Onceuponatimetherewasayoungprincevisitingthecountriesoftheworld.Duringhisjourney,hestoppedinadesertlandanddiscoveredarosegarden.Throughthegardenhesawabeautifulroseandfelldeeplyinlove.Hepluckedoneflowerfromtherosebushandputitinhispocket.
Thenafox,whichhadbeenwatchingtheprince,cameandsaid,“Youareverynaive.Humanswon’tunderstandthekindofloveyouhavejustdiscovered.Theywouldliketopossesswhattheyloveandwouldeventuallydestroyit.”
Theprincesmiledsadlyandsaid,“ButthisroseissobeautifulandIloveitsomuch.HowcanIkeepitsafe?”
Thefoxanswered,“Youmusttaketheroseandfindaplacewhereitwillbesafeforeverandloveitwithallyourheart.”
Theprincenoddedandthenwentaway,determinedtofindaplacewherehisbelovedrosecouldgrowwithoutfearofharm.
Andfromthatdayonwards,theyoungprinceandhisrosewereneverseeninthatdesertlandagain.However,storiesoftheprinceandhisrosewerepasseddownfromgenerationtogenerationandremainaninspirationtousall.