There was a king living in his kingdom peacefully. From his birth he enjoyed the luxurious lifestyle. But surviving in the royal family was not so simple. People outside the palace always thought that he was so lucky to be born in the royal family. But they didn't know the real hardship behind it.
When he was young, he was neither allowed to play like a child, nor allowed talk to the people other than the royal family members and his own servants. He was tutored in several languages so that in future a translator would not deceive him. On his seventh birthday he demanded to learn sword fighting. At first the parents denied by saying that he had army who can fight for him. But on continuous insisting they agreed. Later he learnt several other things. Those weren't easy but he never gave up. As a result he became the king not by killing any of his siblings but by attaining more knowledge and skills as compare to them.
Moral - Nothing comes free to you, it is you who had to earn it.
© Amitra