Chapter Fifty One: The Music Play

The day went quickly; everyone was in the auditorium for SU’s first musical.

There is a large television screen on all four sides of the auditorium and a large screen on the upper level near its ceiling. When the light in the auditorium turned off, the play started.

The narrator’s voice can be heard alongside the actors onstage in the auditorium.

Narrator: Once upon a time, in a faraway land, a young prince lived in a shining castle. Although he had everything his heart desired, the prince was spoiled, selfish, and unkind.

Like what’s written in the book, this is the story’s beginning. An older man visited the prince’s palace and asked for food and shelter, but the prince didn’t give it to her because of her appearance, and the old beggar cursed him. The old beggar is a fairy. He made an apology, but it was too late. The fairy punished him for his heartlessness. The fairy turned him into a frightening creature. The fairy gave him an enchanted rose that would flourish just as he tur