Q: How did you find a flea that was so massive?
A: Well, if you want me to be honest with you, I was sitting watching a performance when I just happened to get bitten by the tiniest little thing on my hand. I just sat and picked it off my hand and I thought to myself that it would be an absolute shame to kill something so strong, solid and beautifully built. I kept him and fed him my own blood daily until he grew massive. It is true.
Q: Were you hoping to hold this contest for a long time? Was it part of a plan? Talk to us a little bit about that.
A: It was not something I had always been planning on doing. If it were up to me, I would have the flea continue to grow to see how great he could eventually be. He was more like my beloved pet than anything else. I cannot see anything wrong in me as a king to want to test my powers to see how something could grow and flourish under my reign.
Q: Well, if it was not planned, why had you not married your daughter off before?
A: Contests like these are meant to find appropriate suitors for my daughter, of course...or so I thought. I know I lost my pet and I most definitely did not want to lose the other apple of my eye.
Q: How do you feel about the suitor who made the right guess?
A: I did not think anyone would be able to guess the correct answer let alone an ogre, but as a king, I cannot back out on my word. I would have rather it been anyone else or nobody at all, but no one could guess the correct answer and now it is just too late.
Q: Do you think you are going to miss your daughter?
A: More than anything and I am so sorry to have to put her through this, but I know that whatever I do is done well. The only thing we can do now is see how well this marriage progresses. Now, I am done answering questions. I am off to my next endeavor.