The Palace of Sanssouci is always filled with laughter and joy, and the prince is always happy here. According to the Duke of Norman's expectations, the prince should be able to spend his childhood in the Palace of Sanssouci.
Prince Edward and Dr. Andersen were walking on the way to the Palace of Sanssouci. Accompanying Prince William here were only the male and female servants from the Palace of Sanssouci, the tutors represented by Andersen, and occasionally nobles. Coming to the audience, Prince William felt lonely in his heart, just like Prince Edward still felt lonely when he lived in the castle.
"It's really pitiful. As a prince, William has no friends of the same age who can get along with him on an equal footing."
Prince Edward told that no matter how much his uncle dotes on his children, the country that has fallen into war makes it impossible for the Duke to focus on his family, even if he attaches great importance to William, and the only one who can replace the Duke is the Duke. Madam, but the Duchess only exists in everyone's memory. As a mother, she has not fulfilled her responsibilities. Therefore, Prince Edward, who is seven years older than Prince William, is William's only friend.
The prince only has tutors and retainers, but he cannot have friends. These things that are easily available to ordinary teenagers are difficult to see in Edward and William.
Children of the same age as Prince William from the nobility of the principality should have been allowed to accompany the prince's growth, so that the prince could have friends and a group of close subordinates in the future, but it was not suitable for Prince William.
"Brother Edward, Mr. Andersen, why are you here together? It seems that today is not the time for history class."
The child who was playing with toys in the room heard the footsteps outside the door. He happily opened the door and saw the two people coming hand in hand, full of interest and excitement.
Behind his happiness, Prince William is very lonely. He longs for someone to accompany him, whether that person is his father, mother, or a peer.
The seven-year-old child has golden hair and blue eyes. He has a cute appearance and an innocent smile. Just by looking at him, he can feel sacred and pure. It is like an angel descending. Everyone will have a better impression of him. This appearance is a blessing from the fairy.
"William, Mr. Andersen said that he wants to teach the history of the family, that is, your ancestor. His Royal Highness Duke Rollo of Denmark."
Prince Edward said, but he set his sights on William's table, which were silver toy soldiers wearing red and blue military uniforms. They were carrying Mauser spears, but they found that one toy soldier's leg was broken, and the The barrel of the bronze cannon was also broken. On the other side of the table were golden knights riding white horses and wearing armor, but most of them were covered in scars.
William was always so fond of his war games, and the table was neatly filled with troops on both sides.
"Our family's history, aren't we French?"
William said confusedly. He knew nothing about his family's history. No one told him this. The Duke of Normandy was the Duke of France. All the words used in the castle were French characters and French culture. Denmark meant to him It's a pretty remote and cold country.
"Your Highness, your ancestors are Danish. Most of the nobles in the principality are also Danish. Even many of your troops are from Denmark. Your ancestor, Duke Rollo, attacked France, sacked Paris, and conquered France. area of Normandy and brought his people to Normandy. You are not a native Frenchman, but a Dane, from the Kingdom of Denmark in Scandinavia. In Denmark, the kings are afraid of the power of your ancestors and are in each other's hands. The struggle forced your ancestors to leave, and your ancestors showed strength and were canonized by the King of France. This is why your ancestors are called conquerors."
Dr. Andersen briefly told the history of the prince's family. He was not very interested in this. He looked at the scarred toy and said softly, "It's so pitiful." Then he took out a white The handkerchief holds the wounded toy soldier on it.
Prince William had a look of helpless grievance on his face and defended himself, "They are too fragile. I just touched them lightly and I didn't use any force at all, and they broke. I have been very careful."
"It's okay. They have accepted His Highness the Prince's apology and have forgiven him. I will find a way to help you fix it." Dr. Andersen said with a smile. Although the child in front of him was only seven years old, he had received the fairy's blessing. Possessing a strange power that can sweep across the battlefield and be called an enemy of ten thousand people, this is the power of a giant. Not only are his toy soldiers vulnerable to him, even the same kick can be enough to destroy his own body if he is not careful. Playmates lose their lives.
In view of several accidents that occurred at Sanssouci Palace, the Duke has banned the prince from playing ball games, so the bored prince can only play war games with his toy soldiers. The result is that the prince's toy soldiers often have missing arms. leg.
"Thank you, Mr. Andersen." Prince William thanked him sincerely. Every time, he had to trouble his teacher to repair these toys.
"It's okay, it's just a trivial matter. I just want to tell the prince that the reason why your soldiers forgive you is just because you are their master, but this does not mean that they have no thoughts."
Dr. Andersen said solemnly, he felt the toy soldiers in the handkerchief were moving, telling him his gratitude, William's face showed confusion, "You mean that my toys have their own lives and Will? Then why, when I was here, they didn’t speak. It would be great if they could speak. The war game will definitely be more exciting by then."
"Everything can be divided into movable and immovable. Human beings and animals are movable, while plants and stones are immovable. However, the immovable does not mean that there is no real life. The sun, rivers, mountains, even if you are your Books, toys and weapons, as long as you take good care of them, they will all respond to your actions.
Your toys can only talk and go out when they are asleep. They may have a dance party of their own. However, I ask you to take care of your toys, just like you take care of your people. One day they may be able to help you, and you will gain the support of your toy soldiers. See if your dancer has never suffered damage, she must love you very much! "
Dr. Andersen pointed to the dancing girl toy on the toy castle. It looked lifelike. Compared with the well-made toy soldiers originally for the prince to play with, they seemed rough in comparison.
"The Red Army and the Blue Army are fighting for the princess. How can the princess be exposed to the dangers of war? It belongs only to the winner, to the Red Army led by me, Dr. Andersen. This is not a dancing girl, but a princess."
Prince William puffed up his cheeks and said angrily, pointing to the beautifully made toy dancer, and repeatedly emphasized that it was not a dancer, but a princess.
"Well, the reason why you emphasize that this is a princess is because you have never seen a real princess!"
With a mysterious smile on his face, Andersen took out a matchbox from his pocket and said, "As soon as this match slips, you can see the real princess in the firelight."
"A real princess!" William was stunned and looked at the matchbox handed over by Mr. Andersen, "Is this magic?"
"Yes." Mr. Andersen gave an affirmative answer.
"Come here, my army, grab the princess for me!" Prince William shouted excitedly, and Prince Edward almost fell to the ground when he heard this.
What did William think of the princess? Did he think it was a trophy in a war game?
