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Ep 9: The True Bride. Anja has been forced to work for a nasty troll all her life. When her master's tasks become increasingly difficult, a magical white lion appears out of nowhere to help her out. After being rid of the troll, Anja finds true love in the form of a gardener, but just before they can get married, her sweetheart is enchanted by none other than the Troll's daughter, the Trollop. How is Anja going to outwit her and win back her true love?
Starring John Hurt as the Storyteller, with Jane Horrocks, Sean Bean, Frederick Warder, Colin Hurley, Robert Hamilton, Sam Howard, Diana Payan, David Greenaway, Robert Tygner, Mak Wilson, plus voices supplied by Brian Henson (as the Storyteller's dog), Alun Armstrong, Sandra Voe and Michael Kilgarriff.
Starring John Hurt as the Storyteller, with Jane Horrocks, Sean Bean, Frederick Warder, Colin Hurley, Robert Hamilton, Sam Howard, Diana Payan, David Greenaway, Robert Tygner, Mak Wilson, plus voices supplied by Brian Henson (as the Storyteller's dog), Alun Armstrong, Sandra Voe and Michael Kilgarriff.
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00:00When people told themselves their past with stories,
00:13explained their present with stories,
00:16foretold the future with stories,
00:20the best place by the fire was kept for the storyteller.
00:30Trolls come at the bottom of the list of people you'd want as friends.
00:42They are revolting trolls.
00:45They can't even stand each other.
00:47The troll in this story had a daughter, and she left home straight off.
00:52In her place, the troll found an orphan,
00:55a young girl, to wait on him hand and foot.
00:57But this girl had more in store than to do for a troll.
01:03Oh, no.
01:05She had a destiny.
01:17Now, Anya had no father and mother,
01:20and the troll was the other,
01:22so she obeyed him, cruel though he was.
01:25But one thing the troll could not abide was obedience.
01:29Of course, if she didn't obey him, woe betide.
01:32I should have said, trolls are always contradicting themselves.
01:39And the troll liked to contradict himself with a heavy stick.
01:44It made a horrid sound as it flew through the air and onto the poor girl's back.
01:49Blue he contradicted on her back.
01:51Black and blue.
01:52I'm off with that.
01:59Inside this sack are being 20 pounds of feathers.
02:05Strip them and pack them before I come back.
02:09Yes, sir.
02:10And remember, I'm being allergic to feathers.
02:15A single one upsets my nose, a quivering and a quaking, a shimmying and a shaking, and I don't like it.
02:25Be thank you to me, and full of great.
02:28That's impossible by herself.
02:31That's not fair.
02:33I know.
02:34She plucks and cleans and packs and packs, but still the feathers fill the room, still the feathers fight the sacks.
02:47Anya.
02:47Don't be frightened.
02:51I've come to help you.
02:53Where have you come from?
02:55From your thoughts.
02:57Is there no one in the wide world to take pity on me, you thought?
03:01Well, there is.
03:03And here I am.
03:06Now, you're tired.
03:08Sleep.
03:08I cannot.
03:11The troll is my father and mother.
03:14Since I have no other, I must obey him.
03:18Trust me.
03:19Sleep.
03:21Thus persuaded, Anya lay down and fell into a slumber.
03:27And when she woke, what a sight.
03:30What a wonder.
03:31I've recurred.
03:43Yes, sir.
03:46You've done it.
03:48Have you done them all?
03:50I'm ghast and flabbered.
03:52I'm frowned and dumb.
03:55Was that a smile?
03:57No.
03:58No, sir.
03:59I don't like smiles.
04:01Get to bed without your supper.
04:13Arise and wiki.
04:15I'm having another job for you.
04:25So, observe this pond.
04:29Deep, you'd say.
04:31And you'd be right.
04:34Depths aplenty.
04:38Drain it.
04:40Drain it with your spoon.
04:43And if I be recurring and find a drop of water,
04:47if I so much as get my vootsie wet,
04:52heaven help me.
04:54Anya?
05:11Oh, lion.
05:14Lion.
05:14My spoon is full of holes.
05:17You're tired, my little.
05:19Lie down and sleep for a while.
05:22No, I dare not.
05:24For my lord, the troll will beat me with his terrible stick.
05:28Lie down.
05:31And then the lion pad padded to the pond
05:35and drank and drank and drank his fill
05:38and long before sunset had drunk it dry.
05:43Well, I'm recurred.
05:45Is the pond dry?
05:47Yes!
05:48Yes?
05:50Yes, it is!
05:52How abstractly pureating!
05:55Are we sure?
