The Handmaid's Tale
castle, the father and his son used to labor through out the day in a nearby woods, as they were a woodcutters, their days are long and hard, they have to be in the woods by the sunrise time, they will chop the woods, as much as they can carry, then they will cut it into smaller pieces, and carry it over their backs to a small village nearby the woods, once they are able to change it for food they will go back to their home, tired but happy, as nothing for a man is of a value, more than being able to feed himself and his family, the young man loved his father and mother and valued them more than anything else, - “ a decent man indeed”, the King commented, since his childhood, he favored to spend his time with his father in the woods listening
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to his tales and wisdoms while he was chopping the woods, though, the other kids used to play nearby the woods, but he never bothered to go close to them, his father’s tales were overjoying him and made him pleased enough to stay attached to him, and as he grown up, his love to his father grown up more, the father became an old man, his age and illness made him weak, but as he loved his son, he couldn't stay home all the day waiting for him until he comes back, he kept going with him to the woods, setting in the shades, while his son was cutting the woods, and enjoying his son talks until they both go back to home, but the fate has its own measures , the father died, and that was hard on the young man, he was not only a father for him, he was his best friend and master, he spent his days and nights on grief, but the young man’s living relies on his work, and if he stayed at home, he and his mother will not find food to eat, he went back to the woods, to provide for himself and his mother, he cared about his mother, and labored himself hard, to provide for her a good living, the days were hard on him, he felt them long and not ending, but the time is the best cure, his mother was a good woman, she knew how her son loved his father, and how he is feeling after he died, she made herself as his mother and father, when her son comes back to home, he finds the food cooked and served on the table, after he eats, his mother will tell him a tale as his father used to do, until he falls asleep, and in the morning, he will open his eyes, to find his food and milk ready for him, his mother’s trick seemed to work as the young man became attached to her as he used to be with his father, and that sad look on his face disappeared, but the fate was not yet done with the young man, his mother fell sick and died in days, it broke his heart, he is alone after all, he felt sad about his mother, and more sad about himself, everything brings him joy seems to leave him, he went back to the forest, as he couldn't bear the sight of his empty home, he spent his days in the woods to release his mind from thinking, and on some nights he slept there rather than in his bed, he didn't need to labor so much it was himself only whom he need to feed,, but the work was his only cure to forget, he had no friends and he never knew how to make them, his grief seized to end, and he returned back to his home, and accepted his fate, he wished if he is married, a woman will chase out his grief and will bring him joy, but he is a poor man, no woman will accept to marry him and live in his humble home, even his hopes seized to end.
In a one day he woke up as he used to by the sunrise, had his food, and headed to the woods, he picked a big tree, rubbed his hands, and carried his axe to hit that tree in the bottom, but the rain was faster than him, the young man ran for a shelter, but the rain didn't seem to stop, the young man headed back to his him home, he felt cold, and his cloth was wet, he kindled the fire and sat in front of it until his cloth dried up, and he felt the heat in his body once again, he ate the leftovers form the last night, and busied himself fixing around the home, the rain didn't stop until the nightfall, the young man slept, in the hope the next day will be a sunny one, by the sunrise he woke up, he had some food and carried his axe on his shoulder and moved toward the woods, picked the same tree, rubbed his hands and carried his axe to hit it, but the rain once again was faster than him, he ran for a shelter, it was raining heavily more than the day before, as if the fate was telling him you are done with the woods cutting, he ran to his home, kindled the fire, and sat in front of it for the sake of the heat, he made himself some food to eat, and busied himself with the home doings, until the night fall, it was still raining, and the young man was amused by the heavy rains, he spent most of his life in the woods, it never rained that much, but the young man as anyone of us will do, didn't bother himself with thoughts, as long as he has enough food and woods to cover his living.
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The king's asked lord Torrance to stop his narrative, as the fog was thick and the vision became hard, then he dismissed the people to their tents, the kids were amused by the tale, they had a comfortable sleep that night, like if they never had been sick, lord Torrance was gifted of how to tell a tale, his voice tone matched the events of his tale, sad if the event is sad, and suspenseful if the event is serious, and as he acted a part of the tale, the people were attached to his tellings, like if they were seeing that young man before their own eyes.
