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[Cawing]
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[Storyteller]
When people told themselves
their past with stories,
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explained their present
with stories,
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foretold the future
with stories,
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the best place by the fire
was kept for...
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[Clinks]
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The storyteller.
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One day, in November,
the queen died.
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Outside the palace,
the leaves fell, lamenting,
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reds and golds falling.
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Inside, weeping,
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the king, his 3 sons,
his daughter.
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And the people filed slowly by
to shed their own tears
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for the dear queen.
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But there was one
among the mourners,
whose eyes were dry.
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[Storyteller]
There was one,
among the mourners,
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whose heart was ice,
whose soul was cold,
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whose smile was sly,
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whose brain raced ahead
to the day
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when the king would want
to ease his loneliness.
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And the witch,
for witch she was,
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fixed her dry eyes
on the king, and schemed.
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[Witch]
Mine.
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She schemed.
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Mine, all mine.
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And you may well weep.
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Her scheme was simple
and terrible.
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She groaned for power,
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for majesty over all things,
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for the cold ring of gold
around her head.
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She wanted this
until the want ate away
her heart and soul.
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So she set to work
on the king.
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The king wouldn't marry
a witch!
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No, the king
didn't even see the witch.
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He didn't feel
the sun on his face,
or the rain.
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Just this tug of the past,
all day, all night.
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Memories tugging
on his sleeve.
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His poor heart, you see,
was broken.
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But the witch could
charm the skin from a snake,
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and she turned all her power
on the king.
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She wound him in,
inch by inch.
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The past tugging him
one way,
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she patiently
pulling him the other.
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Because he thought
when he looked at her
he saw his wife's face.
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And indeed, he did.
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"You're back,"
he keeps saying.
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She says,
"our little secret."
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That's witchery!
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Oh, yes. It was a spell,
and it worked.
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I've got
something wonderful
to tell you.
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I've met someone
very special.
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[Sighs]
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Children,
we're going to be married.
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We're going
to be happy again.
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I hope you'll think of me
as your friend.
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And then,
in time, perhaps,
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as your mother.
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Our mother's dead.
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I think we mean
as a new mother, don't we?
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Yes.
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In time.
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Well...
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[Sighs]
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Try for me, will you?
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[Storyteller]
Oh, yes.
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All hugs, all family,
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but witch watched,
and cursed them.
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They were her rivals
and her enemies,
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these 4 grieving
and bewildered children.
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And a canker grew in her mind,
because she would not share.
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She wanted it all.
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And she sowed a seed of fear
in the children's lives.
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Stairs gave way,
horses bucked wild,
balconies crumbled,
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even the toy box
was terrible.
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Of course, the witch herself
was all honey,
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always honey.
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But, sometimes,
the king caught a look
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and worried
she was also the bee.
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That's right!
And bees sting!
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I hate that witch.
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Poor man, then.
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Torn in half,
enchanted by his new queen,
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frightened for his children.
What could he do?
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[King]
I said I'd take you
on a special holiday.
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We're almost there.
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[Prince #1]
A forest?
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A magic forest.
Follow the thread.
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[Princes]
Follow the thread.
Follow the thread.
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Hurry up! It's perfect!
There's a stream!
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And a house!
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It's beautiful.
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[Storyteller]
And sure enough, there it was,
pink and perfect.
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And the boys
larked and larruped
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as if a great weight
had lifted off them.
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And their sister
sat by the stream
and dipped her toes
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and missed her mother,
which she always did,
when she was happy.
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This is your
secret place.
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No one can
find you here
without the thread.
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I'll visit you
each day.
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You've brought us here
because of her, haven't you?
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Our stepmother.
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No, of course not.
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[Storyteller]
But, his daughter was right,
quite right.
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For even as she spoke,
the witch, her stepmother,
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sat in her tower
and studied horrible spells.
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For the children
were obstacles
between her and power,
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growing, daily growing,
like clouds over her.
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And now she would discover
where they were, her clouds,
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and puff them clean away.
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[Creaking]
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Where've you been?
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I took the children
on a trip, a holiday.
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Oh, yes? Anywhere nice?
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Yes. Very nice.
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Mmm-hmm.
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What's that you're sewing?
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Shirts.
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I'm sewing them all
little shirts.
Aren't they sweet?
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That's nice.
Yes, they'll love those.
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You're being
very mysterious.
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Am I? What about?
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The children.
Our children.
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You want me
to be their mother,
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but what mother
can tolerate
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not knowing where
her children have gone to?
