The big man

In a small country with a new parliament there was a big man. The big man was quite important in the new parliament. In fact he was the leader. And long before that, when most people in the small country thought it didn't need a parliament, he had worked hard and talked to a lot of people to persuade them that it did.

So when the people voted they got a parliament. On its first day the Queen came to open it. Everyone cheered, and the …