Temp scurried along the many little crawlers as they prepared to meet King Shantzi. They stopped as a sentry stepped before them. The leader of the group, his father, whispered something to the sentry, and in they went.
It was a common tradition that the little crawlers of the royal family would meet the King on their 1st birthday. The king smiled as he saw them. "Too long it has been, Jakool, too long it has been!" Shantzi exclaimed. His father replied "An honor it is, brother, an honor it is."
After a while of the brothers talking about nothing of importance, Shantzi said "The pups, they are, the pups?" Jakool gently replied "They are, yes, they are. Temp, he is, Temp..." And so on, he said the names of the little crawlers. They were Tick, Tac, Tak and Shak, the children of Jakool's cousin Sala.
Shantzi touched each of their heads with his antennas. And said a word of blessing to each one. But as Temp, the last in line came to see him, instead he said to him. "Touch a princess, do not, touch a princess do not. Rage, war will, rage!"
Jakool asked "What do you speak of, brother, what do you speak of?" Shantzi swiftly replied "Comes the time, you'll know, comes the time."
PS Sorry for the chapters being short, but the story will be quite long.
