Chapter Four
Gonzo stopped the story at that point and Piggy looked at him impatiently.
"Well aren't you going to continue?" she demanded scowling.
"Nope," he said candidly.
"Why you-"
"I'm glad you're enjoying the story, Piggy" said Gonzo without missing a beat, "but if I tell you the whole story now you'll have nothing to look forward to for the next few weeks."
Truer words were never spoken, Piggy thought. Aloud she said. "All right Gonzo, is there anything you need me to do?"
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A couple of days later, Gonzo continued the story.
"The King made a promise that his daughter would have to marry the first peasant who made him laugh and he intended to keep it. So the next day, he started seeing peasants."
Gonzo's imagination formed the throne room with Kermit as the King and Piggy as the Princess. They each sat in their chair when Fozzie entered dressed as a peasant.
"Uh oh," said the Princess to herself.
"I am a simple peasant farmer and I will tell you a funny joke to make you laugh!" said Fozzie.
"Oh boy," said the King.
"Simple is right," said the Princess to herself.
" Okay here it goes," said Fozzie. "what did the Rooster say when the clock struck five?"
"I don't know," said the King.
"Clock a-doodle-doo! Get it clock?" said Fozzie. As the Princess groaned, a tomato appeared out of nowhere and hit Fozzie in the face. "Hey!" he said, "I think this is from my tomato patch!" With that he walked off.
"Whew!" said the Princess in relief, but suddenly another Peasant entered wearing a cloak and a ring on his nose, which made it look small and circular. He pulled out a weird looking flute with beads and feathers on it.
"Good day, Your Majesties," he said.
"Good day!" said the King looking surprised but pleased.
"Yeah," the Princess muttered waving a hand.
"I will play this instrument to try and win the hand of the lovely Princess," said the Peasant. He began playing the flute and dancing around the throne room strangely. When he was done the King chuckled.
"That was indeed strange, but you made me laugh," said the King. "You may marry my daughter."
"What!" the Princess cried.
"But nothing the Princess could say would change the King's mind," Gonzo narrated. "After all a promise is a promise. So the Princess and the Peasant were married."
"Now that you are a peasant," said the King to the Princess, "you can no longer live in the castle. You must go with your husband."
The Princess gasped but she was sent away.