ublic Tours of Alpine Castle

ome time ago Baron Von Lodge was the head of a small country near Switzerland known as Lilliland.

Lady Angela, the Baron’s fiancée, often had many requests from the public to tour her Alpine Castle. She discussed the matter with the Baron and thought that the idea had some merit to promote a warmer relationship between royalty and the citizens of Lilliland.

On one fine spring day, the decision was made to allow the first fifty people to come into Alpine Castle. Lady Angela provided for extra personnel, including special tour guides to answer any questions that might arise.

The three-hour tour went well until the very end of the time. It was called to the attention of Lady Angela that two children were missing and still in the castle somewhere.

The two children were from two different families and did not know each other and were not together.

Fortunately, one of the children was quickly discovered as he had locked himself in a closet. His calling for help alerted the guards who immediately released him. He was safe and returned to his parents. Parents had been warned to keep a close eye on their children and not let them wander away.

The second missing child had not been found in spite of a very thorough search of Alpine Castle. It was growing late and everyone began to have fears for the child’s safety.

Fortunately, a boater found the child clinging to a piece of wood in Lilliland Lake, near Alpine Castle. The child was very cold, but safe.

It was later determined that the child had accidentally wandered into a doorway toward the secret underground moat. The moat was thought to have been used many years ago by pirates to come and go into Alpine Castle without being noticed.

Lady Angela was under the impression that all the doors to the secret moat were sealed shut. Evidently, the child accidentally found one of the unsealed doors that was not known to anyone.

A few days after the tour, the Baron and Lady Angela were meeting to discuss the future of the tours.

Lady Angela said that the idea was very good, but what happened could have been a lot worse. She said that she would not plan any future tours for a while at least.