Royal Football

Okay, so for those of you who may be reading here, this is from a writing exercise I did today. My son has a game called Write-A-Story. I drew cards from this game to give me characters, settings, events and conclusion. I did not use all the cards, but I did use most. This is a very rough version of what I came up with.

Royal Football

There once was a King named Hubert who lived in a beautiful white palace overlooking his realm. King Hubert was a kind and fair ruler, well-loved by all the people.

But King Hubert was bored.

He would often walk along the palace grounds and dream of battling fierce dragons, exploring unknown territories, rescuing damsels in distress. But, in the end, he would only sigh and hang his head knowing these things could never be.

"After all, who would look after my kingdom if I left?"

One day, the town crier came running through the village declaring the invention of a new sport...football. As King Hubert listened to the crier's explanation an idea began to form.

All through that afternoon, King Hubert thought and thought. He thought while eating his royal dinner. He thought while soaking in his royal tub. He thought until, at last, he fell asleep in his royal bed.

Early the next morning, King Hubert suddenly sat up in bed and declared, "That's it!"

He called for the royal gardeners and commanded them to mow down all of the flowers and bushes growing behind the palace. The gardeners were confused because this was King Hubert's favorite garden, but they obeyed.

Next, King Hubert called for the royal builders. He instructed them to take away the trees and level the ground.

"But wait until the royal gardeners have finished!"

The royal builders were confused because these were some of King Hubert's favorite trees, but they obeyed.

Just as the builders were about to remove the last tree, King Hubert had another idea.

"Spare the large oak tree...and build me a tree house!"

Then King Hubert called for the town crier to search far and wide for anyone who might be willing and able to complete the King's plan to form his very own football team.

Soon everything was in place. The field was ready. The royal football team was ready. King Hubert decided to dub them "The Knights."

The team from a neighboring kingdom was invited to play the first game.

King Hubert smiled as he climbed into his royal tree house to watch the game with the visiting king.

His team was called "The Dragons."

The End