The cartoonish sketches and simple, yet direct story do a a good job of making a political statement about the silliness of war.  When this grumpy little king is pouting about not being big and powerful enough, his advisors suggest he start a war to gain fame and stature, so he readies his troops and sends them forth with the order to attack.  When his soldiers declare they are ready to follow their king into war, they look around and realize he’s not actually there, but back at the castle having tea. The soldiers from both sides collected their respective kings handed them weapons and stood them facing each other, but the two kings were too scared that they might get hurt, so everybody goes home and the war is over.  Wouldn’t it be nice if all wars were handled so directly?  I’m not actually sure what grade to recommend this for, as it might best suit as a discussion starter in a high-school world problems class.