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— Just what news is there in the kingdom?

— Not much, Your Majesty. There's been a crime at the Black Burrow. The green frog got drunk and entered the house of a family of cockroaches, killed the mother cockroach, seriously injured the father cockroach and ate all the daughter cockroaches.

— Have the criminal hanged from a large hawthorn branch. What else?

— There's news that the Black Scorpion is prowling around the kingdom, on the side of White Stone.

— Bad news! exclaimed the prince, frowning. The Scorpion is our worst enemy. We need to reinforce the border walls. What else?

— Two yellow catfish were found unconscious, floating in the small pond. I've taken them to the infirmary and they're being cared for by Doctor Snail, who has prescribed a purgative and swabs.

— That's it. What else?

— Your Majesty will know that's all.

— Perfectly, said the prince. It is now necessary for the kingdom to know of the presence among us of this beautiful princess with the black eyes, so that the people and the nobility can pay her every homage. I want a big