Sir Gilroy the Golden
Credit: Michael Tucker
“It’s mine! I pulled it out of the water!”
“Nuh-uh! I carried it! It’s my purty statue!”
Lying on the pile of gold, jewels and gems, Sir Gilroy wanted nothing more than to stretch his legs. There were few times he hated the armor, but this was one of them.
“No it’s not!”
“Yeah-huh it is!”
Unarmed and too scared to move, he waited for the trolls to leave so he could flee the cave, but days had passed and it was starting to seem like they would never stop arguing.
“Make sure you polish it until you can see your reflection. Sir Gilroy the Golden has a reputation to uphold,” he had told his squire the morning before he left the city. Trotting through the gates and basking in the admiration of the peasant folk was the last thing he remembered before waking up in the cave.
“My tummy is rumbling.”
“Mine too. Let’s smash a deer and eat it!”
Through his visor, Sir Gilroy saw the two trolls lumber towards the mouth of the cave. He smiled and felt a tickle on his face. A tiny spider had settled on the corner of his mouth. He wrinkled his face and blew from the corner of his mouth trying to nudge it away. Instead, it scurried up his nostril.
“We could roast the deer with garlic or – ”
Sir Gilroy’s violent sneeze forced his visor open revealing his pink, fleshy face. He froze in terror, hoping and praying they couldn’t hear or see him.
“Did the statue sneeze?”
“That’s no statue, dummy. That’s a human!”
When he finally stumbled out of the cave with broken bones and the golden glitter of his armor hidden beneath a layer of blood, Sir Gilroy decided it was time for a name change. Sir Gilroy the Troll Killer didn’t sound quite as magical, but he would get used to it.
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317 words for this week’s Trifecta challenge. Not sure if I like this story, but it happened anyway.
Sir Gilroy the Troll Killer doesn’t have the same ring, true but it’s probably a change for the best.
Cute fairytale. I enjoyed it.
Thank you!
Very good. A great idea for the prompt.
Thanks Sandra
Brilliant! I really enjoyed this.
Thanks for reading
‘Let’s smash a deer and eat it’ – love that.
Thanks!
love trolls! good play on mouth and cave — caves are popular this week, including with mine.
I love trolls too! The fantastical kind, not the internet kind
You might not be sure if you like it, but I enjoyed it. Although… I was a little bit wishing that he would get his comeuppance.
I thought about ending the story with the two trolls arguing over the armor after smashing Gilroy
ha! so glad the Knight in binding armor prevailed!
I love your disclaimer that you’re not sure you like the story but it happened. That’s funny. Well I liked the story. Arguing trolls and purty statues… what’s not to like? Let’s smash a deer and eat it. You have a way of describing a violent act and making it sound like something fun to do at a party. Nice writing!
smash a deer
purty statue
great dialogue and loved the twist ending.
Are you nuts? I loved this story, even if Sir Gilroy’s an ass. Some cool imagery here too… really liked the troll dialog… ‘smash a deer’ and the other troll wants to ‘roast it with garlic’.
He should be happy he’s alive, weird nicknames aside (:
Well-done! Like the thoughts that weave through the narrative
Nicely done. Good ending.
Loved this -it definitely was entertaining:-)The mighty Knight being felled by the spider scurrying up his nostril is wickedly funny!Love happy endings-so was glad that the Trolls were killed & not Sir Gilroy-somehow I kept saying “Kiljoy”,lol!
hah, I’m glad he survived to make the name-change
I bet he’ll be less cocky in future, but infinitely better prepared!
H.L. – i enjoy writing fiction, so wanted to get apeek at yours. Such a good story. I has to re-read because I was to dense to realize Sir Gilroy was the statue. After I clued in it was a fantastic story.