By the sunrise, the wind started to blow and the sound of the sea waives were heard once again, the mist progressively faded, and the vision on the coast and its surroundings was clear once again, two of the imperial ships were heading toward the coast and the King himself was waiting their landing, once the bridge was erected Theron the personal guard of the King was the first arrival on the coast, he is a young man about twenty five years old, bronze skin color, brown hair, a tall man, muscular huge body, confident stepping, with a straight body posture, his appearances is of a great warrior, whom will never fall back unless his job is completed, his relationship to the King, made him one of king's favorites among the other king's guards, as he is the son of Arthur the king's best friend whom he had died defending the kingdom, leaving his son a seven year old boy alone in the life, the King took him in the king's guards and trained him by himself until his fighting skills became an example for all the Warriors in the seven kingdoms.
“ greetings, your grace” Theron said.
“ what took you so long?” The King asked.
“ Your grace, the bashikes had found a way to the tunnels and the caves, as we were performing our retreat, they were inside the tunnels , we had no choice, but to fight our way out, there were as many of them as they used to be when they are fighting, but we had the upper hand over them, as we know the tunnels as we know ourselves, we lost few men, your grace, then we made our way out to the ships, once boarded, we sailed silently as you commanded us, but their ships were waiting us, we fought them in the water, but they outnumbered us, then I gave my orders to split the ships and to retreat, two ships only made it, I have with me a hundred men among them thirty archers and seventy of the king's guards, and few people we found them in the tunnels, the two ships are boarded with food and water and forty horses, your grace”.
“ Did they followed you afterward?” The King asked.
“ No your grace, we misguided them in the water, then we took our direction to the misty sea” Theron answered.
“ That's good, do you think any of the other ships have hopes?” The King asked
“ I doubt, your grace” Theron answered.
“ Put yourself back in the duty, lord Swann will see of the ships” the king's said.
“ By your command, your grace” Theron said.
Theron is the personal guard of the King, he leads a small unit composed of ten warriors additional to him, their main duty is to secure the king's safety, they assume their duties on shift basis, each shift is composed of five guards and has twelve hours of service, the guards must stay awake during their shifts, no matter what is the cause, they are selected from the finest warriors, and trained to bear uncommon conditions.
Due to their job nature, which necessitate them to accompany the King wherever he goes, there are a certain protocols and gestures, between them and the King, if the King raised his hand to gesture them to stop, they will split and form a circle shape formation around the King, leaving him enough space to have his privacy, if the King is having a talk with one of the royal family members, they will form a square shape formation, with the King in the middle, with enough space for the King to have his privacy, they are not allowed inside the Royal tent, but they have to search it before the king's entrance.
Prince Alvin met lord Swann and lord Elvingaurd on the coast, “ Greetings, lord Swann, lord Elvingaurd”.
“ Greetings, your highness” Lord Elvingaurd said.
“ Greetings, your highness” lord Swann said.
“ I stopped, to wish you the success and rectitude as a counsel’s hand, I have my trust on you that you will carry out your doings as pleasing as expected by his grace the King ” prince Alvin said.
“ That's of your generosity, your highness, I will be always the humble servant of the royal court” lord Swann said.
“ I don't want to cause you idle lords, I am leading few guards to survey the surroundings” prince alvin said.
“ Accompanied with safety, your highness” lord Swann
said.
Subsequent to the ships arrival, lord Swann and lord elvingaurd, supervised the unloading of the ships, lord Swann was concerned with the dismantling of the ships, while lord elvingaurd started his initial count of the ships carriages, away from the coast the guards finished the diggings works of a huge hole, where the unusable parts of the ships and any other leavings will be gathered, burned and buried, the dismantling of the first four ships was completed and the parts were pulled out from the water by ropes into the land, the fishing boats kept supplying the fish over the day, a surveillance brigade arrived back before the sunset, there mission was to search the desert for water, and to find out if there is any signs of inhibition, the report was negative on both, lord elvingaurd was able to do his count of the ships loads, there were seventy of the king's guards, thirty archers, forty horses, and enough food and water to enhance the average to seven days instead of six days for them all, ten families with a total count of thirty people, among them two widows and three virgins, the numbers are good as lord elvingaurd advised the King, lord Swann furnished the King with all the updates of the day doings, and the findings of the surveillance brigade.
