he Money of Lilliland

aron Von Lodge was the head of a small country known as Lilliland near Switzerland. The time was the early 1900s.

The Baron noted that for many years the Von Lodge royal family had pictures of themselves on the money of the land. Lilliland Castle had enough large old oil paintings of all the Von Lodge royal family for hundreds of years and the Baron felt that was enough. The picture of his ancestors on the money was just too much and he did not like it.

Now every time the Baron went shopping, he would pay for his purchases with the Lilliland money that had his picture on it, or the picture of some relative of the Von Lodge royal family. The Baron tried to uphold the honor and tradition of the royal family of Lilliland but the pictures on all of the bills was something else.

The Baron called for a meeting of the legislative advisors of the Lilliland treasury to request a change in the pictures that appear on the money. The first question the chairman asked of the Baron was what was the basic reason for the request. The Baron felt that having his picture on the money was egocentric. In other words, it was an embarrassment to him.

The legislative body of the Lilliland treasury first said no to the proposal, stating that it had always been that way. The Baron said that of and by itself that was not a good reason. The legislative group thought some more and later said that they would go along with the proposal if a satisfactory replacement picture would be proposed and accepted by the citizens of Lilliland.

The Baron asked for a period of thirty days to find a more suitable picture to be placed on the money of Lilliland. One day, while the Baron was feeding the beautiful swans on Castle Lake, the idea came to him. His idea was to replace the royal pictures with pictures of the beautiful swans of Castle Lake. The proposal was presented to the legislative group of the Lilliland treasury and it was accepted unanimously. Everyone liked the swans on Castle Lake and the swans on the money was very acceptable to all the citizens.