1 00:00:40,120 --> 00:00:42,180 Hi there, and welcome to our show. 2 00:00:42,620 --> 00:00:45,920 I hope you've had dinner already, because tonight's Muppet television is 3 00:00:45,920 --> 00:00:47,720 about food, and it might make you hungry. 4 00:00:49,720 --> 00:00:50,880 You're always hungry. 5 00:00:51,960 --> 00:00:55,940 Anyhow, in the second half of our show, John Hurt, as a storyteller, tells the 6 00:00:55,940 --> 00:00:57,380 tale of the three ravens. 7 00:01:08,680 --> 00:01:11,680 But we start our show with Kermit and the Gang and Muppet Television. 8 00:01:11,980 --> 00:01:12,980 Hope you enjoy it. 9 00:01:23,020 --> 00:01:25,500 I woke up this morning. Did you wake up this morning? 10 00:01:25,800 --> 00:01:26,800 Feeling so bad. 11 00:01:26,840 --> 00:01:30,820 Feeling so bad. Will you stop that? Will you stop that? You're driving me mad. 12 00:01:31,000 --> 00:01:34,220 You're driving me mad. Now, stop the singing and get out of my control. 13 00:01:38,920 --> 00:01:40,860 Don't you people know you're driving me crazy? 14 00:01:41,260 --> 00:01:43,340 Oh, I think we put those changes together, yeah. 15 00:01:44,160 --> 00:01:47,200 You, you, you're driving me crazy. 16 00:01:47,740 --> 00:01:48,960 What can I do? 17 00:01:50,400 --> 00:01:51,600 Something, something, something. 18 00:01:51,920 --> 00:01:52,920 You. 19 00:01:54,600 --> 00:01:59,140 Oh, Kermit, we'd love to keep playing requests, but it's time for the opening 20 00:01:59,140 --> 00:02:03,360 number. You're right. What do I know? Carry on. Ladies and gentlemen, the food 21 00:02:03,360 --> 00:02:04,360 chain song. 22 00:02:24,560 --> 00:02:25,119 My sugar. 23 00:02:25,120 --> 00:02:26,380 You could be my spice. 24 00:02:26,660 --> 00:02:29,380 You could be the reason why I dine in paradise. 25 00:02:34,140 --> 00:02:40,600 Once I tried your lovin', I had to try it twice. I lost my fancy manners. 26 00:03:22,540 --> 00:03:25,980 then to waste away forever without a taste of you. 27 00:04:15,850 --> 00:04:18,010 nice number. Oh, thank you. Hey, 28 00:04:18,730 --> 00:04:19,730 what's up next? 29 00:04:20,070 --> 00:04:23,030 Well, actually nothing that involves you guys. 30 00:04:23,490 --> 00:04:26,310 So, you know, there really isn't a lot of room in here. 31 00:04:26,590 --> 00:04:29,550 Hey, that's thinner room, man. You're just not using the space. 32 00:04:29,890 --> 00:04:32,390 Yeah, if you took out all these monitors. 33 00:04:42,950 --> 00:04:44,270 Bad news from the world of ratings. 34 00:04:44,470 --> 00:04:46,950 Ever since the song ended, we've been losing our market share. 35 00:04:47,330 --> 00:04:49,910 Well, you're the demographic expert. What do you suggest? 36 00:04:51,090 --> 00:04:55,590 Well, is there a program that would have more appeal to the average consumer? 37 00:04:56,230 --> 00:05:00,170 Oh, Kermit, we've got a whole supermarket on Monitor 91. 38 00:05:00,710 --> 00:05:04,650 Oh, well, thanks, Vicki. Digit, why don't you punch that up? Oh, now listen, 39 00:05:04,770 --> 00:05:06,350 guys. Don't you have somewhere else you'd like to go? 40 00:05:07,870 --> 00:05:09,150 Excuse me, young man. 41 00:05:09,750 --> 00:05:12,830 Yes, madam. Can I be of some assistance? Yes, please. Can you tell me where... 42 00:05:15,690 --> 00:05:16,690 Yes. 43 00:05:17,190 --> 00:05:20,950 Yes, I can tell you where this eggplant comes from. And do you know why I can 44 00:05:20,950 --> 00:05:25,030 tell you where this eggplant comes from? No, I... Because I'm Sheldon! No! 45 00:05:25,810 --> 00:05:29,510 Sheldon! The all -knowledgeable grocery store stock boy! 46 00:05:30,950 --> 00:05:32,650 Sheldon, it's just an eggplant. 47 00:05:33,350 --> 00:05:35,350 Just? Just an eggplant? 48 00:06:02,570 --> 00:06:06,350 of this odd -shaped purple enigma. I thought you said it was an eggplant. 49 00:06:07,050 --> 00:06:11,110 Eggplant? It is a miracle. A miracle, I tell you. 50 00:06:11,630 --> 00:06:12,850 Oh! Oh! 51 00:06:13,370 --> 00:06:16,190 Hmm, I didn't know grocery boys could fly. 52 00:06:17,170 --> 00:06:21,790 Eggplants come from modern rural farms like this one. Yes, I know. The farmers 53 00:06:21,790 --> 00:06:26,010 grow the eggplants in the earth's rich soil. Yes, I know. But the most 54 00:06:26,010 --> 00:06:28,290 part of the process is planting the chickens. 55 00:06:28,510 --> 00:06:29,690 Yes, I know. What? 56 00:07:03,940 --> 00:07:04,940 That's easy. 57 00:07:37,800 --> 00:07:40,960 play cards? Ha! Does cheese grow on trees? 58 00:07:41,420 --> 00:07:43,180 Hey, what? Did you block any TV? 59 00:07:43,880 --> 00:07:45,480 Oh! What's on? 60 00:07:45,820 --> 00:07:49,100 Uh, next up, we've got this really cute children's program. 61 00:07:49,380 --> 00:07:50,199 What else is on? 62 00:07:50,200 --> 00:07:54,560 Well, what about that new food program starring that Link Hogthrob? Ooh! 63 00:07:54,820 --> 00:07:55,820 Link Hogthrob! 64 00:07:56,040 --> 00:07:57,340 Never miss it! 65 00:07:57,600 --> 00:07:59,680 Uh, well, wait a second. Don't wait. 66 00:08:00,140 --> 00:08:06,100 Hello, and welcome to Luncheon with Link. I'm your host, Link Hogthrob, 67 00:08:06,160 --> 00:08:09,920 on the restaurant beat with a nose for news and a mouth for munching. 68 00:08:10,240 --> 00:08:16,100 But enough clever banter. Today we're lunching at Cafe Terrio, famous for its 69 00:08:16,100 --> 00:08:20,780 nouvelle cuisine. Excuse me, Mr. Hobbs. Rob, your table is ready. 70 00:08:21,400 --> 00:08:23,540 Aren't you a rat? 71 00:08:23,840 --> 00:08:26,260 Oh, I wouldn't like to say, sir. 72 00:08:26,620 --> 00:08:28,420 But you are a rat. 73 00:08:28,640 --> 00:08:30,440 Oh, but I hate to brag, sir. 74 00:08:30,920 --> 00:08:32,679 There's a rat in the restaurant! 75 00:08:33,260 --> 00:08:35,080 Now, what can I get for you? 76 00:08:39,020 --> 00:08:40,580 Follow me this way, please. 