Ocean+of+Stories

On the second moon of Kahani, the body of water that surrounds the lands of Gup and Chup is the Ocean of Streams of Stories. As the Ocean of Streams of Stories is the biggest library that exists, the ocean contains all of the stories in existence, including stories in the process of being invented. It is comprised of thousands of streams of stories, each stream a different color. The stories are in liquid form, allowing them to join up with other stories to create new ones. It also lets the stories change form, if necessary. Different parts of the ocean contain different types of stories. The temperature is naturally warm, and the appearance of the ocean is sparkling and multi-colored. Patches of the ocean that are extra bright are places of wish water. In the book, Haroun was not able to at first use the wish water due to lack of concentration. Only one thing can be wished, so concentration on one wish is essential. “The harder you wish, the better it works.” The stories are organized by code names. For example, Rapunzel is Princess Rescue Story number G/1001/RIM/777/M(w)i. The Source of Stories, known as the Wellspring, brings renewed stories and is the source for the ocean. The anti-stories are a poison to the ocean's stories. They cause the temperature to drop and the stories to be ruin. For instance, if the story is supposed to be a happy ending, the ending will be corrupted, or if a story is supposed to be humorous, the poison will cause it to be boring. Subscribers to the stories can obtain the water from a Water Genie. With the subscription, one is able to tell the stories that come from the ocean.