The Donkey
Hello again! Thanks to all the people who have followed, favourited and reviewed this one-shot collection so far. This shot is another funny one, to contrast the previous chapter which was a bit darker.
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"Arthur, stop!" Merlin's hand shot out, grasping the Prince's arm to prevent him from releasing the arrow in his crossbow. Hearing his voice, the donkey's head snapped up and it galloped away. Arthur turned to his servant, infuriated.
"What on earth was that for?" he demanded, oblivious to the other animals he was scaring off with his shouting. Merlin looked at him reprovingly.
"Well I could hardly let you kill it!" he exclaimed, staring at Arthur as though it were obvious.
"Why not?" The future King asked, exasperated. Merlin schooled his features into an expression of concern.
"Well, it's a donkey, sire", he pointed out. Arthur glared at him and Merlin hurried on. "You could be related. Arthur stared at him, completely taken aback by the turn of events and with a sneaking suspicion that he was missing some sort of joke.
"Why", he began, carefully enunciating each word. "Why would you possibly think that I could be related to that donkey?" Merlin shrugged, his trademark grin flashing across his face.
"Well, we all know you're an ass."
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