Sunnyboy

"Guards!", the queen shouted.
The waiting maid hurried into the room and gasped:
"Je vous demande pardon."/1/
"Where is the water?", snapped the queen.
Five huge, muscular men entered the chamber huffing and puffing, carrying two giant water buckets, each.
"Pour it!"
The men stepped up to the giant bed and ... "watered" the tiny, sunburned boy, who lay in there.
"Get more!", the queen demanded.

When they had left, the strict face of the queen relaxed.
"Maman", the boy groaned, "next year I will become "le Roi Soleil"/2/, yes?"

She smiled.
"Certainly, little Ludwig", she said and kissed him.