[MUSIC] The Princess and the Pea, a story about noticing. One dark and stormy night, a beautiful princess showed up at a faraway castle. As it so happens, the princess didn't see the castle because of the rain. And the prince standing on the highest tower didn't see his perfect match because he was too busy drawing pictures of the very woman down below that he kept seeing in his dreams, a woman he knew would someday be his wife. When he stood looking out the open window clutching his pictures to his chest, the rain prevented him from hearing the princess knocking at the castle gates, crying for help. The prince's mother, the queen, was downstairs trying to find a wife for her princely son, but she didn't notice the many pictures her son had drawn of the very woman who was now just outside the gates. Instead, she kept trying to get each girl in the kingdom to notice a small pea under a dozen mattresses, which she believed would prove that they were the right girl for the prince. A girl just like you, my lovely daughter. >> The princess and the pea. You know a true princess can feel a pea under a whole bunch of mattresses. >> But only if she gets to try out the mattresses. Sadly the princess walked away because she never saw the castle gates and ended up marrying some third rate shoe repairman. The prince ended up a bachelor, gained a ton of weight, and lost all his money betting on horses, apparently. And the queen never got a grandbaby and is pretty much angry all the time now and just throws stuff at servants. >> Wait, wait, what? No, no, no, no, let me. Can I look at that book? That's not the story at all. >> Well, like I said, there are a few problems that interfere with our happy ending. You see, the princess can't see the gates because of the rain, and the prince is too busy drawing pictures of his lovely future wife, so he doesn't even realize that his lovely future wife is right at the gates below. And the mother is so focused on making sure that each girl can feel a pea under a bunch of mattresses, she doesn't see what is obvious about the whole situation. >> Hm, okay. Wait, so what do you want me to do? >> [LAUGH] I'm glad you asked. Just one more time. >> Sure! What's my job this time? >> Let's see. Sounds like you need to help the prince, the princess and the queen to pay attention to some things that really matter. Let's see what you can do. >> Okay. [SOUND] Hey, hey, hey princess, princess? She can't hear me. This is going to make things a lot harder. How am I going to get these guys to notice the right things? [MUSIC]