The Spell

Once upon a time, there was a prince who was under a terrible spell. He could only say one word per year.
Then one day, he saw a beautiful princess. He fell in love with her. He vowed to ask her hand in marriage. However, because of the spell, he had to wait for 7 whole years to propose.
On the starting of the 8th year, the prince went to the princess’ castle. Knelt down in front of her and said, “I love you, will you marry me?”
The princess tossed her enchanting golden hair, straightened her crown, parted her cherry-red lovely lips and said, “I’m sorry, I didn’t hear that. What did you say?”