06:03You may laugh,
06:05but the troll's fall cost the poor girl dear.
06:08That night she could not sleep for the colours on her back
06:11from the contradiction stick.
06:13All night she sobbed from its blacks and blues,
06:16and come the morning,
06:19the wicked troll has another task worse than before.
06:23Impossible!
06:24All dry, you think.
06:26All finished.
06:28You'll be wrong.
06:29Now you can build me a palatial.
06:33All the bits, all the pieces by nightfall, miss.
06:39You're tired, my little
06:44Why not rest a while?
06:44I cannot!
06:44I dare not!
06:47Oh dear lion
06:52But now even you cannot help me
06:56I'm to build a palace by nightfall
06:59Full of rooms and riches
07:01You're tired my little
07:03Why not rest a while
07:05I cannot, I dare not
07:08Sleep, rest
07:11And sleep she does
07:14Lying down beside him
07:16And as she dreams
07:17Such magic
07:19How have you done
07:28This
07:29I know, I know I've not done as you asked
07:31You do
07:39Oh dear, oh dear
07:43The palace is here
07:44But Anya didn't do it
07:46There is being a contradiction
07:49And when there's being a contradiction
07:52We have to speak with our friend
07:54Don't you think?
07:56I don't know, probably
07:57Very probably
07:59Certain in fact
08:01Look, rageous
08:03Absolutely rageous
08:06A whole palace
08:07In one day
08:09This is more like it
08:13For an important crow
08:15Good, good
08:33Chicken
08:34Chicken
08:34Good
08:35Yes, sir
08:37And what about sherry
08:39Is there a celery for wine?
08:42Go and be seeing
08:43Try that door
08:46Can't reach
08:49Let me fetch a line
08:57A true
08:58A true
08:58Can seem
08:58Perfectly
08:59Clarified
09:00Aaaaaah
09:02Oh, lion
09:08Quick, quick
09:10The troll's in terrible trouble
09:12I know
09:13Poor troll
09:22No father
09:24No mother
09:25And he was my other
09:27Not poor, my little
09:28But wicked and cruel
09:31I made the palace
09:33I also made the door
09:35Good
09:37I hated that troll
09:38He was bad
09:39Through and through
09:40Oh, yes
09:42So then what?
09:44Then
09:44Our girl
09:45Has a palace
09:46All to herself
09:47What a transformation
09:50For the first time
09:52In her poor life
09:53Anya feels
09:54Wonderful
09:55Wonderful
09:56And when word spreads
10:08Of a lovely thing alone
10:09In a grand palace
10:11Well, they flock to her
10:12The suitors
10:13In droves
10:14Prince
10:14La-de-da-ra-vere
10:16Prince
10:16La-de-da-ra-vere
10:18But they're a trifle
10:19Too much la
10:19Or a little
10:20Too much d
10:21And occasionally
10:22Plain da
10:23And a year
10:26Goes by
10:27Until one morning
10:28She stands
10:29Sighing at her window
10:30And oh
10:31Who's this?
10:34He looks up
10:34She looks down
10:36He smiles
10:37She smiles
10:38Little fish
10:39Swim up and down
10:40Her back
10:41And suddenly
10:42Each day
10:43She wants flowers
10:44In her room
10:44Flowers at her table
10:45Flowers for her hair
10:47And gradually
10:48Smiles turn to words
10:50And words turn to whispers
10:52And whispers turn to kisses
10:54It's love
10:56She falls for the gardener
10:58Why not?
11:00She was a servant
11:01Turned princess
11:02Why not a gardener
11:04Turned prince?
11:05You were my true bride
11:06Am I?
11:10Then let no one else
11:13Ever kiss your cheek
11:14Never
11:16Never ever
11:19Never he says
11:21Never ever
11:22But I'm sorry
11:24Hurt lurks
11:26Pain prowls
11:27Sorrow simmers
11:29Why?
11:30What happens?
11:31Does the troll come back?
11:33Oh no
11:33Oh
11:34Well yes
11:36In a manner of speaking
11:38Yes he does
11:41Anya's wedding day
11:45Is beckoning
11:46Her beloved
11:49Sets off one morning
11:50The long journey
11:51To the village
11:52He has appointments
11:53With the tailor
11:54And the barber
11:54And the shoemaker
11:55Spruced up
11:57He's going to be
11:58Won't you come?