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I-I just want them
to have a secret holiday.
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It makes it special.
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Secret. Yes, of course.
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But what if something
should happen to them?
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Then where would we be?
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Or happen to you.
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Still, let that be
an end to it.
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If you don't want
to talk about it,
that's your right.
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They're your children.
I am just the stepmother!
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But the witch
had no intention
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of letting that be
an end to it.
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The next day,
the king rode off
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and she followed,
stealthy as a bat,
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and watched him roll out
the magic thread.
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And with sly sleight of hand
she stole it for herself.
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And soon she watched it
wind its secret way
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towards the children.
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Shirts she carried...
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[Princes shouting]
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And a chill curse
she knew by heart.
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[All laughing]
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Have you caught these fish
yourselves? How clever!
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How did you
find us here?
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[Prince #1]
Where's our father?
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He's just coming.
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Look, I've brought
you presents.
Aren't they nice?
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I sewed each one by hand.
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Thank you.
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Well, put them on.
Then your father can see them.
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[Storyteller]
But how can
their father see them?
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When this thread
won't work?
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When this ball
won't roll?
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[Sighs]
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Where's your sister?
I miss her.
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She should be here.
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Come along, then.
Your shirt.
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[Storyteller]
And all the while,
the king stumbles,
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lost in the forest,
and cries out...
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Children!
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"The shirt will hurt,
the wings will sting,
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"the beak will shriek,
and the eyes will cry.
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"The shirt will hurt,
the wings will sting..."
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No!
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Children!
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"...the beak will shriek,
the eyes will cry.
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"The shirt will hurt,
the wings will sting,
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"the beak will shriek,
the eyes will cry.
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"The shirt will hurt,
the wings will sting..."
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Children!
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"...the beak will shriek,
the eyes will cry!
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"The shirt will hurt,
the wings will sting,
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"the beak will shriek,
the eyes will cry!"
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[Ravens squawking]
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[Storyteller]
And the Princess runs,
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runs for help,
runs for her life.
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My daughter!
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Daughter!
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Boys, boys!
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Husband? Husband!
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What have you done?
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Me? I've done nothing.
What are you doing here?
This is my secret place.
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Where are my children?
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Oh, are the
children here?
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I can't look at you.
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Please do.
Please look at me.
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I heard my daughter
cry out to me.
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I think you must
be unwell.
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Are you sickening
for something?
Let me see.
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Let me soothe you.
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No, no! Get away from me!
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Boys!
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Boys.
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Yes, you're upset.
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I'll have to think about this.
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[Hissing]
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About what we can
do with you.
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And for a day,
and a night
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the Princess ran, stumbled,
fled until she dropped,
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dropped into a dead sleep.
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And when she woke,
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she saw 3 ravens
before her,
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or perhaps she dreamed it,
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because they spoke to her.
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"Sister," they seemed to say,
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"we are trapped. Help us."
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How? How can I help you?
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"You must keep silent.
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"You must not speak
to a single soul
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"for 3 years, 3 months,
3 weeks, and 3 days.
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"Only then can
the spell be broken."
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Then I shall not speak.
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And putting her finger
to her lips as a sign,
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the Princess promised
not to speak to a single soul
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for 3 years, 3 months,
3 weeks and 3 days.
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The Princess,
she couldn't speak
to anyone?
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No.
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"Hello"? "Goodbye"?
"I'm hungry"?
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No.
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What about a note?
She could write a note.
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Nothing.
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If she spoke to another soul
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her brothers would remain
ravens forever,
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such was the power
of their stepmother's spell.
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And so the Princess
made her home
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high in the hollow
of an old, dead tree,
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and was silent,
while weeks and weeks
went by.
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Until, one day,
a young prince,
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far from home,
stumbles across a stream.
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And in that stream,
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he sees a handkerchief
float by.
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Hello. Is this yours?
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[Birds chirping]
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Come back.
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Have you been cursed?
Is that it?
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Can you not speak?
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Don't be frightened.
I won't hurt you.
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Look, I'll sit quietly,
down here, beside you.
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See?
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[Storyteller]
And saying that,
he sat beside her
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and took out his food
and offered it to her.
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And she was famished
and had some.
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And soon he set off talking
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of his past, his present,
and his plans.
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And all the while,
he's thinking, "what eyes."
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All the while he's thinking,
"to kiss that mouth."
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And the prince came back
every day, for a week.
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And the Princess found
she could smile again,
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her darling smile.
