Alfred The Great Thesis

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Alfred the Great was a kind and courages king and he did not think for about himsef, he thought about the people in his kingdom.Then one day, Alfred the Great's army got attacked,and he was forced to run away.After a few days he got hungry,and tired so he looked,he did not know where he was either.After a few hours of walking around he found a little house,and he knew someone was in there,so he knocked.A women,she was wife of a hard working woodcutter,she opened the door and said to come in.So the king came in the small house,the woodcutters wife was going to get some milk and told Alfred the Great to watch over the food.And Alfred agreed. Later while the woodcutters wife was getting milk, Alfred the Great was

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