Fingers

Long time ago..there was a princess who lived in the palace..
she was a very beautiful and wise princess..
many prince has come to ask for her hand..
but,all of the princes was rejected...
Finally,she decided to get married..
many competitions were held to choose her husband..
finally,only 5 princes were left..she thought of a plan..
she hid her hand and stick out a finger..
each of the prince get to guess which finger it was..

The first princes show 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 marriage finger..finally..
the last prince show her his last finger..
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 prince hooked fingers with her saying that he will come back alive for her..
Days past by,and soon,1 year has passed..
the prince have not returned..
rumours were spreading everywhere that the prince had died..
so, many other prince came to ask fosr her hand to remarry..
reluctant,she continued waiting for the prince..

years passed by and she 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,the soldiers stopped him..
but,the princess thought that everybody had a chance..
so,she let him in..
the princess did the same thing, and to her surprise,
the beggar stuck his last finger and hook it on hers..
Later,the beggar took out his hat..
looking at him,the princess found out that he was her lost husband..
she hugged him..
and they were together again happily..

days passed...
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,in order to honour his promise..
he came back as a ghost..
7month is the ghost festival..
so,7X7=49..
he could only be with her for 49 days and later,he would vanish forever..
Finally,the princess found the prince body..
she layed beside him, hooked 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..
pls let this story flow on..

forever..........................