Family Theater: William, the Terrified

Family Theater presents Fred Allen and Dennis Day. Hollywood, the mutual network in cooperation with Family Theater, bring you Dennis Day in William the Terrified. To introduce the drama, your host and narrator, Fred Allen.

Once upon a time, long, long ago in a far off land, lived a knight named Sir William. Sir William was different than all the other knights of his time.

He was a pretty good knight as knights went and was dearly loved by all who knew him. He'd rescued quite a few beautiful princesses in his time, and he'd been the only knight in the kingdom ever to get the best of an ogre.

But there was one thing that always bothered Sir William, and about this he worried constantly, Sir William wasn't brave. Or at least, that's what he thought. Every time he'd do something courageous, he'd become so frightened that he turned pale and tremble so violently that his armor would rattle.

He was so afraid of orgers and witches that his heart would pound aloud at even the mention of them. Sir William always wanted to do something about his great fear, but he could never find the time until one day out of sheer desperation, he took his problem to the king.

As he walked into the royal throne room, the king looked up. Oh, hello there, Sir Bill. The King always calls Sir William, Sir Bill, for short. Why aren't you out fighting dragons like the rest of the knights?

Well, Your Highness, it's my annual day off and besides, Sir, I've got a pretty serious problem. A problem, you see? Well, let's hear it. But no melodramana. Well, you see, Your Highness, to make a long story short, I'm tired of being a coward.