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Queen Tabitha:
Don't look now, dear husband, but our son is missing *again*.

King Colbert:
[looks] So he is. I think he feels a bit silly riding that white butterfly we gave him.

Queen Tabitha:
Weel, why should he feel silly?

King Colbert:
It dosn't make the right impression on the young ladies.

Queen Tabitha:
Well, what of the impression on the *court*! Colbert, my love, it is the Autumn *today*. And we have begun the golding of the leaves. He *should* be here!

King Colbert:
Tabitha...

Queen Tabitha:
He'll hurt himself. I just hope he's not buzzing through the vales on that wretched bumblebee. He is the crown prince, for Heaven's sake!

King Colbert:
[laughing] Tabitha dear, have you forgotten what it's like to be 16?

Queen Tabitha:
[just as they pass over, Cornelius speeds out from under the undergrowth]