Ruto's Letter

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In Ocarina of Time, Princess Ruto finds herself consumed by an apparently-ill Lord Jabu-Jabu. In a desperate effort to have herself saved, she wrote a letter, stuck it in an Empty Bottle and cast it out of her captor. Somehow, it ended up at Lake Hylia. Once removed from the bottle, Link can read this letter-although it is primarily for King Zora's viewing, and upon handing over the letter the king will allow access to Lord Jabu Jabu's abode in Zora's Fountain.

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However, when Link encounters Ruto inside Lord Jabu Jabu, she claims that she never wrote the letter. This may be her just denying that she asked for help or the letter might have been a forgery created by Ganondorf to cause more mayhem for the Zoras. It might also have been an attempt to lure Link inside the ill deity to collect the Spiritual Stone or to kill him.

The Letter reads as follows:

"Help me.

I am waiting for you inside

Lord Jabu Jabu's belly.

-Ruto.

PS: Don't tell my father!"