With the regal bank account protected from the dangerous Overdraft, the Queen had the carriage repaired once again. However, these repair costs had far-reaching consequences. Not only was Her Highness in debt to the Trolls, the Royal Family was in dire need of such mundane articles as soap and (gasp) toilet tissue, and there was not even enough gold in the treasury counting the loan from the Trolls to purchase food for the Royal Canine, or to pay any other of the castle's bills. To top it off, the Queen received further horrific news. Apparently, the Queen, though fabulously brilliant was merely human and prone to the occasional error, had somehow overlooked a paragraph or two in the tax booklet provided to her by the OverKingdom of IRS, to whom each kingdom was forced to pay yearly tribute to. This error, though common according to representatives of IRS, meant that instead of getting a large refund as the Queen had expected, there would be none and the Queen's refund from the previous year was now in question. This would be bad enough news in and of itself, but the Queen had been counting on that refund to repay a major educational debt and fund a much needed and deserved vacation to visit her 'sister' Queen in the Kingdom of Washington over the summer. Losing the vacation was depressing, but now the Queen's journey for knowledge is at a halt until she can repay the institution of higher learning. Panic and mayhem ensued. Neighboring kingdoms the Queen had befriended funded the Queen's needs for toiletries and pet food, saving the Royal asses (literally) and preventing the Royal dog from starving or delivery to a shelter.
**to be continued**
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