How was a melon chosen to be a king?
A stranger passing anoints a melon king after the king is hung 'by royal decree'. The people of melon city turn out to be much more shrewd than their recently dead king. With the melon on the throne, they proceed to do as they wish without any accountability, a ridiculous extreme of laissez-faire (French for 'let them be', signifying absolute exercise of free will) is established.