THE OCTOPUS

Once upon the time there was a kingdom ruled by a king who was so fat that his people called him King Chubby. He was so fond of food that you couldn't bear to be without it for very long.Eating was his hobby. He begin with a very big breakfast at 8:00 and had a slight snack at 10:00 and a large lunch at twelve. Then he exercised by watching two tennis players, and since exercise give him an appetite, hit a small snack at about two in the afternoon. At for he had sandwiches and at 7:00 in the evening yeah please sut down on his royal banquet. There was one of these every evening, even if the King was the only one at the was so important to him that it affected everything he did. When he fell in love with a duchess from another kingdom, he told her that you would almost rather look at her than eat a whole roast pig. Needless to say ,the duchess never spoke to him again. Hislove of eating also got him in trouble in other ways. He was always losing his Royal Cooks. He just couldn't keep from telling them how to improve their cooking. He insisted on making changes in every dish. Since Royal cooks are very proud and temperamental, they resented this. Six Cooks had already left in a huff. One evening when the king entered a banquet hall answer a sandwich on his plate, he knew what had happened. "Oh, my," he sighed, "I see number seven has left!" "Yes, Your Majesty," replied the major-domo. To be continued