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Nick Zienkiewicz Joe D

__Canterbury Tales Project__

//The Prince's Horse//

There once was a prince who needed a friend, one that would ride with him until the end. He needed a steed as noble as he, Where would he find it? You must wait and see.

The young prince was was scrawny and rather tall, and was destined to be knighted next fall. To be a knight the prince needed one thing, a sturdy steed which his servants would bring, All knights in need of a true companion, form bonds with their horse; deeper than canyons. But the horse brought to the prince was not right, He set the reigns and it put up a fight. “ This horse will not do for it is untamed” said the prince to the servant; who then exclaimed, “ this was the best horse that money could buy” The prince responded with a depressed sigh.

The prince no longer had a horse to own, and because of this his anger had grown. The best horse in the land could not be tamed, and for this reason the prince became inflamed. “ Now I will never find a proper steed!” but the princes sorrow soon turned to greed. “ I will capture and tame a magical beast” “ With that my reputation will increase!” The prince’s eyes grew wide with excitement, He planned to capture the beast with enticement. There was a single problem for the prince, And when he thought of it, it made him wince. A beast such as this would never be found, He was sad until he heard the faint sound, Of a man who beckoned him out the door, He spoke of a horse with a magic core. A horse would transform the prince to a knight, and paired together; evil they would fight. The prince set out to start his daunting quest would only stop when his steed was the best in all of England. All knights need a horse and the prince would get his upon this course. For the route he planned began with a man, Who had details of a place truly grand where only mystical horses were found. So off went the prince who was westward bound, To find the legendary magic horse, which he would tame; peacefully or by force.

The princes first stop was on an island, This island was the last stop he had planned, but the prince felt pressure to find a horse and out of desperation he changed course. The island was rumored to have magic, but to see it, there was a secret trick, The prince had spoken to a man who knew, Of the secret trick and what one must do to release the magic. The trick was this: in order to find the magical bliss, Call out your wish into the deepest cave and a rainbow will appear in a wave.

He had to make sure it started raining that way he can find the rainbow reigning. And travel with it to the other side where he will find the hallowed horse to ride, but it wasn’t as easy as he thought. When he got there, by surprise he was caught. There were leprechauns everywhere, with fear for his life he tried to get to the steer trying not to take life without reason. ‘ Twas no use it was leprechaun season they charged at the knight with a look of death. The knight didn't have time to take a breath He took his sword and cut them limb from limb. before the leprechauns closed in on him. When there was none left he went to the horse and said to it “I kill without remorse”. The horse got scared and tried to run away it was very fast and gave a great neigh! The knight didn't care he came all this way he hunted him down like he was his prey. He caught the horse off guard and tied him up then went over to his face and said “yup”. The horse admitted defeat and gave in the knight was relieved that he got this win. Then jumping on the horse rode back over the rainbow and saw a bloody clover. He laughed to himself and wiped his shoe off he was finally a knight, none can scoff. This was the best horse in all of mankind he could fly anywhere and was most divine. They became best friends almost instantly and the prince gained a sense of chivalry. This changed when the horse was gravely injured he accidentally got a splinter. The horse was in great pain, he could not move and the wailing horse was so hard to soothe. The knight needed to get help but from who the doctor of course he had a breakthrough. A type of medicine the will cure all sure enough it cured the splinter and all. He went over to the doctor to say “ thank you very much for what you did bae”. With those final words he jumped on his steed and rode into the sunset with great speed.