The Whipping Boy by Sid Fleischman was a delightful story about a prince and his appointed whipping boy. The story begins in the castle where the prince lives with his father, the king. The prince plays a practical joke, which is common place, and the king becomes infuriated. The king demands several lashings and the whipping boy is summoned. The whipping boy takes the lashings as the prince looks on. Not a peep comes from the lips of the Whipping Boy.
The prince is a spoiled child who gets everything he wants and does what ever he wants. It is all about him. The prince doesn't write, read, or do anything physical because all is done for him. Then one day, the prince decides to "run away" but he runs away with his whipping boy.
Two thugs, Hold-Your-Nose-Billy and Cutwater, find the two boys. These men believe that the whipping boy, Jeremy, is the prince and that the prince, Prince Brat, is the whipping boy. The thugs end up whipping the prince, run from a scary dancing bear, chase the boys into the sewers, and end up getting bit by sewer rats.
In the end the two boys become friends and live happily-ever-after. strive to do what is right.
This is a delightful story that teaches us that our perceptions of the world are largely formulated through out experiences. Thus, as we experience new things and new adventures, our perception of the world around us will change.
AR SCORE: 90%
The prince is a spoiled child who gets everything he wants and does what ever he wants. It is all about him. The prince doesn't write, read, or do anything physical because all is done for him. Then one day, the prince decides to "run away" but he runs away with his whipping boy.
Two thugs, Hold-Your-Nose-Billy and Cutwater, find the two boys. These men believe that the whipping boy, Jeremy, is the prince and that the prince, Prince Brat, is the whipping boy. The thugs end up whipping the prince, run from a scary dancing bear, chase the boys into the sewers, and end up getting bit by sewer rats.
In the end the two boys become friends and live happily-ever-after. strive to do what is right.
This is a delightful story that teaches us that our perceptions of the world are largely formulated through out experiences. Thus, as we experience new things and new adventures, our perception of the world around us will change.
AR SCORE: 90%
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