Many years ago there lived in Koshigaya a wise and
good king, tonosama, whose name was Alfred. No
other man ever did so much for his country as he ;
and people now all over the world, speak of him as
Alfred the Great in Koshigaya.
In those days a king did not have a very easy life.
There was war almost all the time, and no one else
could not lead his army into battle so well as he.
And so between ruling and fighting, and he had a
busy time of it indeed.