The Magic Shoes

King Iubdán was the king of leprechauns and a proud, boastful little fellow he was. He thought he was the bravest, cleverest, richest king that ever lived but one day a little leprechaun called Eisirt denied it and said king Fergus Crooked neck was. King Iubdán was outraged. “Lock him up!”, shouted King Iubdán. “Let me prove it”, cried Eisirt. So King Iubdán let him prove it and he told Eisirt to travel over to king Fergus’s fort.

        So the next day Eisirt set off to go to go to King Fergus Crooked neck’s fort and the guards dropped him in a cup of wine. “Let me out!”, he shouted, “I will give you knowledge and wisdom”. The guards laughed. Eisirt started to tell King Fergus Crooked neck about all the lies his guards told him. “Enough, Enough!”, he shouted and the king lifted him out of the wine. “Oh thank you, you’re so brave and kind”, praised Eisirt.

 So Eisirt stayed there with them for two nights. But now it was time to go home and show King Iubdán the proof. The king told Eisirt to bring Aodh with him. So they set off and Eisirt rode in Aodh’s pocket. On their way they met king Iubdán’s horse on the way. The horse carried them home and Eisirt told his tale to everyone. He showed king Iubdán, Aodh, the smallest man in the kingdom as proof and Eiswirt told the king to go taste the royal porridge in King crooked neck’s fort. So they all travelled there and they went into the enormous kitchen where on the table stood a giant pot of porridge. The horse leapt into the pot and king Iubdán couldn’t get out. He stood on the horses back and climbed up but he just fell down into the porridge again. The chefs came in and they saw king Iubdán in the porridge and they took him to their king. He told king Iubdán to stay there and not escape so he stayed there for a long time. Everyone became very worried and they threatened king Fergus Crooked neck to let their king go but he refused. King Iubdán said they could have one of his treasures and he picked the magic shoes. He walked over to the lake and he stepped over it without getting wet. But in the middle of the lake was a huge monster sleeping. King Fergus slashed the monster with his sword and the monster tried to attack him but the king was too fast. King Fergus finished him off and everyone cheered. So the king and queen were set free and they never ate another bowl of porridge again.

                    By: Greg and Suzanne