"LENFILM" "First Artistic Association" "THE DONKEY'S HIDE" "screenplay by M. VOLPIN" "Based on the fairy tales by charles perrault" "Directed by N. KOSHEVEROVA" "Director of Photography E. ROZOVSKY" "Production Designers M. AZIZIAN, V. KOSTIN" "Music by M. VAINBERG Sound by S. SHUMYACHER" "english subtitles by T. KAMENEVA" "Starring:" "V. ETOUSH as King Gaston S.NEMOLYAEVA as Queen Gorgette" "V. NOVIKOVA as Princess Theresa A. GALIBIN as Prince Jacques" "Z. GERDT as Poet Aurevoir" "T. PELTSER as Wicked Fairy V. PANINA as Good Fairy" "N.KARACHENTSOV as Robber Burabeau L.MAKAROVA as Madame Burabeau" "S. PARSHIN as Redhead B. ARAKELOV as Gendarme" "A. DOMASHOV as Dandy S. FILIPPOV as Courtier" "M. BARABANOVA as blind old woman" "Ladies and gentlemen, may I introduce myself." "Armand Aurevoir, the court poet of King Gaston X..." "No, IX." "Of course, I remember it perfectly well." "The court-stationed artist, he painted my portrait." "Quite famous a poet I was at the time." "But the nature of fame, as you know, is transient," "And a very famous portrait I've now become." "The portrait adorns now a wall in a museum." "Books written about it and many words said." "The bronze-covered frame bears just one inscription:" ""Portrait of an Unknown Man In a Dark Round Hat"." "Unknown..." "Of course, it's annoying, but what can I do?" "I'm going to tell you an interesting and instructive story, in which I happen to be a principal character." "I, Princess Theresa and one exceptional donkey." "How generous and whimsical are the ways of Nature!" "It endows everyone in some special way." "So, Nature has given the King's donkey an extraordinary ability to turn oats and barley into gold coins," "and not through some alchemy, but by way of normal digestion." "AII of the donkey's produce went to the royal Treasury." "well, good." "Yes, it's me." "Oh, it's silver!" "Yes, it's silver." "Right you are, Your Majesty." "It's silver." " But it's never happened before." " For the first time ever." "I see it myself." "But why?" "Is the food not good enough?" "No, Your Majesty." "I'm fed very well..." "Who's talking about you?" "I meant the other ass." "The poor donkey every day" "Ate lots of barley, lots of hay." "He ate very much, as it appeared, but gold coins he "minted" not." "Then silver also disappeared, and even coppers came to naught." "So the donkey was driven out" "And left without his oat doIe-out." "It's being winter, our poor ass" "could hardly make it to the wooded lands." "But being a newcomer to the woods," "He was immediately..." "Eaten by the wolves." "I shouldn't have started my story with this sad incident." "I should have begun with Princess Theresa." "With the royal feast in honor of her birthday, or rather baptism." "Princess Theresa's godmother's name was Riade." "She was a good fairy." "Though she used magic only as a last resort." "Long live Princess Theresa!" " How'd I introduce you, granny?" " I'm a fairy." "The fairies had already been here, the young ones..." "They foretold what they were supposed to and left." " What letter do you begin with?" " My name is Gravidana." "No such name in the guest list." "And what would you say if I presented each of you with such a gold circle?" " Thank you very much indeed." " Thank you very much indeed." "Why, you've taken the money but wouldn't let me in?" " We can't, Your Grace." " We're incorruptibIe, Your Grace." "Oh, is that so?" "well!" "Are you turning us into negative animals?" "It's not nice." "Long live the King!" "Long live Princess Theresa!" "Long live the Queen!" "I see there're only guests invited, wanted and welcome here." "And I had the nerve to crash this party." "But don't worry, Your Majesty." "Don't bother to entertain me." "I don't eat strangers' food." " I beg your pardon, Madame!" " I just dropped by for a minute." "I'II tell your newborn doll's fortune and leave." "The Princess will be most beautiful and charming," "She will be loved by people of all make." "She will get everything in this world, providing..." "What do you mean?" "explain it, for God's sake." "You said "providing"." "Why "providing"?" "Providing what?" "You're demanding