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TRUSTY JOHN
ONCE upon a time there was an old king who was so ill that he thought to himself, ‘I am most likely on my death-bed.’ Then he said, ‘Send Trusty John to me.’ Now Trusty John was his favourite servant, and was so called because all his life he had served him so faithfully.
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When he approached the bed the King spake to him. ‘Most trusty John, I feel my end is drawing near, and I could face it without a care were it not for my son. He is still too young to decide everything for himself, and unless you promise me to instruct