Sir Gawain and the Yellow Scooter By Madison Mikita

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How would you feel if one day you woke up and glanced out your window to find a grown man in a beautifully made floppy hat holding a sleek and shiny sword in the middle of stealing your most prized possession; your yellow electric scooter. *Gasp* the AUDACITY. I know right! A man does not steal another man’s yellow electric scooter. So off I went to teach this dude a lesson. I scrambled out of bed and shuffled around the kitchen and swung the door open. However the stranger was speeding down the road with a puffed out chest and a stern look off into the distance. 

“Hey! That’s my scooter! Get back here!” I shouted at him, but the stranger kept going, not looking back. 

Then I was left there on my driveway, scooter less and pitiful. 

Sir Gawain

I felt bad for the pathetic man from whom I stole this scooter, but my horse was injured and I was in desperate need of transportation. You see, I was on a quest to fight a dragon who was a highly dangerous threat to the kingdom. I was chosen to seek out this dragon that resided in the mountains just beyond the dark forest and vanquish it, if you will. I had everything ready, my floppy hat, my leather belt, my shiny sword and my confidence. Then, unfortunately, my horse tripped over a log and fell over. I had to resort to wandering the streets of a random neighborhood. 

Now I had to find my way back on course toward the forest. So I sped through the endless amount of road until I came to a clearing with the entrance to the dark forest on the other side. 

At last! I am one step closer to my goal. With the new found excitement and hope inside me I turned the electric scooter on the highest sped, gallivanting across the field to the tree line. I proudly sped through the forest, admiring its beauty and tranquility. 

Suddenly, I caught a glimpse of a dark figure who stood in front of me and accidentally ran over a tree root and crashed to the ground. I stood up quickly and approached the stranger before lifting my head to find the green knight who stood before me in the golden clearing; kissing his water bottle. 

“Sir, sir! Pardon me but why did you think that standing in the center of a path would be a good idea?” I exclaimed.

The Green Knight looked up and gave me an annoyed glance.

“Why have you come here? No one ever does, in fact there is a dragon just up there.” The Green Knight said.

I sighed, “I have come to slay the dragon you speak of. The queen herself has sent me.”

“Then why are you wasting your precious time talking to me? You should be up there slaying the day away.” He asked.

I huffed and retreated back to the scooter before mounting it. I then jolted forward a couple times before gliding past The Green Knight.

“Really though? A water bottle?” I called back as I sped forward.