a toucHiNg stoRy whIcH has aN amUsiNg toUch to it! :)

found this on frenster bulletin, simple story,nice characters ,cute plot (esp the 'ickle fiNgeR parts) happily ever -after, what more can u ask! :) read on and enjoy! :)

Long time ago.. there was a princess who lived inthe palace.. she was a very beautiful and wiseprincess.. many prince has come to ask for herhand.. but all of the princes was rejected.. Finally,she decided to get married.. many competitionwasheld to choose her husband.. finally, only 5 princewas left.. she thought of a plan.. she'll hide herhand and stick out a finger.. each of the prince getto guess which finger it was.. The first prince showher his thumb.. the second prince show her his2ndfinger.. the third prince show her his index fingerand was slap by the princess.. the fourth princeshow her his marriage finger.. finally.. the lastprince show her his last finger. The princesslookedat the 5th prince and took out her hidden hand..theprincess also pointed out her last finger.. shehooked it with him and they got married.. theywerevery very happy together until one day..the princehad to go to war.. the princess was sad andworried.. so the prince hook fingers with her sayingthat he will come back alive for her.. Days pastby,and soon,1 year has past..the prince have notreturned..rumours was spreading everywhere thatthe prince had died..so, many other prince cametoask for her hand to remarry..reluctant,she continuewaiting for the prince..years past by and she knewshe had to marry again.. She decided to do thesame thing..she stick out her last finger infront ofthe princes..but none of them know what shemeant..they thought she wanted a ring on her lastfinger..so,she marry none of them.. One day,abeggar wearing a hat came and wanted to ask forthe princess hand..at first,the soldiers stoppedhim..but,the princess thought that everybody had achance..so,she let him in..the princess did thesame thing,and to her surprise,the beggar stickhis last finger and hook it on hers.. Later,the beggartook out his hat..looking at him,the princess foundout that he was her lost husband..she huggedhim.. and they were together again happily..dayspast... One night,the prince woke up and walk outof his bed..disturbed by the prince..the princesswoke up too.. she followed him..but after hewalkedout of the gate.. he disappeared.. the princess wassad.. Later,she found out that the prince had diedwhen 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 wouldvanshed forever.. Finally,the princess found theprince body..she lied beside him,hook her fingerwith his and drank poison..so,that is how it ends..Now ,u know how the last finger was said to bemade as promises..pls let this story flow on..