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A smile that wrapped
all the way around her heart
and his heart
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and squeezed them
tight, together.
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00:12:57,480 --> 00:13:00,040
And the prince
gave up speaking, too.
257
00:13:00,120 --> 00:13:02,840
And they were content
to simply sit
258
00:13:02,920 --> 00:13:05,960
and hug on that smile.
259
00:13:06,040 --> 00:13:09,160
Until, one day, he could not
contain his thoughts
260
00:13:09,240 --> 00:13:12,240
and said them all.
"Love," he said,
and "marriage,"
261
00:13:12,320 --> 00:13:15,240
and "always," and "ever."
262
00:13:15,320 --> 00:13:18,560
And they kiss.
And that was that.
263
00:13:18,640 --> 00:13:20,080
So, she spoke!
264
00:13:20,160 --> 00:13:22,960
Not a whisper.
265
00:13:23,040 --> 00:13:25,240
The prince set her up
on his horse,
266
00:13:25,320 --> 00:13:28,200
and they rode the long ride
to his kingdom.
267
00:13:28,280 --> 00:13:32,000
And on the way he spoke
of his father, the king,
268
00:13:32,080 --> 00:13:35,040
and of his beloved mother,
who had died.
269
00:13:35,120 --> 00:13:37,880
And the Princess
wanted to say, "I know."
270
00:13:37,960 --> 00:13:41,040
She wanted to say,
"mine, too."
271
00:13:41,120 --> 00:13:43,920
But she couldn't,
so she didn't.
272
00:13:45,840 --> 00:13:47,920
And at length,
they were there,
273
00:13:48,000 --> 00:13:51,840
at the gates of the palace,
and as proud as you please.
274
00:13:53,120 --> 00:13:54,800
[Prince]
Father? Madam?
275
00:13:54,880 --> 00:13:56,600
I want you to meet
my sweetheart.
276
00:13:56,680 --> 00:13:58,960
[Storyteller]
His father looked down,
277
00:13:59,040 --> 00:14:01,520
and so did his stepmother.
278
00:14:03,200 --> 00:14:03,920
The witch!
279
00:14:04,000 --> 00:14:05,240
The witch.
280
00:14:05,320 --> 00:14:06,840
But she was married
to the other king!
281
00:14:06,920 --> 00:14:10,160
The other king was dead,
poisoned.
282
00:14:10,240 --> 00:14:12,360
Oh!
283
00:14:12,440 --> 00:14:16,080
Oh, no. The witch
had a taste for kings now,
284
00:14:16,160 --> 00:14:17,920
for countries.
285
00:14:18,000 --> 00:14:21,040
For the Princess was a Thorn,
pricking at her ambitions.
286
00:14:21,120 --> 00:14:22,840
The Princess
could not speak,
287
00:14:22,920 --> 00:14:25,240
but she accused
with her looks.
288
00:14:25,320 --> 00:14:29,040
"Killer of my father,
bewitcher of my brothers."
289
00:14:29,120 --> 00:14:31,760
And the witch knew
she must have done with her,
290
00:14:31,840 --> 00:14:33,520
and so,
the battle began,
291
00:14:33,600 --> 00:14:37,000
the good Princess
and the wicked witch.
292
00:14:37,080 --> 00:14:39,800
[Storyteller]
But the prince knew
nothing of this
293
00:14:39,880 --> 00:14:42,040
and married his sweetheart.
294
00:14:42,120 --> 00:14:46,240
And it was true.
The moon was honey for them.
295
00:14:46,320 --> 00:14:48,120
It kicked!
296
00:14:48,200 --> 00:14:51,160
It's moving!
It's kicking me.
297
00:14:51,240 --> 00:14:55,200
And not a minute, it seemed,
before there he was...
298
00:14:55,280 --> 00:14:58,000
A son! A boy!
299
00:14:58,080 --> 00:15:00,280
And the young mother
would have given anything,
300
00:15:00,360 --> 00:15:05,800
everything, to say his name,
sing to him, whisper.
301
00:15:05,880 --> 00:15:08,560
But she couldn't,
so she didn't.
302
00:15:09,440 --> 00:15:10,560
[Baby gurgling]
303
00:15:10,640 --> 00:15:13,160
He has his mother's eyes.
How lovely.
304
00:15:13,240 --> 00:15:14,360
[Baby cooing]
305
00:15:14,440 --> 00:15:17,040
Let's hope
he has your voice, my dear.
306
00:15:18,120 --> 00:15:19,720
Look after him, won't you?
