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00:00Long ago and far away, there was once a king who had eleven sons and one daughter, named Eliza.
00:16Oh, my God.
00:30Oh, my God.
00:34Oh, my God.
00:40Oh, my God.
00:48They wrote with diamond pencils on gold slates and studied so hard that everyone was impressed by them.
01:02Eliza sat on a big cushion of the finest Chinese silk and had a picture book worth half a kingdom.
01:16Oh, these children were indeed happy.
01:20But it was not to remain so always.
01:25The king had been lonely for many years since the death of the children's mother.
01:30But a powerful witch cast a spell on them.
01:34Raw bone!
01:36But now, she was to become his new queen.
01:40I now pronounce you man and wife.
01:44You may kiss your new queen, your majesty.
01:48Ahem.
01:56Now, time to meet your new children.
02:00What?
02:01But I thought you were going to show me your most precious treasures first.
02:06My children are my most precious treasures.
02:09Oh, of course.
02:12That's what I meant.
02:16Now, now, dear.
02:18A mother meeting her new darlings is a very special moment.
02:24I must go alone and introduce myself my own way.
02:29Oh, of course.
02:30Oh, don't worry, darling.
02:33Making sure your children are taken care of in every way is my job now.
02:40Isn't she something?
02:52Yes.
02:53Oh, yes.
02:54Let me see.
02:55I want to know what our new mama's like.
02:58I'm sure she's beautiful, gentle and kind and will love us very much.
03:04Just like our dear mama in heaven.
03:06I wouldn't bank on it, my dear.
03:15Are you, are you mama?
03:16Only on paper, child.
03:17Well, well.
03:19Well, well, so this is what a dozen children looks like.
03:25The famous royal litter.
03:27Did father send you to bring us down to the party?
03:29Pah! Don't be ridiculous, boy.
03:31I'm not having you brats running around embarrassing me in front of my guests.
03:35But, but there will be cakes and apples, won't there?
03:38Mama always used to let us have the finest cakes.
03:41Cakes? Why, of course.
03:44Here's yours now.
03:49A cake made of sand?
03:51You play make-believe, don't you?
03:54Well, make-believe that into your precious cakes.
03:58Oh, when I see Papa, I'm going to tell him all about how horrid you are.
04:03And then you'll be sorry.
04:05Insolence, child. But we've only just met.
04:09I only hope your poor dear Papa never finds out his pretty little girl hides such a spiteful telltale.
04:19However, I won't say anything if you don't.
04:26Ah, the feast begins.
04:29Until tomorrow, my dance.
04:31Sure enough, the week after, the Wicked Queen sent little Eliza into the country to live with a farmer and his wife.
04:47Don't worry, little brother. We'll see her again soon.
04:51That's what you think.
04:52How dare you send our sister away? I demand to see my father.
04:56Oh, so many spoilt little mouths to feed.
05:01How's a poor mother to cope?
05:04Well, I think it's time you all stopped being such a financial burden to your dear Papa.
05:10His money is my money now, after all.
05:15Go out into the world and get your own living.
05:24Fly like great, voiceless birds.
05:27You send my beloved little Eliza to finishing school and all of my little princes to the military academy without consulting me first?
05:57How dare you?
06:02Oh, if you had only seen how cruelly and insolently they treated me, you would have done the same husband, dear.
06:12Yet, I cannot believe those dear children would behave in such a way.
06:19Especially not my lovely Eliza.
06:22Do you doubt my word, husband?
06:29Is this how you cherish and honour me?
06:32Please don't bother.
06:34I'm sorry, dear.
06:35I'm sure you had your reasons.
06:37You know best, dear.
06:38And don't you forget it, dear.
06:41The summers and winters passed, and as soon as Eliza was old enough, she found her way back home to the palace.
07:06Who? Who goes there?
07:08It is I, the Princess Eliza.
07:12I wish to see my father, the king.
07:14Wait here while I inform the queen.
07:17No one sees His Majesty the King these days without her say-so.
07:25Eliza...
07:26Home at last, your father will be delighted.
07:33And how beautiful you've grown.
07:37Too beautiful by half.
07:38How are my brothers?
07:40Oh, how I've missed them.
07:42All in good time, child.
07:44All in good time.
07:46But come.
07:47We cannot present you to your father dressed like a peasant.
07:50What you need is a royal makeover.
07:59There now.
08:01What a transformation.
08:04Do you have a looking-blast, Mother?
