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me at a park. Here is the exerpt from Richard the Lionheart.
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Richard was born in Beaumont Place, Oxford, in 1157, of the Plantagenet line. He had reddish blond hair with light blue eyes and a fair complexion. He grew into a veryintelligent young man that enjoyed writing poetry and had an active imagination. He knew how to speak several languages
Exerpt from Richard the
Lionheart
Richard was born in Beaumont Place, Oxford, in 1157, of the Plantagenet line. He had reddish blond hair with light blue eyes and a fair complexion. He grew into a veryintelligent young man that enjoyed writing poetry and had an active imagination. He knew how to speak several languages
including French, English and Scottish
Gaelic. He was above average height and was full of courage
from an early age. Richard delighted in playing out in the
woody area around
his father’s estate with his younger
brother, John. Nature gavehim a sense of pleasure and inspired
him. Often he would write poetry about his time in the woods, and
often incorporated the
small critters that roamed the forest,
into his writing. Once in a while, he had to fight off with his
bow and arrow some of the vicious wolves, coyotes, and bears that
lived in the tall timbers
of the woods. Richard taught John how
to defend himself too, because King Henry was always busy
making other plans. He never devoted enough time to his
children, especially Richard.
Thus the neglected son of Henry spent a
great deal of time
outside the castle. He came to know the
castle grounds better
than the king himself. The royal estate
had the great castle in
the center, with six smaller cottages
surrounding the castle on
three sides. The palace had a great
hall, a library, a chapel,
four great bed chambers fit for a king
or queen, a kitchen,
and twelve smaller rooms for the
servants. On the southwest
side of the castle, the Vienne River ran
right up to the side
of the castle. Underneath the castle
were several tunnels that
separated into mazelike passages. These
led to a separate
doorway in each room of the castle. The
king had built the
castle with a planned escape route, in
case of any fires that
broke out, or any need of escape from a
hostile army.
When Richard roamed the castle grounds,
he dreamed of
the time that he would take his place
as king, even though he
was third in line for the crown. Henry
was the eldest, then
Geoffrey, then Richard, and last of all
John. Richard was
adventurous and enjoyed taking risks
and loved experiences
that were dangerous and perilous. He
craved doing things that
were unsafe such as climbing bluffs,
fighting against wild
animals, playing with snakes, and
jumping off steep cliffs.
Even though his adventures were wild,
he never feared any
danger. He would go home every
afternoon telling his mother,
what things he had done that day. His
mother was amazed at
what he told her and feared for his
life, but trusted in God to
deliver her son from danger.
Once as he was sitting on a rock when a
venomous snake
slithered down a tree limb toward him.
He picked up a rock
with a quick impetuous movement, hit
the viper on the neck,
snapping it in two. On another occasion
he killed a lion with
a sling and three small pebbles. When
an angry, roaring lion
approached him, he hit the lion right
between the eyes, and the
lion fell over. Richard ran toward the
lion hitting it with the
two remaining pebbles. Then he used his
sharp cutting knife
and slit the lion’s throat. Not once
did he ever fear the lion
or anything else that came his way. He
would disturb wasps’
nests, throw things at snakes, and play
with spiders without
caring about the consequences.
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