The young King
king part one there was once
an old king he had no son to be
king, when he died his people, were very
worried
who will be the next king they asked
but before the king died he revealed a
secret
his only daughter the princess
had a child in secret
she married an ordinary man and they had
a son
some people said her husband was an
artist
and some people said
he was a musician
but his identity was a mystery
and nobody knew about their secret son
when the baby was a week old some men
took him while his mother was sleeping
the princess
died immediately some people
said for sadness other people said
someone gave her poison
in a cup of wine the men
left the baby with a very poor family
this poor family lived in the forest
and the boy became a shepherd he looked
after goats all-day
the old king made an important decision
the boy must be the new king
when i die he said
he sent his servants into the forest
find the boy and bring him here
the servants found the boy and brought
him to the palace
when the boy arrived he was very happy
he immediately fell in love with all the
beautiful things around him
he took off his old leather tunic and
put on his fine
new clothes then he began
to explore the castle he ran
from room to room admiring
all the
beautiful statues
paintings and jewels in the palace
the people of the city talked about him
the young king spends all his time
admiring
statues they said beauty
and art are the most important things
for him
in fact, the young king was so fascinated
with beautiful objects
that he wanted more of them
he sent merchants to India to buy ivory
and jade
he sent men to Persia for silk carpets
and others to find amber in the north
he sent servants to look for green
turquoise in the magic
tombs of the Egyptian kings
the young king thought about all these
things
but most of all he thought about his
coronation robe he was 16
and it was his coronation day the next
day
he was very happy because he had a
beautiful
coronation robe of gold a crown of
rubies
and a scepter of pearls
he ordered men to work night and day
to prepare his coronation robes
search the whole world for the biggest
rubies for my crown and the most
beautiful pearl for my scepter
he said the young king was in his
beautiful bedroom
and he was thinking about his coronation
robes
it was night time and he looked around
him
the room was full of silver and gold and
beautiful colors through the window
he could smell the perfume of jasmine
he could hear a nightingale singing and
he could see the moon
shining servants arrived
and put flower petals on his pillow
he was very happy tomorrow
was his coronation day
he played beautiful music on his loot
and at midnight he closed his eyes
and went to sleep that night
the young king had a dream
part two the dreams
this was the young king's dream
he is in a horrible dark building
there is a terrible smell the small
windows have bars and not much sunlight
can enter
but in the poor light the young king
sees
lots of people working they are making
cloth
they are very thin their faces
are hungry and their hands tremble
because they are tired
pale ill children sit in the dark
corners of the room
the young king watches them a man
speaks to him angrily and asks why are
you watching me
are you my master spy who
is your master asks the young king
a man like me but I have poor clothes
and I am very hungry he wears beautiful
clothes and is very rich we work for him
all-day we make wine and he drinks it
we work on the land
but he eats the food
we are his slaves but
this is a free land says the young king
you are no man's slave
in war, weak men are the slaves of strong
men
in peace, poor men are the slaves of
rich men are you all slaves
yes the women and the children
the old and the young suddenly
the young king sees the cloth on the
machine
it is gold the young king
is terrified you are making some
very beautiful gold cloth
what is it it is for the coronation robe
of the young
king the man replies
when the young king heard this he
screamed
and woke up but then he saw the yellow
moon at the window
and soon slept again
he had another dream
this was his second dream
he is on a longboat
the sun is very hot
and a hundred slaves are rowing the boat
and working
the master of the boat is giving orders
he is black as ebony and has a red
silk turban on his head in his ears
he has big silver earrings
someone is whipping the slaves while
they work
finally, the boat arrives in a small bay
and the master throws the anchor and a
long
rope ladder into the sea some men
take the youngest slave they tie
a heavy stone to him and throw him
into the sea
the young slave disappears into the
water
but returns to the boat many times
every time he returns
he has a beautiful
pearl in his hand the master of the ship
looks at the pearls and puts them into a
little green
bag the young slave returns to the boat
for the last time he is very pale and tired
in his hand, he has a very beautiful
pearl
the pearl is round and white like the
moon
but the young slaves' ears and nose are
full of blood
he falls and dies
but the master of the boat laughs he takes the pearl from the young slaves
