The Princess is in her room, throwing toys out the window. As it turns out, she's practising because they're going to the fair. The Queen calls her downstairs and she runs down, but unfortunately, she trips on Nessie and hurts her foot so badly that the doctor ends up being called.
The doctor bandages the Princess's foot and rather bluntly says, "No fair for you!". The adults consider staying at home, but the Queen decides that only she will. She promises a lot of fun, but the Princess is feeling pessimistic and contrary.
The Queen pushes the still-sulky Princess in a little red wagon, deciding to make a makeshift fair, beginning with a rubber-duck-catching game, but the Princess finds the idea boring. The Queen makes a pineapple shy (similar to a coconut shy) but the Princess finds that idea boring too.
The Queen says that if the Princess won't play the games, then it's bedtime, and takes her to... the King and Queen's bed. It turns out that the Queen wanted the Princess to bounce on her and the King's bed. The Princess doesn't want to bounce, so the Queen decides to show her and starts bouncing on the bed. Initially, the Princess isn't keen on the idea, but grows to find it fun. The pets join in too.
The Queen ends up falling off the bed, but this fall results in no out-of-commission limbs. Meanwhile, the other adults have fun with the bouncy house and bumper car.
The Queen gives the Princess a ride in the wheelbarrow and then both the Queen and Princess and the others do a hoop game. The General wins a toffee apple, the King a goldfish, while the Princess gets the Queen covered in hoops. The Admiral does a duck-catching game and wins a toy octopus, then the Queen and Princess also do so and win a goldfish.
When the other adults, and their goldfish, come back, it's already bedtime and the Queen falls asleep in the middle of the story. The others go into the Princess's room, where she shows them her fish and tells them about the makeshift fair. She suggests giving the other goldfish to the Queen, and she and the Princess go to bed.
This episode provides examples of
- Agony of the Feet: The Princess lands on her foot badly enough to put it out of use.Princess: "MY FOOT HURTS!"
- Bittersweet Ending: Yes, the Princess is happy and the family has two goldfish, but she's still injured, and she and the Queen are tired.
- But You Were There, and You, and You: The Queen's bedtime story is about a little princess.
- Captain Obvious: The doctor doesn't tell the Princess exactly how her foot is injured, only that it's "sore", which, due to her being the one feeling the pain, she should know.
- Comedic Underwear Exposure: When the Queen falls off her and the King's bed, her skirt flies up and you can see her bloomers.
- Contrived Coincidence: When the Queen and Princess play a game, the other adults always happen to be playing a similar game at the same time.
- Delayed Reaction: The Princess starts to grump about not wanting to go to bed early, but then realises that she's in her parents' bed instead of her own.
- Go-to-Sleep Ending: The episode ends with the royal ladies going to bed.
- Happy Dance:
- The Princess dances in place when she anticipates going to the fair.
- The King does a little victory dance when he wins a goldfish.
- Injured Limb Episode: The Princess ends up partly-disabled for this episode due to landing badly on her foot.
- Out Sick: Injured, rather. The Princess can't go to the fair due to her injured foot.
- Ow, My Body Part!: When the Princess's injured foot is being bandaged up, she yells, "OW, my foot!".
- Slapstick: The Queen ends up falling off her bed and having her skirt fly up, then later falling over backwards in the pond.
- Tempting Fate: The Princess talks about how great the fair will be, only to injure herself and not be able to go.
- Title Drop: When the Princess is told to stay home, she blubbers, "But I want to go to the fair!".
