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This story was chosen as a top 50 finalist for 500 Words 2023.

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The Cheeky King by Kit N.

One sunny day the King of England was feeling a little bit silly.

First of all he had just one very cheeky thought.Then he had three slightly cheekier thoughts.Then, before he knew it, he had hundreds of extraordinarily cheeky thoughts.

So, he chose the cheekiest three thoughts and set off on a mission to complete them all, one by one …

First of all he went to his dressing room and decided to dress up in disguise. He decided to dress up as a little old lady so that nobody would know it was him.

He put on a long curly blond wig (which tickled his nose a bit and made him sneeze), some shiny orange lipstick, a big red flowery dress (which was a little bit breezy) and some bright yellow wellies.He was ready and very excited. So, he set off with a very cheeky grin on his face.

His first idea was to hang sausages aaaall over the London eye. It was a slippery and time-consuming mission. Hundreds of dogs came from far and wide, sniffing, snorting and licking the big sausage lollypop as it slowly continued to turn.

His second idea was to change some of the times on the train timetables at London Euston train station. He had to wait until nobody was looking then break into the train station control room first. He used his very special king's key to open the door and pressed as many buttons on the main computer as he could before leaving and locking the door behind him.

His third idea was to do a gigantic trump through a school classroom window. The trump was loud and squeaky and sounded just like a deflating balloon. All the children laughed. Even the teacher laughed so hard she fell off her chair.

After such a busy day the king felt very tired and wanted to go home so he asked his bodyguard to give him a piggyback all the way back to Buckingham palace.

When he got there, he changed into his soft, spotty Pyjamas and had a nice hot cup of tea with one digestive biscuit.Then he settled down to watch the news on television. - He couldn't quite believe the cheeky commotion across London. Even the news reader was laughing his head off.

First he did one small cheeky chuckle.Then he did three even bigger cheeky giggles.Then he laughed so much he couldn't eat any of his dinner.Then he laughed so much he couldn't brush his teeth.Then he giggled and chuckled all the way up to bed.He fell asleep giggling and dreamed about new cheeky ideas all night long.

What a cheeky, cheeky King. - I wonder what he will do next…

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