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Once upon a time there was a Persian prince who really loved stories. But
he was bored to hear a story with an end. He wanted to hear a different one- a
story without an end.

Prince : DzWhy do all stories need have an end? I want hear something
different, hmmmǥ servant!dz

Servant : DzYes your highness, is there something that I can help?dz

Prince : DzYeah, I want you to announce this *give a scroll of paper* to all
people in Persiadz

Servant : DzSure, your highnessdz

The servant went to the village, he read the announcement that the prince
asked to.

Servant : DzAttention! The prince have a news for you *clearing throat*. For
those who can tell the prince a story without an end, the prince
will reward a half of his wealth and his beautiful daughter. But, for
those who fail, the prince will put you in the prison foreverdz

Man1 : DzHmm, story without an endǥ I can tell that to prince, that will be
easydz

Man2 : DzAre you serious you want to tell the story to the prince?dz

Man1 : DzYeah, Iǯll be richdz

Man2 : DzBut, if you fail you will be put in the prisondz

Man1 : DzI wonǯt, btw if I can tell that Iǯll be rich man also I can be the next
princedz

Man2 : DzCkckckckǥ well I warn youdz

There were a few men who told the story to the prince but they all failed .

Man1 : DzAnd they got married and live happily ever after and hmmǥdz

Prince : DzYou failed, servant!dz

Man1 : DzWhat? No,no I havenǯt finish the story yetǥ and and they
nooooooo!dz

Since then, no one was brave enough to tell the story to the prince. They
all scared to be put in the prison. Until one year later, there was a young
handsome man who came to the palace and wanted to tell a story to the prince.

Prince : DzSo, youǯre brave enough to tell me a story without an end, huh?dz

Young man : DzYes, your highness *smiled*dz

Prince : DzWell, before you start I want to remind you if you fail Iǯll put you
in the prison for all your life. So if you want to go back, Iǯll let you
now before I change my minddz

Young man : *smiled* DzMay I start now, your highness?dz

Prince : DzWell, suredz

Young man : DzOnce upon a time there was a very rich king *the king enters the
stage*. He built a large barn behind the palace and the large barn
was filled by corns. One day, when he was looking at the barn, he
saw a hole on the roof, suddenly there was a mouse came out from
that hole. The mouse took one seed corn in the barn and back to
the hole. Then there was the other, the other mouse took one seed
corn in the barn and then it back to the hole. The king still looked
at the hole, when there was a third mouse came out from the hole.
The third took a seed corn and back to the holeǥdz

Prince : DzWait!dz

Young man : DzWhy your highness? I havenǯt finished the story yet, you donǯt
want to know what happened after the third mouse?dz

Prince : DzAll right, continue the story!dz

Young man : Dzǥ after the third mouse back to the hole, there was the fourth
mouse came out. The fourth mouse did the same like the others. It
took a seed corn and back to the hole. And then there came out the
fifth mouseǥdz

Prince : DzStop!dz

Young man : DzYes your highness?dz

Prince : DzSo there wonǯt be the end of the storydz

Young man : DzYeah *smiled* looked exactly like you want your highnessdz

Prince : DzClever, servant, please call my daughter!dz

Servant : DzSure your highnessdz

- A minute later princess came -

Princess : DzYes father, you want to see me? Whatǯs going on?dz

Prince : DzMeet this young man, honeydz

Princess : *looked confused* DzOh, so youǯre the one who told my father a
story without an end, right?dz

Young man : DzYes, right princessdz

Princess : DzWell, nice to meet you *smiled to the young man*dz

Young man : DzNice to meet you too princessdz

The young handsome man succeed to tell a story without an end to the
prince. Like what he promised, the prince gave a half of his wealth to the young
handsome man. Also, the young handsome man married to his daughter. And
they live happily ever after. But, this is not the end of the story. The young man
and the princess had a son. Their son grew up, and he married a Siberian
princess. They had a son, and when their son grew up, he married a European
princess. They had a daughter, andǥ

Someone : DzStop!dz

Narrator : DzWhy should I stop?dz

Someone : DzIf you continue, this story will never have an end!dz

Narrator : DzThatǯs why we call it a story without an end.dz

Someone : *thinking*

*smirked*

DzRight...dz

Narrator : DzSo the story continued forever.dz

Characters:

Prince : Rizky Ramadhan

Servant : Adya Giwangkara

Princess : Karina Moestadjab

Young man : Bima Adiwiryo

Man1 : Alvia Yaranita (mouse)

Man2 : M. Haffidh (king)

Narrator : Safira Putri (mouse)