This story was told for the first time by the author to campers
attending summer camps during the 1980s in the United States of America.
The author as a teacher always enjoyed telling the story to his pupils.
The children enjoyed the story so much that he decided to put it into
print. It is a magical fairy tale about leprechauns and the origins of
the shamrock, pots of gold and silver birch trees. The story has a very
important moral associated with it for the readers.
Long, long ago in the magical kingdom of Leprechaunia, the king of the
leprechauns is getting old and needs to pass the crown to one of his
sons. He loves his two sons equally but doesn't know how to pick which
son will make the best king. What is he to do? How will he chose?
The king sets each son the same challenge and the winner is to be the
new king. The challenge demands the princes to bring their father the
best gift in the world. How will the two sons fare in the challenge?
Follow the two princes on their adventure to find the greatest gift in
the world...