No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
Once upon a time, there was a king who appeared benevolent, who ruled a great land. However, passiveness was his overriding trait, and when his subjects mistreated each other, the king did nothing to protect them. In fact, the bigger, richer subjects often stole from the younger, poorer subjects, and the king stood by and did nothing. One day, one of his poor subjects fled to a neighboring kingdom to seek help. She ran straight to the castle and asked to see the queen, the ruler of this bordering nation. The queen came at once to hear her grievance. A rich subject was coming to the girl's farm daily, stealing her chickens and cows, and her family was starving. He had even killed the family's beloved sheepdog. The girl had repeatedly asked the king to help, and though he vowed to do something, he never acted to stop the rich criminal. The queen's heart was so broken by the story, she vowed to take over the weak king's land so she herself could protect the subjects. The q...