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The King Who Stood All Night

Story Stats

Rating: 4
Grade Level: 3, 4, 5
Page count: 9

Author

Joan
Aiken

Appeared in

Smoke from Cromwell's Time and Other Stories

Story Summary

A young king about to be coronated is amazed at the willingness of the poor to stand all night in the cold just to see his coronation, so decides to stand with them.