Saturday, January 8, 2011

Linky Binky had a great fall

Once upon a time in a place not so far away, there was a handsome prince who desperately needed a diaper change.  The queen set him upon his royal changing table when his foot kicked the wipes and they tumbled on the floor.  The queen turned around and picked them up, but as she turned back she saw the handsome prince falling to the ground.  She quickly caught his head but his outstretched arm took the brunt of the impact. The poor prince cried and cried.  After he was able to be consoled, his arm was tender but was moving it and his fingers fine.  Thinking they better make sure nothing was broken, it was decided the prince needed to be taken to a kingdom physician to be checked out.  The queen insisted that the king accompany her since the last time one of their princes broke his arm she was interrogated about its occurrence even though the prince was much older and could tell exactly how it happened.  As they left the princess to watch her brothers, the king joked that they needed to say bye to the queen because she was going to be locked away in the dungeon.  The queen, who was already feeling horrible about the tiny prince falling, was now almost brought to tears.  Off they rode to the physician where the queen was able to again relay the story of how Linky Binky had had a great fall and plead that she really was a good parent and not to throw her in the dungeon.  The physician laughed and said he understands since he has 6 children of his own. Often upon the physicians arrival home he has seen their bumps and bruises and wondered if their mother had beaten them.  Back to poor Linky, the physician felt the princes arm and noticed that he was moving it well and there was no swelling so he sent them on their way.  Oh how the queen and king were relieved.

A couple days later the cute prince was doing a little better but was still not using his arm like normal and whimpered when it was touched.  The queen decided to have it looked at by the prince's regular physician who was now available.  As soon as the physician felt his arm he thought it was broken and sent them to get a portrait taken of the arm.  A couple minutes later the decree was made that one of his bones was broken and he would now have a cuff to wear for the next 5 weeks.   The little prince was entranced as the physician wrapped his arm to protect it from any battle the prince would engage in and off they went on their merry way.
Luckily the prince didn't mind his new cuff and seemed to quite enjoy having it on when the family would go to their place of worship and he could bang it on the metal chairs where it would echo through the great hall.  The prince had also become a magician making the cast magically come off when he would wedge it between the slats of his royal crib.  He thought of the cuff more like a glove and wanted the king and queen to put it on his other hand instead.  All in all it was a great protection while the prince healed.  Yet, by the end the cuff did beget a great smell.  The prince's aunt suggested the queen take the prince to the local bowling alley to ask if a peasant could spray the chemical they use for the shoes inside of his cast to rid it of the stench.  The queen laughed but thought about having the aunt beheaded.

3 comments:

Emily said...

Poor, poor Linky. I loved the story, though!

Jenn J. said...

Even though you had already told me this story, I couldn't tear myself away with the exciting way it was retold. I'm glad all is well back in that little kingdom of yours. That Linky Binky is a cute little prince.

Shill and Company said...

So sad to hear about this. What a clever way of telling the story however. Very cute. He will enjoy reading this one day. Hope he is healing and feeling much better!