Question

Chapter 3 of the Land of Youth.
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Answer 1

Chapter 3
“What?” everybody in the room said at once.
Everybody starred at Prince Edward.
“I must converse to my parents privately please. This time let me go.” Queen Anna glared at the priest next to her.
The priest did not delay her this time. They went to a small room. Queen Anna was the first to speak
“May I teach my husband what I learned?”
“No I will not allow it,” her father replied.
“Why that would certainly be quite a scene to see,” her mother answered in return.
“No it would not be. Think of what disrepute it would cause,” her father said still not wanting to admit that it was a good idea.
“Each person in the room could learn what I know. You two could back me up if I say something incorrect or if he wants more information,” Anna said to her father. “I know you agree with me, but you won’t confess.”
“I say we should let her do this. If she is going to be queen, we might as well let her start by giving lectures. I taught her everything a king needs to know,” said Marianna.
“Why?”
“Because you never know when it is valuable when a king is not anywhere to be found,” her mother said.
“Good enough you can teach him yourself and we will guide you,” Gordon reluctantly said.
They went back into the room.
“What lesson did my stepfather stop at?”
“He stopped at where you can find our most valuable resource, but he didn’t tell what it was,” Prince Edward responded.
“Well our most valuable source is copper. In many places, yet so little copper can be found. Long ago,” she began to tell the tale of a man who had lived in a copper mine all his life. “He never left his home but once. That was when a blizzard with high winds had nearly made the mine collapse. He and his family had taken shelter in a nearby house, but the house is almost taken as well for it was made of wood from the nearby forest. When winter was over, they went to the city five miles from the mine to get more workers, for most of them were dead. They decided to make a castle of copper. They built it on top of the mine to get the best effects. You are probably thinking it was this very castle, but no the copper castle collapsed when they started on the second floor, killing many workers. They went to a different nearby city to get more workers. This time they built the castle on this very foundation only a mile from the surrounding villages that turned to one vast city that surrounded the castle. This time they were able to construct the castle without it deteriorating. Today our quantity of copper is decreasing; more houses are torn down because of this. The copper era is approaching to an end. If we don’t do something about our castle, it will be taken as well and we will be living in squalor in places not as grand as this.”
“Now you’ve got my interest. Your stepfather didn’t even bother to tell me stories about a lecture.”
“Well my mother taught me the things I needed to know in stories that give information. I thought you might like it as well. What would be the next thing he needs to learn?” Queen Anna asked her parents.
“It would be how to have a discussion like a prince,” Gordon said accusingly.
“I know that is not the next lesson, if I remember correctly it would be a tour of the castle and telling the history of each object that has a history. For example that chandelier, it dates back to the days of where mostly everyone was wealthy, 1604 – 1763. As you can see, the ceiling still holds it and it is still functioning. If we don’t do something with our recourse quantity than that will be gone too,” Anna said.
They went through the castle and Anna explained the history of each one and what would happen if someday they did have to live in filthy houses. She told him what pains the servants took just to clean something and how to put it back.
When they came to Anna’s room, Anna reluctantly showed her room to him.
“This is my room. See that bedpost? That dates back to my great-great-great grandmother. It may not look like much but let me tell you the anecdote. She had wanted a high-quality bed that she could hang curtains on. So her husband made some men build it, before they knew it they were becoming his servants. She wanted to be free from their filthy habits of painting the bedpost every so often, like right after they put up a board. Whenever they did, that paint always ended up getting on the floor and messing up this very carpet.”
Prince Edward was now sitting on the bed next to where she stood. She looked at him with a questioning look on her face.
“That’s the very spot where your biological father sat when I was giving him a tour of the palace,” said Marianna.
“Really?” Anna and Edward said at the same time.
“Yes it is; I remember when I showed my jewelry and he wanted to wear some of it.”
“So that’s where he got that earring,” said Prince Edward.
“He got wealthy off of it too,” Marianna said.
“You married a commoner?” Anna asked astonished. She did not learn of any poor commoners becoming king or queen.
“No I did not, I married a broke prince just to make him rich. I divorced him when he decided to take more of my money and jewelry that I needed to pay my maids and servants. As you can see you married—,” she began to say.
“Your Majesty, we need you in the main room to meet a newly come prince. He says he heard of the wedding and would like to divorce you two before you become the leaders of Sativa. He said he would do no harm if you two divorce and you marry him,” said the footman.