A long time ago, in a land not too far away, lived a Sultan named Boodacheck the Third and a Princess named Mahleeba. They lived in a palace, just like every other Sultan and Princess, but their palace was very different than any other palace you might have seen. It had four spires, each one taller than the one before. The first spire was as tall as the tallest tree in the world. The second spire was twice as tall as the first. The third spire was twice as tall as the second. And the fourth spire was so tall that you could not see the top of it. No one in the entire land knew how tall the spire was. In fact, the palace was so old, no one in the land could even remember when it was built or who had built it.

Sultan Boodacheck had everything that life had to offer. He had so many elephants that he could ride a different one every day for the rest of his life. He had so many servants that he needed ten of the kingdom's best mathematicians just to keep track of how many servants he had. Of everything else, he had even more. But, there was one thing he did not have and that was a son. Which means that the land Boodacheck ruled, called Agloompa Land, had no Prince. The Sultan, like all fathers, believed that Princess Mahleeba, his daughter, was the smartest, most beautiful, most eloquent, most athletic girl in the entire  world. In short, he thought that she was the best girl that had ever been born or ever would be born.

Since it was almost time for his daughter to be married, he wanted her to marry the best man in the world. There was one other thing that the Sultan wanted. He wanted to know just how far up his tallest spire went and what was at the top.

Sultan Boodacheck issued a proclamation throughout Agloompa Land, asking the "best" men in the world to come to his palace and try for the hand of his daughter. He declared that they must be exceptionally bright, stunningly handsome, and, even more importantly, amazingly strong. All of these men would compete against each other in contests of intelligence, beauty and strength. The man who came out the winner would then be allowed to climb to the top of the spire. Should he make it to the top and find out what was there, he could marry Princess Mahleeba and become Prince of Agloompa Land.

A Tongue Twister Challenge

Tongue twisters, Betcha can’t say these doozies five times fast!!

Why not practice them, then challenge your friends!

Preshrunk silk shirts.

Sam's shop stocks short spotted socks.

Shredded Swiss cheese.

Shy Shelly says she shall sew sheets.

Six slippery snails slid slowly seaward.

Three gray geese in the green grass grazing.
Gray were the geese and green was the grass.

And our favourite...........What time does the wristwatch strap shop shut?

Answer- the butler, there is no mail on Sundays!