When even the imperial swimming pool became too cramped, Harmonica built the edifice whose ruins you see before you.”
It was a huge, round aquarium filled to the brim with water, and here the whale could at last stretch out in comfort.”
From now on the empress sat watching the great fish day and night - watching and waiting for the moment when it would turn into gold.”
She no longer trusted a soul, not even her slaves or relations, and dreaded that the fish might be stolen from her.”
So here she sat, wasting away with fear and worry, never closing her eyes, forever watching the fish as it blithely splashed around.”
“Harmonica neglected her affairs of state more and more, which was just what the Goats and Hens had been waiting for.
Led by King Raucous, they launched one final invasion and conquered the country in no time.”
They never encountered a single enemy soldier, and the common folk didn't care one way or the other who ruled them.”
When Empress Harmonica finally heard what had happened, she uttered the well-known words, ‘Alas, if only I'd...’
The rest of the sentence is lost in the mists of time, unfortunately. All we know for sure is that she threw herself into this very aquarium”
and perished alongside the creature that had blighted her hopes. King Raucous celebrated his victory by ordering the whale to be slaughtered,”
“and the entire population feasted on grilled whale steaks for a week.”
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