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You might see a castle in a kingdom. A kingdom could be big. A kingdom could be small. There were many kingdoms.
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The king and the queen lived in the kingdom. The prince and the princess lived in the kingdom. They were the royal family.
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A king wore a crown. A queen wore a crown. Only the royals could wear a crown. The king and queen sat on the throne. No one else could sit on the throne.
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The nobles worked for the king. Knights were nobles. Some nobles lived in the castle.
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A man was called a lord. A woman was called a lady. They had some land. Commoners worked on the land.
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Most people were commoners. They were not royal. They did not live in the castle. They could not wear a crown. They could not sit on the throne.
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They did not go to school. They worked hard. They were busy workers.
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They had to care for the animals. They were farmers. They grew food. It was hard to be a farmer. They made cloth for clothes. Life was not easy.
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Life for us is different now. Many places do not have a king or queen. We do not work for the royal family.
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Many of us can go to school. We can learn. We can play. A lot has changed since the Middle Ages!