77 00:08:41,039 --> 00:08:43,179 We'll get to the bottom of this. 78 00:08:45,200 --> 00:08:49,340 Two sweet and sticky specials. Tree number eight, hold the goo. 79 00:08:51,380 --> 00:08:55,000 Oh, no. 80 00:08:55,740 --> 00:09:00,160 The television visitors, welcome to my kitchen. 81 00:09:00,720 --> 00:09:06,380 You're a cockroach. No, no, no, no. Here we say I am the cockroach. 82 00:09:08,200 --> 00:09:10,880 A little culinary winter season, no? 83 00:09:11,120 --> 00:09:13,500 A cockroach is running the kitchen. 84 00:09:13,740 --> 00:09:16,700 Ah, well, the miracles are made, no? Take a look. 85 00:09:17,800 --> 00:09:23,120 The best bouillabaisse in the world starts with the best ingredients. 86 00:09:24,160 --> 00:09:29,420 And over there, the lightest crepes in the world are finished with a flourish 87 00:09:29,420 --> 00:09:30,420 cream. 88 00:09:31,200 --> 00:09:36,380 All served by the most discerning staff of the very best silverware in the 89 00:09:36,380 --> 00:09:37,380 world. 90 00:09:37,700 --> 00:09:39,340 But this is terrible. 91 00:09:39,560 --> 00:09:43,800 A restaurant staffed by rats and cockroaches? Exactement. 92 00:09:44,180 --> 00:09:46,520 Catering to persons like yourself. 93 00:09:47,020 --> 00:09:48,020 Like me? 94 00:09:48,180 --> 00:09:49,820 Well, you are the pig. 95 00:09:50,320 --> 00:09:51,320 I beg your pardon? 96 00:09:52,080 --> 00:09:54,780 Lift the lid and taste your armor. 97 00:09:56,940 --> 00:10:01,460 It smells like swill. Yes, swill fit for a swine. 98 00:10:04,060 --> 00:10:05,060 Yummy. 99 00:10:06,540 --> 00:10:11,340 And so we end our visit to Cafeteria, one of the new pebbles to the Bell 100 00:10:11,340 --> 00:10:15,140 cuisine. Thank you for joining us on Luncheon with Ling. 101 00:10:16,340 --> 00:10:17,900 Oh, that's a great show. 102 00:10:18,220 --> 00:10:20,100 And this is a great hand. 103 00:10:20,400 --> 00:10:21,580 Rate them in wheat, boys. 104 00:10:22,020 --> 00:10:23,960 Come to mama. 105 00:10:24,460 --> 00:10:28,260 Hey, Frog, you got anything else to eat? Are you kidding? You guys have eaten 106 00:10:28,260 --> 00:10:31,660 every crumb of food in the place. No problem. We'll order in. 107 00:10:32,020 --> 00:10:35,380 Listen, I have a good idea I think you're going to like a lot. What's that? 108 00:10:35,740 --> 00:10:37,460 Why don't you go out to eat? 109 00:10:37,700 --> 00:10:39,040 No, can't do that. 110 00:10:39,260 --> 00:10:39,959 Why not? 111 00:10:39,960 --> 00:10:42,980 Well, we're waiting for the laundry to finish. It's on the delicate cycle. 112 00:10:44,660 --> 00:10:47,880 Hello? Harry's Deli? Hey, listen, Kermit the Frog here. 113 00:10:48,660 --> 00:10:50,320 What? How are things here? 114 00:10:51,700 --> 00:10:54,140 Okay, five -card draw. Everything wild. 115 00:10:55,260 --> 00:10:56,260 Wild? Wild. 116 00:10:57,760 --> 00:10:58,579 Don't ask. 117 00:10:58,580 --> 00:11:01,860 Hey, but listen. Could you send me up my usual sandwich and a glass of milk? 118 00:11:12,430 --> 00:11:13,430 I need a pencil. 119 00:12:19,080 --> 00:12:20,160 hot dishes like... 120 00:12:59,500 --> 00:13:00,500 are these? 121 00:13:00,800 --> 00:13:02,920 You know how I hate people. 122 00:13:03,120 --> 00:13:07,800 They're new. They're called Screaming No -Nos. Oh, why do they always give these 123 00:13:07,800 --> 00:13:09,220 products such dumb names? 124 00:13:09,700 --> 00:13:13,760 How come they're called Screaming No -Nos? Oh, okay. 125 00:13:18,280 --> 00:13:21,160 So, tell me, what happened at the therapist? 126 00:13:21,540 --> 00:13:25,440 Well, honey, I told him all about us. You're a full -time, high -powered 127 00:13:25,440 --> 00:13:26,600 attorney, and so am I. 128 00:13:27,040 --> 00:13:30,700 We just don't have the time to share our feelings honestly and all that 129 00:13:30,700 --> 00:13:31,740 sensitive stuff. 130 00:13:33,560 --> 00:13:36,040 But you're a very sensitive person. 131 00:13:36,700 --> 00:13:37,740 I know that. 132 00:13:38,700 --> 00:13:40,020 And what did he say? 133 00:13:42,080 --> 00:13:46,860 Well, he said if I keep putting my anger in mason jars and sticking them on the 134 00:13:46,860 --> 00:13:50,080 shelf, well, then sooner or later the canning factory explodes. 135 00:13:50,540 --> 00:13:52,540 You mean... Yes. 136 00:13:53,420 --> 00:13:56,240 My uncontrollable rage is... 137 00:13:57,230 --> 00:13:58,430 Oh, good. Dip. 138 00:14:00,270 --> 00:14:02,010 That's disgusting. Yeah. 139 00:14:03,010 --> 00:14:04,010 Anybody hungry? 140 00:14:05,630 --> 00:14:07,110 So, what's the answer? 141 00:14:07,870 --> 00:14:10,730 Well, I have to learn to express my anger. 142 00:14:11,150 --> 00:14:16,030 Honey, if expressing your anger is going to help our marriage, then I'm all for 143 00:14:16,030 --> 00:14:18,130 it, dear. Oh, you'll only cry. 144 00:14:18,630 --> 00:14:20,750 No, I won't, really. Go ahead. 145 00:14:21,810 --> 00:14:22,810 Well... 146 00:14:24,080 --> 00:14:29,360 What always annoys me is the way you... See? See? You're crying. Can't we get 147 00:14:29,360 --> 00:14:33,520 anything right? Here I am trying to express my anger, and you're just 148 00:14:33,520 --> 00:14:37,660 deeper and deeper into self -pity. Boy, your selfishness is just incredible! 149 00:14:38,480 --> 00:14:42,780 Is that any better? 150 00:14:43,560 --> 00:14:44,940 Do you feel lighter? 151 00:14:45,160 --> 00:14:47,820 A few less mason jars on the shelf? 152 00:14:48,380 --> 00:14:49,380 Did it help? 153 00:14:51,340 --> 00:14:52,340 Yes. 154 00:14:53,840 --> 00:14:55,840 fact, I feel great. 155 00:14:59,000 --> 00:15:04,160 You're magnificent when you're slightly irritable. I love you, Fern. 156 00:15:05,100 --> 00:15:06,200 Yes, I do. 157 00:15:07,360 --> 00:15:14,240 I think I just 158 00:15:14,240 --> 00:15:15,940 ate something that disagreed with me. 159 00:15:20,360 --> 00:15:23,900 It wasn't a pastrami in a vanilla milkshake. It was a pastrami and a 160 00:15:23,900 --> 00:15:26,560 milkshake. Okay, and that's two Rubens, three with pickles. 