12:00No
12:01There is my true
12:02So-to-so
12:03And you mustn't see it
12:05But I'll count the minutes
12:06Until you are home
12:08And she does
12:10She counts the minutes
12:11Counts them into the hour
12:13When the lamps must be lit
12:14Counts them as fear
12:16Curdles her stomach
12:17Counts the minutes
12:19As they turn into days
12:20As the tears begin to come
12:23One
12:24Two
12:25Three
12:26Where was he?
12:28No one knew
12:29And Anya could stand it
12:31No longer
12:32She set out alone
12:35In search of her sweetheart
12:36Until one day
12:39She finds herself
12:40Wandering in the snow
12:41Lost
12:43And ejected
12:45Anya
12:47And without a word
12:52The lion sets Anya on his back
12:54And starts off
12:55Bounding through the snow
12:57Huge strides
12:58Impossible speeds
13:00Over cliff and cavern
13:01Crevasse and chasm
13:02Cave and canyon
13:03Helter-skelter
13:05To a far-off land
13:06And there
13:08In sight of a town
13:09The lion sets her down
13:11Now you must go
13:18Take these
13:19Inside there are gifts
13:22Use them wisely
13:24Thank you
13:25Dearest lion
13:27And Anya walks on
13:31Carrying the three gifts
13:32My beloved
13:37My darling
13:38She cries
13:40And the rider looks at her
13:42Tips his hat
13:43Smiles politely
13:44And continues on his way
13:47Wait
13:48Please wait
13:50No
13:53No
13:53No
13:53She cries
13:54But it can't be
13:55It can't be
13:56The troll
13:57It can't be
13:58He's dead
13:59And then she sees
14:02A pigtail
14:03A diamond earring
14:04A hint of silk
14:05At the throat
14:05It's not the troll
14:07It must be
14:09It can't be
14:10But it must be
14:12His daughter
14:13It is
14:16It is the troll's daughter
14:18Twice as ugly
14:19Twice as foul
14:20And she's riding off
14:21With her beloved
14:22Oh Anya's dumbfounded
14:24How
14:25And what's happened
14:26To her darling
14:27He's forgotten her
14:28She's searched the world
14:30For him
14:30And he's forgotten her
14:31He's gone off
14:32With a trollop
14:33But
14:35Then her resolve
14:36Strengthens
14:37I am the true bride
14:39And he my beloved
14:40And off she sets
14:42Determined
14:44On her way to the town
14:46She meets a man
14:47Who tells her
14:48About the troll's daughter
14:49The trollop
14:50She went to visit her dad
14:52But he disappeared
14:53She met a handsome prince
14:55And brought him back
14:56To her castle
14:56He's under her spell
14:58They're betrothed
15:00That trollop's so greedy
15:01Sees gold
15:03She wants it
15:04Silver
15:04She snatches it
15:05She collects handsome men
15:07Like ornaments
15:08My ornament
15:11She calls them
15:13So instructed
15:15Anya hurries to the town
15:18A scheme forming
15:20A plan
15:21Oi
15:33That's being lovely
15:35Prettiness
15:36I need it
15:38Madam
15:38I'm descending
15:40Is there a cost involved?
15:43I'm expecting
15:44It's a gift for your queen
15:46How kind
15:47And thank you
15:49It's magic
15:49Your majesty
15:50It cannot be sold
15:52Only exchanged
15:54Exchanged?
15:56For what?
15:57Be more clarified
15:59A knight with your betrothed
16:02With my new ornament?
16:06Rageous!
16:07Then you must keep
16:08What is yours
16:08And me what is mine
16:09Silk!
16:12Yum!
16:13Good day your highness
16:13No!
16:15Back!
16:15Back!
16:18A knight with my ornament
16:19And his very sweetheart
16:22You know
16:22How generous I'm being
16:24For such a small magic
16:27Yes
16:29All right
16:31Yes
16:32Yes
16:33The bargain is struck
16:35The true bride
16:36To spend a night
16:37With her beloved
16:38Alone
16:40She thinks
16:41Once alone
16:43He'll know me
16:44My love
16:45My dearest
16:49It's me
16:50Your true bride
16:52But he wouldn't wake
16:53Please wake up
16:54Couldn't wake
16:55Please
16:56And how could he
16:57For in the cup
16:59By his bed
16:59Was a sleeping herb
17:01Powerful
17:02Lasts all night
17:04Until morning
17:05What can our girl do?
17:08The bargain's been kept
17:10The first gift wasted
17:12What can she do?