too much of those who were not invited." "I order you to stay, Madame." "Having said "A", you must say "B"." "By the order of His Majesty King Gaston..." " IX." " IX, I remember." "To Fairy Riade have been summoned the most famous poets of the kingdom, including me." "The geniuses were sweating over At least for an hour on end." "And suddenly, "Eureka!" "That's it!", One of us jumped and said." "That one of us was I." "Here it is, that missing line." "The Princess will be most beautiful and charming," "She will be loved by people of all make." "She will get everything in this world, providing..." "Providing?" "What is it?" "What's happening to me?" "MademoiseIIe Riade!" "How cruel of you to do that to me." "I did think up that great missing line!" "Now I don't remember a word of it." "Don't worry, Monsieur Aurevoir, I remember it." "Now it's been 1 7 long years" "Since born was our Princess." "When she was just a tiny tot, Her mother's taken by the Lord." "And was replaced by her godmother." "And now would you even bother to guess who's that indeed" "Riding in all her splendor on that fiery Spanish steed?" "What happened?" "Are you all right?" "I'm absolutely fine, Theresa." "Prince Jacques?" "On my account you dismounted and are inquiring about my health." " Why are you lying on the road?" " To be able to meet you." "Wait, Theresa." "I need to have a few words with you tete-a-tete." "At parties you're always surrounded by suitors whom I resent." " Oh, really?" " I didn'twant to ask you for a date." " So you lay down on the road." " That was my only chance." "I figured it out." "You always take a horse ride in the morning." "Suppose my horse would've trampled you to death?" "Death is not too high a price for meeting you." "Theresa, I'm in love with you." "will you marry me?" " Right now?" " well, we cannot do it right now." "By our kingdom's stupid laws, I'm still under age." "But this fall I'II be 21 , and then..." "Then we'II talk." "Marriage is too important a subject to discuss it with a minor." "See you in the fall!" "Why are you barking, Azor?" "She said, "in the fall"." "Godmother, does a person first fall in love and then get silly, or does he first get silly and then fall in love?" "You're talking about that madcap stretching himself across the road?" "Why would I?" "No, I'm thinking of my father." "What on earth has made him marry my stepmother?" "About the Queen one should say only good things or nothing at all." "Or nothing good at all." "Godmother, you're a magician." "Turn her into something, will you?" "Not necessarily into something filthy." "Let it be something nice..." "Say, a drop of the morning dew." "So that by noon she would have already evaporated." "Or a crystal ball." "And let it roll and roll away..." "please, do it." "It's so easy for you." "Oh, you little viper." "Magic should be used only as a last resort." "She IS the Iast resort." "Wait, Your Majesty." "Aren't you ashamed?" "well, my adorable one?" "Ancestors on one side, descendants on the other." "They're demanding." " What are they all demanding?" " Why aren't you listening to me?" "My adorable, how can I not listen to you?" "Want me to repeat it?" "Ancestors on one side, descendants on the other." "Why do you repeat it like a parrot, without understanding?" "Why without understanding?" "Ancestors are the people who are no more, and descendants are the people who are not yet." "And they're all demanding." "Your Majesty, every day you're getting more stupid." "Your descendants and ancestors are demanding great deeds of you." "AII the decent monarchs are remembered by the mankind by some wonderful names." "For exampIe:" "LeopoId the ruthless," "philip the merciless, arnold the bloody." "And you want the mankind to remember you by number." "Gaston IX, and that's it." "IX, and that's it." "What else do you want?" "Who am I then?" "Me, your wife, your spouse." " Your only other half." " The adorable one." "Who am I then?" "Whose half?" "half of Nine?" "Not a woman, but What Time Is It?" "Gorgette!" "Oh, my God!" "Why, my adorable one?" "You're a milksop who has no idea of the royal honor." "You even take for