161 00:15:26,900 --> 00:15:28,680 You know, I think you're really going to need that pencil. 162 00:15:29,020 --> 00:15:33,340 Oh, Kermit. Oh, yeah, and some of that fuzzy purple food that has no name. 163 00:15:34,200 --> 00:15:36,240 Mustard or motor oil? Regular, of course. 164 00:15:36,660 --> 00:15:37,660 Regular, of course. 165 00:15:38,120 --> 00:15:39,120 Okay, that's it. 166 00:15:39,720 --> 00:15:43,820 Hey, Kermit. Oh, yeah? I guess this isn't a good time to discuss something 167 00:15:43,820 --> 00:15:45,380 very important and probably quite irritating. 168 00:15:45,780 --> 00:15:46,960 Well, I don't know. Well... 169 00:15:47,200 --> 00:15:50,280 I've been going over the ratings, and I find we're not addressing the Danish 170 00:15:50,280 --> 00:15:51,820 cowboy crowd at all. 171 00:15:52,220 --> 00:15:54,620 We're not? I know. I was surprised myself. 172 00:15:55,080 --> 00:15:56,080 Well, what do you suggest? 173 00:15:56,160 --> 00:15:59,540 Well, I've been working on a little something I call Sheriff Hamlet. 174 00:16:00,020 --> 00:16:05,100 Yeah? To be or not to be, that's the question, and I got the answer right 175 00:16:06,820 --> 00:16:08,400 You're right. This is not a good time. 176 00:16:14,540 --> 00:16:16,820 Attention, viewers of this infantile program. 177 00:16:17,120 --> 00:16:20,680 We have... Digit, it's happening again. Would you like to check the transmitter? 178 00:16:22,100 --> 00:16:26,940 Yes, we here at Gorilla Television have taken charge of the broadcast now. 179 00:16:27,100 --> 00:16:29,660 You've seen that so -called humor about food. 180 00:16:30,240 --> 00:16:32,120 This is no laughing matter. 181 00:16:32,380 --> 00:16:35,860 You people eat anything, no matter how disgusting. 182 00:16:36,280 --> 00:16:38,460 Yeah, just so long as you see it on TV. 183 00:16:39,020 --> 00:16:42,400 To prove this point, we have something here called Mrs. Vivian Eggloff. 184 00:16:42,920 --> 00:16:45,440 An average television consumer. 185 00:16:46,080 --> 00:16:47,079 Hi, Bill. 186 00:16:47,080 --> 00:16:48,080 Comfy? 187 00:16:48,400 --> 00:16:52,340 Watch how she will desire any food she sees on this television set. 188 00:16:53,800 --> 00:16:57,120 Help me! Somebody please help me! They're out of their minds! 189 00:16:58,160 --> 00:17:01,980 Cooperate, Mrs. Egloff. We're using you to demonstrate how the average person is 190 00:17:01,980 --> 00:17:03,700 a slave to media. 191 00:17:04,040 --> 00:17:07,460 Get away from me, you weirdo! Do you know who my husband is? 192 00:17:07,920 --> 00:17:11,260 Words, mere words. Turn on the television, Ubu. 193 00:17:11,500 --> 00:17:12,500 Let me go! 194 00:17:14,960 --> 00:17:18,119 Do the mix and presto, it pops up into a fasto cake. 195 00:17:18,319 --> 00:17:21,940 No baking, no mixing, no icing. Just fasto. Watch. 196 00:17:22,800 --> 00:17:24,700 You know, that would be awfully handy. 197 00:17:25,579 --> 00:17:27,819 It's full of chemicals, Vivian. 198 00:17:28,180 --> 00:17:29,960 I mean, if company drops by suddenly. 199 00:17:30,560 --> 00:17:35,240 An average consumer like you eats nine pounds of chemicals per year. 200 00:17:35,560 --> 00:17:38,220 Or if you have to go to a bake sale in a hurry and you have to bring a little 201 00:17:38,220 --> 00:17:40,160 something. This is just the thing. 202 00:17:41,120 --> 00:17:43,100 Hopeless. What about midnight snacks? 203 00:17:43,360 --> 00:17:45,490 A fresh baked... at one in the morning? 204 00:17:45,810 --> 00:17:47,710 You know, that's not a bad idea. 205 00:17:48,070 --> 00:17:49,530 Ubu, have you gone mad? 206 00:17:49,830 --> 00:17:53,370 Well, just think about it, Zandra. You refused to cook because of some book you 207 00:17:53,370 --> 00:17:55,550 read once. It's not that I'd ever want you to cook. 208 00:17:55,870 --> 00:17:57,910 I could make my own fast -o cake. 209 00:17:58,370 --> 00:17:59,349 Did it get me? 210 00:17:59,350 --> 00:18:01,430 This is more dangerous than I thought. 211 00:18:02,190 --> 00:18:03,430 Ubu, shut that thing off. 212 00:18:03,650 --> 00:18:06,830 Oh, wait a minute. I want to find out where I can get fast -o cake mix. 213 00:18:07,110 --> 00:18:08,110 Yeah. 214 00:18:08,170 --> 00:18:09,170 Fight it, Ubu. 215 00:18:09,350 --> 00:18:10,870 That's fast -o cake mix. Now available. 216 00:18:27,240 --> 00:18:29,500 Out of the horse trot. And boy, is she mad. 217 00:18:29,960 --> 00:18:32,380 Kermit, the cooking program's ready on monitor 37. 218 00:18:32,800 --> 00:18:33,419 All good. 219 00:18:33,420 --> 00:18:37,000 You know, Waldo, you may have a point about this Scandinavian audience thing. 220 00:18:37,240 --> 00:18:39,060 That we're going with the Danish cowboys? 221 00:18:39,300 --> 00:18:40,780 No, we're going with the Swedish chef. 222 00:18:41,000 --> 00:18:41,799 Oh, great. 223 00:18:41,800 --> 00:18:45,160 We don't feed their souls. We pump their stomachs. Cue the chef. 224 00:18:47,440 --> 00:18:49,300 More, more, more. 225 00:19:25,810 --> 00:19:28,220 I'm hungry. Roachy. Bonjour. 226 00:19:28,440 --> 00:19:35,380 I am the famous chef Jacques Roach. And today, I show you how to make something 227 00:19:35,380 --> 00:19:37,000 very special. 228 00:19:37,820 --> 00:19:41,120 Okay. First, we take the frying pan. 229 00:19:43,140 --> 00:19:49,240 And the next thing we do is we take the... Spray it, buggy. 230 00:19:49,440 --> 00:19:50,520 Spray, spray, spray. 231 00:20:02,410 --> 00:20:05,210 Every little breeze seems to whisper disease. 232 00:20:06,810 --> 00:20:07,810 Ah, 233 00:20:08,530 --> 00:20:14,530 yes. Now we make one of my favorite dishes. 234 00:20:15,090 --> 00:20:16,090 Dishes? 