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Knights and Tournaments
It’s school sports day and you’re out for REVENGE
Last year Gary Rimbleton just beat you to the glory of first place in the egg and spoon race, but this year? This year you’re bAcK – and you won’t settle for second.
You set off, eyes fixed on the finishing line, your fist gripping that spoon like your life depends on it. Soon you’re hurtling along. Not a wobble. You’re on fIrE!
And just as you reach the line, with victory surely yours, you trip on a lollipop stick. Your egg flies into the air, then lands on your head with a sharp ‘crack’ as you fall to the ground in utter shame and despair.
Ouch, I think I have something in my eye.
But if you think YoU’vE GoT iT BaD, at his sports day King Henry II of France dIeD when a lance pierced his visor. Which is quite a bit worse than dropping an egg on your noggin.
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Errr, just a bit.
OK, it wasn’t a school sports day, it was a jousting tournament, but it’s the same thing (sort of).
