he required that the princes every need be anticipated in advance and immediately fulfilled until the very existence of needeven as a theoretical concept had finally withered from mind : emmanuel was , thus , to be fed at his slightest craving , but never to a sense of fullness that may cause discomfort ; he was to be brought platters topped with fatty meats , sweets , and caramel-covered rice cakes on a quarter-hourly basis ; he was never to be fed spices , oily dishes or otherwise any foods that might result in anything greater than mild indigestion ; he was to be bathed in milk at a specified temperature of 333 degrees balderkat three times daily ; his skin was to be continually draped in silk and he was to be carried on cushions until he was at risk for getting bedsoresat which point he was either to be flipped over , or immersed in a tank of warm gel in the fetal position ; when he looked as though he might soon be impelled to express some emotion requiring tears , the servants were to weep in his stead , and in a way that he might find amusing , and the bluebird of happiness was to be summoned immediately to croon for him until the threat of minor anguish has been properly averted ; whenever he looked in the mirror out of concern for getting more obese than his father , he was to be reassured by his servants that this only showed that he had the ability to surpass even the greatness of his majesty king baxter .