Commoners’ heads have a natural aversion to quiet. They will spare no expense, or expenditure of energy, to keep their craniums from suffering this condition. Although, ‘tis never identified as such amongst themselves, the very life of a commoner is built around noise…constant, relentless noise.
You might be surprised to hear that hardly any commoner has the desire to be king. They will talk about what they would do if ruler, but almost none of them ever has enough interest in being king to make any effort in that direction. As long as he can make all the noise he wants,
(including certainly: whining, complaining and criticizing), a typical commoner is as content as can be.
During the history of the kingdom, several visitors have pondered the question of why there are not more of the commoners with a desire to be king. Why not live in quiet regality; free from the constant pandemonium indigenous to their position – but they do not grasp the situation.
The commoners generally have no feel for the pleasures the king enjoys. In fact, if his life is described to them, they are bewildered and cannot comprehend why or how anyone would put up with such an uneventful existence.
J.