A modern fairystory
One day I will have to explain to my grandchildren about what has happened over the last week. To make it easier I wrote a fairy story... Once upon a time there were 6 kingdoms. Each of them had suffered in greatly in fighting each other in two wars, which had resulted in massive destruction and a great loss of life. So they all got together and decided that they needed to find a way to make sure that they would never fight wars again. They also decided that the best way to rebuild their shattered kingdoms was if they cooperated and worked together . They decided that if they removed all the barriers that stopped each kingdom from selling to each other, they would all have too much to lose by fighting each other. then everyone would be friendlier (although shouting at each other would still be allowed as long as they made up with each other later). To make sure everyone played by the rules, they would set up a special council to help ensure that the kingdoms made la