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Once upon a time, there was a little boy 

named Henry. He lived in a place called 

Stirling. Sadly he had to live all alone. 

His father had been a knight of the King 

and had died in a war. His mother and 

little sister had gotten sick, leaving him 

all alone. He was smart though, so he 

survived. 

Henry would go deep into the woods for food. He would 

pick apples from the trees and berries from the bushes. 

He tried to hunt but he never caught anything but he 

was happy anyways. 

Henry dreamed of being a 

knight like his father had been. 

It was the thought that made 

him get up in the morning and 

go to school.

Yet no one thought he 

could be a knight because 

he was so small. 

Henry liked learning at school, but he didn't 

like the bullies. Thomas was an older boy 

that liked to tease Henry. He also liked to 

tease Henry's only friend Rose. She was the 

smartest in the class. Thomas didn't like 

that a girl was smarter than him. Rose was 

the only one that believed Henry could be a 

knight. Neither Henry or Rose even fought 

back against Thomas or the other bullies. 

They were too scared to. 

After school that day Henry went into the 

woods to pick apples. While he was out there 

he saw a stranger. His mother had taught him 

not to talk to strangers.

So Henry ran all the way home. When he got home 

the sun was setting and it was getting cold. He tried 

to make a fire but it wouldn't start. Henry was really 

sad. Now he would be cold and hungry all night. 

The stranger followed him home though. It was a 

nice stranger who said his name was Eli. He offered 

Henry a warm place to spend the night and food to 

eat. 

Eli had worked for the king but had been 

banished. He had predicted something wrong 

for the king. Now he lived alone. He had 

always wanted a family so he decided to 

adopt Henry. 

In the morning Eli offered to train 

Henry to become a knight. Henry 

was so excited and promised to 

help around the house and be 

good if Eli trained him. 

That day when Thomas tried to bully Rose, Henry 

stood up to him. It was the beginning of his 

courage. 

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