The Boy Who Would Be King - Childrens Book
Rising Star
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EnglishVoice Age
Middle Aged (35-54)Accents
North American (General) North American (US General American - GenAM)Transcript
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you might think that every little boy should like to be king. But Marcus Aurelius didn't. Why me was all he could think. The gods chose things for us, his mother said. All we can choose is how we respond. It seems very hard, he said, to whom much is given. Much is expected, she told him. When the sun rose the next day, it found Marcus laying in bed. That's where his teacher, rustic ous, found him, too. Is this what you were put on this earth to do? He asked, toe hide. Under the warm covers. Marcus had gone to school, but now his education truly began. Your path will not be an easy one, Rustic has told him. But I can show you the way into the boy's hands. He placed a book, then another and another and another. What does reading books have to do with being a king? Marcus asked. Everything rustic has answered through the pages of a book, Rustic, A said. We can talk to people who lived long ago and learn easily what they learned with great difficulty. When Marcus finished reading, he assumed he knew everything there was to know Life's lessons on Lee begin with books rustic, A said. They don't stop there. Together, they watched officials give speeches. They spoke with wise elders like a true Roman. Marcus learned to ride and to hunt and to wrestle. This, too, was hard. It's not fair, Marcus said after losing to his brother one day. Lucious is so much stronger than me. How do you think I got that way? Lucia said. It's all right. Marcus Rustic has said nothing should encourage us a ZMA Muchas the different qualities of the people around us. One person's modesty, another's cheerfulness. Someone's beauty, someone's work ethic. We can learn from everyone rustic, IHS said. Our opponents, our friends, everyone is better than us at something. But look at that kid, Marcus yelled. He's cheating. Even there. We can learn how not to be rustic is replied, and the way to beat a cheater is to not be like them. There were lessons every day, and sometimes Marcus felt sorry for himself. Lucious felt sorry for himself, too. Why was Marcus picked instead of me? Lucious wondered. I didn't ask for any of this, Marcus grumbled. Never let yourself be heard complaining. Their mother told them, not even to yourselves.