Only a quarter of an hour later they already felt terribly fatigued. This was even harder than breaking stone with a hammer. But he gritted his teeth and tried to hold on. After all, His Royal Highness had said before that those who moved would get no egg for lunch. God, it had been so long since he had eaten an egg. Apparently, all the people around him felt the same way. Although they staggered, most of them still endured.
When the prince declared it was time to rest, he found out that his back was already drenched in sweat and the whole standing time wasn’t even long, at most it was two-quarters of an hour. Those who couldn’t persevere till the final moment were annoyed. It seemed as if they could see the eggs rolling away from them.
He just didn’t understand. Why did they have to practice this strange stance? Only standing was enough to get several bags of food?
If it wasn’t for his Royal Highness training them, he would have already stood up and begun to argue noisily.
Unexpectedly, after a short break, the second command His Highness gave was even more eccentric. He asked all the people to continue standing in a line. This time, as long as all of them persevered till the end, they would all get another egg added for lunch. As long as there was a person who gave up, everyone would lose the opportunity to get an additional egg.
He heard many people beside him swallowing their saliva.
Hell, was this a popular game in the ranks of the nobility? Leading them all around with a carrot on a stick? Damn it, he was not a stupid donkey!
… But in the case that everyone was able to do it, wouldn’t there be two eggs to eat?
This was simply the devil’s temptation! Wiping his overflowing saliva away, he decided to fight for the two eggs!
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One egg to rule them all,
One egg to train them,
One egg to bring them all,
And in the world of tomorrow bind them.