V. And they lived happily ever after: The seasons and days of week started rotating again.
Queen of Spring and Queen of Autumn had a roll while Queen of Summer was talking.
In that time, Queen of Spring on the back of the low lamb glanced around and asked.
“Oh, where are my spring frogs?”
“They are there, my dear Spring.” Queen of Autumn answered.
Queen of Spring felt around in wool, then took out all frogs. They were still asleep.
“We must wake them up. Well, my lovely sisters, will you help me?”
Two queens ―Queen of Summer and Autumn― nodded simultaneously.
Queen of Spring continued talking with her frogs in her hands.
“We need a song to wake them. We arrange notes correctly. Corals in Oval Ocean know the song. I will ask one of you for taking me to Three-Months Tower. The other, please learn the song.”
“Then, I will go to Three-Months Tower with my dear Spring. I should return the winker reindeer to my lovely Winter.” Queen of Summer said.
“Okay, I will go to the Ocean.” Queen of Autumn connected.
“Thank you, please!”
Stopping the winker reindeer and the low lamb, Queen of Spring stood on snow. She sat behind of Queen of Summer with sleeping spring frogs.
“Please take me, my lovely Summer. I leave it to you, my lovely Autumn. And, wait for a little while, my lovely Winter.”
The reindeer flew up in the sky after blinking its eyes to drop snowflakes on its eyelashes.
The low lamb was walking to Oval Ocean with Queen of Autumn on its back.
It was slowly and slowly. Queen of Autumn took a nap, and yet the sun was shining brightly.
Queen of Autumn opened her eyes because of the sound of the sea. The blue oval waves ware breaking, receding, and engulfing white snowflakes.
However Queen of Autumn could not see anything, she called to the sea.
“Hello, corals, how nice to see you! Do you know a song which waken frogs?”
Mixed with the boom of the sea, voices answered.
“Do you want flags? You can pluck whatever you like. Which do you like better, grass or anemone?”
“No, frogs! I need a song for frogs!”
Queen of Autumn said in a louder voice to make them in the bottom of the ocean listen. In spite of her effort, the corals which had been completely corned heard it wrong again.
“Fragments of songs? All right!”
Before she correct their mishearing, a signal ―“One, two, three, four!” ― was heard.
All corals in all over Oval Ocean started singing in chorus.
See, the sea is wholly chilly,
Jellies are fizzy, we will glee.
The corals got happier and happier, and they sang more and more songs.
Queen of Autumn was stunned at first, however, she gave applause to each song politely. Bubbles came up from the bottom of the ocean joyfully.
The fourth or sixth song was like this;
Croak, croak, frogs awoke
frozen pond is broken,
awoken frogs begin stroke.
Croak, croak, frogs awoke.
Queen of Autumn crapped her hands with all her heart.
“Splendid it is! Encore! Encore!”
The pleased corals sang the song again.
Every time the song was about to end, Queen of Autumn made a request to them for encore. The corals became more and more cheerful, and sang the song which awake frogs more and more resonantly.
The chorus of corals traveled beyond Oval Ocean, the spring, the forest, and finally reached Three-Months Tower.
All of Queens there ―Queen of Winter at the top of the tower, Queen of Spring and Summer at the foot of― heard the song naturally.
Croak, croak, frogs awoke
frozen pond is broken,
awoken frogs begin stroke.
Croak, croak, frogs awoke.
Then, the sleeping spring frogs opened their goggle eyes widely, and made a palanquin for Queen of Spring in a twinkling.
No sooner had she sat into the palanquin than they pulled it at lightning speed,
In spite of the long stairs, they jumped and hopped sprightly, Queen of Spring felt as if she was sitting on a cloud.
“You have arrived, my dear Spring!”
“I am sorry for your waiting, my lovely Winter!”
They embraced each other at the top of Three-Months Tower.
The white snow turned into sleet, clear rain, and laughed with splashing sound.
Queen of Winter on the winker reindeer flew down from the tower. The soft grass grew from under her feet and spread all over the lands. The atmosphere was redolent with the scent of flowers.
In celebration of the season rounding, Sun, the king had a magnificent party at the bottom of Three-Months Tower. He invited all people in the castles of Land of Year Rounding, Land of Spring, Land of Summer, Land of Autumn, and Land of Winter to it.
Delicacies which the four queens ordered as the reward ―pudding, sour balls, raw ham, and ginger ale― was set on the banquet plentifully.
Queen of Spring joined the sunshiny chat from the window of her room.
Sun, the King sinking into a seat gulped wine.
“All of you acquitted yourself with honor. We are proud of you sincerely. By the way, why did no plebs respond to the edict?”
“Because you were working all this while, Your Majesty.”
Man in attendance moved a step forward and replied.
“Both Land of Year Rounding and the four lands were the days of Sun, the king, that is, was Sunday throughout the search for Her Majesty the Queen of Spring. If you had entrusted the job to me, it would have became the day of a man, in other word, Manday!”
