King siddens problem

• Jansen Zhang, Grade 3
• Short Story
• 2006

Long, long, ago, in the country of Toria, the mighty King Sidden was in trouble. The Forkan goblins of Forka were attacking his people. To keep safe, he needed to build a fort.

Sidden who was as wise as Solomon and his army of ten thousand robust warriors marched to the Great Forests. Quickly, they began to clear land for a fort. Soon, an area of 36 square kilometres was cleared for the fort. It took three busy days for the fort to be built. The fort had three high, stone walls around it and huge towers which held catapults. Around these walls, was a deep moat filled with cold water.

The next day, the great fort was besieged by the Forfan goblins, trolls and elves. From each wall of the fort arrows were fired to keep the enemy out of the fort. The catapults were kept constantly firing heavy boulders. At noon, the sun reflectors were used by King Sidden to reflect heat onto the Forkans. So they dropped immediately.

Finally, the Forkans had to surrender. It was a happy day for the whole of the Torian empire. The King Sidden never lost a single battle from then on.