The theme of this story was hard to find but the theme would be to, try your hardest and strive to win. Sage didn't really try to win, but he lucked out because he could roll a coin aver his knuckles like prince Jaron. Roden was originally chosen to be prince, but Roden could not roll a coin over his knuckles and it would take years of practice to do it like Prince Jaron could do it. Another theme that summarizes the False Prince perfectly is the saying "Luck is when preparation meets opportunity."