The Final Indignity
Apr 29th, 2014 by thegooddoctor in 100 Words
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At the start of every year, the Kingdom of Urbania elected a new monarch.
Of course, the old royals had to be disposed of in some way. They were driven away from the capital in an old cart owned by Farmer Putnam. They had already been stripped of most of their pomp and circumstance, though the former sovereigns were allowed to keep their scepters.
Farmer Putnam deposited his charges on the outskirts of the city where they would live out their remaining days. It was at this point he informed them that his transport fee was exactly one royal scepter.
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