The Slipper and the Rose: The Story of Cinderella Page #3

"three cheers ! "

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a comforting thing to see

the traditional stone

that is all m'! Own

where my dying date

will be

in peace you'll rest

beneath the beautiful

family crest

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a comforting thing to see

and here lies

brave king rothar

oh, the battles

that he won

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still getting

nothing done I

what about

king Lloyd?

King Lloyd,

king Lloyd.

King Lloyd was lewd

and lecherous

evil, cruel,

and treacherous

king Roy?

Was mad and dreaded

'till the day

he was beheaded

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a comforting thing to know

qi oh, ho, ho, what

a comforting thing to know

but remember

good king phineous

saintly, kind,

and wise '11

he did nothing

ignominious

yet beside these noble

brutes and knaves

and drunks and skunks

he lies

k 0, h0, o k

what a comforting thing

to know

there's a prearranged spot

in the family plot

where your royal bones

will go

yes, I'll be slipped

into the beautiful

family crypt

I ho, ho, he, what a

comforting thing for you to see

oh, ho, ho,

what a comforting thing to

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a comforting thing to

Oh, ho, ho, what

a comforting thing to know

who was that?

Sir?

The girl. There.

She was hiding

there.

I saw no one, sir.

I could have sworn.

A servant girl.

So, madam, you are

returned at last!

You wicked girl,

how dare you disobey me.

Where have you been?

I only went...

Yes?

To my parents'

grave, stepmother,

to put

some flowers there.

How touching...

With flowers

from my garden,

stolen flowers !

No.

I say yes !

I say you stole them.

You're not only

a liar but a thief,

and thieves we know

must be punished.

Come !

This is your place,

and there

is your task.

We are expecting guests

for dinner tonight...

Important guests.

And for repaying my kindness

with cunning and deceit,

henceforth, you will not dare

to venture from this room

without my saying.

Is that understood?

Yes, stepmother.

Then make a start

and make amends.

John,

tell me something.

Have you ever wished

you were in love?

Oh, yes.

Often? I mean,

as often as I wish it?

Well...

Well, I am in love.

You are? How amazing.

Who is she?

The lady Caroline,

sir, since you ask.

What? The lady-in-waiting

to my grandmother?

That lady Caroline?

Yes.

How amazing!

Wm.

Well, it' s extraordinary.

Not extraordinarily

extraordinary, of course,

but I never guessed.

Heh, heh. I know.

Well, I'm delighted.

You have m'! Blessing.

I - I - I must

congratulate her.

No! No, please, sir.

Don't do that.

It's kind of you, but

it wouldn't be seemly.

How so?

Alas, my cause

is a lost one.

Well, the lady does not

return your affections?

Oh, indeed! But the fact

remains that I am what I am:

A servant!

Positioh, sir.

Position.

John, I'm twice amazed.

I must be very dense.

Am I?

Of course not. You

have your problems;

I have mine.

Where are we?

That's us?

You're sure this map's

been drawn to scale?

I believe so,

your majesty.

Then what have I been

looking at all these years?

I thought that was us.

I always go by

the brown parts for the land

and the blue parts

for the sea.

Who's that?

First lord of

the Navy, sire.

Have we got a Navy?

The royal barge

on the lake?

Oh, yes, yes.

Well, remind me not

to travel in it again.

So, even allowing for

errors in the cartographer's art,

we are small in comparison

with our neighbors.

Though great in, ahh,

what's the word?

Er, tradition?

Traditioh, yes. Great

in tradition and spirit,

in fact, we are small.

Hear, hear.

So we have to have a plan!

Now, you're all aware

of the problems

of my son's reluctance to

have a perfectly good wife

chosen for him.

This generation has

no respect at all.

I mean, I was married off

before I was 14!

Carolsfeld - -where's that?

Ah, you see, the size of it,

see the size of it. Perfect.

Now, what's the solution?

With respect,

your majesty,

I have prepared

a small paper.

What I am seeking

is a proper balance,

weighing

what we sack

against what

we have to offer.

Oh, for goodness sakes, stop talking

in those boring, diplomatic riddles.

Speak the king's

euphranian, man!

Forgive me, your majesty.

I had in mind a celebration.

What are you

going to celebrate?

A marriage, sire.

Getting married again?

Hmm. Finally

got rid of her, eh?

Well, not my marriage, sire.

His royal highness,

the prince Edward's.

Well, we'd all like

to celebrate that.

That's what

we're talking about.

Sometimes I think I'm

surrounded by a lot of idiots.

Here we are, hedged

in by hostile forces,

and all you can think of is

something that's been thought of.

Sire, this time,

I have a new idea,

an idea that the prince himself

will not be able to resist!

Well, make sure

that she's got teeth.

He's got an obsession

about them having teeth.

I thought, a ball!

A ball?

A great ball !

The greatest ball that

has ever been known, sire.

And to it, we will invite every

eligible princess in Europe,

and even beyond,

your majesty.

What do you think

of that idea?

I remember my first ball.

Yes, well, we don't want to go

into the realms oe fantasy.

What else?

I have prepared a list,

your:
Majesty,

and I thought we could

make such preparations

as would dazzle

our enemies and dmde them,

for protocol would not

allow them to make war

while they are guests

in our midst.

And I remain convinced

that the prince, your son,

will do his duty.

Indeed, face to face in the

presence of the entire court

he could hardly fail

to do anything else.

The occasion,

the music, the candlelight,

the swirling dresses,

the perfume,

the very atmosphere of love!

Put him on

the retirement list.

I shall make

a royal decision!

Taking this idea

and improving on it,

we must plan every detail.

Noblesse oblige!

Quite so, your majesty.

You understand that

I'm talking about diplomacy.

Protocol!

Yes, we must be

protocoligorically correct

good form must never suffer

from neglect

the rules and

regulations we respect

must be treated circumspect

else the kingdom

will be wrecked

we've a system to protect

checked and double-checked

and protocoligorically

correct

sire! Please, sire.

When its army is

battered and broken

and back to its

borders it crawls

to what clings

a tottering kingdom

if not to its protocols?

And when the treasury's

tapped of its treasures

are the tapestries

stripped from the walls?

No, the court carries on

with its pleasures

inquisitions

and banquets and balls

But they must be

protocoligorically correct

good form must never suffer

from neglect

the rules and regulations

we respect

t must be treated circumspect

else the kingdom

will be wrecked

we've a system to protect

checked and double-checked

and protocoligorically

correct

ho, ho,

well-done, sire.

Precedent!

We need a book that will

give us chapter and verse.

In the library--

it'll be in the library.

I believe we are already within

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