Ralph (The Very Short Boy)

The First Chapter:
Once upon a time there was a little boy named Ralph. Ralph was not like most little boys.
He was very different. You see, Ralph was only one foot tall. He had arms like you and me. He had a head, and a nose, and feet and toes. He was just very small. Ralph had three friends, Harry, Marcus, and Bob. They never made fun of him for being short, but everyone else did. Some days Ralph would be so discouraged with their teasing that he would run into the forest, raise his arms to the sky, and cry,
"Why!? Why am I so small!"

Chapter Two:
Around that time, there was an evil man who would ride his horse with seven other men around the country. I do not mean that each man rode on a horse next to him. They actually all rode the same horse. Although I will admit, the horse was very big. These eight evil men would ride from village to village, setting houses on fire, and shooting everyone they saw. The seven partners' names were John, Jon, Jonathan, Jonny, Johny, Jonnie, and Patrick. But his name...his name was Excalibur.

Chapter Three:
It was the worst of times. All the the villages in the land had been plundered. All but Albertsville, where Ralph lived. The town waited anxiously for the raiders to plunder the place they called home. Excalibur and his associates came in the dead of night. The village was asleep. Ralph was wakened to the sound of screams, and the smell of burning houses. They had come. Ralph jumped to his feet.
"I thought we'd have more time." he said.
But evil does not wait. It strikes when you least expect it. Ralph ran out his front door. The village was aflame like something that is very much on fire. People ran in the streets like a mob breaking into a McDonalds after discovering that it held the last winning sticker to their Monopoly game.
Ralph sighed deeply. This village needed a hero.
Ralph ran inside, grabbed the largest piece of rope he could hold, and ran into the street to meet the very large horse, holding the eight evil riders. He ran straight for the horse, which was running straight for him.

Chapter Four:
Fear struck Ralph, for every other man who approached the horsemen was struck to the ground by the edge of a sword. But then Ralph realized something, he was too short for even the men's arms to reach. And so he ran with all his might. And as he reached the horse, Ralph extended the rope. The horse's right leg ran straight into the rope, and in a very dramatic, slow motion way, the horse and all it's riders fell to the ground. Immediately, the townspeople surrounded them.The evil men could not escape. And that was the end of that. The sheriff put them all in prison, and there they remain to this day.

The Last Chapter:
No one ever knew how the horse tripped. They had not seen Ralph, for a person rarely looks that far down ever. But that was okay with Ralph. He knew what he had done, and that was enough for him.
So let this be a lesson to all. Even very small people can be heros.