Page 195 - Nuts to You - The Nutcracker Retold

Judge, Juror and Executioner
Excited to have her last enemy in her control and wanting to show off a bit, the Mouse Queen – with the help of a half dozen Ratties – climbed onto her overturned sled and looked down on her prisoners. Assuming airs and using the sled as a judge’s box, the Mouse Queen addressed the impromptu court and the prisoners-on-trial. “You are charged with treason and attempted assassination of your gracious liege – me – your Royal Majesty, the Queen.”
Looking toward the other side of the sled, the Mouse Queen – as Judge – asked the empty space, “Does the Jury have a verdict?”
And sliding to that empty space, the Mouse Queen – as Jury – responded, “Guilty! Guilty! Guilty!”
Then, sliding back to the Judge’s side of the sled, the Mouse Queen – as Judge – announced, “Then by the power invested upon me, by myself, I sentence you to death by...” and leaning over the condemned, the Mouse Queen – as Executioner – deliberated ...
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