He picked up a crown. They hoisted him onto a dais, forced fine robes onto his back, and sat him on a throne.
Beggar, he kept crying out. I am only a beggar.
But the crowd below chanted: You are our king.
Beggar! he roared. I am only a beggar—starving! Give me food. Just a little.
King! King! King!
No! Beggar! Beggar! I am only a beggar!
You found the crown. You are our king.
It's plastic. Cheap. Fake.
He howled, but the cheers drowned him. He collapsed upon the throne in his noble robes, bathed in the adulation of the masses—
and starved to death on the dais.
I am only a beggar.
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