235 00:20:16,650 --> 00:20:19,370 Now we play for you un petit chanson, yes? 236 00:20:19,610 --> 00:20:20,610 Yes. 237 00:20:32,170 --> 00:20:34,230 The cookie roachy souffle. 238 00:20:37,430 --> 00:20:42,530 So then, share a pamlet and hop along the air taste, duel to the death with 239 00:20:42,530 --> 00:20:44,770 poison cattle prods. What do you say? Is it in the show? 240 00:20:45,250 --> 00:20:48,830 Well, look, Waldo, you know, you really do a good job tracking the ratings and 241 00:20:48,830 --> 00:20:49,830 keeping up our demographics. 242 00:20:50,290 --> 00:20:51,890 Well, I guess the answer's no, eh? 243 00:20:52,190 --> 00:20:53,190 Well, I'm afraid so. 244 00:20:53,820 --> 00:20:56,120 But look on the bright side. The food is here. 245 00:20:56,440 --> 00:20:59,180 Look, Kermit, you never let me do anything in the show. 246 00:20:59,760 --> 00:21:03,600 Oh, that's all right, little fella. You can come along with us and do the 247 00:21:03,600 --> 00:21:04,579 closing number. 248 00:21:04,580 --> 00:21:05,960 Are you sure that's all right? 249 00:21:06,260 --> 00:21:07,059 Yeah, great. 250 00:21:07,060 --> 00:21:08,060 Let's jam. 251 00:21:08,300 --> 00:21:10,980 But wait a second. What am I supposed to do with all this food? 252 00:21:11,220 --> 00:21:15,520 Not now, Kermit. We're trying to put on a television show here. 253 00:21:17,380 --> 00:21:19,560 Will that be cash or charge? 254 00:21:23,210 --> 00:21:29,030 When I taste a tang of peaches, I always think of cream. If I meet up with a 255 00:21:29,030 --> 00:21:31,370 chicken, I hear the word supreme. 256 00:21:31,790 --> 00:21:37,430 Every cider has a Z and every pH has a D. But who belongs to me? 257 00:21:39,390 --> 00:21:43,530 When Laurel's in the doorway, his heart is far behind. 258 00:21:43,850 --> 00:21:47,850 When there's a rockin' in your body, there'll be rollin' on your mind. 259 00:21:48,270 --> 00:21:53,670 Every team must have a he, and every cop deserves a plea. But who belongs to me? 260 00:21:56,510 --> 00:21:57,510 Me. 261 00:21:58,290 --> 00:22:03,950 What can it be that goes with me like A and B and fits me to a D? 262 00:22:04,570 --> 00:22:08,190 Eggs and me or ham and pea, none of them will do. 263 00:22:08,610 --> 00:22:10,270 Me, yeah. 264 00:22:10,730 --> 00:22:14,510 They're roving bands of knights who only want to find their days. 265 00:22:14,830 --> 00:22:16,390 They're the steady stream of wealth. 266 00:22:20,520 --> 00:22:22,340 Thank you. 267 00:22:26,960 --> 00:22:31,740 Thank you. 268 00:22:51,010 --> 00:22:53,490 Me and you. 269 00:22:55,310 --> 00:22:58,270 Me and you. 270 00:23:01,690 --> 00:23:02,550 Me and 271 00:23:02,550 --> 00:23:11,170 you. 272 00:23:34,410 --> 00:23:36,510 through many countries and over many years. 273 00:23:36,750 --> 00:23:40,390 It's been called everything from the Six Swans to the Twelve Brothers. 274 00:23:40,710 --> 00:23:43,690 Our version is called the Three Ravens. 275 00:23:59,150 --> 00:24:03,070 One day in November, the Queen died. 276 00:24:04,460 --> 00:24:10,180 Outside the palace, the leaves fell lamenting, reds and golds falling. 277 00:24:11,140 --> 00:24:16,720 Inside, weeping, the king, his three sons, his daughter. 278 00:24:17,080 --> 00:24:22,300 And the people filed slowly by to shed their own tears for the dear queen. 279 00:24:23,380 --> 00:24:28,320 But there was one among the mourners whose eyes were dry. 280 00:24:52,910 --> 00:24:59,730 There was one among the mourners whose heart was ice, whose soul was cold, 281 00:24:59,730 --> 00:25:05,890 smile was fly, whose brain raced ahead to the day when the king would want to 282 00:25:05,890 --> 00:25:07,310 ease his loneliness. 283 00:25:08,410 --> 00:25:15,330 And the witch, for which she was, fixed her dry eyes on the king and 284 00:25:15,330 --> 00:25:16,330 schemed. 285 00:25:16,890 --> 00:25:19,310 Mine, she schemed. 286 00:25:20,010 --> 00:25:21,750 Mine, oh, mine. 287 00:25:23,950 --> 00:25:26,410 And you may well weep. 288 00:25:29,210 --> 00:25:32,950 Her scheme was simple and terrible. 289 00:25:33,350 --> 00:25:39,950 She groaned for power, for majesty over all things, for the cold ring of gold 290 00:25:39,950 --> 00:25:41,010 around her head. 291 00:25:41,270 --> 00:25:45,790 She wanted this until the want ate away her heart and soul. 292 00:25:46,510 --> 00:25:49,850 So she set to work on the king. 293 00:25:50,520 --> 00:25:52,360 The king wouldn't marry a witch. 294 00:25:52,580 --> 00:25:55,440 No, the king didn't even see the witch. 295 00:25:55,700 --> 00:26:01,760 He didn't feel the sun on his face or the rain, just this tug of the past. All 296 00:26:01,760 --> 00:26:05,780 day, all night, memories tugging on his sleeve. 297 00:26:06,620 --> 00:26:09,760 His poor heart, you see, was broken. 298 00:26:13,460 --> 00:26:16,900 But the witch could charm the skin from a snake. 299 00:26:17,550 --> 00:26:20,170 And she turned all her power on the king. 300 00:26:20,650 --> 00:26:27,230 She wound him in inch by inch, the past tugging him one way, she patiently 301 00:26:27,230 --> 00:26:28,670 pulling him the other. 302 00:26:29,310 --> 00:26:34,050 Because, he thought, when he looked at her, he saw his wife's face. 303 00:26:34,550 --> 00:26:36,350 And indeed he did. 304 00:26:36,690 --> 00:26:38,590 You're back, he keeps saying. 305 00:26:39,010 --> 00:26:42,430 She says, our little secret. 306 00:26:46,170 --> 00:26:48,820 There. Witchery. Oh, yeah. 307 00:26:49,080 --> 00:26:51,420 It was a spell, and it worked. 308 00:26:51,960 --> 00:26:54,140 I've got something wonderful to tell you. 309 00:26:55,040 --> 00:26:56,720 I've met someone very special. 310 00:26:59,360 --> 00:27:02,280 Children, we're going to be married. 311 00:27:03,580 --> 00:27:05,040 We're going to be happy again. 