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=__John Smith - Darsi__=



Dear Diary, Today was a very busy day in the shop. I must have put new shoes on nearly a dozen horses. My darling wife made me and the children a special dinner of beef stew with carrots because it is my son's birthday today. He just turned 7 years old. We got him his first horse so he will have no need taking out the old plow mare we have kept in our small barn just outside the shop. The house needs a new set of stairs as the old one is nearly falling apart. I'm not sure when I'll get around to doing that with work being busy the way it is, but it needs to be done soon. My latest client was that of Lord Hamlet. He seems like a strange man, perhaps the loss of his father was getting to his head. Who knows, maybe it could be that new king we have getting to his head. That Claudius seems not right, not right at all. He is a man who seems to only be concerned with power. I’m not sure he will be a good leader, but only time will tell. If he even survives much longer in the kingdom. My eldest son said he had heard a few soldiers talking when he was out on a ride to the market one day. They had said that the new king wouldn’t last long, at least not when Hamlet was having suspicions of him. He’s said to be crazy, the Queen's son Hamlet. I heard he was in university before the king died. And it all went down hill from there. There are also rumours that he and his mother have a very strange relationship that is rather unnatural. But we know better than to question the royal house. If people are caught telling rumours, there are harsh punishments. I’m not sure I would want Hamlet to get his hands on me. Twisted minds can do twisted things. Most of the time it is better not to question the affairs of the castle, as interesting as they may be. I like to stick to my job and keep doing it well. As long as I’m out of trouble, no great harm can come to my family and that is all that matters.

I’m off to bed, diary. Tomorrow will be another hard day of work in the shop.

-Smith

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