THE ENDLESS TALE


TIME: _a long time ago._
PLACE: _the King's palace._

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KING.
PRINCESS.
FIRST STORY-TELLER.
SECOND STORY-TELLER.
LORDS AND LADIES.
GUARDS.

* * * * *

[_The_ KING _sits on a cushion in the great hall. The_ PRINCESS _sits on
a cushion by him. In front of them sits the_ FIRST STORY-TELLER. _The_
LORDS _and_ LADIES _sit near by._]

STORY-TELLER. "Then the prince married the princess and they were happy
forever and ever."

[_There is a pause._]

KING. Go on!