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Thursday, March 10, 2005
6:16 PM
the story of the last finger
Long time ago..there was a princess who lived in the palace..she was a very beautiful and wise princess..many prince hascome to ask for her hand..but,all of the princeswas rejected... Finally,she decided to getmarried..many competition was held to choose herhusband..finally,only 5 prince was left..she thought of a plan..she hide her hand and stick out a finger..each of the prince get toguess which finger it was.. The first princesshow her his thumb..the second prince show her his 2nd finger..the third prince show her his index finger..and was slap by the princess..the fourth prince show her his marriagefinger..finally..the last prince show her his lastfinger..The princess looked at the 5th prince and took out her hidden hand..the princess also pointed out her last finger..she hooked it with him and they got married..they was very very happy together One day..the prince had to go to war..the princess was sad and worried..so,the princehook fingers with her saying that he will comeback alive for her.. Days past by,and soon,1 year has past..the prince have not returned..rumours was spreading everywhere that the prince had died..so, many other prince came to ask for her hand to remarry..reluctant,shecontinue waiting for the prince..years past by andshe knew she had to marry again.. She decided to do the same thing..she stick out her last finger infront of the princes..but none of them know what she meant..they thought she wanted a ring on her last finger..so,she marry none of them.. One day,a beggar wearing a hat came and wanted to ask for the princess hand..at first,thesoldiers stopped him..but,the princess thought thateverybody had a chance..so,she let him in..theprincess did the same thing,and to her surprise,the beggar stick his last finger and hook it on hers.. Later,the beggar took out his hat..looking at him,the princess found out that hewas her lost husband..she hugged him.. and theywere together again happily..days past... One night,the prince woke up and walk out of his bed..disturbed by the prince..the princess woke up too..she followed him..but after he walked out of the gate..he disappeared..the princess was sad.. Later,she found out that the prince had died when he was on his way back from the war..but,inorder to honour his promise..he came back as aghost..7month is the ghost festival..so,7X7=49..hecould only be with her for 49 days and ltr,he wouldvanished forever.. Finally,the princess found the prince body..she lied beside him,hook her finger with his and drank poison..so,that is how it ends.. Now ,u know how the last finger was said to be made as promises..