Writer's Showcase: Austen Davis
World Autism Awareness Day on April 2, celebrated the unique talents and skills of persons with autism. In recognition of this event and Autism Awareness Month, we are showcasing the writing of talented individuals on the autism spectrum on our website. Please send your short stories, poetry, and song lyrics to editors@autismspeaks.org for consideration. Autism Speaks reserves the right to edit contributions for space, style and content. Due to the volume of submissions expected, we may not be able to publish them all.
World Autism Awareness Day on April 2, celebrated the unique talents and skills of persons with autism. In recognition of this event and Autism Awareness Month, we are showcasing the writing of talented individuals on the autism spectrum on our website. Please send your short stories, poetry, and song lyrics to editors@autismspeaks.org for consideration. Autism Speaks reserves the right to edit contributions for space, style and content. Due to the volume of submissions expected, we may not be able to publish them all.
Le Chevalier Qui L'éperlan D'arachides
Come one! Come all! Listen to the tale of France's most unusual knight, Sir Singe Noix, born as a simple French peasant and raised to become the country's boldest knight.
Singe's family were circus performers whose ringmaster was a cruel and greedy man. Singe's mom was the star in the family's act. For their grand finale, they would use her as a battering ram. It didn't hurt her one bit because of her unusually thick skull. When she was pregnant with Singe, she had an addiction to peanuts. She took bags of those goober nuts from the elephants' feed and stuffed them down as if her life depended on it. Because of her pregnancy, Singe's mom gained so much weight, that the other family member couldn't carry her anymore for their act. The ringmaster, seeing her as dead weight, abandoned her in the middle of nowhere when she was nine months along on her pregnancy.
As she wandered on her own, the scent of peanuts lead her to a peanut patch. She had very little energy left and to make thing worse, she was going through labor. The peanuts weren't old enough so they weren't edible. She had very little strength that could barley let her travel more than 10 yards. So instead of using it to walk more, she used it to deliver her child into the world. Before she died, as she made the final push, she saw that she gave birth to a healthy boy. Her last thoughts were, “He's … beautiful.” She then passed away, and the last sound she heard was the crying of her newborn son. Shortly there after, the circus came to the peanut patch to see if the farmer had any peanuts to sell to feed the elephants. As the ringmaster and farmer walked out to discuss a price on the peanuts, they heard crying coming from the peanut patch. And that's where they found the baby and the body of his mom. The ringmaster noticed the body to be the woman he left from the circus. He didn't want to deal with raising a child, so he sold him to a young man who lived in a castle. The young man brought the baby back his home in the King of France's castle to show his dad, who was the captain of the knights. The dad tried to train his son to become a knight, but he was just too weak to become one. His son brought back the baby and told his father that he could raise him to become a knight instead. The father said the idea was ludicrous because the baby was not of noble birth and smelt of peanuts. The son said that there were still no other candidates to become a knight left in the village or any other of the kingdom's ally countries. So father reluctant changed his mind. They baptized the baby to be of noble class, but even with the holy oil, his peanut stench still stuck with him. So he received a name that meant monkey nuts, which some Europeans called peanuts; Singe Noix. Singe lived in the castle along with the captain of knights and his son. For every meal, he ate only things that had peanuts in them and washed it all down with a gravel of peanut oil that cooled off after the chef was done deep frying food in a cauldron.
Years passed and Singe was almost a man. He was near the completion of his training. All that was next was to be knighted by the King. He was known throughout France, mainly because of his thick skull. They prepared a festival and a feast to celebrate. Singe went to hunt for meat for the feast when his eyes where enchanted on someone he saw near a river. A young woman who was around his age was gathering herbs. Her skin was as dark as the night and flawless from head to toe. She braided her hair back with beads that rattled every time she moved her head. She wore a dress made from the skin of deer. Enchanted by her beauty, Singe lay low in the bushes to watch her, but then he let out a loud belch from the peanut soup and oil he guzzled down that morning.
The lady smelt the peanut induced gas and turned to see Singe. Seeing his innocent face, she smiled and walked up to him. She crouched down so her eyes met his. He was as mesmerized by her golden eyes as she was by her sky blue ones. A warm smile also appeared on his face and then disappeared as his lips met with hers. They both closed their eyes as they held each other close. They spent the rest of the day with each other. Singe told her everything about his life in the castle and the lady told about hers. She was a witch doctor who used herbs and plants to brew up potions. Singe, scared that the villagers would try to burn her for being a witch, decided to stay near the river to live with the lady. The two lived together, till one day, smoke filled the air. They looked out into the village to see that it was coming from the castle. Singe put on his armor, grabbed his shield and sword, and rushed to the battle with the lady by his side. English soldiers violently attacked the castle. Using his brute strength, thick skull, and potions and smokescreens the lady made, Singe saved the castle. Singe was then knighted by the king, but instead of staying to serve France, he chose to go back to the river to live with the lady.
