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 prevented the prince from speaking or
writing but for only
one word each year.
However, he could save up the words so that if he
did not speak for a
whole year, the following year he was allowed to
speak two words.
One day, he met a beautiful princess and fell
madly in love with her.
With the greatest difficulty, he refrained from
speaking for 2 whole
years so that he could look at her and say, "My
darling." But at the end
of these 2 years, he wished to tell her that he
loved her. So he
waited 3 more years without speaking, bringing
the total number of silent
years to
5.
At the end of these 5 years, he realized that he
had to ask her to
marry him. So he waited another 4 years without
speaking.
Finally, as the 9th 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, "My darling, I
love you! Will you marry me?"
And the princess tucked a strand of golden hair
behind her dainty ear,
opened her sapphire eyes in wonder, and parting
her ruby lips, said,
"Pardon?"
PS: Come to think of it, maybe I should have saved this for Valentine's Day...heehee.
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