Nobody's Pawn How'd you
like to
be a pawn
You're not worth much, one point
compared
to bishops
and knights,
rooks and queens. You're the lowest.
But no matter, there are plenty of you. One pawn, your blood oozing into a square-
one soldier from a regiment.
just
Two
of you for one knight or bishop,
four of you in exchange for a rook— that's a fair deal.
the
You're used to distract
enemy from more
from queen and
valuable pieces,
king. After
many
battles,
you might rise to a higher rank— from wielding sword and shield on foot to aiming a lance from a snorting horse. But that's if you survive the knight's charge
and
his horse's hooves, trampling
bod-
ies.
No, you wouldn't want step
down
into
Well, king of
my
to
shoes,
women, I'm
be a pawn,
would you? out of your
game. I've been your
pawn long enough.
Milo Hurley