to his tales and wisdoms while he was chopping the woods, though, the other kids used to play nearby the woods, but he never bothered to go close to them, his father’s tales were overjoying him and made him pleased enough to stay attached to him, and as he grown up, his love to his father grown up more, the father became an old man, his age and illness made him weak, but as he loved his son, he couldn't stay home all the day waiting for him until he comes back, he kept going with him to the woods, setting in the shades, while his son was cutting the woods, and enjoying his son talks until they both go back to home, but the fate has its own measures , the father died, and that was hard on the young man, he was not only a father for him, he was his best friend and master, he spent his days and nights on grief, but the young man’s living relies on his work, and if he stayed at home, he and his mother will not find food to eat, he went back to the woods, to provide for himself and his mother, he cared about his mother, and labored himself hard, to provide for her a good living, the days were hard on him, he felt them long and not ending, but the time is the best cure, his mother was a good woman, she knew how her son loved his father, and how he is feeling after he died, she made herself as his mother and father, when her son comes back to home, he finds the food cooked and served on the table, after he eats, his mother will tell him a tale as his father used to do, until he falls asleep, and in the morning, he will open his eyes, to find his food and milk ready for him, his mother’s trick seemed to work as the young man became attached to her as he used to be with his father, and that sad look on his face disappeared, but the fate was not yet done with the young man, his mother fell sick and died in days, it broke his heart, he is alone after all, he felt sad about his mother, and more sad about himself, everything brings him joy seems to leave him, he went back to the forest, as he couldn't bear the sight of his empty home, he spent his days in the woods to release his mind from thinking, and on some nights he slept there rather than in his bed, he didn't need to labor so much it was himself only whom he need to feed,, but the work was his only cure to forget, he had no friends and he never knew how to make them, his grief seized to end, and he returned back to his home, and accepted his fate, he wished if he is married, a woman will chase out his grief and will bring him joy, but he is a poor man, no woman will accept to marry him and live in his humble home, even his hopes seized to end.
In a one day he woke up as he used to by the sunrise, had his food, and headed to the woods, he picked a big tree, rubbed his hands, and carried his axe to hit that tree in the bottom, but the rain was faster than him, the young man ran for a shelter, but the rain didn't seem to stop, the young man headed back to his him home, he felt cold, and his cloth was wet, he kindled the fire and sat in front of it until his cloth dried up, and he felt the heat in his body once again, he ate the leftovers form the last night, and busied himself fixing around the home, the rain didn't stop until the nightfall, the young man slept, in the hope the next day will be a sunny one, by the sunrise he woke up, he had some food and carried his axe on his shoulder and moved toward the woods, picked the same tree, rubbed his hands and carried his axe to hit it, but the rain once again was faster than him, he ran for a shelter, it was raining heavily more than the day before, as if the fate was telling him you are done with the woods cutting, he ran to his home, kindled the fire, and sat in front of it for the sake of the heat, he made himself some food to eat, and busied himself with the home doings, until the night fall, it was still raining, and the young man was amused by the heavy rains, he spent most of his life in the woods, it never rained that much, but the young man as anyone of us will do, didn't bother himself with thoughts, as long as he has enough food and woods to cover his living.
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The king's asked lord Torrance to stop his narrative, as the fog was thick and the vision became hard, then he dismissed the people to their tents, the kids were amused by the tale, they had a comfortable sleep that night, like if they never had been sick, lord Torrance was gifted of how to tell a tale, his voice tone matched the events of his tale, sad if the event is sad, and suspenseful if the event is serious, and as he acted a part of the tale, the people were attached to his tellings, like if they were seeing that young man before their own eyes.