312 00:27:05,580 --> 00:27:08,280 I hope you'll think of me as your friend. 313 00:27:09,560 --> 00:27:13,600 And then, in time, perhaps, as your mother. 314 00:27:13,940 --> 00:27:15,040 Our mother's dead. 315 00:27:16,010 --> 00:27:19,450 I think we mean as a new mother, don't we? 316 00:27:20,210 --> 00:27:21,210 Yes. 317 00:27:22,130 --> 00:27:23,210 In time. 318 00:27:24,990 --> 00:27:25,990 Well. 319 00:27:28,390 --> 00:27:29,670 Try for me. 320 00:27:30,750 --> 00:27:31,750 Will you? 321 00:27:33,270 --> 00:27:37,310 Oh, yes. All hugs, all family. 322 00:27:38,850 --> 00:27:43,410 But witch watched and cursed them. 323 00:27:43,820 --> 00:27:47,880 They were her rivals and her enemies, these four grieving and bewildered 324 00:27:47,880 --> 00:27:52,940 children. And a canker grew in her mind because she would not share. 325 00:27:53,440 --> 00:27:55,760 She wanted it all. 326 00:27:56,080 --> 00:28:00,240 And she sowed a seed of fear in the children's lives. 327 00:28:00,720 --> 00:28:06,700 Stairs gave way, horses bucked while balconies crumbled. Even the toy box was 328 00:28:06,700 --> 00:28:10,520 terrible. Of course, the witch herself was all honey. 329 00:28:11,080 --> 00:28:12,660 Always honey. 330 00:28:13,640 --> 00:28:19,260 But sometimes the king caught a look and worried she was also the bee. 331 00:28:19,980 --> 00:28:22,740 That's right, and bees sting. 332 00:28:23,100 --> 00:28:24,880 I hate that witch. 333 00:28:25,460 --> 00:28:31,120 Poor man, then. Torn in half, enchanted by his new queen, frightened for his 334 00:28:31,120 --> 00:28:33,660 children. What could he do? 335 00:28:33,900 --> 00:28:35,780 I said I'd take you on a special holiday. 336 00:28:36,080 --> 00:28:37,240 We're almost there. 337 00:28:37,720 --> 00:28:38,720 A forest? 338 00:28:38,760 --> 00:28:39,940 A magic forest. 339 00:28:40,720 --> 00:28:41,940 Full of the treasure. 340 00:28:42,920 --> 00:28:44,380 Follow the train. Follow the train. 341 00:28:53,260 --> 00:28:54,500 Hurry up. It's perfect. 342 00:28:54,860 --> 00:28:55,719 There's a stream. 343 00:28:55,720 --> 00:28:56,720 And a house. 344 00:28:58,440 --> 00:29:02,740 And sure enough, there it was, pink and perfect. 345 00:29:03,060 --> 00:29:07,420 And the boys laughed and laughed as if a great weight had dipped it off them. 346 00:29:08,040 --> 00:29:11,360 And their sister sat by the stream and dipped her toes. 347 00:29:11,950 --> 00:29:15,410 And missed her mother, which he always did when she was happy. 348 00:29:15,770 --> 00:29:17,310 This is your secret place. 349 00:29:17,970 --> 00:29:20,250 No one can find you here without the thread. 350 00:29:21,290 --> 00:29:22,750 I'll visit you each day. 351 00:29:23,090 --> 00:29:25,390 You've brought us here because of her, haven't you? 352 00:29:25,650 --> 00:29:28,290 Our stepmother. No, of course not. 353 00:29:28,730 --> 00:29:32,050 But his daughter was right, quite right. 354 00:29:32,590 --> 00:29:38,470 For even as she spoke, the witch, her stepmother, sat in her tower and studied 355 00:29:38,470 --> 00:29:39,710 horrible spells. 356 00:29:40,780 --> 00:29:46,360 For the children were obstacles between her and power, growing, daily growing 357 00:29:46,360 --> 00:29:48,320 like clouds over her. 358 00:29:49,120 --> 00:29:54,720 And now she would discover where they were, clouds, and puff, 359 00:29:55,000 --> 00:29:57,560 then clean away. 360 00:30:02,000 --> 00:30:03,260 Where have you been? 361 00:30:03,680 --> 00:30:06,780 I took the children on a trip. A holiday. 362 00:30:07,240 --> 00:30:08,240 Oh, yes. 363 00:30:08,590 --> 00:30:10,130 Anyone nice? Yes. 364 00:30:10,590 --> 00:30:11,590 Very nice. 365 00:30:13,030 --> 00:30:14,050 What's that you're sewing? 366 00:30:14,910 --> 00:30:15,910 Shirts. 367 00:30:16,470 --> 00:30:19,450 I'm sewing them all little shirts. Aren't they sweet? 368 00:30:19,870 --> 00:30:20,849 That's nice. 369 00:30:20,850 --> 00:30:21,870 Is there love, those? 370 00:30:22,930 --> 00:30:24,450 You're being very mysterious. 371 00:30:25,610 --> 00:30:26,610 Am I? 372 00:30:27,650 --> 00:30:28,650 What about? 373 00:30:28,710 --> 00:30:29,710 The children. 374 00:30:30,410 --> 00:30:31,430 Our children. 375 00:30:32,270 --> 00:30:36,310 You want me to be their mother, but what mother can tolerate not knowing where 376 00:30:36,310 --> 00:30:37,370 her children have gone to? 377 00:30:37,920 --> 00:30:39,660 I just want them to have a secret holiday. 378 00:30:39,920 --> 00:30:40,920 Makes it special. 379 00:30:41,840 --> 00:30:42,840 Secret? 380 00:30:43,220 --> 00:30:44,220 Yes, of course. 381 00:30:45,320 --> 00:30:47,120 But what if something should happen to them? 382 00:30:48,760 --> 00:30:49,760 Then where would we be? 383 00:30:51,280 --> 00:30:52,280 What happened to you? 384 00:30:53,640 --> 00:30:55,140 Still let that be an end to it. 385 00:30:56,380 --> 00:30:58,300 If you don't want to talk about it, that's your right. 386 00:30:58,580 --> 00:30:59,580 They're your children. 387 00:30:59,900 --> 00:31:01,020 I'm just a stepmother. 388 00:31:06,090 --> 00:31:09,990 But the witch had no intention of letting that be an end to it. 389 00:31:10,530 --> 00:31:17,470 The next day, the king rode off and she followed stealthy as a bat and watched 390 00:31:17,470 --> 00:31:19,250 him roll out the magic thread. 391 00:31:19,810 --> 00:31:24,130 And with sly slight of hand, she stole it for herself. 392 00:31:24,410 --> 00:31:29,010 And soon she watched it wind its secret way towards the children. 393 00:31:30,650 --> 00:31:31,990 Shirts she carried. 394 00:31:35,020 --> 00:31:37,920 And a chill curse she knew by heart. 395 00:31:39,160 --> 00:31:42,520 Have you caught these fish yourself? 396 00:31:43,040 --> 00:31:44,040 How clever. 397 00:31:44,380 --> 00:31:45,740 How did you find us here? 398 00:31:46,040 --> 00:31:47,040 With our father. 