Once upon a time, in a far-off land, there was a very lazy king who spent all day lounging on his throne. One day, his advisors came to him with a problem: the kingdom was running out of money.
The king thought long and hard, and finally came up with a brilliant plan: he would tax the jokes in the kingdom. He called it the 'Joke\n Tax,' and he ordered his guards to collect a small fee every time someone told a joke.
The Rise of Jokester
Jokester began sneaking into the castle in the middle of the night and leaving jokes all over the place: under the king's pillow, in his soup, even in the royal toilet. The king was furious, but he couldn't seem to stop Jokester.
And then, one day, the people of the kingdom discovered that the jokes left by Jokester were so funny that they couldn't help but laugh. And once they started laughing, they couldn't stop.
The Downfall of the Joke Tax
The king's guards tried to collect the Joke Tax, but the people refused to pay. They laughed and laughed, and the more they laughed, the more the king's guards tried to collect the tax. It was a vicious cycle, and the kingdom soon descended into chaos.
In the end, the king was forced to abandon the Joke Tax, and Jokester became a hero to the people. The kingdom was never the same again, but the people were happier than they had ever been.