(King tries but fails.)
BOY: Just as I thought. Here, this way! Can't you see? You are stupid!
KING: Just let me try once more.
(King tries.)
BOY: Well, that did pretty well.
(Moves off muttering.)
He is as big a goose as any in the flock.
ACT II
KING (lying on the ground and laughing so that the tears run down his cheeks): Oh, but this is fine! First I was fat and old. Now I am as big a goose as any in the flock. What would my courtiers say?