December 10, 2015
When Wenceslas was 13 his father died. So he went to live with his grandma. His grandma taught him to be a Christian. His mom didn't like what the grandma was teaching him because she was another religion, so she arranged for the grandma to be strangled. Someone found out about it and she was banished. When Wenceslas was the king, he brought her back into his castle. He forgave her. He was a good king. He helped people. He bought slaves and set them free. One night he saw a poor man gathering wood for his fire. He asked his squire where the man lived. The squire said that he lived by a fence and so he said to gather wood and food to bring to the man. As they were going along the squire's feet got cold and tired. So Wenceslas said to walk in his footsteps. They found the man and gave him the food and the wood and went back to the castle. Wenceslas' brother invited him to a party and people said that he was probably plotting against him, but Wenceslas said no. When he got to the party his brother hit him with his sword, but he forgave him. As he was going away a whole bunch of people got him and killed him. They thought he was too nice to be a king. He is remembered for his kindness.
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