Marapets Story: The Lying Kidlet

The Lying Kidlet

Once there was a kidlet who lived by the boarders of the Light Kingdom. He was a lonely creature and often found himself quite bored. One day he decided to play a trick on King Baspinar and ran screaming and crying to the castle that an army of Queen Eleka's Dark Knights had invaded and were burning down his house. At once, King Baspinar sent an army of Light Warriors to the kidlet's house but when they arrived no one was there. The kidlet laughed and applauded, complimenting them on their swiftness.

'I'm glad you would come running if I really was in danger.'

So the army left, angry that their time had been wasted.

A week or so later, the kidlet found himself bored again so he decided to test the king once more. He ran to the castle, wailing that a legion of Eleka's Drakes had stormed his house and were destroying it as he spoke. Once again, King Baspinar dispatched an army of his own. This time, however, he sent a pack of Felicia to deal with the problem. However, when the Felicia arrived at the house, they found it untouched.

The kidlet laughed once more, exclaiming, 'I'm glad you would come running if I really was in danger.'

The Felicia left and informed the king of what had happened.

A month later, the kidlet had done all that he could think to entertain himself, but nothing had been more fun than having the king's guard sent into a flurry, so once more he fled to the castle, howling that Eleka had sent an army of Drab's to his house and they were stealing everything he owned. The king, aware of the hoaxes the kidlet had brought

up before, decided to send only a small army of newth knights because he could not afford to send his army on a wild goose chase again.

When the newths arrived, much as they had expected, the kidlet's house was fine. Seeing their angered faced, the kidlet laughed and laughed until he cried. As the newths turned and left, he called after them,

'I'm glad you would come running if I really was in danger.'

Weeks passed and the kidlet became increasingly more bored until one day there was a knock at his front door. When he opened it he found Queen Eleka herself standing before him with an army of minions in tow. The terrified kidlet fled to Baspinar's castle and screamed and wailed until he grabbed the king's attention. However, when the king saw that it was the lying kidlet again, he turned the creature away.

'We have no time for your lies today. Go back home and find some other way to entertain yourself. My army is needed

here, for we are interrogating the Desert Spy who was found snooping around yesterday.'

The kidlet cried and cried, pleading with the king to send someone to save his home, but the king ignored his pleas and disappeared deep into the castle. The kidlet continued to cry loudly and desperately, upsetting the other inhabitants of the castle. Eventually, to save the ears of the other residents, the Knutt Knight came forward and said he would come to the house, if only to shut the kidlet up.

When the knutt arrived and found that the kidlet had been telling the truth, he drove away the army but was too late to save the kidlet's home. It had already burnt to the ground. As the kidlet lay crying the knutt showed him no sympathy.

'You lied and broke our trust, young kidlet. Had you told the truth from the start, your home would have been saved. We would have come running when you really were in danger.'