399 00:31:47,160 --> 00:31:48,220 Just coming. 400 00:31:48,420 --> 00:31:50,300 Look, I've got you presents. 401 00:31:50,740 --> 00:31:51,880 Are they nice? 402 00:31:52,280 --> 00:31:53,560 I sewed each one by hand. 403 00:31:53,820 --> 00:31:54,579 Thank you. 404 00:31:54,580 --> 00:31:55,580 Put them on. 405 00:31:55,680 --> 00:31:57,240 Then your father can see them. 406 00:31:57,500 --> 00:32:02,540 But how can their father see them when this thread won't work? 407 00:32:03,080 --> 00:32:04,800 When this ball won't roll. 408 00:32:06,480 --> 00:32:07,580 Where's your sister? 409 00:32:08,460 --> 00:32:09,640 I miss her. 410 00:32:09,900 --> 00:32:10,920 She should be here. 411 00:32:11,480 --> 00:32:12,720 Come along, Ben. 412 00:32:13,000 --> 00:32:14,000 Your shirt. 413 00:32:15,260 --> 00:32:21,080 And all the while, the king stumbles locked in the forest and cries out, 414 00:32:21,220 --> 00:32:22,220 Children! 415 00:32:22,960 --> 00:32:25,840 The shirt will hurt, the wings will sting, the beak will shriek, the eyes 416 00:32:25,840 --> 00:32:26,840 cry. 417 00:32:57,680 --> 00:33:01,420 And the princess runs, runs for help, runs for her life. 418 00:33:03,300 --> 00:33:04,300 My daughter. 419 00:33:06,040 --> 00:33:07,040 Daughter? 420 00:33:08,300 --> 00:33:09,300 Boys! 421 00:33:10,000 --> 00:33:11,460 Boys! Husband? 422 00:33:12,380 --> 00:33:13,380 Husband. 423 00:33:13,820 --> 00:33:14,820 What have you done? 424 00:33:15,140 --> 00:33:18,440 Me? I've done nothing. What are you doing here? This is my secret place. 425 00:33:18,440 --> 00:33:19,440 are my children? 426 00:33:19,500 --> 00:33:20,820 Oh, are the children here? 427 00:33:21,520 --> 00:33:23,360 I can't look at you. 428 00:33:23,820 --> 00:33:24,820 Please do. 429 00:33:24,940 --> 00:33:26,600 Please look at me. 430 00:33:27,230 --> 00:33:28,690 I heard my daughter cry out to me. 431 00:33:29,010 --> 00:33:30,410 I think you must be unwell. 432 00:33:30,790 --> 00:33:33,590 Are you thinking for something? Let me see. Let me soothe you. 433 00:33:33,910 --> 00:33:35,410 No, no, get away from me! 434 00:33:37,110 --> 00:33:38,110 Boys! 435 00:33:39,470 --> 00:33:40,470 Boris. 436 00:33:40,870 --> 00:33:42,310 Yes, you're upset. 437 00:33:44,290 --> 00:33:45,670 I'll have to think about this. 438 00:33:47,270 --> 00:33:48,950 About what we can do with you. 439 00:33:49,870 --> 00:33:56,030 And for a day and a night, the princess ran, stumbled, fled until she dropped. 440 00:33:56,400 --> 00:33:57,920 Dropped into a dead sleep. 441 00:33:58,200 --> 00:34:01,960 And when she woke, she saw three ravens before her. 442 00:34:02,500 --> 00:34:06,420 Or perhaps she dreamt it. Because they spoke to her. 443 00:34:07,080 --> 00:34:09,659 Sister, they seem to say. We are trapped. 444 00:34:09,940 --> 00:34:10,879 Help us. 445 00:34:10,880 --> 00:34:16,739 How? How can I help you? You must keep silent. You must not speak to a single 446 00:34:16,739 --> 00:34:20,980 soul for three years, three months, three weeks, and three days. 447 00:34:21,380 --> 00:34:25,520 Only then can the spell be broken. Then I shall not speak. 448 00:34:26,800 --> 00:34:32,420 By putting her finger to her lips as a sign, the princess promised not to speak 449 00:34:32,420 --> 00:34:38,020 to a single soul for three years, three months, three weeks, and three days. 450 00:34:43,480 --> 00:34:46,060 The princess, she couldn't speak to anyone? 451 00:34:46,719 --> 00:34:48,360 No. Hello? 452 00:34:48,719 --> 00:34:50,960 Goodbye? I'm hungry? 453 00:34:51,219 --> 00:34:54,560 No. What about a note? She could write a note. 454 00:34:54,860 --> 00:35:00,420 Nothing. If she spoke to another soul, her brothers would remain ravens 455 00:35:00,580 --> 00:35:03,340 Such was the power of their stepmother's spell. 456 00:35:03,800 --> 00:35:09,900 And so the princess made her home high in the hollow of an old dead tree and 457 00:35:09,900 --> 00:35:12,840 silent while weeks and weeks went by. 458 00:35:14,660 --> 00:35:21,180 Until one day, a young prince, far from home, stumbles across a stream. 459 00:35:21,720 --> 00:35:23,380 And in that stream... 460 00:35:23,840 --> 00:35:25,820 He sees a handkerchief flown by. 461 00:35:26,140 --> 00:35:27,140 Hello, is this yours? 462 00:35:29,720 --> 00:35:30,720 Come back. 463 00:35:31,440 --> 00:35:33,100 Have you been cursed? Is that it? 464 00:35:34,200 --> 00:35:35,200 Can you not speak? 465 00:35:37,400 --> 00:35:40,440 Don't be frightened. I won't hurt you. Look, I'll sit quietly down here beside 466 00:35:40,440 --> 00:35:41,440 you. 467 00:35:42,080 --> 00:35:47,370 See? And saying that, he sat beside her and took out his food and offered it to 468 00:35:47,370 --> 00:35:52,410 her. And she was famished and had some. And soon he set off talking of his past, 469 00:35:52,490 --> 00:35:54,010 his present, and his plans. 470 00:35:54,310 --> 00:35:57,590 And all the while he's thinking, what I. 471 00:35:58,050 --> 00:36:02,030 All the while he's thinking to kiss that mouse. 472 00:36:02,970 --> 00:36:08,250 And the prince came back every day for a week. And the princess found she could 473 00:36:08,250 --> 00:36:10,830 smile again. A darling smile. 474 00:36:11,550 --> 00:36:16,830 A smile that wrapped all the way round her heart and his heart and squeezed 475 00:36:16,830 --> 00:36:17,830 tight together. 476 00:36:19,110 --> 00:36:21,430 And the prince gave up speaking too. 477 00:36:21,770 --> 00:36:27,270 And they were content to simply sit and hug on that smile. 478 00:36:27,750 --> 00:36:32,150 Until one day he could not contain his thoughts and said them all. 479 00:36:32,370 --> 00:36:35,610 Love, he said, and marriage, and always and ever. 480 00:36:36,930 --> 00:36:38,330 And they'd kiss. 481 00:36:38,890 --> 00:36:40,130 And that was that. 482 00:36:40,590 --> 00:36:41,590 So she spoke. 