08:06So I may see just how beautiful you have made me.
08:09Oh, come now.
08:12A girl as lovely as you has no need of such vanities, surely.
08:16Well, wife, where is she?
08:22This girl who calls herself my long-lost daughter.
08:26Let me see her.
08:28Thunder and blazes, wife.
08:31Are you mad?
08:32First you tell me all my lovely children have been lost at sea,
08:38and now this.
08:38Oh, all my brothers lost at sea?
08:43You dare to persist in this charade.
08:47Now get out of my sight.
08:50Before I have you beheaded for attempted fraud,
08:54impersonating a princess,
08:56and trying to break a lonely old father's heart.
09:01Oh, that wicked queen.
09:12She made me look like this.
09:20What's the use?
09:22I'll never find my way home again.
09:26There.
09:27Why so sad?
09:28My heart is broken.
09:33I was once a princess with eleven princely brothers.
09:39But now I am lost,
09:41and I fear I will never see my brothers again.
09:45Eleven princes, you say?
09:47No.
09:48It's rare enough to see one prince round this neck of the woods,
09:52let alone eleven in one go.
09:54Did see eleven swans the other day, though,
09:58with crowns on their heads.
10:00Now that is something you don't see very often.
10:04Eleven swans?
10:05Wearing crowns?
10:07Where?
10:07Heading downriver to the seashore.
10:10That's where they always go at sunset this time of year.
10:15Oh, thank you.
10:16Oh, could it be?
10:28Nine?
10:29Ten?
10:30Eleven?
10:33It is them.
10:35It is.
10:36But they've hardly aged a day since I now saw them.
10:42All those many years ago.
10:44Oh, my brothers, I've found you!
10:48Sis?
10:48Eliza?
10:49Is that you?
10:50It is!
10:51Eliza!
10:52Eliza!
10:53Ah!
10:54Eliza!
10:56Eliza!
10:57Oh!
10:58Hooray!
10:59Hooray!
11:02So, there you have it, Eliza.
11:04By night we regain our human form,
11:07but by day we're cursed to take to the skies as speechless swans.
11:10If only there was some way to break this evil spell that has been cast upon all of you.
11:16No time to find out.
11:18We have to return soon to the faraway land where we live the rest of the year.
11:22Oh, how pretty!
11:25Thank you, little brother.
11:26Every year we may return here for eleven days only,
11:30but now our time is up.
11:32At sunrise we must fly home to the land where we migrate during the winter.
11:36Come with us, Eliza, to the land across the sea.
11:40Yes, come with us.
11:42We'll carry you.
11:43You'll carry me?
11:45But how?
11:46We can weave a net out of reeds and seaweed,
11:50just like your necklace.
11:51Oh!
11:52Yes, that's how we'll do it.
11:54We're strong enough.
11:55Eliza!
11:56There, finished.
12:05And just in time, too.
12:07Dawn is coming.
12:11Hold on tight, Eliza.
12:13Mwah!
12:14For a whole day, they flew over the ocean.
12:37Oh, no, it's the only sunset.
12:47We must find somewhere to land before you all turn back into princes.
12:52Or we'll tumble out of the sky and drown.
12:56There!
12:58That rock!
12:59Hurry!
12:59Don't worry, little brother.
13:11I've got you.
13:13So now what?
13:14I'm pooped.
13:16Everyone get some rest.
13:17We have another long days flying ahead of us.
13:19Yes, that's right.
13:21And I'll sing you all a lullaby.
13:23Hmm?
13:24Hmm?
13:24Hmm?
13:24Hmm?
13:25Hmm?
13:26Hmm?
13:26Hmm?
13:27Hmm?
13:27Hmm?
13:28Hmm?
13:29Hmm?
13:30Hmm?
13:31Hmm?
13:36And so, with the first light of dawn, they were up and away again.
13:59Hmm?
14:01Hmm?
14:09Hmm?
14:16Hmm?
14:16Where are we?
14:22This cave is our home for the rest of the year.
14:25And now it's your home too, Eliza. Welcome!
14:30Was I dreaming as we flew?
14:33Or did I actually see a heavenly palace floating among the clouds?
14:38Ah, that's a place called Feta Morgana.
14:40It resides in the Fairy Realm, between the waking world and our dream.
14:44Maybe you'll dream about it tonight.
14:46And meet the Fairy Queen.
14:48Well, heaven grant I'm allowed entry to this fabled dream palace,
14:53so I may discover how to save you.
