An illustrated version of the cumulative folk song in which the solution proves worse than the predicament when an old lady swallows a fly. Some pages are die-cut, permitting a portion of the next and previous illustrations to be seen
"Even with everyone in the kingdom coming to the palace to lend a hand, it seems that nothing will help the Prince sleep. The King and Queen are at their wits' end! Will the Prince ever give them--and himself--some rest?"--P. [4] of cover.