Chapter 14. Roscoe’s Story
“Roscoe grew up poor. Stomach-growling, rag-wearing, roof-leaking, barefoot-in-winter poor. But while the eight children in his family often went to bed with empty bellies, they never went to bed without a story. His father worked as a poorly paid blacksmith for Lord Bernard, but, despite his exhaustion, he never missed story-time. The stories were often the same, a boy both brave and smart was heir to the throne, but was cheated out of his inheritance by an evil relative. The boy grows up poor but becomes a great warrior who returns home, kills the evil relation, and claims the throne. Perhaps a bit trite, but they loved that story. His father would vary the details, but the plots were always about the same. Roscoe listened to that story every night as the popu
