It’s Perfectly True

By The Hen

The Rumpelstiltskin scandal takes a backseat because there’s a new drama clattering across the kingdom, and it’s shinier than a freshly polished soup spoon.

In a shocking twist, the Spoon has left the Fork and run off with the Dish. Forget spinning straw into gold this story is spinning heads.

According to the Old Lady Who Lived in the Shoe, who claims she saw everything from her tiny window, the scene was “absolute bedlam.” She told The Hen: “I was trying to get my dozens of children to bed when I looked out and saw a cow soaring straight over the moon! The dog was laughing so hard he nearly woke the babies, and that cat was scraping out some noise on a violin-like contraption. And then, clear as day, Spoon and Dish went scampering past, hand in hand, like a couple of teenagers sneaking out.”

The Old Lady didn’t mince words about the scandal. “Fork’s been left behind like yesterday’s leftovers,” she said. “Mark my words, the whole drawer is buzzing. You can’t keep something like this quiet in this kingdom.”

Back in the kitchen, Fork is reportedly inconsolable. One fellow utensil whispered, “He feels stabbed in every tine. The knives keep snickering, the spatula is stirring things up, and even the butter spreader’s piling on.”

Meanwhile, Spoon and Dish have stayed mum, letting their actions do the talking. The Old Lady is convinced this is more than just a fling. “You don’t make a moonlight run like that unless you mean business,” she insisted. “They’ll be the talk of the cupboard long after Rumpelstiltskin’s straw turns back to dust.”

One thing’s for sure the kingdom has a brand-new scandal, and it’s perfectly true.