Friends forever.......

Once upon a time, there was this beautiful princess. Her beauty outshone all, her grace mesmerized all, and her poise simply enticed all. She was a princess, noblest of all, yet in her maiden heart, she desired to see the world. It was not a strange thing or cliché to think about, after all, the people she interacted were mostly obsequious slaves and servants, pompous and arrogant princes from foreign land and of course, her parents, the King and the Queen.

Day in, day out, Princess Samauhuixian (we’ll call her PS for short from now) was trapped in the foreboding castle. The thick icy walls did nothing to cheer her up.

One day, PS was walking aimlessly in the castle. She treaded gracefully and sang softly to herself. “Lala lala…..” As she was coming near to the highest floor of the Eastern Wing of the Castle, she suddenly heard someone quarreling.

“You cow! Go produce more milk la!”

Another squeaky voice yelled out, “You lardy and oily PIG……I am going to kill you!”

PS hastened her steps up the ancient stairways. She came to a room and through the keyhole, she peeked in. To her amusement, she saw a cow chasing a pig around the round, with moos and oinks.

She opened the door, a bad move indeed. For the cow was the jealous Fairy of Milk and the pig, the barbaric Fairy of Oil. The Fairy of Milk (FOM) and the Fairy of Oil (FOO) stood frozen in their path.

FOM yelled, “How dare you interrupt us?”

PS, with her angelical voice, meekly replied, “Dear madam and sire, I have no intention to interrupt you two. I happened to walk by and hear the commotion.”

FOO laughed coldly, “Now that a mortal has seen the great Fairies, you must pay for it.”

With that, FOM and FOO combined power and turned PS into a PENGUIN.

FOM, after adjusting her sagging udders, spat out, “To undo this curse, you must find a mortal man and get his true love. Only a pure heart and love can save you. If not, you will forever be a penguin. Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha…..”

FOM and FOO disappeared.

PS, now a penguin, wadded her way back to her room as soon as possible. She cried. Yet, a motivation to find her true love fired her will to escape from the castle. She knew her parents will never accept her as a penguin. And there were many hungry soldiers waiting to feast upon the meat from the penguin, be it steamed, fried or boiled.

She stealthy wadded her way out of the castle in the dead of the night. As she was black and white, no-one noticed her.
After a painful and arduous two hours, PS finally reached the main gate of the castle.

After another painful and arduous three hours, PS wadded across the bridge and for the first time in her life, she was finally OUT OF THE CASTLE.

If only the outside world was as perfect as PS had thought.

PS finally reached the town many hours later.

She started to find a MAN frantically. She looked HIGH and LOW, but to no avail.

“Where are the MEN,” she silently thought to herself. “I need MAN! I need a GUY!”

Suddenly a voice gently said, “Hello, little penguin. What are you doing here?”

PS looked up and saw a pretty lady. The pretty lady continued, “You want to eat an apple. My name is Apple and I sell apples. I live nearby at Apple Avenue, Apple Block.”

PS wanted to say, “Thank you, I want an apple.” But she could only bleach like penguin.

Apple excitedly brought PS back home.

Back at Apple Avenue, Apple Block, which was Apple’s residence, there lived a little fe-elf (a female elf) called Kang Kang, but she like to call herself Ni Ni. This fe-elf was out-casted by her clan. The simple reason was that she liked other fe-elves. She cannot fathom why her clan cannot accept her for who she was. In the end, kind Apple took her in.

Kang Kang, however, was a smart fe-elf. She had the gift of the gab, and her tongue can kill. She knew a lot of things. And to PS, maybe, meeting Apple and to be brought back to Apple’s house, was the best thing in her life right now.

The moment Kang Kang saw PS, she said authoritatively, “Princess, she is. Bad curse, she under. To Auntie Annies, bring her to.”

With that, Kang Kang and Apple brought PS to the ancient house of Auntie Annies. Auntie Annies was the best witch around.

“Ommmmmm, Ommmmmmm, Ommmmmmm. You poor little penguin. Alas, my powers are not enough to heal your hurt and to mend the curse. By my experience, this is “I-Need-Man Curse”. Only a true love can break the curse. Alternatively, get the Fairies to undo the curse. Either way will be hard for you, my little penguin.” Auntie Annies shook her head and signed.

Then Auntie Annies’ sister, Auntie Dragon stormed out. Auntie Dragon, with a parang in her hand, lashed out, “Its those pesky Fairies again! I must get them this time. Don’t worry, Auntie Dragon will follow you all to settle with them!”

Kang Kang said, “Settle, very good…..”

Apple said, “Then we shall go straight to find the Fairies. For it is impossible for the superficial man to fall in love with a penguin.”

PS squeaked (remember that she cannot talk) and in her heart she desired for a man so badly, maybe it was the working of the curse that caused her be madly desiring for man.

The four of them soon embarked on a journey westwards to the Kingdom of the Fairies.

After journeying for more than a week, they finally reached the Realm of the Forgotten, the Haven of Rest, the Place of Peace……….the Kingdom of the Fairies.

Upon reaching the gates, the Fairy of Law-by-Law, Keeper of the Gates, Ja Mes (pronounced as Jar Mays) stopped them, “Halt! No mortal shall tinged the sacred ground of the fairies.”

Kang Kang, even with her eloquency, failed to turn the Fairy of Law-by-Law around.

Apple tried to offer apples to the Fairy of Law-by-Law, but failed to charm him.

Auntie Dragon raised her parang and threatened to hack the Fairy of Law-by-Law into pieces and his response was, “Even if you kill me, there will be thousands and millions of me.”

In the end, PS squeaked and bleached continuously, and surprisingly, the Fairy of Law-by-Law gave in, “Stop it, stop it, stop it! I lose! You all can go in.”

The four of them went into the kingdom. The Fairies were sleeping, eating, relaxing and simply not doing anything.

Auntie Dragon yelled, “Here who in-charge one? Ask him to roll out!”

No-Fairies bothered.

Auntie Dragon threw her parang aside and accidentally killed the Fairy of Ding Ding Dang Dang. The rest of the Fairies sat up straight. One of the Fairies meekly said, “Welcome, what can we do for you?”

Auntie Dragon screamed, “Who is responsible for this penguin?”

Suddenly, in a jiffy, a cow and a pig appeared out of thin air. They were the Fairy of Milk (FOM) and Fairy of Oil (FOO).

FOM and FOO said in unison, “We are responsible. So what? Want to fight?”

Auntie Dragon retrieved her parang from the dead Fairy and pointed it at FOM and FOO, as if asking for a duel.
FOM positioned her udders to release milk and FOO started to squeeze his face for oil.

Kang Kang yelled, “The ultimate power of Milk and Oil……”

Auntie Dragon rushed up and tried to hack them.

The story should pretty much end soon. Yet, one Fairy, the most handsome like Long Ze Xiu Ming, the smartest, the best, the good, the ultimate……(a whole range of adjectives describing someone overly perfect), descended down from the heavens. He was benevolent. He said, “There is no end to killing and cursing. I shall end all these. By my order, cow, pig, Auntie dragon, Apple, Auntie Annies, Ja Mes and of course, my beloved PS, you all shall be stuck in a sad and lifeless place. Your shall learn to live together, eat together and to learn together. Only through friendship can True Love be found. Be gone………”

With that, all disappeared and landed in a faraway and desolated place in the Western part of Singapore, call NTU……..








The End
(The above story is purely works of fiction and in no intention to spoof or mock anyone or anything. Any similarities are purely coincidence. Please do not kill, harm or hate the author.)