Singe lived the rest of his life with his lady. They soon had a family. At the time of his death, he was buried near the river with the lady. If you stopped there for a second, you could still smell his peanut scent coming from his grave.
Come one! Come all! Listen to the tale of France's most unusual knight, Sir Singe Noix, born as a simple French peasant and raised to become the country's boldest knight.
Singe's family were circus performers whose ringmaster was a cruel and greedy man. Singe's mom was the star in the family's act. For their grand finale, they would use her as a battering ram. It didn't hurt her one bit because of her unusually thick skull. When she was pregnant with Singe, she had an addiction to peanuts. She took bags of those goober nuts from the elephants' feed and stuffed them down as if her life depended on it. Because of her pregnancy, Singe's mom gained so much weight, that the other family member couldn't carry her anymore for their act. The ringmaster, seeing her as dead weight, abandoned her in the middle of nowhere when she was nine months along on her pregnancy.
As she wandered on her own, the scent of peanuts lead her to a peanut patch. She had very little energy left and to make thing worse, she was going through labor. The peanuts weren't old enough so they weren't edible. She had very little strength that could barley let her travel more than 10 yards. So instead of using it to walk more, she used it to deliver her child into the world. Before she died, as she made the final push, she saw that she gave birth to a healthy boy. Her last thoughts were, “He's … beautiful.” She then passed away, and the last sound she heard was the crying of her newborn son. Shortly there after, the circus came to the peanut patch to see if the farmer had any peanuts to sell to feed the elephants. As the ringmaster and farmer walked out to discuss a price on the peanuts, they heard crying coming from the peanut patch. And that's where they found the baby and the body of his mom. The ringmaster noticed the body to be the woman he left from the circus. He didn't want to deal with raising a child, so he sold him to a young man who lived in a castle. The young man brought the baby back his home in the King of France's castle to show his dad, who was the captain of the knights. The dad tried to train his son to become a knight, but he was just too weak to become one. His son brought back the baby and told his father that he could raise him to become a knight instead. The father said the idea was ludicrous because the baby was not of noble birth and smelt of peanuts. The son said that there were still no other candidates to become a knight left in the village or any other of the kingdom's ally countries. So father reluctant changed his mind. They baptized the baby to be of noble class, but even with the holy oil, his peanut stench still stuck with him. So he received a name that meant monkey nuts, which some Europeans called peanuts; Singe Noix. Singe lived in the castle along with the captain of knights and his son. For every meal, he ate only things that had peanuts in them and washed it all down with a gravel of peanut oil that cooled off after the chef was done deep frying food in a cauldron.
Years passed and Singe was almost a man. He was near the completion of his training. All that was next was to be knighted by the King. He was known throughout France, mainly because of his thick skull. They prepared a festival and a feast to celebrate. Singe went to hunt for meat for the feast when his eyes where enchanted on someone he saw near a river. A young woman who was around his age was gathering herbs. Her skin was as dark as the night and flawless from head to toe. She braided her hair back with beads that rattled every time she moved her head. She wore a dress made from the skin of deer. Enchanted by her beauty, Singe lay low in the bushes to watch her, but then he let out a loud belch from the peanut soup and oil he guzzled down that morning.
The lady smelt the peanut induced gas and turned to see Singe. Seeing his innocent face, she smiled and walked up to him. She crouched down so her eyes met his. He was as mesmerized by her golden eyes as she was by her sky blue ones. A warm smile also appeared on his face and then disappeared as his lips met with hers. They both closed their eyes as they held each other close. They spent the rest of the day with each other. Singe told her everything about his life in the castle and the lady told about hers. She was a witch doctor who used herbs and plants to brew up potions. Singe, scared that the villagers would try to burn her for being a witch, decided to stay near the river to live with the lady. The two lived together, till one day, smoke filled the air. They looked out into the village to see that it was coming from the castle. Singe put on his armor, grabbed his shield and sword, and rushed to the battle with the lady by his side. English soldiers violently attacked the castle. Using his brute strength, thick skull, and potions and smokescreens the lady made, Singe saved the castle. Singe was then knighted by the king, but instead of staying to serve France, he chose to go back to the river to live with the lady.
Singe lived the rest of his life with his lady. They soon had a family. At the time of his death, he was buried near the river with the lady. If you stopped there for a second, you could still smell his peanut scent coming from his grave.
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