THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER
The Prince and the Pauper On an autumn day in the ancient city of London, in the second
quarter of sixteenth century, a boy was born to a poor family of the name Canty. On the
same day another English baby was born of a rich family of the name of Tudor. There was
talk in England about the new baby, Edward Tudor, Prince of Wales, who lapped in silk and
satin. While on the other hand Tom Canty, who lapped in his poor rags, was seen as
trouble. For fifteen years, Tom Canty lived in place where it is narrow and dirty, which
is not far from London Bridge. He lived with his two sisters, Bet and Nan, with his
father and grandmother and his mother who is a beggar. They get their income by begging
and stealing things that can be reused. Tom spends his time listening to father Andrew's
old tales, legends and stories about gorgeous kings and prince. Because of this, he
dreamt of seeing a real prince and sometimes he would even dream of becoming a prince
himself. So one day his dreams carry him to the castle. In the castle the prince was
playing. When he saw Tom, he commanded the guard to let him in and so the guard opens the
gate and Tom entered with amazement. The prince entertained Tom and asked questions about
him. Tom answered his questions and even said stories about the place he lived in. They
became at ease to each other that they decided to exchange their garments. Then they
stood before the mirror and they were so alike that it seems that there was no change at
all. Then the prince called the guard because he noticed the soldier had hurt Tom's
finger. But then, when the guard arrived he thought that the pauper was hurting the
prince so the prince was dragged out of the palace. The pauper was shocked and so
helpless. But before it happened the prince kept the seal on his desired placed. Now the
poor little prince walked away from his palace and search for the home where Tom had
described to him. He walked and walked and sought for people's help, but no one believed
him except for Miles Hendon. On the other hand, Tom told stories to the members of the
palace about what had happened and he told them that he was just a pauper but they didn't
believe him. Both experienced a different way of life, Edward the prince experienced
unpleasant adventures. He experienced sleeping without food in his stomach and no
comfortable bedding to sleep on. While Tom, the Pauper, was experiencing all his dreams.
He received beautiful treatments and was even given instructions about the palace and had
experienced being a part of a royal dinner. Both of them didn't know what to do and
people thought that they were just ill. In the palace the king questioned the Seal. The
seal is an important thing which a kingdom should have because it is the basis of whether
you are the real king or not, but then the king remembered that he gave it to his son.
Because of this they questioned Tom. He didn't know about the seal and so he received
brutal treatment from his father. After several days the prince heard that his father was
already dead and he didn't know how he could get into the palace. Meanwhile, in the
palace everyone grieved to the loss of their King but of course rejoiced for the reign of
the new king. Tom became the king for they know that Tom is the real prince. They held
the first state dinner where Tom didn't know how to act. On the other hand the real
prince is trying to think of a way enter the palace. During this time, he met people who
are suffering from injustice. He met a peasant who helped him and a hermit who imprisoned
him to a dark part of his house. Because of this Miles Hendon rescued him to escape from
the harsh treatment of that hermit, but they were convicted of stealing a penny and were
imprisoned. They were able to escape and the search for a solution went on. The prince
who is now a king was obligated to right in a paper with tongues of Greek, Latin and
English which he will give to his Uncle Lord Hertford. Edward went to the palace and was
again imprisoned for talking back to a guard. There he can't sleep because of the
violence that surrounds them He turned sad and felt very useless because he can't do
anything about the situation. After which the officials let them free for no reasons at
all. When Edwardwas released he just noticed that a group of people on the tower and he
saw that it was an elegant and precious parade. It was been a parade for the coronation
of the new King. Because of this he immediately ran to the palace and entered the gate.
Tom grew pale when the Archbishop of Canterbury lifted upon the crown of England from its
cushion and held it on the head of Tom. The hall create an commotion when a lad wearing a
rag clad raise his hand and said that he was the king. Everybody was bewildered and even
perplexed to what was happening. And so the Lord Protector's eye fell sternly to the real
king. Because of this he ask the king asked him if he can question about his royal clan.
The king agreed and answered all the questions right. Everybody was amazed but then the
Lord Protestor's remembered that the Seal was missing and so they ask the King were the
seal was placed. He answered back but they couldn't find the seal. The duke commanded the
guard to drag him out of the palace. Tom protested. He helped the real prince remember
what happened the day they met. The king remembered that he put the Seal on the arm piece
of the Milanese armor that hangs on the wall. And so the duke commanded the Guard and
this time it was right. The real prince was crowned to be the King of Wales. After that
day miles Hendon went to the palace to gave a letter and the guard thought that another
man is trying to get the throne of the king. But then when the king saw Miles Hendon, he
lat him in and rewarded for the help he showed to Him.
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