Page 19 - Nuts to You - The Nutcracker Retold
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One Particular Morning
One particular morning, as the Sweeties prepared the toilette for Princess Pirlipat – that’s prepared NOT repaired, and ‘toilette’ back then meant getting dressed and ready for the day – so get your mind out of the toilet!
Like I was saying, one particular morning, like every other morning, the candy smith was busy at his forge pounding out the peppermint stays and lifesaver candy hoops for the Princess’s dress. In the sewing rooms, the seamstresses piped icing onto the puff pastry skirts and sleeves of the dress of the day. The royal milliners spun sugar into a fabulous crown for her royal head, while the wig and shoe makers fashioned a cotton candy wig and licorice slippers, respectively, but not with much respect. For although the Princess was the liege of their land, she created too much work, because candy-wear, unlike wash-and-wear, can only be worn once.
So this particular morning, like every other morning, the Sweeties labored first thing to dress and feed their Princess. Mother Ginger, the matronly chatelaine, chided the Gingerbread men, to “Hurry, hurry, hurry!” Then she
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