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00:31Long, long ago in a kingdom,

00:34there was a little chimney sweep who was very, very, very poor.

00:37The reason that he was so very poor was

00:39that this kingdom had no chimneys.

00:41Why, after a whole year of hard work,

00:43he showed a profit of only two cents.

00:45And that had been left to him by a wealthy uncle.

00:47He decided to celebrate and do something

00:49that he was only able to do one day a year.

00:52Eat.

00:53Now, ordinarily, two cents doesn't go very far,

00:55but if one uses his head and buys wisely...

00:58Special, day-old fish, two cents.

01:00Get them while they last.

01:02Hey, you want to buy a bag of oysters?

01:04No.

01:05Sack of shrimps?

01:06No.

01:07Carton of crabs?

01:08No. Ask me if I want to buy a day-old fish.

01:10Hey, you want to buy a day-old fish?

01:11No, but that's all I can afford,

01:13so give me a fresh old one.

01:14Sorry, I just sold the last one,

01:16but I'm going to give you a seven-day-old fish.

01:18Here.

01:19With that, an overpowering aroma filled the shop

01:22and the little chimney sweep reeled dizzily and said...

01:25What's that odor?

01:27What you talk? I don't smell nothing.

01:30Now, the young man was hungry, but not that hungry.

01:33In four quick strides, he reached the doorway,

01:35but the fishmonger waved the fish at him

01:37and stopped him colder than a mackerel,

01:39a seven-day-old mackerel.

01:41When he came to,

01:42the fishmonger had a strange look in his eye,

01:44and he was saying...

01:45Hey, kid, this is a magical fish.

01:48It has lots of power.

01:51Oh, boy.

01:52Keep it with you and you're going to have good luck.

01:55How much does it cost?

01:57Nothing.

01:58Just to get it out of the shop.

02:00That evening, in his furnished hovel,

02:02the little chimney sweep was about to cook the fish

02:05when the door opened

02:06and a messenger from the palace entered.

02:08Is your name Sea Sweep?

02:10What is that awful odor?

02:12Yes, it is, and that's my dinner.

02:14What's up?

02:15The king is having a ball tonight.

02:17You're invited as the guest of honor.

02:19Me? Guest of honor?

02:21The king doesn't even know me.

02:23Well, that's a fairy tale for you.

02:25Be there at eight.

02:27The young man was amazed

02:28when suddenly the old fishmonger's words came back to him.

02:31Keep this fish with you and it will bring you good luck.

02:35Say, that's right.

02:36I've never been invited to the king's palace before today.

02:39It must be good luck.

02:41I'll keep it with me, always.

02:43Promptly, at eight,

02:44the little chimney sweep arrived at the king's palace

02:47and the ball turned into an instant failure.

02:51Oh, good heavens! Who invited you?

02:53You did, sire.

02:55The king would have carried this discussion further,

02:57but there was a certain air about the young man that prevented this.

03:00By now the guests were leaving the party in droves

03:03and the palace was declared off-limits.

03:05The king had to act, and act fast.

03:07I must get this person out of the country.

03:10I hereby appoint you a prime minister

03:13and am sending you to serve in my brother's kingdom across the sea.

03:17Early the next morning,

03:18one of the king's fastest ships sailed out of the harbor.

03:21Aboard were 16 cats, droves of seagulls and one passenger,

03:25the little chimney sweep with an eight-day-old fish.

03:28When he arrived at the new kingdom, he found it under siege.

03:31A flotilla of enemy ships were bombarding everything in sight.

03:35As new prime minister, his duty was to save the kingdom.

03:38Not having a sword, he drew his now two-week-old fish

03:41and boarded the enemy flagship.

03:43Stop this bombardment! Have you no sense of decency?

03:47The attacking force had no sense of decency,

03:50but it was clear that they had a most acute sense of smell for...

03:56Retreat!

03:58And that they did most rapidly.

04:00The kingdom was overjoyed.

04:02Now I shall come ashore and minister primes for you.

04:05No, no!

04:06As prime minister, your first job is to return to my brother's kingdom

04:10and deliver a birthday present to him.

04:12Present? What is it?

04:14You!

04:15So, once again, he crossed the sea.

04:18However, halfway home, he encountered a raging storm

04:21during which a terrible thing happened.

04:23His enchanted fish was washed overboard.

04:25Good heavens! My good luck is gone!

04:28With that, his ship was smashed to bits by a gigantic wave

04:31and he was cast into the boiling sea.

04:34Weeks later, tattered and weak from hunger,

04:37the little chimney sweep staggered on to the sandy shores of his home.

04:41And who should be on the beach but the king,

04:43who was celebrating his birthday by having a weenie bake?

04:46The little fellow crawled up to the king and said,

04:49Happy birthday to you! Happy birthday to you!

04:53But since he had lost his enchanted fish, nothing had gone right.

04:57He was accused of being a weenie bandit thrown into a dungeon.

05:00Happy birthday, dear highness!

05:04Years later, the little chimney sweep, grey and broken,

05:08was given a full pardon.

05:10Happy birthday to you!

05:13Of course, he didn't go back to being a chimney sweep

05:16for he had had a taste of success

05:18and he knew that if he was ever to rise to those heights again,

05:21he would have to get another enchanted fish.

05:24The moral to this story is that

05:26he who aspires to greatness should remember

05:29fishing might make it so.

Fractured Fairy Tales - The Magic Fish - 1960

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