483 00:36:41,990 --> 00:36:43,450 Not a whisper. 484 00:36:44,550 --> 00:36:49,630 The prince set her up on his horse and they rode the long ride to his kingdom. 485 00:36:49,710 --> 00:36:55,710 And on the way, he spoke of his father, the king, and of his beloved mother who 486 00:36:55,710 --> 00:36:56,669 had died. 487 00:36:56,670 --> 00:37:03,550 And the princess wanted to say, I know. She wanted to say, mine too. But she 488 00:37:03,550 --> 00:37:05,870 couldn't. So she didn't. 489 00:37:07,690 --> 00:37:13,410 And at length they were there at the gates of the palace, and as proud as you 490 00:37:13,410 --> 00:37:14,410 please. 491 00:37:14,810 --> 00:37:18,070 Father, madam, I want you to meet my sweetheart. 492 00:37:18,590 --> 00:37:23,190 His father looked down, and so did his stepmother. 493 00:37:24,350 --> 00:37:26,430 The witch, the witch. 494 00:37:26,710 --> 00:37:31,170 But she was married to the other king. The other king was dead, poisoned. 495 00:37:32,110 --> 00:37:34,670 Oh, no. 496 00:37:35,310 --> 00:37:41,010 The witch had a taste for kings now, for countries. For the princess was a thorn 497 00:37:41,010 --> 00:37:46,170 pricking at her ambitions. The princess could not speak, but she accused with 498 00:37:46,170 --> 00:37:46,928 her looks. 499 00:37:46,930 --> 00:37:50,210 Killer of my father, the witcher of my brothers. 500 00:37:50,570 --> 00:37:55,590 And the witch knew she must have done with her. And so the battle began, the 501 00:37:55,590 --> 00:37:57,650 good princess and the wicked witch. 502 00:37:58,750 --> 00:38:03,150 But the prince knew nothing of this and married his sweetheart. 503 00:38:04,060 --> 00:38:05,060 And it was true. 504 00:38:05,380 --> 00:38:08,060 The moon was honey for them. 505 00:38:08,280 --> 00:38:09,280 It kicked. 506 00:38:09,880 --> 00:38:11,680 It's moving. It's kicking me. 507 00:38:12,800 --> 00:38:19,040 And not a minute, it seemed, before there he was, a son, a boy. 508 00:38:19,420 --> 00:38:24,520 And the young mother would have given anything, everything, to say his name, 509 00:38:24,760 --> 00:38:26,460 sing to him, whisper. 510 00:38:27,300 --> 00:38:28,740 But she couldn't. 511 00:38:29,140 --> 00:38:30,560 So she didn't. 512 00:38:32,400 --> 00:38:34,220 He has his mother's eyes. 513 00:38:36,280 --> 00:38:38,460 Let's hope he has your voice, my dear. 514 00:38:40,260 --> 00:38:41,740 Look after him, won't you? 515 00:38:42,760 --> 00:38:45,900 Hug him all up, little man. 516 00:38:46,580 --> 00:38:47,580 She does. 517 00:38:47,760 --> 00:38:48,960 Of course she does. 518 00:39:04,430 --> 00:39:05,590 What? What is it? 519 00:39:06,830 --> 00:39:12,790 Where's the baby, darling? The princess didn't know and couldn't speak and their 520 00:39:12,790 --> 00:39:19,550 baby was nowhere to be found and the pain of it intolerable until one 521 00:39:19,550 --> 00:39:24,350 night she went to the garden and dug with her hands in the ground a small 522 00:39:24,350 --> 00:39:30,910 and bending to the earth screamed with all her heart screamed and screamed 523 00:39:30,910 --> 00:39:33,450 her pain into the hole until morning. 524 00:39:34,380 --> 00:39:35,380 And it was better. 525 00:39:36,200 --> 00:39:41,460 And looking up to the sky, she saw her brothers, the ravens, circling above 526 00:39:41,880 --> 00:39:44,480 The days passed, they seemed to say. 527 00:39:44,960 --> 00:39:46,460 Hold to your promise. 528 00:39:47,500 --> 00:39:49,220 Hold to your promise. 529 00:39:50,640 --> 00:39:53,740 Your father and I are so sad for you both. 530 00:39:54,160 --> 00:39:55,160 Thank you. 531 00:39:55,400 --> 00:39:56,460 So sad. 532 00:39:58,120 --> 00:40:02,700 It couldn't be. You don't think the princess didn't, well... 533 00:40:03,000 --> 00:40:06,080 Want the little baby, perhaps? She loved him. 534 00:40:06,500 --> 00:40:07,920 Of course she did. 535 00:40:08,300 --> 00:40:09,300 Stupid. 536 00:40:09,620 --> 00:40:11,120 Forget I said anything. 537 00:40:11,400 --> 00:40:12,400 Please? 538 00:40:15,140 --> 00:40:17,560 Dearest, where have you been? I looked everywhere. 539 00:40:19,520 --> 00:40:20,960 What have you got on your hands? 540 00:40:21,980 --> 00:40:22,959 What's this? 541 00:40:22,960 --> 00:40:23,960 Is it earth? 542 00:40:24,960 --> 00:40:26,820 Perhaps she's been digging a little hole. 543 00:40:28,040 --> 00:40:29,280 What have you been digging? 544 00:40:33,670 --> 00:40:36,210 It must pain you so much, you dumb. 545 00:40:36,830 --> 00:40:38,490 I hate that witch. 546 00:40:38,790 --> 00:40:40,810 I bet she did something to the baby. 547 00:40:41,270 --> 00:40:42,570 No one knew. 548 00:40:42,950 --> 00:40:44,370 Or no one said. 549 00:40:44,750 --> 00:40:49,770 And when the news came the princess was to have a second baby, the joy was 550 00:40:49,770 --> 00:40:50,770 muted. 551 00:40:51,230 --> 00:40:52,230 Quiet. 552 00:40:52,630 --> 00:40:58,250 And two years and two months after the princess took her vow of silence, 553 00:40:58,250 --> 00:41:00,010 boy was born to her. 554 00:41:00,270 --> 00:41:04,810 And she would not let this... precious sun from her sight, not for an instant, 555 00:41:04,970 --> 00:41:11,150 until exhaustion overcame her and her eyes stopped fighting 556 00:41:11,150 --> 00:41:12,710 and closed. 557 00:41:13,750 --> 00:41:15,790 And when she woke... 558 00:41:28,040 --> 00:41:30,240 Whispers were whispered in the corridors of the castle. 559 00:41:30,640 --> 00:41:35,860 Two babies disappeared. What kind of mother these whispers are? Who loses 560 00:41:35,860 --> 00:41:36,940 who will not speak? 561 00:41:37,740 --> 00:41:39,680 Curse, they said, these gossips. 562 00:41:40,460 --> 00:41:41,460 Bewitched. 563 00:41:57,870 --> 00:42:03,130 You know, before, when my first son... You know, you asked, and I said... I 564 00:42:03,130 --> 00:42:04,130 said, impossible. 