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Authors: I Heaton

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Once
he
finished
he
lay
on
his
bed
when
Alex
came
in
and
said

If
you
are
done
laying
around
I
am
going
to
teach
you
how
to
canoe
on
your
own
.”
Alex
walked
away
and
Tom
quickly
got
up
to
follow
.
They
went
down
to
the
dock
and
Alex
taught
him
strokes
and
how
to
balance
the
canoe
.
Then
he
had
Tom
canoe
around
the
island
three
times
then
to
the
dock
on
the
other
shore
and
back
.

Once
he
was
done
he
was
sweating
and
Alex
said

Wash
up
and
then
it
is
time
for
dinner
.”
After
Tom
washed
up
he
went
to
the
kitchen
to
find
Alex
waiting
for
him
.
Alex
looked
at
Tom
and
asked

Do
you
know
how
to
cook
?”
Tom
just
shook
his
head
.
Alex
laughed
and
told
him

Well
it
is
time
for
you
to
learn
.”
Alex
taught
Tom
how
to
make
a
simple
stew
and
some
biscuits
.

Once
the
food
was
done
they
ate
,
then
went
to
the
living
room
and
sat
in
front
of
a
fire
.
Alex
suddenly
broke
the
silence
and
asked

Do
you
play
an
instrument
or
sing
?”
Tom
replied

Yes
,
I
sing
”.
Alex
nodded
approvingly
and
said

Well
then
sing
a
song
for
me
.”
Tom
looked
nervous
but
started
singing
a
foreign
song
.
After
a
few
songs
Alex
said

It
'
s
time
for
you
to
go
to
bed
tomorrow
we
start
your
training
.”
Tom
got
up
and
went
to
bed
.
Tom
woke
up
with
sunlight
streaming
in
from
the
window
.

He
got
up
and
changed
then
went
to
find
Alex
.
Alex
was
sitting
in
the
living
room
when
Tom
walked
in
he
got
up
and
said
to
Tom

Today
you
start
your
training
to
become
a
Guardian
Dragon
.”
Alex
led
him
out
to
the
beach
and
said

First
you
will
choose
your
weapons
to
master
first
.”
He
had
Tom
follow
him
to
two
racks
of
weapons
.
On
one
there
was
swords
,
axes
,
shields
and
other
close
combat
weapons
,
on
the
other
were
all
kinds
of
bows
,
crossbows
,
throwing
knifes
and
other
long
range
weapons
.

Tom
went
over
the
the
first
rack
and
looked
at
the
weapons
he
grabbed
a
one
-
handed
battle
axe
and
a
round
shield
.
He
swung
the
axe
experimentally
then
nodded
he
said
to
Alex

I
think
I
will
start
with
these
”.
He
then
walked
to
the
second
rack
and
took
a
longbow
and
an
arrow
and
shot
at
a
tree
,
the
arrow
missed
then
he
decided
not
the
bow
and
grabbed
a
crossbow
then
said

I
will
also
start
with
this
.”
Alex
nodded
and
said

Well
then
let

s
get
started
”.

 

Chapter
3

             
Getting
started
meant
running
around
the
island
five
times
in
chain
-
mail
armor
and
all
weapons
.
The
armor
was
made
of
high
quality
steel
,
Tom
could
tell
that
the
craftsmanship
of
the
armor
and
axe
was
extremely
fine
as
he
was
the
son
of
a
blacksmith
.
After
the
run
he
rested
for
a
minute
then
swam
around
the
island
.

Then
Alex
had
him
do
push
ups
.
After
that
he
got
a
five
minute
break
,
then
went
canoeing
around
the
island
five
times
during
which
he
had
to
jump
out
and
get
back
in
every
twenty
strokes
.
Then
it
was
lunch
,
after
lunch
it
was
archery
where
he
had
to
learn
how
to
use
the
crossbow
.
After
archery
he
trained
with
the
axe
and
shield
,
in
chain
-
mail
armor
.

Finally
he
went
inside
and
learned
about
history
,
math
,
geography
and
map
reading
.
He
had
a
free
hour
after
that
then
dinner
,
that
he
made
.
He
was
so
sore
he
could
barely
move
.
He
did
that
every
day
except
Sunday
.
The
days
blended
together
for
two
weeks
,
until
one
day
Alex
said

Today
instead
of
the
usual
you
will
practice
magic
.
You
will
practice
and
learn
all
day
only
stopping
to
eat
.
There
will
be
one
day
for
magic
a
week
until
I
figure
out
a
new
schedule
for
you
.”
Those
magic
days
he
spent
the
time
before
lunch
learning
of
history
,
safety
and
things
like
that
.
Then
spend
the
time
until
dinner
practicing
,
first
he
learned
water
magic
.

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