Prince Sahu

Prince Sahu is an ancient Egyptian prince who appears in Don't Eat the Pictures and is befriended by Big Bird and Mr. Snuffleupagus who help him with his dilemma. 
Sahu explains that a curse has caused him to be placed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, along with his pet cat. His parents are deceased, and are in the heavens as stars. In order to break the curse, he must first face a demon, who asks him a riddle every night, and then be tested by Osiris, who will weigh his heart. If Sahu's heart is too heavy, he is doomed to remain on Earth. If Sahu's heart is lighter, he will rejoin his parents in the heavens as a star, although Big Bird briefly suggests Sahu stay on Earth, where he can be "the only 4,000 year old kid on Sesame Street!"
In an earlier draft of the script, the character was named Ptah instead.Tony Geiss papers at the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Yale University When he first meets Big Bird and Snuffy, he introduces himself with his full title - "Prince Sahu-Ray of Egypt, son of the Woserkoff, king of kings, lord of the two lands, conqueror of the east and west and fabulous fishermen." He permits his new friends to call him "Prince" for short.
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