1.
A party was held at the Washington Court Hotel, in Washington DC. The guest of honor was the beautiful Princess Katrina, of the small European country Dulcina. It was held outside, around the hotel's swimming pool. Maxwell Smart and 99 were there, coordinating security.
For most of the evening, the party went without problems. The princess greeted various people. Guests partook of a buffet consisting of traditional foods of Dulcina. At 9:00PM, she was scheduled to give a speech.
The princess was talking with a couple people, close to the side of the pool. A bald-headed man watched her. Suddenly, he pulled out a gun!
Max saw this. At first, he thought of pulling out his gun, also. Sadly, there were too many people around. So instead, he grabbed a hold of the princess. The two of them fell into the pool together!
99 also saw what was going on. She ran to the side of the pool, slipped her shoes off, and jumped into the water!
"Why did you push me into the pool, Mr. Smart?," asked Katrina.
"Sorry about that, Princess! I saw someone try to shoot at you."
"You did?"
By now, 99 swam over to them. "Are you all right, Princess?"
"Yes. Who tried to shoot at me, Mr Smart?"
"This man." Max pointed to the bald-headed man, who had, by now, put his gun away.
"That's Igor," said the princess. "He is the right-hand man to the Viscount Bella Vorchek. He's one of my worst enemies. If he ever came to power, he would turn Dulcina into a military dictatorship!"
By now, everyone was looking at the three of them in the water.
"My Princess," said Igor. "Let me help you out of the pool."
Max whispered something to Katrina, and she nodded. She went to the side of the pool. Igor held his hand out, and she grabbed it. But then, she yanked with all her might, and pushed him into the water!
Max and 99 began fighting Igor, while a scared Princess stood by. Igor was tough, but the two of them were able to subdue him and get his gun. Many of the guests thought this whole thing was staged, and laughed and cheered!
Finally, more CONTROL agents stood at the side of the pool, guns in hand. The four of them climbed out of the water, and Igor was led away.
"Are you all right, Princess?," 99 asked.
"Yes, thank you." She looked at her feet. "But I lost both my shoes!"
"I'll get them," said Max, and he jumped back into the pool!
After some searching, he found one shoe. He got out and presented it to her.
"I couldn't find your other shoe; sorry about that!"
2.
At 9:00PM, the Princess went ahead with her speech:
"Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. As you can see, I've lost one of my shoes—and I'm a little bit wet!"
The audience laughed.
"This was the result of an assassination attempt by one of my enemies. However, thanks to the quick work of agents Maxwell Smart, and his wife 99, the assassin was quickly caught and thrown in jail."
The audience cheered.
"I am very happy to be in your beautiful country, and I intend to negotiate a trade deal that will be beneficial to both the United States and Dulcina.
"Now, if you don't mind, I'd like to get back to my hotel room and get out of these wet chothes! Once again, thank you."
There was much applause.