I want to tell you about a boy who was very fond of stories of adventure. He liked especially to read about the old knights, and how they fought with giants, and killed dragons, and rescued beautiful ladies. One day he was talking about it with his mother, and he asked whether there were no knights any longer in the world, and if he couldn\u2019t be a knight and kill dragons. \u201cCouldn\u2019t I, mother?\u201d he asked. \u201cWait awhile,\u201d answered his mother, \u201cand I will tell you.\u201d<\/p>\n
That very morning our lad, whose name was Sam, went with his mother to market. On the way they saw an old woman, who had let fall a basket of apples in the middle of the muddy street. She was nervously trying to pick them up before any cart should come along. Sam was walking by when his mother said, \u201cKill your dragon, Sam.\u201d \u201cWhat dragon!\u201d asked Sam, startled. \u201cWhy, your pride, which is keeping you from helping that wrinkled old princess out there in the mud.\u201d So Sam darted off, and helped the old woman pick up her apples.<\/p>\n
After dinner mother was washing the dishes, and little baby Helen was troubling her by pulling on her dress, and crying. It was one of Helen\u2019s fretful days. \u201cSam!\u201d called his mother, \u201ccome quick. Here\u2019s another princess to rescue!\u201d \u201cWho?\u201d asked Sam, running in. \u201cDon\u2019t you see?\u201d answered his mother. \u201cHere am I, attacked by the giants Worry and Work and Hindrance. Come to my help.\u201d So Sam took little Helen, and played with her while his mother washed the dishes.<\/p>\n
\u201cSam,\u201d said his father when he came home that night,\u2014Sam\u2019s father was a deacon and led the Wednesday evening prayer meeting that week,\u2014 \u201cI think you are old enough to say just a word in prayer meeting. It will help some of the other boys and girls to take part; yes, and some of the older folks, too. Won\u2019t you repeat a short verse, if I help you find one?\u201d Sam hesitated, and then he caught his mother\u2019s eye. \u201cBrave for others, be a knight,\u201d that loving glance seemed to say, and Sam took part in the prayer meeting that night.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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