WHERE'S
MY CROWN?
“
Where's my crown?”
Cried
the King in dismay.
He
was still in his bed
In
the middle of the day.
“Where's
my crown?”
He
cried once again.
“Here
it is” said the Queen,
Who'd
been up since ten.
“I
took it to the cleaners
As
it was looking rather grubby,
Only
the best is good enough
For
my discerning hubby”.
But
what the King didn't know
And
was unlikely to guess,
Was
that his crown had been stolen,
Well,
more or less!
The
crown now presented
By
the Queen, to the King.
Was
only a copy,
A
fake, a forgery.
For
the Queen, who owed money
To
some people she knew.
Had
sold all the jewels
To
pay what was due.
A
fake crown she had bought,
To
fool the poor King.
Who
wasn't too bright,
And
suspected nothing.
Right
there and then,
He
put the crown on his head.
He
looked pretty regal,
For
a person in bed.
“Now
bring me my breakfast,
'tho
it's past twelve o'clock.
Bacon
and tomatoes,
And
an egg from the cock!”
“Surely
my darling,
You
must be confused”.
Said
the Queen to her husband,
Who
looked somewhat bemused.
“Cocks
can't lay eggs,
For
they come from a Hen”.
But
the King just shouted
For
his breakfast again.
Once
the King had eaten,
And
his plate was quite clear.
He
summoned his wife
To
sit very near.
“My
dear”, he announced.
“I've
done a bad deed,
And
I have to confess,
It
was done out of greed”.
“To
pay for my lifestyle,
And
the things that I crave.
I've
sold all the treasure,
there's
not a penny to save”.
“All
I have left,
Is
this crown on my head.
It's
a poor man you see,
Who
lays in this bed”.
“ I
will sell my crown,
And
buy you all you desire.
For
you have stood by me,
But
why do you cry?”
The
Queen was now weeping.
Knowing
what she had done.
The
King knew he had little,
In
fact, he had none.
So
there they both lay,
Each
with their own guilt.
Feeling
sorry for each other,
As
they lay 'neath the quilt.
Through
greed and deception,
They
had lost everything.
With
a fake crown on his head,
He
looked a sorry old King.
So
a word of warning,
Goes
out to the wise.
Be
honest, be prudent,
And
never tell lies.
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