307
00:15:21,080 --> 00:15:24,720
Hug him all up, little man.
308
00:15:24,800 --> 00:15:26,120
She does.
309
00:15:26,200 --> 00:15:27,520
Of course she does.
310
00:15:37,680 --> 00:15:40,200
[Bell ringing]
311
00:15:42,680 --> 00:15:44,800
What? What is it?
312
00:15:44,880 --> 00:15:46,680
Where's the baby,
darling?
313
00:15:46,760 --> 00:15:50,240
[Storyteller]
The Princess didn't know
and couldn't speak.
314
00:15:50,320 --> 00:15:53,680
And their baby
was nowhere to be found.
315
00:15:53,760 --> 00:15:56,840
And the pain of it,
intolerable.
316
00:15:56,920 --> 00:15:59,640
Until, one night,
she went to the garden
317
00:15:59,720 --> 00:16:02,920
and dug, with her hands
in the ground, a small hole,
318
00:16:03,000 --> 00:16:07,320
and bending to the earth,
screamed with all her heart.
319
00:16:07,400 --> 00:16:11,440
Screamed and screamed
her pain into the hole
until morning.
320
00:16:12,480 --> 00:16:13,560
And it was better.
321
00:16:13,640 --> 00:16:15,240
[Ravens squawking]
322
00:16:15,320 --> 00:16:17,680
And looking up to the sky
she saw her brothers,
323
00:16:17,760 --> 00:16:20,280
the ravens,
circling above her.
324
00:16:20,360 --> 00:16:23,120
"The days pass,"
they seemed to say.
325
00:16:23,200 --> 00:16:24,760
"Hold to your promise.
326
00:16:25,760 --> 00:16:27,920
Hold to your promise."
327
00:16:29,080 --> 00:16:32,320
Your father and I
are so sad for you both.
328
00:16:32,400 --> 00:16:33,680
Thank you.
329
00:16:33,760 --> 00:16:36,320
So sad.
330
00:16:36,400 --> 00:16:40,320
Well, it couldn't be--
you--you don't think
the Princess didn't--
331
00:16:40,400 --> 00:16:43,240
well, want
the little baby,
perhaps, and--
332
00:16:43,320 --> 00:16:44,720
she loved him.
333
00:16:44,800 --> 00:16:47,800
Of course, she did.
Stupid.
334
00:16:47,880 --> 00:16:50,560
Forget I said anything,
please?
335
00:16:53,200 --> 00:16:56,560
Dearest, where have you been?
I looked everywhere.
336
00:16:57,880 --> 00:16:59,280
What have you got
on your hands?
337
00:17:00,200 --> 00:17:03,080
What's this?
Is it earth?
338
00:17:03,160 --> 00:17:06,400
Perhaps, she's
been digging
a little hole.
339
00:17:06,480 --> 00:17:08,520
What have you
been digging?
340
00:17:09,920 --> 00:17:11,640
[Crying]
341
00:17:11,720 --> 00:17:15,400
It must pain you
so much she's dumb.
342
00:17:15,480 --> 00:17:17,040
I hate that witch!
343
00:17:17,120 --> 00:17:19,720
I bet she did something
to the baby.
344
00:17:19,800 --> 00:17:23,160
No one knew,
or no one said.
345
00:17:23,240 --> 00:17:24,520
And when the news came
346
00:17:24,600 --> 00:17:27,040
the Princess was to have
a 2nd baby,
347
00:17:27,120 --> 00:17:30,840
the joy was muted, quiet.
348
00:17:30,920 --> 00:17:33,080
And 2 years and 2 months
349
00:17:33,160 --> 00:17:35,640
after the Princess
took her vow of silence,
350
00:17:35,720 --> 00:17:38,400
another boy was born to her.
351
00:17:38,480 --> 00:17:41,640
And she would not let
this precious son
from her sight,
352
00:17:41,720 --> 00:17:43,520
not for an instant.
353
00:17:43,600 --> 00:17:47,240
Until, exhaustion
overcame her.
354
00:17:47,320 --> 00:17:51,520
And her eyes
stopped fighting, and closed.
355
00:17:52,320 --> 00:17:53,880
And when she woke...
356
00:17:55,120 --> 00:17:56,760
[Birds chirping]
357
00:18:01,240 --> 00:18:02,880
[Piglet grunting]
358
00:18:05,240 --> 00:18:07,240
And now whispers
were whispered
359
00:18:07,320 --> 00:18:08,880
in the corridors
of the castle.
