once upon a time a king and a queen gave a magnificen tparty in honor of the christening of their new born son prince rol ander the banquet was laid in the great hall of the castle and consisted of a huge smorg as bord of food ranging from soup cake punch and of course the favorite of all strawberry tarts the queen like a good hostess had been keeping an eye on the proceedings and noted with some anxiety that nobody on the right-hand side of the hall had been served strawberry tart sat that moment the chief cook looking rather pale and worried bustled through the throng and whispered in her ear your majesty the strawberry darts are all over the queen turned pale have you plenty of other pastries yes your majesty and let them be served at once the cook with drew and the queen busied her self after a few minutes a voice boomed out suddenly where's my piece of strawberry topped surprised everyone turned around to find an elderly fairy named malvoli a standing her arms a kimbo glowing at her plate of eclair the queen hurried over i am so sorry madame malveli a but the strawberry tarts are all over you mean that you only baked enough for your personal friends we will send for some a tonce strawberry tarts baked by the queen's own hands for her dear friends but for me a fairy of age and distinction an ordinary baker's eclair i have been insulted greatly by you all you shall pay dearly for this humiliationi curse that every time the prince sneezes something shall change un tilat that moment a north wind blew gustily through the open windows of the hall carrying away the last of malvolia's sentence malvoli a then snapped her fingers and disappeared before the very eyes of the people a baby's cry washeard and the king and the queen rushed panic-stricken to where their little son lay in his cradle on a raised platform at the head of the hall the prince's face was twisted and then suddenly he let out aterrible sneeze to their horror the court a strologer turned into an eight-day clock Music]guards take the clock and hang it in the secretary of the cathedral there was a murmur in the crowd as two guards came and carried the clock away the banquet ended rather gloomily later the king and the queen sent for dr pill the court physician what shall we do to prevent the prince from sneezing doctor the prince must be preserved from factorsthat cause sneezing like giraffes cold sand pepper let the prince be kept in a special room where no one is admitted until he or she has been examined for cold and has on germ-proof clothing if your majesty has a castle in the mountains let the prince be taken therefor the sake of fresh air there is a tower on the golden mountain that's a fine healthy place so as agreed the prince was soon moved to the towe ryears rolled by nobody was able to break malvolio's spell as the clue to its undoing had been carried away by the wind unfortunately malvolia her selfhad disappeared the prince now was a hand somelittle boy accomplished teachers taughthimhistory music drawing dancing and all the other things that a prince ought to knowbut of real life he knew almost nothingat allhis most faithful companion during these lonely years was a poodle named waldo who spoke english exceedingly wellnever was seen a more friendly wise and devoted animal one day just before the prince's 21st birth dayin spite of the precautions taken the prince sneezed three times at the first sneeze all the dogs in thekingdom exceptpoldo changed into cats and all the catsin to dogs though not serious the change was certainly weirdand against nature all the cats came outbarking at people and chased them down the streets while the dogs on the other hand stayedin the kitchen under the stove and watched for mice in the pantry to get their owners attentionthe dogs also kept meowing and purringat the second sneeze all the elderlygentlemen over 70 changed into elm treesat this sudden transformation peoplenearbygasped oh at the third sneeze all the people in the pictures of theart museum came alivethe bewildered fawns satires nymphsroman senators long dead celebrities and historical personagesblinked their eyes oh my what am i doinginside this picturei feel cramped here i don't know about you allbut i'm getting out of here hey the lastone to get out of these pictures is aslow coachthen they all floated out of the picturesthe poor bewildered royal guards triedhard to capture them from running aroundthe museum mean while the prince felt unhappywhat misery i can't imagine being shutup in this tower for the rest of my lifethough brave he lay down on his couchand wept in sorrow suddenlypauldo appeared why do you weepoprince had my fatei cannot bear to think that i may haveto spend all my days in this towerand never see the great wide worldaldo was silent for a few minutesdear prince do not give up hopehave you ever thought of consulting myold master the giant of the north polebecause north wind lives with himthe giant has a large chest in hispalacefull of secrets which the winds haveoverheardand perhaps the key to malvolia's spellis among themif you could arrange for a warm coat andfour boots for mei will go to the giant and ask himyou really do that for me i will reallybe grateful to youif you could find a solution to all thispauldo nodded happily so the next daythe royal tailor made poldo amagnificentcoat and four splendid bootspoldo now retired in these warm clothingbait farewell and ran towards the northtill the prince who could see from hishigh tower every corner of the kingdomsaw him disappear over the hillsunmindful of the dangerous creaturesholdo crossed the dark forestand crossed the mighty frozen oceanand stopped only when he came to thegiant's palaceas he entered it he found the giant atallstrong yellow-haired fellow wearing acrown of iceand a great sweeping mantle made of somesoft white clothseated on a huge block of ice cubeshis helpers were the guststhey could best be described as strangeshadowy creatures moving quickly to andfroand his courtiers were the whirlwindsand stormswelcome porto what brings youhere i seek some words offairy mavolia which were carried away bythe northeast windat prince rolando's christeningif i have the words you are welcome tothembring forth the chest of secrets please[Music]the two gusts brought over the chestthe chest was made of stone and edgedwith diamonds of icein it were stored all the mysterieswhich the wind had overheardlike secrets confessions vows merrylaughsand simple words and sure enoughin the corner of the chest lay the restof malvolia's spella row of little old-fashioned dustywords floating in mid-airthe words read until he findssomeone brave enough to marry him why does marriage have to be thesolutionall the time why can't it beuntil he finds someone as loyal anddevoted like me for instanceholda learns the words by heartthank you very much kind sir i have toleave nowyou are welcomealdo left the place and hurried homewhen he came to the king's palace he ranbarking with joy right into the king'sprivate chambers where he saw theanxious parentsoh podo come here my good boy tell mehave you found the last of the sentence yes my queen the spell will end when theprincemary's relieved and elated the king and thequeenthanked poldo by engulfing him in a bearhugthey then began looking for a beautifulprincess to marry their sonhowever all the princesses were scaredof marrying the prince and hence turneddown the request much to the dismay ofthe royal couplefinally the only princess leftwas a princess who herself layunder an enchantment afairy had in a fit of rage turned herbrown hair bright blue and had given hera foot long nosejust because the princess had failed tonotice heras she had been busy admiring herself inthe mirrorplease forgive me i didn't mean toinsult youall right i forgive you you will be free from this curse when one of your lovedones will be freefrom their curse goodbyethis unhappy maiden was the onlyprincess willing to accept poor princerolandothe royal couple had no choice but toagreesoon the wedding day arrived the princelookedvery handsome and led his bride to thealtarjust exactly as the marriage ceremonywas halfover the prince had a strong inclinationto sneezehe tried hard to control but in vain as the prince sneezed there was athunderand everybody looked around to see whatwould happenthe effect of the sneeze was an odd oneas it had occurred exactly at the momentwhen the princewas half married the cats became dogsagainand the dogs became cats the elm trees became elderly gentlementhe eight day clock became courtastrologer the poor roman senators fawnsnymphs satires celebrities andhistorical personageswent back to their pictures and thebridebecame once more her sweet lovely selfjust as the fairy had said for her lovedonethe prince had become free from hiscursethat meant she was free from hers too now relieved and happyeveryone resumed the ceremony and thecouple wereduly married poldo of coursewas the guest of honor as he had provedtrue to the old adage that a friend inneedis a friend indeed.