Once upon a time, there was a very pretty, very sweet little princess. But…she was also very, very irresponsible…not to mention exceptionally spoiled.

This pretty, sweet and irresponsible and spoiled princess lived in a relatively small castle…compared to other castles in the neighboring areas. She lived with her Father…the wanna-be King and her Evil Step-Mother…the true ruler. She also had a few prince-type brothers and a major princess sister.

One day, this pretty, sweet and irresponsible and spoiled princess announced that she wanted, needed and HAD TO HAVE…an iPod shuffle. It was of the utmost importance that she fit in with all the other princes and princesses that lived in the surrounding areas, with whom she went to prince and princess academy.

So this princess started begging her DADDY and her Evil Step-Mother. Begging, pleading, crying…for an iPod shuffle…

Her Evil Step-Mother, the reigning Queen Supreme…crossed her arms over her chest and shook her head…there was no way that she was going to spend the precious gold coins on an iPod, which would surely be lost within the week.

The King, who wisely took signs from the Queen…also told his darling yet irresponsible princess…no.

So, the princess got on the royal phone and called a number within the serfdom…to her birth Mothers residence in her birth Grandmothers basement. Where she spoke to her birth Mommy about the injustices that the King and Reigning Queen Supreme have caused upon her. She cried and begged and pleaded her case…that she was in desperate need of an iPod shuffle…and would her darling serf Mommy please get her one…immediately, if not sooner.

And, out of guilt for not keeping her children and giving them away to their father…she did as her pretty, sweet, irresponsible and spoiled daughter demanded…and ran and bought her the iPod shuffle.

The princess was so excited when she came home from a serf-style dinner with her mother…and showed off her iPod shuffle. No one cared.

But, her Evil Step-Mother said, under her breath of course…I give it less than 6 months.

And sure enough…

less than 6 months later…

this pretty, sweet, irresponsible and spoiled princess was seen running around the castle…crying piteously. Asking anyone and everyone if they had seen her iPod shuffle. No one had.

And the Evil Step-Mother smirked to herself.

Two years later…the iPod shuffle is still missing.

And now, the irresponsible, spoiled, pretty and sweet princess has decided that, since her sweet, pretty, RESPONSIBLE, and spoiled little sister received a brand new, bells and whistles iPod Nano…for a LATE birthday present…IN LIEU OF a birthday party…

That she needs and MUST HAVE…

and brand new, with all the bells and whistles…iPod Nano…for no apparent reason except ” I waaaaannnnnt one.”

So…she begged her Wicked, Evil and Horrible Step-Mother if she could have one. And the Evil, Vile and Wicked Horrible Step-Mother crossed her arms over her chest, cackled and told her pretty, sweet,irresponsible and spoiled step-daughter princess…NO.

And then, she begged her Father the wanna-be King…who took queues from his beloved wife…and he said NO.

And then she tried to get hold of her mother, the serf, who was out laying pipe in the field…but she couldn’t get hold of her.

So…

This spoiled, irresponsible, pretty and sweet princess…called the Wicked Witch…her grandmother…

who came over on her black Cadillac Broom…

took her poor, sweet, pretty, neglected granddaughter, the little princess…

to the store. And bought her a BRAND NEW, WITH ALL THE BELLS AND WHISTLES…iPOD NANO…for no apparent reason except…

her poor, sweet, pretty, neglected granddaughter, the little princess…

WAAAAAAANNNNNNNTED ONE!

And the Wicked Witch Grandmother…loves to piss off the Wicked and Evil Step-Mother.

Moral of the story 1:

The Reigning Queen Supreme…really has NO say in the matter, when it comes to her step prince and princess.

Moral of the story 2: lessons learned…you can get anything you want. you can lose it. and someone will ALWAYS replace it for you!

Life is wonderful in the Kingdom.

Update:  the pretty, sweet, irresponsible and spoiled princess came home with a black, bells and whistles, brand new iPod Nano.  And she showed it to her evil stepmother.  And her evil stepmother told her princess how disgusted she is with the whole situation.  And how disgusted about the lessons she is learning.  And the evil, vile and very wicked step-mother told her princess that…if she loses this iPod…then she will banish her to the dungeons…FOREVER!!