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Too Soft Mattress

The Too Soft Mattress is the half-brother of the Comfortable-Looking Sofa. It too had back-straining properties with the added problem that because its victims were comfortable they weren't aware of their orthopaedic discomfort until the next day - by which point it was, of course, too late.

After the Comfortable-Looking Sofa was sent to the Tip of Destruction at the end of Book 3, the Too Soft Mattress attempted to avenge its brother's death by tempting each of the characters in turn throughout the book to, "Just get their head down for ten minutes or so."

Unfortunately High Culimancer Bertrick succumbed to its blandishments after partaking of The Large Meal In The Middle Of The Day After A Heavy Night The Night Before, and spent the rest of book four being unable to get up or sit down without a small murmur of pain, followed by the infamous words; "No, it's all right, don't worry about me, I'll be fine."