360
00:18:08,960 --> 00:18:10,400
"2 babies disappeared!
361
00:18:10,480 --> 00:18:12,840
What kind of mother?"
These whispers asked.
362
00:18:12,920 --> 00:18:15,640
"Who loses babies,
who will not speak?
363
00:18:15,720 --> 00:18:18,240
Cursed," they said,
these gossips,
364
00:18:18,320 --> 00:18:19,760
"bewitched."
365
00:18:26,240 --> 00:18:27,600
[Knocking]
366
00:18:30,520 --> 00:18:31,560
Yes?
367
00:18:35,800 --> 00:18:38,520
You know, before,
when my first son...
368
00:18:38,600 --> 00:18:42,920
You know you asked
and I said--i said,
"impossible."
369
00:18:43,000 --> 00:18:45,960
But now...
Now, I don't know,
and I'm frightened.
370
00:18:46,040 --> 00:18:48,040
I know.
371
00:18:48,120 --> 00:18:49,360
I understand.
372
00:18:49,440 --> 00:18:51,240
And she is
with child, again.
373
00:18:51,320 --> 00:18:53,640
I could not bear--shhh!
374
00:18:53,720 --> 00:18:55,880
Don't worry.
375
00:18:55,960 --> 00:18:59,960
When the time comes,
we must watch her closely.
376
00:19:00,040 --> 00:19:02,440
We must love her
very much.
377
00:19:02,520 --> 00:19:03,840
But we must
watch closely.
378
00:19:05,320 --> 00:19:08,240
Don't worry. I'm here.
379
00:19:08,320 --> 00:19:10,320
[Laughing]
380
00:19:11,920 --> 00:19:13,760
Now, who do I
remind you of?
381
00:19:14,880 --> 00:19:16,160
My mother.
382
00:19:16,880 --> 00:19:18,960
I know.
383
00:19:19,040 --> 00:19:22,640
[Storyteller]
And so, 3 months later,
when the baby came...
384
00:19:22,720 --> 00:19:26,520
[Prince]
Darling, our son,
our beautiful little son.
385
00:19:27,440 --> 00:19:29,360
What I should like to do
386
00:19:29,440 --> 00:19:31,960
is, perhaps, to take him
with me for a day or 2,
somewhere safe.
387
00:19:32,040 --> 00:19:35,200
Somewhere where no one
will find him, or harm him.
388
00:19:36,560 --> 00:19:38,280
I told you, she wouldn't.
389
00:19:38,360 --> 00:19:39,560
Of course.
390
00:19:40,320 --> 00:19:42,840
Well, it's late.
391
00:19:42,920 --> 00:19:46,240
Stay by her
until morning.
And then we'll see.
392
00:19:46,320 --> 00:19:48,800
Stay beside her
until the morning.
393
00:19:49,760 --> 00:19:53,480
He's a lovely. A lovely!
394
00:19:54,480 --> 00:19:56,720
And so they sat. Silent.
395
00:19:56,800 --> 00:19:59,440
Their hearts
full to bursting.
396
00:19:59,520 --> 00:20:04,440
Watching their tiny child,
its fingers like stars.
397
00:20:04,520 --> 00:20:07,440
And the mother prayed,
and the father prayed.
398
00:20:07,520 --> 00:20:10,120
But the strain,
the tiredness of the birth,
399
00:20:10,200 --> 00:20:11,720
washed over them.
400
00:20:11,800 --> 00:20:16,120
Huge waves, washing over them,
lulling them to sleep.
401
00:20:16,200 --> 00:20:19,960
And for a minute,
2 minutes, 3,
402
00:20:20,040 --> 00:20:21,400
they slept.
403
00:20:22,520 --> 00:20:24,560
And then the prince woke.
404
00:20:29,000 --> 00:20:32,160
Oh, no. Oh, no!
405
00:20:33,600 --> 00:20:36,440
What have you done?
What have you done?
406
00:20:36,520 --> 00:20:38,520
What's happened?
What's the matter?
407
00:20:38,600 --> 00:20:39,760
[Prince]
It's horrible.
408
00:20:39,840 --> 00:20:41,640
I can't believe it.
She's a witch.
409
00:20:41,720 --> 00:20:44,720
My poor babies.
My poor sons.
410
00:20:44,800 --> 00:20:47,360
Yes, she must be burned
as a witch!
411
00:20:47,440 --> 00:20:50,680
Tomorrow. Tomorrow,
she must be burned.
