The Thief of Alvera
You stand there in the darkness hoping that some guards would pass through the street soon. After what seems like eternity to you, but is actually not more than 20 minutes, two mail-shirted guards walk into the street. You run upto them, relieved. You start blurting out the events of the night without waiting, not noticing the bewildered and slightly suspicious look on the guards' faces.
"Wait a minute" one guard interrupts,"whatever are you doing on the streets at this hour anyway?"
"Uh...I..er...sleep on the streets", you reply hesitantly.
The guard snatches the leather bag from you,"What have we here"
The guard has all your spoils. He gives you a hard look,"Thieving swine!"
"Wait! I've got something important to tell you", you say, desperate now. "There is a deadman in the gutter and he gave this to me, along with some wierd instruction before he died."
You give the jewel to the guard.
"Go check the gutter", the guard tells his partner. The man hurries to the gutter and bends down. He runs his hand along the man's body and places his cheek on the man's nostrils. He then gets up and says,"That man is dead. I have a feeling this little runt is somehow involved.
"You dont understand, I'm telling the truth", you plead to the guards.
"We'll talk about truth in the morning you dog", the guard hits you on the head with the pommel of his sword and the two guards throw you into the dungeons. The next morning you are tried at the king's court for murder and then publicly executed.The guards keep your steals and sell them for a small fortune while your body rots in a graveyard.
"Wait a minute" one guard interrupts,"whatever are you doing on the streets at this hour anyway?"
"Uh...I..er...sleep on the streets", you reply hesitantly.
The guard snatches the leather bag from you,"What have we here"
The guard has all your spoils. He gives you a hard look,"Thieving swine!"
"Wait! I've got something important to tell you", you say, desperate now. "There is a deadman in the gutter and he gave this to me, along with some wierd instruction before he died."
You give the jewel to the guard.
"Go check the gutter", the guard tells his partner. The man hurries to the gutter and bends down. He runs his hand along the man's body and places his cheek on the man's nostrils. He then gets up and says,"That man is dead. I have a feeling this little runt is somehow involved.
"You dont understand, I'm telling the truth", you plead to the guards.
"We'll talk about truth in the morning you dog", the guard hits you on the head with the pommel of his sword and the two guards throw you into the dungeons. The next morning you are tried at the king's court for murder and then publicly executed.The guards keep your steals and sell them for a small fortune while your body rots in a graveyard.
