rong Crown

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

One day, a strange looking package was delivered at Lilliland Castle. It was packed as if it had some royal item of great value in it. The package was opened by the Baron’s chief advisor, Professor Hamblin.

To the Professor’s amazement, it contained a bejeweled golden crown of the type worn by kings and queens. It looked very valuable.

Professor Hamblin showed the crown to the Baron who said that he never ordered anything like that. The Baron showed the crown to his fiancée, Lady Angela of Alpine Castle, who said that she had not ordered it as well.

The Professor called in the jeweler and the postal inspector. He asked the postal inspector where the package containing the crown had come from and the jeweler was asked to evaluate the crown.

The jeweler said that it was not a real gold crown, but a handsome, costume copy of an official crown. It was the type of crown that royalty took with them when they traveled so as not to have so much security hovering around. Its true value was less than $100, as compared to the genuine article that would be valued at $1,000,000. It was a very good copy.

The postal inspector said that it must have come from a costume jeweler in Paris. It somehow was sent to Lilliland instead of Luxembourg.

The royal family in Luxembourg was contacted and they sent a representative to claim the crown. The royal family representative apologized to the Baron for any inconvenience this might have caused.

For the few days that the Baron had possession of the crown, he asked Lady Angela to try it on. Reluctant at first, the Lady tried the crown on to please the Baron. Then Lady Angela looked in the mirror and said, “This crown is not bad, not bad at all.”

The Baron said that while it was only a costume piece for royal travel purposes, and of little value if misplaced or lost, it still was very lovely and looked beautiful on Lady Angela.

The Baron said that he was going to order one from the same Paris costume jeweler and have one made for Lady Angela and present it to her the next Christmas. It would not be her official gift, but a reminder of the fun that this accidental delivery brought.