约翰国王和亚瑟王子（4）（2/2）
《泰西故事30篇》作者：李汉昭 2017-04-10 17:32
l grass rustling in the breeze, the birds singing by the roadside. Alas, he was never to be so happy again.
The people did not join him on the road as he expected, and King Philip seemed to be in no hurry to send him help. But the little prince was brave and hopeful, and he led his army straight across the country to a small town where King John’s mother was staying. “If you can capture the king’s mother,” said some of his advisers, “the king will give up everything for her sake.” But he ought to have known that John had no such love as that for anybody.
The town was easily captured by the prince’s followers; but all the great people shut themselves up in the castle that stood close by, and dared their enemies to come near them.
While Prince Arthur and his knights were besieging the castle and trying to find some way to get inside of it, King John himself came to the rescue with an army many times larger than the prince’s.
What could the prince do? Some of his men turned against him and went over to the king’s army. With the rest he shut himself up in the town, and there, for several days, he defended himself like a young hero. But one night, when a dreadful storm was raging, a number of the king’s soldiers climbed over the walls and got into the town. Before the alarm could be given, they were masters of the place. The prince was seized upon while he was in bed. Some of his knights were killed while trying to defend him. Others were made prisoners and afterwards thrown into dark dungeons, where they died.
The people did not join him on the road as he expected, and King Philip seemed to be in no hurry to send him help. But the little prince was brave and hopeful, and he led his army straight across the country to a small town where King John’s mother was staying. “If you can capture the king’s mother,” said some of his advisers, “the king will give up everything for her sake.” But he ought to have known that John had no such love as that for anybody.
The town was easily captured by the prince’s followers; but all the great people shut themselves up in the castle that stood close by, and dared their enemies to come near them.
While Prince Arthur and his knights were besieging the castle and trying to find some way to get inside of it, King John himself came to the rescue with an army many times larger than the prince’s.
What could the prince do? Some of his men turned against him and went over to the king’s army. With the rest he shut himself up in the town, and there, for several days, he defended himself like a young hero. But one night, when a dreadful storm was raging, a number of the king’s soldiers climbed over the walls and got into the town. Before the alarm could be given, they were masters of the place. The prince was seized upon while he was in bed. Some of his knights were killed while trying to defend him. Others were made prisoners and afterwards thrown into dark dungeons, where they died.