Prince Nigel left his toys all over the palace. The king had slipped on a rubber buck in the bathroom and the minister fell when he stepped on a cart. The queen had given Nigel a talk about being untidy. He listened carefully and smiled. But things didn’t improve. One day, the queen decided to do something about it. “Nigel, if you don’t put your toys away, I shall stick them all firmly in one place,” she said very sternly. Nigel thought she was joking and smiled as usual. The next morning, however, he found he couldn’t pick up a single toy. Each one was stuck on the shelf! He yelled and cried, but the queen refused to get the toys unstuck! “If you don’t learn, I shall stick you too on a stool!” she said. Finally, Nigel realised that he had better become neat. From that day onwards, Nigel was the tidiest little fellow ever!
Getting Stuck
