As much as I've liked other stories by Sharon Creech, this one didn't really do it for me. It's about a small kingdom where the king is bothered by his affairs of state and all he wants to do is nap. His queen simply dotes on her spoiled rotten children and the princes and princess are very difficult. There are two peasant children who are servants to a mean and belligerent master. They seem to be the only characters who are likable in the least except they start the story by stealing a pouch dropped by a horseman.

The characters are shallow and the story does not seem to be well thought out. It's all just a bit of mindless fluff.