granted a slap in your face." " D'you know what a slap is?" " A clout." "How terrible to be a wife of the king who's being cIouted." "But it's beyond you to understand that." "explain it to me in plain words, and I'II understand everything." "Your Majesty, I don't want to be half of Nine." "I want to be a half of Gaston the Conqueror." "As you wish, my adorable one." "What should I do for it?" "Conquer the entire world!" "Right now?" "First gun, fire!" "Second gun, fire!" "For Queen Gorgette, forward!" "For Gaston the Conqueror, fire!" "Battery, fire!" "They're retreating!" "Battery, fire!" "We're fighting, we're mighty, and the enemy retreats!" "We're attacked from the rear!" "By a girl!" " Did you call me, Daddy?" " Yes, on an important matter." "As you were!" "To play with toy soldiers." "silly girl." "Do you think I'm playing here?" "I'm preparing a future victory." "It is expected of me by my historical mission." "tell your historical mission to mind her own business." "Don't dare talking like that." "The Queen has opened my eyes." "It will be more correct to say that she closed your eyes." "Do you mean I'm blind?" " I can see very well." " Yes, but through her eyes, Daddy." "I told you to stop saying that." "Yes, it's true, Queen Gorgette believes that I must... conquer the entire world." " What for?" " What d'you mean, what for, baby?" "For various reasons." "Imagine how happy people will be when I conquer them all." " Oh, God!" " You doubt it?" "I will!" "But to win a victory I'm short of something in way of provisions." "The science of war is based on three principal rules." "To keep the army quite invincible, you feed the soldiers, in principle." "This is rule One." "rule Two:" "A victorious outcome calls for the guns and cannon balls." "And, finally, rule Three:" "Not to look like one big mess, our soldiers should be assed..." "Not to look like one big mess, our soldiers should be dressed." "In short, to win a war we need money, but I've got none." "You see, we used to get by thanks to that auriferous donkey, but now it has run dry." "There's no more donkey." "So my only hope now is you, daughter." "Me?" "Where can I get you money?" "You can." "From King Evstigney the Magnificent." "His coffers are bursting with money." "And he's crazy about you." "Daddy, do you really want me to marry... that ugly old man?" "I hate him!" "well, love isn't everything, honey." "Take me." "I adore your stepmother." "I'm mad about her." "And do you think I'm happy?" "Look at me closely." "Do I Iook like a happy man?" "But I've got a duty, my mission, and it's dictating to me..." "Right, she's dictating to you." "And you're already..." "Whoa!" "What is all this?" "I demand that you marry King Evstigney." "And mind you, it's not a caprice, but a military necessity." "Oh, really?" "And you'd better know that if you don't obey," "I'II put you in a convent of the highest security." "Here I am, Theresa!" "Today is my birthday." "I've come of real age at last!" "You even look like real spring." "And you look like real winter." " Something happened, Theresa?" " No, no, Jacques." "I'm glad you came, I..." "How could I have not come?" "I Iove you, I couldn't stop thinking about you." "I've been looking forward to this moment." "Get up, Jacques, will you?" "You're saying you really love me?" "Of course, I do." "well, in that case, I'II bring you a happy news." " I'm getting married." " What do you mean, married?" " Married to whom?" " To Evstigney the Magnificent." " But he's a disgusting old man!" " So what?" "I'II be getting fame, respect, wealth, instead of... your destitute kingdom." "After all, he's not that old, he doesn't stoop, and anyway..." "Don't look at me that way." "You're supposed to be happy if you really love me." "I really loved you." "Now I'II try to really fall out of love with you." "You see, Azor, the worse he thinks of me the better, the sooner he'II forget me." "Judging by you, one might think it's someone's funeral." "exactly." "Look at them." "A disgusting old man and a young beauty." "A beauty?" "Your Majesty, you're deluded." "Your daughter has quite an ordinary appearance." "DazzIingIy