14:55It's you, the kind old lady who helped me before.
15:06It's you, the kind old lady who helped me before.
15:19Oh, I take many forms, child.
15:23And I know why you are here.
15:26Oh!
15:27To free your brothers from the wicked Queen's spell,
15:30you must weave them eleven long-sleeved coats out of stinging nettles,
15:34which must only be gathered in the graveyard by moonlight,
15:38or the magic won't work.
15:41But beware, during all this time, you must never speak a word to anyone,
15:47or the princes will die, as if stabbed through the heart with a dagger.
15:51She groped in amongst the ugly nettles, which stung great blisters on her hands and arms.
16:05She groped in amongst the ugly nettles, which stung great blisters on her hands and arms.
16:19But she was determined to save her dear brothers.
16:35Eliza? What in the world are you doing?
16:40Why can't you talk?
16:42Wait, I know.
16:44You dreamt of a way to break the wicked Queen's spell, didn't you?
16:48And you're not allowed to talk, until your task is completed?
16:52Look at her poor blistered hands.
16:55And she's doing all this to save us.
16:58Oh, poor brave Eliza.
17:04One coat was already finished, when suddenly...
17:18What are you doing in this wild forest, child?
17:25This is no place for a girl all alone.
17:27Come, I will take you to my palace, where you will be fed and cared for.
17:32As king of this land, I must insist. Bring her things.
17:36I had your room furnished like your cave, so you might feel more at home.
17:50Yes, here is the work that means so much to you. For I do so want you to be happy here.
17:56Now she, Archbishop, is the kind of girl I could fall in love with.
18:05Please be cautious, sire. She might be a witch.
18:10Who ever heard of a witch being so beautiful?
18:13Trust me, sire. They're the most dangerous kind.
18:17Just make sure she's well looked after Archbishop, or you'll have me to answer to.
18:24I don't know what your game is, my girl, but I'll be watching you.
18:29Nobody undermines my influence with the king. Nobody!
18:33So, Eliza worked on to save her brothers.
18:39And even though she could not speak to him, the kind king did fall in love with her.
18:46And she fell in love with him.
18:54So, the king and Eliza were married.
18:57But even though the Archbishop placed the crown on her head so hard it hurt,
19:02she remained silent, for her brother's lives depended on it.
19:11Eliza wove coat after coat, creeping into the churchyard to gather nettles for flax.
19:18But the more visits she made, the more the Archbishop became sure she was indeed a witch.
19:48No, it can't be. Not my darling wife.
19:58I am afraid so, your majesty.
20:01Every moonlit night she's out here.
20:03Consorting with the spirits of the dead.
20:07And gathering herbs from their graves for her spells and potions.
20:12Now, if that isn't proof she's a witch, I... I'll eat my slippers.
20:24Leave her alone.
20:27Speak to them, darling.
20:29Please, tell them you're not a witch.
20:32Ah, you know the laws of the land, your majesty.
20:35This is a high council matter now.
20:38I've seen enough.
20:40Do what you must.
20:42Eliza was arrested, with only one last coat to weave.
20:48For the last time, girl, do you deny the charges against you?
20:53Speak!
20:55Or the court can show no mercy.
21:01Guilty!
21:03Take her away!
21:09Dear witch.
21:10May your precious coat keep you warm on your last night.
21:15And your beloved stingy nettles will make a fitting pillar.
21:20Ha!
21:21But nothing could have pleased her more.
21:24Eliza got straight back to work.
21:27For time was short.
21:31Eliza's sentence was to be carried out in the morning.
21:34Mwah!
21:36But she never lost hope.
21:38For her task was almost finished.
21:40And now she knew her brothers were on their way.
21:44Be witch or hate.
21:46And so, all the townsfolk came out to see the witch punished.
21:51Judge her rights.
21:53Even now, Eliza would not give up her task.
21:56Ten coats finished.
21:57One last one to go.
21:58What magic is this?
21:59Hurry, executioner!
22:00Get over there!
22:01Yes!
22:02Before she puts her spell on the floor!
22:03No!
22:04Sorry, love.
22:05Time's up.
22:06Ouch!
22:07Ouch!
22:08Ouch!
22:09Ouch!
22:10Everybody!
22:11Stop!
22:12Our sister Eliza!
22:13Your queen is innocent!
22:14Oh!
22:15Oh!
22:16Oh!
22:17Oh!
22:18A rose tree!
22:19Oh!
