- Laith Taher 45
The kids played and ran as Matthew forgot he was a
king, for a moment, and felt like a happy child. They went
on playing in the yard like two butterflies. He did not care
if a soldier, a servant, or a slave saw him, nor for the
possibility that someone would tell people what the king
was doing, which would undermine his image in their eyes.
Those moments were the happiest moments in his life and
he wished they would last forever.
Heather was flying in the sky of happiness because
she was playing with Matthew. But, what made her even
happier was the fact that she was playing with the king of
the entire kingdom.
Suddenly, their playing was interrupted by a soldier
sent by Queen Wenonah. “The queen wishes to leave and
wants you, My Lord, to join her.”
The king looked at Heather, “I shall not leave alone.
You are coming with me...and you shall...stay with me
forever.”
She looked at him and smiled.
Soon enough, the king headed to where the queen,
the prince, and the princess were.
He said to the prince, “I would like to buy Heather
from you.”
The prince looked at his wife and the queen, “Very
well, My Lord, as you wish. She is yours for free.”
Neither the prince nor anyone else could say no to
the king.
Since that day, Heather had become the king’s
whole life. She saved him from the desert of loneliness