They were all saying ‘goodbye’ to their wives and children.

John had black hair and brown eyes. He was not married and did not have children. He was a farmer and grew potatoes, onions, peppers, lettuce, pumpkins, cantaloupe and tomatoes. He sold most of it to make money and left some for himself to eat. He worked all day long and he left some time to go and ride his horse sometimes.

When everyone got to the castle, the king of Aurora announced, “You may now go and find the dragon, slay it, then save my daughter and bring her home. Bring lots of food and water. This may be a month long journey.” All the men got onto their horses or donkeys and then they were off.

Everyone started off running except for John. He started trotting. He stopped by the black smith to get some armor, swords, daggers, a bow and some arrows. The black smith asked John, “What would you do with the money if you win?”

“I will not take the money,” said John. Then he left the black smith shop. John entered a cold and deadly forest. While he was on the path in the forest, he saw many dead bodies. Then John heard something in the bushes moving. John pulled out his sword and all of a sudden an ugly looking wolf jumped on top of him. The sword dropped on the ground, the wolf bit John’s leg, and pulled him off his horse. John grabbed his dagger, stabbed the wolf in the back. The wolf ran over to the side and John did not dare pass him. So he pulled his bow and arrows and shot it. John went over and he got his sword, arrows and dagger back. He did not have many arrows, because he was a poor man.

It took John a month to get out of the forest. When he got out of the forest, he found the dragon. He slew it and found the princess. Then he brought her back to the castle. The king said, “Here is your 100 pounds of gold.”

“I don’t want it.” John said. Then he went back to his farm and lived happily ever after.
THE END