412
00:20:52,040 --> 00:20:54,160
[Storyteller]
And so it was decreed,
413
00:20:54,240 --> 00:20:57,120
that 3 years, 3 months,
3 weeks and 3 days
414
00:20:57,200 --> 00:20:59,640
after she had taken
her vow of silence,
415
00:20:59,720 --> 00:21:02,240
the poor, innocent, Princess
416
00:21:02,320 --> 00:21:05,400
would be burned at the stake
as a witch.
417
00:21:05,480 --> 00:21:06,520
Why didn't she speak?
418
00:21:06,600 --> 00:21:08,040
She can speak now,
can't she?
419
00:21:08,120 --> 00:21:10,280
No! Not yet,
420
00:21:10,360 --> 00:21:12,120
not until the midday.
421
00:21:12,200 --> 00:21:14,080
[Growls]
422
00:21:14,160 --> 00:21:16,600
[Storyteller]
As they prepared
the bonfire,
423
00:21:16,680 --> 00:21:18,080
the sundial
in the courtyard
424
00:21:18,160 --> 00:21:21,240
was still far
from the midday.
425
00:21:21,320 --> 00:21:25,160
And they came for her,
and tied her to the stake.
426
00:21:25,240 --> 00:21:28,400
And as the sundial
neared the line of 12,
427
00:21:28,480 --> 00:21:31,400
it was the witch herself
who lit the torch
428
00:21:31,480 --> 00:21:34,640
and took it towards
the bundles of hay and twigs.
429
00:21:37,880 --> 00:21:41,360
And then--
and then 3 ravens
flew at the witch,
430
00:21:41,440 --> 00:21:43,600
wheeling, and diving,
and crashing.
431
00:21:43,680 --> 00:21:45,560
And she dropped the torch,
432
00:21:45,640 --> 00:21:47,480
and, in a second,
was nothing
but dust and ashes.
433
00:21:50,080 --> 00:21:52,160
My brothers!
434
00:21:53,440 --> 00:21:55,200
My brothers!
435
00:21:56,520 --> 00:21:59,280
My brothers!
436
00:21:59,360 --> 00:22:02,200
[Storyteller]
And her 3 brothers,
freed from their spell,
437
00:22:02,280 --> 00:22:03,800
pulled their sister
from the stake,
438
00:22:03,880 --> 00:22:06,000
and hugged her
and kissed her.
439
00:22:06,080 --> 00:22:08,760
And now she could not speak
for crying!
440
00:22:09,680 --> 00:22:11,120
And there was more...
441
00:22:15,920 --> 00:22:18,320
For, now,
all was restored to her,
442
00:22:19,120 --> 00:22:21,680
and good held sway.
443
00:22:21,760 --> 00:22:23,280
And the girl who kept faith
444
00:22:23,360 --> 00:22:25,640
and had but one face
for everyone
445
00:22:25,720 --> 00:22:28,840
was rewarded
with sons, and brothers,
446
00:22:28,920 --> 00:22:31,680
and a sweetheart, and a crown.
447
00:22:33,200 --> 00:22:35,320
And she practiced her smile,
448
00:22:36,080 --> 00:22:39,000
until it was perfect.
449
00:22:39,080 --> 00:22:42,160
Well, I thought the babies
had been killed.
450
00:22:42,240 --> 00:22:45,920
No, the witch had cast them
down a well.
451
00:22:46,000 --> 00:22:48,520
But the ravens knew,
and caught them up, safe,
452
00:22:48,600 --> 00:22:50,080
and cared for them.
453
00:22:50,160 --> 00:22:52,200
And, so, they lived happily--
454
00:22:52,280 --> 00:22:54,320
yes, but it wasn't
3 years, 3 months,
455
00:22:54,400 --> 00:22:57,040
3 weeks,
and 3 whole days, was it?
456
00:22:57,120 --> 00:22:59,960
No, clever clogs.
457
00:23:00,040 --> 00:23:03,440
The Princess spoke
3 minutes too soon.
458
00:23:03,520 --> 00:23:05,000
And because of that,
459
00:23:05,080 --> 00:23:07,520
her youngest brother
kept one wing forever.
460
00:23:07,600 --> 00:23:08,960
But he didn't mind,
461
00:23:09,040 --> 00:23:11,640
and nor do I,
and nor, my dear, should you.
462
00:23:14,240 --> 00:23:16,440
The tale of the 3 ravens.
463
00:23:24,440 --> 00:23:25,360
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