The Handmaid's Tale: A Short Story

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"What has happened to my pie?" shouted the king. His whole family stared as he quickly stood up and demanded that someone go find Arthur and bring him back immediately. The king's sister, Sophia, rapidly stood up and went to find the baker in the village. Arthur had been the one to make deserts for the royal family for many years so the king was very curious about how this happened. He didn't think the baker would ever do anything like this. After a short amount of time, maybe 15 minutes or so, Sophia came back from the village with Arthur. "Do you know anything about this?" the king said, pointing at the pie. "I know nothing," said Arthur. "but why didn't you tell me you were having guests tonight? Did you ask someone else to make …show more content…

I went down to your bakery and you weren't there. It was around lunchtime so I figured you were just on your break. I left a note in your mailbox saying I was having my siblings and their families over for dinner tonight. I came back to the castle and started deciding what to wear tonight then I was going to go back and make sure you got my note. When I got downstairs and was getting ready to leave, I found a pie on the dining room table so I had no need to go back to the bakery anymore." "I don't know what you are talking about," said Arthur, sounding very confused, "I haven't been at the bakery all day." "Then who made this pie? And why was the front door of your bakery unlocked?" questioned the …show more content…

Other than the door handle, there's no sign of anyone being here. They look for an hour at least before finding anymore clues. "I've got it! I found an earring! Whoever was in here must've been a woman." exclaimed Sophia, as she put the earring in her purse "You know, that pie did look pretty good, other than what was inside of it," said the king, "It looked like it was properly baked. Whoever this woman is must know how to bake a pie the right way. Arthur, do you know of any other bakeries in the village?" "There is one on the other side of town. Some lady owns it and it doesn't seem like she gets much business. Mostly everyone comes to me for all of their needs of deserts," said Arthur, very confidently, "I think her name is Isabella. Maybe we should go see what she's been up to lately. But maybe we should wait until tomorrow morning. It's getting pretty late. I don't think she would be at her bakery at this time of night." The king and Sophia give Arthur a ride home, then head back to the castle to get some rest. The next morning, around 8AM, Arthur shows up at the castle and is ready to go talk to Isabella. The three of them leave and head to Isabella's bakery. After 15 minutes, they arrive at the bakery. They walk up to the door and go right

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