Once upon a time, in the kingdom of Flamfing, there lived a lovely queen, and her melancholy king. The king sat inside his castle all day, just hoping his sadness would magically go away. He moped around the palace, never venturing out. He never smiled, never laughed, he'd just sit around and pout.

This bothered the queen, the lovely Janine, for she loved her king very much. She thought and she thought and came to the conclusion that he had simply fallen out of touch. He spoke with no one, inside all day, and a person can't wish unhappiness away. He needed new friends and places to go. How could Janine convince him so?

What can i do?

Queen Janine asked the king to take her for a walk. Outside in the forest was, after all, the perfect place to talk. The king didn't really want to, but he loved his pretty queen, and after all, a simple walk is such a little thing. So they ventured out, the king and Queen Janine, to walk and talk and figure out this whole melancholy thing.

While they were walking, the king and his Janine, they talked about the things that they would like to see. "I guess I'd like to see a dog," the king said with a shrug. The queen thought "what a great idea!" and gave the king a hug. As they walked toward the village, Janine thought she saw a smile, and she hoped that it would grow and grow with each passing mile.

As they came near the town, the king and his fair queen, they were met by two sweet puppies just like in a dream. The king smiled when he saw them, his wife, she beamed with pride. His happiness was growing and she was so glad she had tried. Now she had to keep trying so as to make him see that happiness is easy and the best way to be.

Next, Janine, the lovely queen, took him to a school so he could show the students that their king was really cool.

As he visited with the children, his smile kept on growing, and queen Janine was glad to see that his happiness was showing. Her plan was going swimmingly, and that gave her a notion: The next place she would take the king would be the royal ocean!