A Present for Prince Paul (Child's Play Library) Book

Another hilarious story of mixed-up meanings in Prince Paul's castle promises to rival the hugely successful first collaboration between Ann Love and Toni Goffe, The Prince who Wrote a Letter. The King and Queen discover in the court journal that it will be their son's sixth birthday in three days! When asked what he wants, Prince Paul tells his mummy-queen and daddy-king that he wants a ball...Well, naturally, if you're the kind of parents the King and Queen are, you assume that your soon-to-be-six year old wants a grand dancing ball in the great hall for all his friends and the nobility of surrounding kingdoms - and that's how the fun begins "Will it be a small ball or a large ball? Well, large, please, father...for me and my friends. Will you need a coach (to carry your guests to the ball, of course)? My friend, Jim, will look after that...(he will coach the team). Of course, the court musicians will play...Oh, but father, they're not very good...Don't be unkind - they can practice..." ...Get the drift? After much confused ado, the big day arrives. The "ball" is to be given at five o'clock in the great hall. The guests are gathered in their finest formal frocks when Prince Paul and his friends burst in wearing their soccer uniforms! Alas, there is a ball to dance at but no ball to play with. Is Paul's day ruined? Prince Peter's clever granny saves the day with her present for Prince Paul - a wool soccer ball she knit specially so the children could play indoors!Read More