By the sunrise, the wind started to blow and the sound of the sea waives were heard once again, the mist progressively faded, and the vision on the coast and its surroundings was clear once again, two of the imperial ships were heading toward the coast and the King himself was waiting their landing, once the bridge was erected Theron the personal guard of the King was the first arrival on the coast, he is a young man about twenty five years old, bronze skin color, brown hair, a tall man, muscular huge body, confident stepping, with a straight body posture, his appearances is of a great warrior, whom will never fall back unless his job is completed, his relationship to the King, made him one of king's favorites among the other king's guards, as he is the son of Arthur the king's best friend whom he had died defending the kingdom, leaving his son a seven year old boy alone in the life, the King took him in the king's guards and trained him by himself until his fighting skills became an example for all the Warriors in the seven kingdoms.
“ greetings, your grace” Theron said.
“ what took you so long?” The King asked.
“ Your grace, the bashikes had found a way to the tunnels and the caves, as we were performing our retreat, they were inside the tunnels , we had no choice, but to fight our way out, there were as many of them as they used to be when they are fighting, but we had the upper hand over them, as we know the tunnels as we know ourselves, we lost few men, your grace, then we made our way out to the ships, once boarded, we sailed silently as you commanded us, but their ships were waiting us, we fought them in the water, but they outnumbered us, then I gave my orders to split the ships and to retreat, two ships only made it, I have with me a hundred men among them thirty archers and seventy of the king's guards, and few people we found them in the tunnels, the two ships are boarded with food and water and forty horses, your grace”.
“ Did they followed you afterward?” The King asked.
“ No your grace, we misguided them in the water, then we took our direction to the misty sea” Theron answered.
“ That's good, do you think any of the other ships have hopes?” The King asked
“ I doubt, your grace” Theron answered.
“ Put yourself back in the duty, lord Swann will see of the ships” the king's said.
“ By your command, your grace” Theron said.
Theron is the personal guard of the King, he leads a small unit composed of ten warriors additional to him, their main duty is to secure the king's safety, they assume their duties on shift basis, each shift is composed of five guards and has twelve hours of service, the guards must stay awake during their shifts, no matter what is the cause, they are selected from the finest warriors, and trained to bear uncommon conditions.
Due to their job nature, which necessitate them to accompany the King wherever he goes, there are a certain protocols and gestures, between them and the King, if the King raised his hand to gesture them to stop, they will split and form a circle shape formation around the King, leaving him enough space to have his privacy, if the King is having a talk with one of the royal family members, they will form a square shape formation, with the King in the middle, with enough space for the King to have his privacy, they are not allowed inside the Royal tent, but they have to search it before the king's entrance.
Prince Alvin met lord Swann and lord Elvingaurd on the coast, “ Greetings, lord Swann, lord Elvingaurd”.
“ Greetings, your highness” Lord Elvingaurd said.
“ Greetings, your highness” lord Swann said.
“ I stopped, to wish you the success and rectitude as a counsel’s hand, I have my trust on you that you will carry out your doings as pleasing as expected by his grace the King ” prince Alvin said.
“ That's of your generosity, your highness, I will be always the humble servant of the royal court” lord Swann said.
“ I don't want to cause you idle lords, I am leading few guards to survey the surroundings” prince alvin said.
“ Accompanied with safety, your highness” lord Swann
said.
Subsequent to the ships arrival, lord Swann and lord elvingaurd, supervised the unloading of the ships, lord Swann was concerned with the dismantling of the ships, while lord elvingaurd started his initial count of the ships carriages, away from the coast the guards finished the diggings works of a huge hole, where the unusable parts of the ships and any other leavings will be gathered, burned and buried, the dismantling of the first four ships was completed and the parts were pulled out from the water by ropes into the land, the fishing boats kept supplying the fish over the day, a surveillance brigade arrived back before the sunset, there mission was to search the desert for water, and to find out if there is any signs of inhibition, the report was negative on both, lord elvingaurd was able to do his count of the ships loads, there were seventy of the king's guards, thirty archers, forty horses, and enough food and water to enhance the average to seven days instead of six days for them all, ten families with a total count of thirty people, among them two widows and three virgins, the numbers are good as lord elvingaurd advised the King, lord Swann furnished the King with all the updates of the day doings, and the findings of the surveillance brigade.