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Once upon a
time there was a Prince who, through no
fault of his own was cast under a spell
by an evil witch. The curse was that the
Prince could speak only one word each
year. However, he could save up the
words so that if he did not speak for a
whole year, then the following year he
was allowed to speak two words. (This
was before the time of letter writing or
sign language.)
One day he met a beautiful princess
(ruby lips, golden hair, sapphire eyes,)
and fell madly in love. With the
greatest difficulty he decided to
refrain from speakingfor two whole years
so that he could look at her and say "my
darling". But at the end of the two
years he wished to tell her that he
loved her.
Because of this he waited three more
years without speaking (bringing the
total number of silent years to 5).But
at the end of these five years he
realized that he had to ask her to marry
him. So he waited ANOTHER four years
without speaking.
Finally as the ninth year of silence
ended, his joy knew no bounds. Leading
the lovely princess to the most secluded
and romantic place in that beautiful
royal garden the prince heaped a hundred
red roses on her lap, knelt before her,
and taking her hand in his, said
huskily, "My darling,I love you! Will
you marry me?" And the princess tucked a
strand of golden hair behind a dainty
ear, opened her sapphire eyes in wonder,
and parting her ruby lips, said: "Please
pardon",I did not hear what you said.
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