22:20What miracle is this?
22:21Executioner!
22:22Wait!
22:23Oh!
22:24Now I may speak.
22:25What?
22:26Yes!
22:27Yes!
22:28I am innocent!
22:29Oh!
22:30Yes!
22:31Yes!
22:32I am innocent!
22:33Oh!
22:34Oh!
22:35Oh!
22:36Oh!
22:37Oh!
22:38Well I may speak.
22:39Yes!
22:40Yes!
22:41I am innocent!
22:42Oh!
22:43Whoa!
22:45Oh!
22:46Oh!
22:47Cool!
22:48Come on!
22:50I knew you were innocent.
22:51I knew it!
22:52Mwah!
22:53My darling!
22:55Yes!
22:56Yes. All's well that ends well, eh?
22:59Don't worry, Archbishop. I'll tell my chef to rustle you up a tasty redcurrant sauce.
23:04Your Majesty?
23:06To be served with your slippers.
23:08Wouldn't want you to choke on them at the banquet tonight, now would we?
23:12Ah, my mouth waters at the prospect's sign.
23:17I'm sorry, my beloved littlest brother. I didn't have time to finish that one last sleeve.
23:28No matter, my beloved Eliza. I'm just delighted to be a prince in sunlight again.
23:33And now we shall never be parted.
23:35Yes. Yes.
23:42Get out of my sight.
23:47And the family were reunited with the biggest celebration ever seen.
24:04The story I want to tell you today is a sad one about loving someone who doesn't love you back.
24:12And it starts with a game.
24:17Of yours, let's go.
24:18Oh!
24:20Oh!
24:21Oh!
24:22Whoa!
24:23Ha, ha, ha, ha!
24:36.
24:38Hmm!
24:39Oh no, I hate this part
24:48Hey, Charlie
24:51Yes, Ed?
24:53Don't you ever get tired of watching this game?
24:56It's not the game I'm interested in, Ed
24:59No, no, no, wait, I'm not ready
25:02Wow
25:08Wow, she loves that part, you know
25:11All right, what I meant to say was
25:17Don't you ever get tired of watching her from a distance
25:22It's getting kind of pathetic
25:24Good morning, Miss, uh, thingy
25:34Hello, Mr. Stevenson
25:36I've got it
25:40You're out
25:44Woohoo, fantastic play
25:47Oh, hello, Ed
25:48Oh, hi, Elsa
25:50Uh, uh, well
25:53Well, what?
25:55Do you want to go for a stroll by the woods or don't you?
25:59Oh
26:00Oh, forget it, Elsa
26:04I assure you, Charlie's attention is elsewhere entirely
26:09Oh, but I'd be happy to go for a stroll by the woods with you
26:14Well, I was kind of hoping
26:17Oh
26:18Why not?
26:21Yes, let's you and me go for a stroll by the woods
26:25I thought you'd never ask
26:27No, no, no, no, wait
26:28Oh, wait
26:29Oh, wait
26:30Oh, wait
26:31Oh
26:32Oh
26:33Oh
26:35Oh
26:37Bye
26:38Bye
26:39Bye
26:40Bye
26:41And there I was
26:46And Master Nick threw me up in the air
26:49And then the paddle swung
26:51And wham
26:53And then I flew
26:55Way, way, way up there
26:58And then
27:00I saw
27:03Mr. Stevenson
27:10And we chatted for a little while as we always do
27:16He's such a charming fellow
27:17Hello, Martina
27:30Hello
27:31Um, Choke
27:34Charlie
27:35Oh, yes, yes
27:37I, uh, I was wondering
27:39Yes
27:40Well, maybe you'd like to
27:42With me
27:43That is, um
27:45Go for a stroll by the picnic
27:47A stroll by the picnic?
27:53Oh
27:54I mean
27:55Go for a river by the woods
27:57I'm sorry, Choke
28:02I'm afraid I'm quite busy this afternoon
28:05Did you know my parents were genuine silk slippers?
28:09Yes, I did know that, actually
28:11It's great, isn't it?
28:13It's wonderful
28:14See you
28:16Have you ever wondered if your approach might need a little, hmm, polish?
28:23Well, look at Mr. Slick
28:45I must say it's the best colour you've had so far
28:49Crisp, vibrant, just the business
28:54Hey, isn't this great, Martina is bound to like me like this
29:05We will be a perfect match
29:07Um, would you like to go for a walk by the river with me?
