The Prince's Special Day

By Steve Gyarmati

The young prince has worked as hard as he could time and time again for his special day. He knows that one day he will be in the arena, displaying what he’s learned from the kingdom’s knights. He needs to complete a task that goes back generations, with the citizens of the kingdom cheering him on. His struggles and wits should get him through and allow him to pass his first test—becoming a green knight.

But can he really pass? Or will he fail? How will he handle disappointment? How will he handle adversity? Will he become a green knight as his father and his father’s father and their ancestors have done over the centuries?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Page Publishing, Inc.
• Release date: Nov 15, 2020
• ISBN: 9781662403170

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The Prince's Special Day

Steve Gyarmati

Copyright © 2020 Steve Gyarmati

All rights reserved

First Edition

PAGE PUBLISHING, INC.

Conneaut Lake, PA

First originally published by Page Publishing 2020

ISBN 978-1-6624-0316-3 (pbk)

ISBN 978-1-6624-0317-0 (digital)

Printed in the United States of America

Table of Contents

The Castle

Prince Wakes Up

Prince Gets Ready for Breakfast

The Prince Makes His Way to Have Breakfast

Prince Gets Ready for His Special Day

Prince Is Ready to Go

The Prince Is on His Way

The Kingdom Celebrates

The Prince’s Way to the Arena

The Prince on the Way to the Giant Gates

In the Arena

Prince Reaches Deeper into the Woods

The Prince Is Ready to Hunt

The Prince Looking for Clues

The Prince’s Third Clue

The Prince Chasing the Rabbit

Trapping the Rabbit Is Tough

The Prince Almost Captures Red Eye

The Prince Captures Red Eye

The Prince and His New Pet

The Prince Meets Up with His Parents

The Prince’s Ceremony

Prince Is Knighted, and They Make Their Way to the Castle Grounds

The New Green Knight’s Story Is Just Beginning

To Steven Noah

With all my love,

Dad

Chapter 1

The Castle

There was an island in the middle of the ocean that no one knew about. Every time it rained, the biggest rainbow anyone had ever seen would appear and linger on for days. Some people would even call it the rainbow island due to the radiant glow the rainbows would leave behind. The island was covered by tall mountains and thick forests. Lush green vegetation and beautiful flowers grew throughout the land.

If you caught the wind blowing just right, you could smell the sweet aroma of the flowers that the people of the kingdom had planted in their yards or on the side of the dirt roads, which led to the castle and connected the towns throughout the kingdom. On the south side of the island, behind the castle, the beach radiated with white sand. This was where all the kids in the kingdom spent most of their time—swimming in the ocean, building sandcastles, and pretending they were knights.

The ocean was blue as the sky on a sunny day. You could practically see the sunrays dancing on top of the water as the waves washed ashore. The water was so clear you could see the ocean floor. The king and the queen loved taking the royal fishing boat on a spin around the island. The kids played games by the beach, one of their favorite games was spotting and naming the type of fish and turtles swimming about.

Just off the sandy shore, the kingdom’s castle stood tall. It had many colorful large flags, which carried the kingdom’s royal coat of arms—two eagles facing each other, hanging from the windows and down the side. In this castle lived a handsome little boy. He had blond hair, baby blue eyes, and the biggest smile on his face all the time. He was the little prince of this kingdom. As young as he was, everyone in the kingdom loved him for who he was and not just because he was the king’s son.

The prince was an early bird. He would wake up every morning at the crack of dawn. On this day, he woke up especially early because he knew it was his special day. As he opened his eyes, he looked around, admiring all the toys he had neatly placed throughout his room. One of his favorite toys was a wooden horse that his friend Mr. Hobby had carved out of a cherry tree branch that he’d removed while pruning the tree in the spring past.

Mr. Hobby lived on the castle grounds around the corner from the stable, in the cutest little house that the king had built for him; his wife, Mrs. Hobby; and their little son, Jerald. Mr. and Mrs. Hobby were the caretakers of the castle. They made sure the castle was always in tip-top shape. Mr. Hobby was also in charge of the horses, chickens, cows, and sheep belonging to the kingdom.

The prince knew it was time to wake up because he could hear the horses trotting form the stable to the feeding ground. Extra special care was given to the prince’s