meeting the queen.

ossi strutted in with swagger.

the queen greeted him warmly and asked, "do you like to read?"

"nope."

as a token of her favor she offered him a red badge bearing her royal crest.

once outside her tent ossi danced and sang, "i'm royalty, i'm royalty. she made it so i'm royalty."

my shy guys came in together, bowing along the way.

"do you like to read?"

"yes."

"i'm still learning how."

the queen gave them lovely, ribbon book-marks.

and that is what happened when my boys met the queen.