Sinister: A Sinister Fairy Tale

[Errington/Woodman]

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	Once there was a mighty kingdom ruled by a wise king. The people 
were happy jolly and frolicsome. They were even more happy because the 
king's jester put on big shows which everyone got into for free.
	One day the king realized that the jester's shows were using up all the 
money in the treasury. Taxes were having to be raised, and inflation was 
getting too high for comfort. The king hinted to his good friend the jester to 
spend less on the shows, and the jester, being friendly but not used to handling 
money, saw the problem and cut down spending. In a speech to his people, the 
king announced to the kingdom that their economy was fine as he had ironed 
out a few problems.
	The jester wasn't sure quite what to make of the speech, so he went to 
ask the king the next day. The king had drunk 3 yards of ale after the speech 
and was feeling the worse for it that morning. When the jester asked him 
exactly what he meant, the usually quiet king snapped at him for once. Hurt, 
the jester walked out of the castle and kept to his jesters house for a while. 
After that, he caught a galleon and moved to a faraway island.
	The people were still pleasant, but lacked a certain vitality that they 
had before. When millions of refugees arrived, this mood immersed them too, 
and soon the once jolly kingdom was like all the others on that continent.
Pat Errington, pat at twopounds.u-net.com
Lance Woodman, lance at twopounds.u-net.com
James Errington, james at twopounds.u-net.com
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