Children Short Story – THE LOST PRINCE
Photo credit: mzacha from morguefile.com
Once ,in a vast kingdom there lived a King and Queen,with their five months old son.Both of them ruled their kingdom very skillfully.They also conquered many lands and were heroes of their time.
The little son was named Aurra ,soon after his birth, because Aurra was precious to his parents more than a shiny gold. Unfortunately …… a war broke out in between King’s kingdom and another one. King as well as Queen contributed greatly in this war.They fought bravely, but died. Before their death they both came to know ,that Aurra was lost.This concluded that Aurra was realy kidnapped. Queen tried to find her son ,but the soldiers of other kingdom killed her.
The King was terrified ,and said his last words :”You , the people of this kingdom are the only hope for me.As soon as possible , find out my son ,and stop this war,bring peace,so that after my death myspirit gets calm and remember this, Iam warning you that……….”.
These were his last words and he died.Days and years passed very fastly.
In the same kingdom, there lived a Mother having only a ten years old son,was a widow,she lived with her very happily, but felt something from the little boy. The war from the past was still going on. One day, a suggestion took place in the kingdom .It was announced that the true born king will be only the one ,who touches the Royal Water and the water shines.
All the little boys who lived inside the kingdom were called to the castle no one could make it,but luckily a true born king came out.It was the widow’s son.Now,every one came to know, that he was Aurra ,who was kidnapped during the war.The widow mother was called and was asked about the prince.
She told that:”It was night time , when my husband went for the war against the enemy,but the other soldiers killed him.I didn’t know, but he never came back,and I cried.one day, I found a little cute baby,not knowing about him, I took him and adopted him as a real son.I have never told him the truth.”
After getting all the information ,the woman left.Aurra cried for her a lot,but nothing mattered to them. Aurra didnt believe anything, he considered the widow as her real mother,because she loved him, she took care of him, kept him happy all the time, and fed him.After that the woman was never seen again.The only thing of widow left with Aurra was a golden locket.
As for the war, he trained hard .Learnt sword fighting, and many other skills that a king should have in him.This war continued ,but now it was Aurra’s turn to contribute in the battle.He fought,remembering about his training , and hard works,and at last gained victory.Soon, after the war ,Aurra married .
One day, Aurra was sitting in his real mother’s room and was thinking ,that he felt a hand on his shoulder.Then he saw someone passing the room’s door quickly, and smiled.Aurra beacame curious,and ran to catch up to the person, who passed by.And it was………….the Queen who died in the battle finding and running for her only son,with her husband.
Aurra saw them and something quickly came into his mind,when he was a baby,and the faces he saw and the words he listened.Aurra cried and wept .His mother opened her arms and said :”Come my son .”
He slowly stepped towards her and the mother hugged her son ,both of them cried.
The father said:”I am proud of you my son,you have become strong,and fulfilled my dream well!your mother and I are thankful to the woman who took care of you.”
They brought their conversation to an end because it was their time to go.Saying goodbye they left each other. Aurra was glad to meet his real parents and at last said :
”Thank you!mother and father,thanks to you also who took care of me and grew me up.”
__END__