17:16But try again
17:17Impossible
17:22Magically
17:23Coin after coin
17:25Drops to the ground
17:26The trollop
17:27Can't believe it
17:28Oi
17:29I can't believe it
17:32Quick
17:32Quick
17:33The trollop
17:33Once the deal's struck
17:34And once again
17:36A knight with the beloved
17:37Swapped for the endless gold pieces
17:39That knight
17:42The same story
17:44Darling
17:49Whispers the true bride
17:51Beloved
17:53But to no avail
17:55As for the prince himself
17:57His days are vague
17:59His nights dreamless
18:01Stop him and ask him his thoughts
18:03And what would they be?
18:05Oh
18:06Oh well
18:07The trollop has rubbed away his past
18:10With her wicked spell
18:11He hasn't heard his true love
18:14Singing the night through
18:15Weeping in the morning
18:17Oh he says
18:19Well
18:19But the prisoners have
18:22Their eyes blinking in the black
18:25Their ears sharp
18:26Yes
18:26They've heard the clink of gold
18:28But also
18:29The true bride's lament
18:31So the next day
18:34When the prince is walking the ramparts
18:36They call out to him
18:38Your honour
18:39How can you sleep at night
18:42With the beauties singing by your bed?
18:46Beloved
18:47She calls you
18:47And dearest
18:49Your true bride
18:51She cries
18:52I am your true bride
18:55When do you hear these things?
18:57All the night
18:59All the night
19:00He's heard nothing
19:02Who is his true bride?
19:06He's very confused
19:07Very
19:08And you see
19:09He sleeps so deeply
19:11Every night
19:12He has his drink
19:13Then sleeps so deeply
19:15Oi
19:18Oi
19:18I'm being so impatient
19:20For a new toy
19:22Let me see
19:23Let me see
19:24Oh
19:25So meable
19:31So agreeable
19:33I need
19:35And the deal is struck
19:37And that night
19:39Anya arrives for her vigil
19:41The final gift gone
19:43Will you never wake?
19:46Don't cry
19:55What?
19:59What?
20:02Oh my darling
20:04No
20:06Not there
20:07I promise you see
20:09I
20:11I'm not on my cheek
20:13Me?
20:14You promised me
20:16And with that
20:18She kissed him
20:18And the trollop's spell over him
20:21Fell away
20:21And his head cleared
20:23Such a tender kiss
20:26Such sweetness of cheek
20:28My true bride
20:30He whispers
20:31My true bride
20:34At the very same moment
20:38In the vaults of the castle
20:39A strange thing happens
20:42Very odd
20:43Come back
20:50My goldies
20:51My silknesses
20:54My die-dies
20:56My die-dies
20:57Ow
20:58Too late they've gone
21:04They're away
21:05The lovers
21:05Home running
21:06Home together
21:07After them
21:08Get them back
21:08Hurry
21:09And in her rage
21:10The trollop closes on them
21:12Nearer and nearer
21:13Until she must
21:14Surely catch them
21:15But look
21:23She can't believe it
21:26Look who's here
21:27On his back
21:28They clamber
21:29And off his speed
21:29Rounding the barren lands
21:31Huge strides
21:31Impossible speeds
21:32Over cliff and cabin
21:33Crevasse and chasm
21:34Cave and canyon
21:35Helter skelter
21:36Home
21:37They made it
21:39Yes
21:40They made it
21:41Thank you lion
21:42And inside
21:43Lock the door
21:44Catch up their breath
21:45They light a fire
21:49And exchange their stories
21:50And in between
21:51Hugs and all the wild kisses
21:54The lion tosses back
21:55His proud mane
21:57And pads away
21:58Leaving the lovers
21:59But not before
22:00A final task unseen
22:02What?
22:03Ah
22:04Well
22:04Who have we forgotten?
22:06The trollop
22:07Where is she?
22:09I don't know
22:10Miles away
22:11Over cliff and cavern
22:12Crevice and chasm
22:13Cave and canyon
22:15Oh no no no
22:15By the time
22:16The true bride
22:17And her beloved
22:17Settle down to sleep
22:18She's arrived
22:20At the palace
22:21Once inside
22:23She sniffs for them
22:25Her nostrils
22:26Twitching and heaving
22:27Planning her revenge
22:29There
22:30Her nose tells her
22:31And stealing up
22:32She hears their voices
22:34Clear and unsuspecting
22:36Behind the door
22:38And from that day
22:44Our lovers lived peacefully
22:47Babies came to bless them
22:49And the sun forever shone
22:51And they kept a statue
22:53Of the lion
22:54Whom they both called
22:55The thought lion
22:56And they told their children
22:58He could come alive
22:58In an instant
22:59If he wanted to
23:00Or if they ever needed him
23:02But the children
23:03Found that hard to believe
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