`` i remember years ago my granny telling me about queen amonia , well , i say queen , but she never was queen except for about three hours because of what i 'm about to unfold , on account of them playing hide-and-seek at the wedding party and her hiding in a big heavy old chest in some attic and the lid slamming shut and no one finding her for seven months , by which time you could definitely say the wedding cake was getting a bit stale . ''