00:22The King banishes the letter P.
00:26Once upon a time, there lived a king named Peter the Persnickety, who was very fond of the letter P,
00:37and one day he was walking in the royal garden with his daughter, the Princess Penelope.
00:45Oh, look at how pretty. Look at all the peonies and poppies and petunias.
00:52Yeah, say nothing of the peas and the pumpkins and the potatoes.
00:58When suddenly...
01:00Oh! Piddle! I've been pelted by a ping-pong ball! Pardon me, your powerfulness.
01:08Then, as the king was getting over his surprise, he bumped into...
01:15Oh! My pet porcupine!
01:19Well, all of this upset the king so that he promptly proposed a proclamation.
01:33Inasmuch as my royal highness has been pelted by a ping-pong ball and pricked by a pet porcupine, I
01:42hereby proclaim that from now on nothing that starts with the letter P will be allowed in my kingdom.
01:50Anything you say, your highness, but excuse me there.
01:54What?
01:54Well, pen here and proclamation will have to go. They begin with P, you know.
02:03Poor King Peter. And that wasn't all. That very night at dinner...
02:10Oh! Here you are, King. Your favorite dinner.
02:14A peanut butter and a pickle pizza.
02:18No, I'm sorry. Peanut butter, pickle, and pizza all begin with P.
02:23Have to go. Nope. Sorry, monsieur.
02:27Maybe this wasn't such a good idea after all.
02:30Well, here comes my daughter, the Princess Penelope. I'll ask her.
02:34Hello, Father.
02:35Oh, I don't know, sir, King. You see, Princess starts with P, too, so we'll have to banish her. Come
02:40on, sweetie.
02:41Oh, what's going on, sir?
02:42Poor me. I'm all alone in my palace.
02:47No, no, no. You see, the palace begins with P. We'll have to take that, too.
02:50Put it away. Put it away. Put it away.
02:58So the citizens pulled the palace apart.
03:01And all of this made King Peter very, very sad.
03:07So, he issued another announcement.
03:15Uh, I tell you what. I hereby declare that from now on...
03:20Uh, this is a royal change of mind. That's what this is. Okay?
03:24From now on, everything that begins with P is welcome in my kingdom.
03:31Oh, daughter.
03:33And so they rebuilt the palace.
03:37And the people brought piles of presents.
03:41Oh, Papa.
03:42And from that day on, whatever started with the letter P had a place in the palace.
03:48And forever after, life in the kingdom of King Peter the Persnickety was positively peachy.
03:57And prickly.
03:58And prickly.
03:59And prickly.
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