Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Fiction Group 2 - 2 | Page 28

The Greedy King
Sacred Heart of Mary Catholic Primary School, Yeung, Jason - 12
In a golden palace high up in the mountains, there lived a greedy and proud king. He thought he was athe
smartest man ever in the world. One morning, while he was lying on a bench, he suddenly had a bad idea –
to steal gold from another country! Then he started planning…
Two months later, the king had prepared 20 ships and an army to carry out his stealing plan. At the
last moment the queen noticed something strange, that there were many ships on the harbour. She asked the
king what he was doing. The king was dishonest, he lied, “Erm… I… I am going to mine some… gold”.
The queen thought that the king was making up a story, so she said, “Please don’t tell me lies, I
need the truth!”.
The king was surprised that he queen knew he was telling lies, so he said, “Okay, I am going to
steal gold from another country. Will you join me?” The queen answered, “Absolutely not! If I join you,
maybe we will meet some pirates and then they will kill us!”
The king said, “Oh honey, please come and join us”, but the queen said, “No!”.
The king was upset, he said “If you stay here, you will get bored”. But the queen warned the king,
“You may die if you go!”.
“Okay, that’s fine. I will go and you will have to stay here!”, the king yelled. “I will stay here and
you need to be careful”, the queen said.
Two months later, the king set off for the gold. As he arrived in a nearby country, he went to the
countryside and set off some cannons. Then he killed the guards in a bank and robbed it for money. Finally,
he tried to rob the government but without success. He was defeated!
The government of the country said it would kill the king if the queen didn’t give $10 million to
the it. So the queen gave $10 million to the government and saved the king.
“Oh no, I was defeated, and I lost a bunch of money in this war! This is not enough for spending!”
the king complained. The queen shouted, “I hate you! I spent $10 million to save you… and I don’t have
enough money to live”.
“I am sorry about that… but how can I save the country?” the king replied.
“You don’t need to save the country because you are not the ruler anymore!” the queen laughed.
“What?” the king yelled. “You can’t kick me out because I am the king now!”
“You will not succeed…” replied the queen, “…because the whole city hates you!”
“No… this can’t be happening… no…” the king said. He became crazy and suicidal.
This story teaches us a lesson – do not be a greedy person.