- The Prouds 136
Jarvis was a strong-bodied tall young man with long hair
falling down his face
Jarvis said confidently, “Let’s wrestle.”
The knight replied, “I am a grown man, Jarvis, and
you are still a young boy. I do not want to harm you.
Besides, you are the leader’s son, and I do not want Leader
Addison to be angry with me.”
Jarvis became angry with the knight for calling him
a boy. Jarvis was ambitious and wanted to prove that he
was the strongest.
“If you are so confident that I am a weak boy and
that you will defeat me with ease, then no one will get
hurt,” Jarvis said to the knight. “Let’s wrestle, and you will
defeat me easily, then it will all be over,”
The knight laughed sarcastically. “Very well. As
you wish, boy.”
All the training knights and some of the other
people of the tribe started looking at the two men who were
about to wrestle. At the beginning, the strong knight
attacked Jarvis, carelessly, trying to knock him down, but
he was faced with fierce resistance from Jarvis and realized
that he had to do his best, so he did. But Jarvis was stronger
than the knight and after wrestling for a few moments,
Jarvis knocked him down, to the amazement of the knights
and people of the tribe.
The defeated knight stood up. “You are very strong,
Jarvis. It seems that I underestimated you when I took you
slightly.”
Jarvis smiled and was very happy for his victory.
From that moment, the Prouds knew how strong he was. He