Fred Aiken Writing

No one stopped Paul from claiming to be the Radish King. He didn’t necessarily expect heavy resistance from claiming the title, but he certainly didn’t expect no resistance at all.

He bought one farm after another, slowly creating a radish empire that had no rival. It usually never really mattered what the land was used for previously. Paul always repurposed his property to grow more and more radishes.

At one point, it took days of traveling for Paul the Radish King to travel from one end of his property to the next. He no longer had any neighbors.

A representative from the government came to see him. He asked Paul why he needed so much land. To which he replied, “For radishes.”

“I don’t think that many people are eating radishes.”

“I am.”

“So, this is all for personal use?”

“I guess you could say that. I grow and eat radishes.”

Paul was left alone after that visit. No one wanted to question the Radish King of his domain. He sat atop a mountain of radishes readying themselves to bloom from the ground.