The Whipping Boy is about a boy back in the 19th Century. He is the King's "whipping boy." Every time the King gets angry at the Prince, he calls upon his whipping boy and punishes the whipping boy instead of the Prince. The whipping boy's name is Jemmy, and Jemmy is an orphan. Jemmy is the same age as the Prince. Every time Jemmy gets whipped, he doesn't cry or pout. The Prince gets angry because Jemmy does not cry when Jemmy is whipped.
The Prince is called Prince Brat behind his back because he plays jokes on the King and all his people. The jokes he plays are mean and intollerable. The Prince refuses to learn to write from his tutor. Jemmy learned how to write over the summer.
One night the Prince decides to run away from the kingdom. He brings Jemmy with him. They ran away into the forest and they meet two people called "Hold-Your-Nose-Billy" and "Cutwater." They are cruel adults and they take the Prince and Jemmy into one of their hideouts. At the end of Chapter 5, Hold-Your-Nose Billy and Cutwater discuss how much the boys are worth, especially the Prince.
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I would have run away too, if I was Prince Brat!
ReplyDeleteI can understand why Jemmy ran away. I do not understand why Prince Brat ran away(HE HAS THE LIFE AS IT IS!!!!!)
ReplyDeleteSarah Chrisman
Prince brat probably thought that Jemmy was really poor and if Jemmy ran away he would be the one getting whipped.
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