Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall is all the paramedic can think, shivering as the ambulance screeches away. But this fall had been deathly intentional, the aftermath bloody…

He breathes a shaky, sincere prayer of thanks to the King; this time, the soldiers’ efforts have been enough.

Humpty will live.

Maria Cargille wrote this story. The darkness of nursery rhymes has always intrigued her.