There was once this boy, a prince actually, named Tom. Tom lived in a grand castle. His life was great until his mother past away. He and his father grieved for a while. Being the king, his father had to have a queen. He found a new wife easily. Tom was happy to have a new mom. She loved him just like her own son. Soon after the weeding the new queen had a son with the king. Tom loved his brother, Bob, and could not have been happier. He promised to always protect and be there for his brother. The brothers grew up side by side and were always playing.
One day, the queen realized that her son would not be the next king but instead Tom would be the king. She became jealous of Tom. She started treating him badly and paying him no attention. The day finally came where the queen could no longer take the fact that her son would not be the king. She started thinking of ways to change this outcome. Many ideas crossed her mind but she decided she would poison Tom. If Tom was dead then Bob would be next in line to become king. She told the cooks to put a small amount of poison in Tom’s drink. Bob overheard his mom and the cook talking. He ran to Tom and told him his mom’s plan. Tom took the advice and did not drink his drink at dinner. He instead poured it out.
The next day, the queen thought for sure that Tom would not wake up. About that time Tom and Bob showed up for breakfast. The queen did not understand how tom was still alive. She went to the cook and confronted him. The cook said maybe since the poison was only a small amount the poison had no effect on Tom. The queen told the cook to put a higher dose of poison in Tom’s drink. Bob overheard this conversation as well. He ran to Tom again and warned him. This time Tom kept the drink but did not drink the drink. Tom knew that the queen would stop at nothing to get him out of the way. He went to Bob and told him that he was going to run away. Bob said he wanted to go but Tom told him he should stay. After a lot of convincing, Tom allowed Bob to join him and they both ran away together.
The Two Boys Grown Up
Web Source: UN-Textbook
Author's Note: This story is from The Ridere of Riddles in the More Celtic Fairy Tales unit in the UN-Textbook. This is basically just the beginning of the story. I kept the main parts of the story the same. Like the queen trying to kill him and her being his step-mom. I did add in the names and her thinking of ideas to kill him. In the original story, we do not know the names and the queen just decides poison. I also added in the part of Tom telling Bob to stay. In the original story, the two boys just run away. Bibliography: More Celtic Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs. Web Source: UN-Textbook
Hello again. This story was really well written, I like the expansion you have added to everything. The extra bits with the step-mother’s plans and the fact that Tom at first wants Bob to stay is really great. Little things like that often give depth to characters that you normally don’t see in fairy tales. It was a great read.
ReplyDeleteI thought this was a great story to tell, Colton! The way you tell it makes the plot easy to understand even though I haven't read the original. I also like that you gave the characters names. I feel that sometimes personalizing a story with names adds just a little bit more emotion to a story - especially with a storyline as sad as this one!
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