long ago in a far away kingdom, there lived a king and his wife. They were blessed with two boys. The oldest was named Mathew and the youngest Philip. Prince Mathew as the crowned prince was kind and helpful. the second prince loved his parents and brother so much he even followed in his brother's footsteps. He was kind, caring, helpful, respectful and hardworking.

But as days went by. The crowned prince got furious. When he saw his brother being so helpful and kind he thought that he wanted to get favour from the subjects and their parents so as to be given the title of crowned prince. Ge got jelous. So the crowned prince divided to ruin the second Prince's name.

He went out on the streets telling people how he could do things that his brother could not. He even started telling lies only to increase his fame. He went as far as sending assasins to kill some of his subjects on the name of the second prince. When his parents heard of this, they investigated thoroughly and found the truth.

They summoned the crowned prince and threatened to snatch his title and give it to the second prince. The crowned prince was furious and thought that the second prince had finnaly succeeded in manipulating their parents. So as to avoide more problems, he went ahead and murdered his own parents. He then blamed his brother for the death of their parents.

This time, the second prince was ready to fight for his good name. He challenged the crowned prince to a battle to the dead. the winner would take all. They invited all of their subjects to the arena. Each of them with a sword on his hand, they begun their fight. They staved each other, blood dripping on the ground. The both kept fighting, each of them refusing to give up. the fought until they were all out of breath, finally they both collapsed due to loss of blood. The laid in a pool of blood, and their kingdom was left with no ruller.
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