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A secret underwater kings

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Urashima Taro

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King of the Underwater Kingdom

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Princess

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What is happiness worth

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The dress of the main character who is the only character who would actually have on clothes would be kind of raggy and clothe.

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I was once a young and fine fisherman. Fishing was my escape from the woes of life and that all changed on one very unusual day.

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I was on my way home from my day of work and when I saw the most unpleasing thing I have ever seen in my life. There was a group of children terrorizing a small turtle that was absolutely defenseless against them. I approached the children and asked them why they were being mean to the turtle and why didn’t they help it back to the sea.

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They laughed at me. The children continued to play with the turtle so for them to top, I offered them the catch that I had for the day to hand the turtle over to me, which they did.

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I continued to set the turtle free back in the sea where it belonged and after went home for the evening.

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Although I traded my days catch for the turtle I still had food from the previous day that I could eat.

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For about the next week everything in my life went as usual. I would fish everyday and go home and relax until one day there was another special event that happened to me.

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While fishing and minding my own thoughts, I heard a mysterious voice saying my name and I noticed that the turtle I saved was back except a lot larger than the last week. The turtle thanked me for saving him that day and out of appreciation he wanted to present me to his king under the sea. I was very weary but I went along with him. I climb upon his shell and held on tight because the journey to his world was a long one and I wasn’t a strong swimmer.

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After we were far enough down to where the sun couldn’t reach we started to come up on a very peculiar light in the distance.

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As we neared the light I realized that it was a bright and glittery walk of pink coral that was guarded by 100 swordfish that did not at all look friendly. They surprisingly moved right out of the way the closer we got and we passed through a barrier after which I was able to walk on my own two feet again.

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I soon realized that I was in a secret underwater kingdom where fish and other aquatic life flourish and talked in peace as if they were humans. There were houses that were bright and vividly colored some yellow, some pink and even shades of blue and green. They were all unique and in unusual shapes with sea weed in from and around them as grass.

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I was absolutely amazed by what I was seeing and it is almost unimaginable.

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As my turtle friend continued to tour me around the underwater city, we came upon the palace and in front of it there was a town square that was three times the size of my village. There were golden steps that lead to a marvelous palace door that we walked up and it was line with guards who bowed to us as we passed them.

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As we entered the palace, we were greeted as if we were royalty and escorted to the Kings chambers. Once there, we bowed and the King ask my turtle friend if I was the one who saved him from the torture of the children and he replied “Yes your majesty, it is him”. The King told me that he had entertainment and that for the rest of my time there his daughter, the princess, would be my guide.

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The Princess was absolutely stunning, she was wearing kimonos that were brightly colored similar to the house I had seen before and I couldn’t help but to fall to my knees and bow in here presence.

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Once I was able to stand up again, the Princess lead me around the kingdom as we enjoyed the delicacies of the sea as well as music and dancing. I was having so much fun by the entire experience that I lost track of how long I was there.

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The day after I realized how long I was there, I went to meet the Princess again. I was going to tell her that I miss home and was thinking of going back she had already knew what I was thinking.

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She thanked me again and told me that she enjoyed her time guiding me throughout their kingdom and that she understood that I wanted to return to my home above the sea. We talked for a couple more minutes and I explained that I didn’t want to seem ungrateful by going home but she understood and she even gave me a gift.

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This gift was a black lacquered box which and the Princess told me that as long as I keep the box closed that it will bring me happiness

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I then returned home on the back of my turtle friend just as I had came and what seemed like no time I was back to where it all started, the shores of the beach where I fish.

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Once I was back I hurried home and I wanted to tell all of my family about the adventures under the sea that I had.

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When I got back to my village everything was different, my house was gone and my family was no longer there.

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Only the village elders knew of them. Since I had no one and nothing of my own, I decided to build a hut outside of the village to live in. Sadness filled me and I had no one to talk to or to share my stories with, everything that I once loved was gone.

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One morning when my sadness was at its peak, I went to the shores of the beach and on the was there I could only think about the princess and my turtle friend and the happiness that I had while I was there.

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I had the box with me and I thought that maybe the happiness the Princess spoke of was in the box. I disobeyed her warning and I opened the box to see a black mist start to surround my body. It was like a thick black smoke and I was fully engulfed inside of it.

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Once the smoke cleared I looked down at myself and it was as if I aged 50 years. My hands turned old and my skin started to whither. I disobeyed the Princess’ instructions to not open the box and I paid the price of time. I chose happiness over obedience and because of that, the effects of time grasped my body and I was turned into an old man.