hand
and the other slaves throw his dead body
into the sea
this pearl is for the scepter of the
young king
he says when the young king
heard this he screamed
and woke up but he saw the stars at the
window
and soon slept again
this was his third and last dream
he is in a tropical forest
it is full of strange fruit and
beautiful
poisonous flowers there are snakes in
the grass
parrots in the trees and monkeys and
peacocks all around
the young king sees lots of men working
in a dry river
they are digging the ground and cutting
big rocks and stones
death and avarice are in a dark
cavern they are also watching the men
death says to avarice give me
one-third of your men
but avarice refuses
no, they are my servants
she says death is very angry
when he hears this he sends malaria to
kill
one-third of the men
what have you got in your hand
death asks three grains of
corn but why are you interested
she asks death says
give me one grain of corn to plant in my
garden
but avarice replies no
it is my corn and she hides the corn
in her pocket again
death is very angry when he hears this
and calls
fever comes in a red robe like
fire
he touches one-third of the men and
kills them
now give me a grain of corn for my
garden says death
no never replies avarice
death is extremely angry and calls
plague the plague arrives from the sky flying like
a bird
and kills the rest of the men
avarice screams
and runs into the forest death
takes his red horse and rides away fast
like the wind
and then dragons and terrible monsters
come out of the rivers and the valleys
the young king cries and says
who were
those
men what were they
doing they were looking for rubies for a
king's crown
replies a voice behind him
the young king turns and sees a man in
white
this man has a mirror in his hand
which king he asks
look in this mirror and you will see the
king
replies the man in white
he sees his face in the mirror
screams
and wakes up he sees the sun
shining at his window it is
his coronation day
part three the coronation
a servant arrived with the coronation
clothes
they were extremely beautiful but the
young
king remembered his dreams
take these clothes away
I don't want to
wear them
he said is this a joke, your majesty
asked the servant but the young king
told him about his dreams in my robe
there is sadness and pain in the rubies
there is blood and in the pearl
there is death he said
the servant replied please forget your
dreams
put on the robe and the crown the people
will not recognize a king without a
crown and a scepter
but the young king put on his old tunic
from the forest and took his shepherd's
staff
I arrived in the palace with these
clothes
and I will leave the palace with these
clothes
he said now
i am ready for my coronation
a servant asked him where is your crown
and he took a briar of thorns from his
balcony
this will be my crown he replied
the young king rode his horse to the
cathedral
the people laughed when they saw him
this
is not the king but the king's servant
they said he explained his dreams
but one man was angry and said do you
not know that rich people give
poor people work it is difficult to work
for a hard master
but it is more difficult to work for no
master
please return to the palace and put on
your coronation
robes the rich and the poor
are brothers he replied but the people
laughed again he arrived at the great door of the cathedral
but the soldiers stopped him
what do you want only the king can enter
by this door, i am the king
he replied the bishop saw him and
asked where is your crown where is your
scepter
the young king told the bishop of his
dreams
but the bishop answered listen to me
I am an old man there are many bad
things in the world but you cannot
change them all
there are thieves and pirates and
beggars
but you can't make these things
disappear
they are too much for one person to go back
to the palace
and put on your coronation clothes
but the young king passed the bishop and
entered the cathedral
he went to the altar and looked at the
image of christ
he saw the light of the candles and the smoke of the incense
suddenly a crowd of people ran
into the cathedral they had swords
and were very angry where is this the king dressed in beggar's clothes they
cried
we must kill him because a beggar
cannot rule us he will be bad for our
country
but the young king prayed silently in
front of the altar
then he turned and looked at the people
sadly
at that moment a ray of sun shone
into the cathedral, it illuminated the
young king at the altar
the sun made a beautiful robe around him
red roses grew on his dry crown of
thorns
and white lilies grew on his staff
the roses were redder than rubies
and the lilies were whiter than pearls
music started to play and voices started to sing
the glory of God filled the cathedral
the people knelt down
he is crowned by someone greater than me
the bishop said and he knelt in front of
the young king
the boy came from the altar
and passed the people but they didn't
have the courage to look at his face
because it was the face of an angel
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