565 00:42:04,630 --> 00:42:07,650 But now... Now I don't know, and I'm frightened. 566 00:42:07,890 --> 00:42:08,890 Oh, I know. 567 00:42:09,810 --> 00:42:10,890 I understand. 568 00:42:11,110 --> 00:42:14,290 And she is with child again. I could not bear... Shh! 569 00:42:15,550 --> 00:42:16,550 Don't worry. 570 00:42:17,570 --> 00:42:21,030 When the time comes, we must watch her closely. 571 00:42:21,710 --> 00:42:25,490 We must love her very much, but we must watch closely. 572 00:42:33,530 --> 00:42:35,210 Now, who do I remind you of? 573 00:42:36,590 --> 00:42:37,590 My mother. 574 00:42:38,490 --> 00:42:39,490 I know. 575 00:42:40,370 --> 00:42:47,110 And so, three months later, when the baby came... Darling, our son, our 576 00:42:47,110 --> 00:42:48,190 beautiful little son. 577 00:42:49,070 --> 00:42:52,610 What I should like to do is perhaps to take him with me for a day or two 578 00:42:52,610 --> 00:42:53,610 somewhere safe. 579 00:42:53,690 --> 00:42:56,070 Somewhere where no one will find him or harm him. 580 00:42:58,130 --> 00:42:59,430 I told you she wouldn't. 581 00:43:02,730 --> 00:43:03,730 It's late. 582 00:43:04,390 --> 00:43:10,150 Stay by her until the morning, and then we'll see. Stay beside her until the 583 00:43:10,150 --> 00:43:11,150 morning. 584 00:43:11,590 --> 00:43:12,810 He's a lovely. 585 00:43:13,930 --> 00:43:15,110 A lovely. 586 00:43:15,670 --> 00:43:22,490 And so they sat, silent, their hearts full to bursting, watching their tiny 587 00:43:22,490 --> 00:43:25,270 child, its fingers like stars. 588 00:43:26,510 --> 00:43:31,670 And the mother prayed, and the father prayed. But the strain, the tiredness of 589 00:43:31,670 --> 00:43:37,290 the birth washed over them. Huge waves washing over them, lulling them to 590 00:43:37,710 --> 00:43:42,670 And for a minute, two minutes, three, they slept. 591 00:43:43,890 --> 00:43:46,050 And then the prince woke. 592 00:43:50,930 --> 00:43:51,930 Oh, no. 593 00:43:57,230 --> 00:43:58,230 Have you done? 594 00:43:58,270 --> 00:43:59,270 What's happened? 595 00:43:59,330 --> 00:44:00,330 What's the matter? 596 00:44:00,550 --> 00:44:02,570 It's horrible. I can't believe it. She's a witch. 597 00:44:03,210 --> 00:44:04,390 My poor babies. 598 00:44:04,850 --> 00:44:06,050 My poor sons. 599 00:44:06,490 --> 00:44:08,970 Yes, she must be burned as a witch. 600 00:44:09,250 --> 00:44:10,250 Tomorrow. 601 00:44:10,530 --> 00:44:12,390 Tomorrow she must be burned. 602 00:44:13,450 --> 00:44:18,830 And so it was decreed that three years, three months, three weeks and three days 603 00:44:18,830 --> 00:44:24,750 after she had taken her vow of silence, the poor innocent princess would be 604 00:44:24,750 --> 00:44:26,350 burnt at the stake as a witch. 605 00:44:27,020 --> 00:44:31,500 Why didn't she speak? She can speak now, can't she? No, not yet. 606 00:44:31,880 --> 00:44:33,580 Not until the midday. 607 00:44:34,680 --> 00:44:41,640 As they prepared the bonfire, the sundial in the courtyard was still far 608 00:44:41,640 --> 00:44:42,640 the midday. 609 00:44:42,860 --> 00:44:46,040 And they came for her and tied her to the stake. 610 00:44:46,780 --> 00:44:52,720 And as the sundial neared the line of twelve, it was the witch herself who lit 611 00:44:52,720 --> 00:44:56,020 the torch and took it towards the bundles of hay and twigs. 612 00:44:59,850 --> 00:45:04,650 And then, and then, three ravens flew at the ridge, wheeling and diving and 613 00:45:04,650 --> 00:45:08,750 crashing. And she dropped the torch, and in a second was nothing but dust and 614 00:45:08,750 --> 00:45:09,750 ashes. 615 00:45:11,750 --> 00:45:13,630 My brothers. 616 00:45:14,930 --> 00:45:16,690 My brothers. 617 00:45:18,110 --> 00:45:19,850 My brothers! 618 00:45:20,790 --> 00:45:25,350 And her three brothers freed from their spell, pulled their sister from the 619 00:45:25,350 --> 00:45:29,090 stake, and hugged her and kissed her, and now she could not... 620 00:45:29,320 --> 00:45:30,320 Speak for crying. 621 00:45:31,060 --> 00:45:32,580 And there was more. 622 00:45:37,220 --> 00:45:42,660 For now all was restored to her, and good held sway. 623 00:45:43,120 --> 00:45:48,900 And the girl who kept faith and had but one faith for everyone was rewarded with 624 00:45:48,900 --> 00:45:53,480 sons and brothers and a sweetheart and a crown. 625 00:45:54,560 --> 00:45:58,880 And she practiced her smile until it was... 626 00:45:59,120 --> 00:46:00,120 Perfect. 627 00:46:00,600 --> 00:46:03,420 Well, I thought the babies had been killed. 628 00:46:03,720 --> 00:46:06,840 No, the witch had cast them down a well. 629 00:46:07,520 --> 00:46:12,720 But the ravens knew and caught them up safe and cared for them. And so they 630 00:46:12,720 --> 00:46:16,500 lived happily ever after. Yes, but it wasn't three years, three months, three 631 00:46:16,500 --> 00:46:18,100 weeks and three whole days. 632 00:46:18,480 --> 00:46:20,340 No, clever clog. 633 00:46:21,440 --> 00:46:24,840 The princess spoke three minutes too soon. 634 00:46:25,520 --> 00:46:28,800 And because of that, her youngest brother kept one wing forever. 635 00:46:29,220 --> 00:46:32,600 But he didn't mind, and nor do I, and nor, my dear, should you. 636 00:46:35,680 --> 00:46:38,040 The Tale of the Three Ravens. 637 00:46:45,180 --> 00:46:48,580 That Anthony was eating earlier in the show? Well, this is a screaming no -no. 638 00:46:49,580 --> 00:46:50,580 No, no. 639 00:46:51,020 --> 00:46:52,740 Did you enjoy being eaten by Anthony? 640 00:46:53,180 --> 00:46:54,320 Oh, yes, yes. 641 00:46:55,560 --> 00:46:58,380 Well, that's all the show there is for tonight. Next week, however, there will 642 00:46:58,380 --> 00:47:00,280 be more fun, more music, and more stories. 643 00:47:00,620 --> 00:47:01,620 Join us then.