"Queen Alissa's crown!", Michael told her miserably. "I should have been guarding it more closely, but I was watching..." Michael broke off in embarrassment and Julia knew he was going to say "Alissa".

She smiled and said, "Don't worry, Prince Michael, we'll help you look for it." As she pushed her own over-sized crown back on her head for the hundredth time, she wanted to add, "Alissa can have this ridiculous thing!", but she was pretty sure Michael had lost his sense of humor along with the royal chapeau.