29:23Well, the fact of the matter is, Chuckie
29:26Charlie
29:27Charlie
29:28That I'm
29:30I'm engaged to be married to Mr. Stevenson
29:35Mr. Stevenson?
29:37The swallow up on the roof
29:39The one with the hat
29:41No, Mr. Stevenson
29:44Oh, that Mr. Stevenson
29:47Well, well, well, well
29:48Engaged, eh?
29:50I'm so happy for you
29:52I, I, I, I, I, I have to go
29:56Oh, yes
30:07Oh, yes
30:09Oh, hey
30:16Yoo-hoo, good morning
30:22Good morning, Mr. Stevenson
30:23Oh, good morning, Miss
30:25I'm sorry
30:26I have to admit
30:27I never did catch your name
30:29It's Martina
30:32Oh
30:33That's me
30:34I'm Martina
30:36I see
30:38What a silly ball
30:41That's the 14th time she's been up there today
30:46Planning a wedding must be really complicated
30:49I know it's not easy
30:51But, uh, now that she's getting married
30:54Maybe it's about time you forgot about her
30:58Don't you think?
30:59There are other fish in the sea
31:00It's not a fish I want, Ed
31:03It's a ball
31:05That ball right there
31:07Martina
31:08I think it's gone
31:10I think it's gone
31:10Did you see it?
31:11It has gone
31:13Martina
31:17That's it
31:18She's gone off to marry him
31:21Oh, let's find you another fish
31:26What do you say?
31:28I told you, it's not a
31:29I know, I know, Charlie
31:32But it looks like you're not getting the ball
31:36So why not look for something else?
31:38Never
31:39Come on, Charlie
31:45You have to stick to the bait
31:47Many years went by
31:53And Nick grew up
31:56He got married
32:03And he and his wife had a son called Eric
32:07More years passed
32:12And that seemed to be the end of it
32:14But that's not always how fate works
32:17Take it easy, will you?
32:20Hey, don't blame me
32:21This kid's just not getting the hang of it
32:24Where did he go?
32:28Charlie?
32:31Oh
32:31He must be around here somewhere
32:43Help!
32:44I'm in here
32:45Oh, at last
32:47Someone I can talk to
32:49Don't be put off
32:51By my appearance
32:53Actually, I'll have you know
32:55My parents were genuine silk slippers
32:57Wait a minute
32:59You're not
33:01Martina
33:02What are you doing here?
33:04Chucky
33:05Charlie
33:08I thought you were married to Mr. Stevenson
33:11Off somewhere living happily ever after
33:14If only
33:15I'm afraid that was just something that never existed anywhere but inside my head
33:20So
33:21What happened?
33:22Where have you been all this time?
33:24Well
33:25And you've been here all these years?
33:35That's right, now I'm old and I'm ugly
33:38Martina, there's something I want to ask you
33:44Why did you never want to go with me for a stroll by the picnic?
33:57Oh
33:58I mean by the river
34:00I mean by the river
34:00With you?
34:02With you?
34:02With you?
34:02With you?
34:03With you?
34:03With you?
34:04With you?
34:05Why would I want to go for a stroll with you?
34:08My parents were genuine silk slippers, you know
34:13Oh, you'll never change
34:15I'm fine
34:16I'm fine, just the way I am
34:17Oh
34:18Oh
34:18Oh
34:19Ah
34:20I've found it
34:22Charlie's all right
34:24Dear Santa and all his helpers, he's all right
34:29Hey, look at that
34:31I think I...
34:34Yes, I do remember this ball
34:37I lost this when I was about your age, Eric
34:41Ew
34:42But Charlie, what's the difference between you thinking she'd married someone else's
34:59Years ago, and her just being here all this time ignoring you
35:03Oh, there's a big difference
35:06Which is?
35:07If she had been here all these years ignoring me, I would have realised how horrible she is
35:13And looked for love elsewhere a long time ago
35:16That's exactly what I've been telling you all along
35:21Well, sometimes it takes me a while
35:24And so, after all these years, Charlie had finally learned his lesson
35:33How do you remember?
35:34After all these years, Charlie had to take me a while
35:36After all these years, Charlie had finally found his lesson
35:39And he has to take me a while
35:40And he was like...
35:42And I stepped out
35:44And he was just a while
35:45And he was just a while
35:46He was just a while
35:48After all these years, he's got to take me a while
35:51So, he was going to teach you
35:53And I went to show you
35:55And I was at this place
35:57And I was like, wait
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