Personal Narrative: The Medieval Times Knight

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Once you see the Medieval Times Knight battle you will have a whole new appreciation for knights; a castle garden. It all started with the stairs. When it was time for the show to begin my family and I went to the grand staircase. Once we got there two trumpet players dressed in baggy pants and shirts started playing. Their trumpets were unusually long with banners on them. One banner had a lion's head on it and the other had a shield. The trumpet players played the most crisp and majestic sound I have ever heard. The sound rang through the castle and all of the crowds fell silent. After that the king and princess came down the staircase to welcome us to a royal feast. Then they went up the stairs and we followed. The staircases were a work …show more content…

Just then the speech stopped and there was abrupt silence. Then the king yelled,” Let the entertainment begin!” All six knights galloped out onto the field with a banner. All of the crowds cheered. Then they jumped off their horses and traded out their banner with a jousting stick. After that the knights got back on their horses and sprinted at full speed towards some small rings that they tried to get on their stick. Our knight the red knight the red knight won two rings, but the green knight got three rings. Our whole team yelled,” boooooooooo!” to the green knight, but there was another game. The knights had to run and stab their jousting sticks into a target. Five of the six knights had gone and they only got close to the bull's eye, but the red knight still had to go. When the red knight’s horse started to run sand flew behind him and Kaboom, his stick went right in the middle of the bullseye! The red knight’s crowd screamed, but I screamed the loudest. The only problem was the other crowds yelled,” Boooooooooo!” After that the king yelled,”Let the feast begin!” and we received all the food imaginable: chicken, corn, potatoes, bread, etc. It smelled great and the food tasted like heaven. But that was not all. Next the final show

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