Glimpses of life of Their Majesties after ascending the Throne
老佛爷 had the foresight that the royal family will not have any descendants since both of her children are female. Thus before her death, she sent me on the urgent assignment to search of a distant relative of the Emperor to be the crown prince. Hence the childless royal family adopted a crown prince, together with 3 concubines to ensure that the royal family will not face the problem of dropping birthrates. Together these 4 youngsters born on July 2006 form the third generation of the royal family.
The Crown Prince and Crown Princess and 2 Concubines. Guess who is the one looking up.
His Highness, the Crown Prince
The Crown Prince looks just like any other hamsters when he first entered the Palace. However as time passed, he is diagnosed with a sleeping disorder, 嗜睡症。He will fall asleep without warning and once he is asleep he will have difficulty waking up unless he wakes up automatically on his own. Therefore this pose to be a threat to the crown prince’s safety, as such, security to protect the crown prince’s well-being is stepped up so that he will not injure himself or attack by anyone when he is sleeping. He is not disturbed about his condition and allows people to make jokes out of it. His Highness graciousness is welcomed by all. I witnessed the below 3 incidents, and the sight of them is really very, very funny and I actually laughed out loud. LOL.
Joke No. 1
His Highness is on his way to the court session. While he was walking out of his residence, he fell asleep when he reached the door. His head slowly bowed lower and lower and lower and lower until he toppled over and roll out of his house and woke up when he reaches the gates.
His Highness' head is already touching the ground and he is still asleep!
Joke No. 2
His Highness was doing his exercise on the treadmill when he fell asleep. His hind legs are hanging halfway out of the wheel and his upper body is on the wheel. He slowly drops down and down and down until he fell to the ground and yet remained sleeping.
Joke No. 3
His Highness was looking over his homeland on top of his roof when he fell asleep. He slides down from the roof and dropped onto the ground, rolled over a couple of times before he stopped and he was still asleep!
The Crown Princess and 2 Concubines
Among the 3 concubines, a crown princess was chosen based on stringent criteria. She is always very energetic and enthusiastic. She is also the first hamster I had seen over my years of service that is able to climb vertical bars.
The Crown Princess climbed to the ceiling via vertical bars. Amazing!
The other 2 concubines were arranged to stay in the Sky Manor while the crown princess stayed together with the crown prince in his residence in the Halls. The concubines are given titles namely, the Concubine of Gentle and the Concubine of Grace. The Concubine of Gentle has ears like rabbits and she is always gentle and kind like rabbits thus her title although she is clumsy in her actions and topples over often when she is walking. The Concubine of Grace is expectedly a graceful hamster in everything she does.
Concubine of Grace (left) & Concubine of Gentle (right)
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