ordinary." " King Evstigney the Magnificent." " Yes?" "Are you willing to take Princess Theresa here as your lawful wife?" "Yes." "Princess Theresa, are you willing to take King Evstigney the Magnificent here as your lawful husband?" "Do yourjob, Father, and don't ask unnecessary questions." "Excuse me, Your Highness, but according to the wedding ritual, a clergyman is not supposed..." "If not supposed, then don't do it!" "Your Majesty, don't worry." "calm down." "Bring me a horse, now!" " It's your own fault." " I'II get her myself." "Hurry up!" "Onward!" "Many years ago, the wise Riade hung the poor donkey's hide in her room." "For it to be a permanent reminder Of how little mercy a human has," "That human beings could be kinder To poor creatures such as an ass." "And not only to an ass, of course." " Godmother!" " Theresa, what happened?" "I ran away from the altar!" "Do you realize what you have done?" "Of course!" "I've never been happier in my Iife!" "villains!" "ScoundreIs!" "AII right, we have no choice." "You'II have to flee from here as fast as possible." "One." "Take this magic water, wet your hair and splash your face with it." "Two, three, four, five." "Take this and go change." "Quick." "What happened?" "Your Majesty!" " Where's Theresa?" " Where are you hiding her?" "Search it." "Hurry up!" "Don't touch me!" "I said, don't touch!" "Let go of me!" " Who's that scarecrow?" " A homeless beggar." "I'm going to wash and feed her." "She'II help me around the house." "well, gentlemen, there are no Princess here." "She must be hiding in the stable or in the shed." "follow me, gentlemen!" "Don't be afraid, dear." "tell me, where are you hiding the Princess?" " Where're you hiding the Princess?" " I don't know, Your excellency." "Not ExceIIency, but Majesty." "But I guess, Your Majesty, she's somewhere around." "I think they stuffed her into the cellar." "Where is it?" "Open up!" "Your Majesty, may I report to you?" "I personally discovered an oak barrel." " What barrel?" " Emitting female sounds." " What female sounds?" " exactly, Your Majesty!" " female sounds?" " Yes!" "I believe that your august daughter be in that barrel oughtta." "Why do you report in verses?" "That's no verses, just an assonant arrangement of facts." "Where's this barrel of yours?" "female sounds." "Get out." " If you please." " Get out of here." "You may go." "But remember, you haven't heard any female sounds, nor have you seen any barrel." "Yes, Your Majesty!" "Theresa, honey, that's me, your daddy." "Sit quietly there until we go away." "My sweet child, why did you do that?" "Your stepmother will never forgive you." "She's a kind woman, but her heart is merciless." " Gorgette, is that you?" " Yes, it's me." "Give me your little hand, child." "Oh, what a nice ring!" "Is it magic?" "Not very much." "But whenever you feel sad, press the stone." "This ring will help you not forget the past, accept the present and not be afraid of the future." "Come over here." "Don't be afraid, press it harder." "And now you'd better leave, before anyone decides to surprise us again." "Go on, press the ring." "Come on, chin up." "Don't lose the ring." "And remember, you should use magic only as a last resort." "Sure, it's not a sable coat or an ermine mantle," "but it'II protect you well against the winter cold and the fall rains." "I think that the hide of that wretched donkey will finally bring you happiness." "What is it, Godmother?" "Nothing." "I'm all right now." "The old people's malady is their faiIing heart." "Young people are susceptible to the ailment of falling to have heart." " Try not to catch it." " I will, Godmother." "Come on." "Go now." "Granny, wait!" "careful!" "On the order of His Majesty King Gaston IX, they were looking for Princess Theresa all over the kingdom." "The Princess is missing!" "Five hundred gold coins!" "Come on, granny." "Come on, Iet's go!" "So much money!" "Thank you, child." "You've saved me, the wretched old thing." "It's nothing, granny." "Now I can make it myself." "It's not far." "Let's get acquainted before we part." "What do you look like?" "Oh, you are a beauty!" "Come on, granny." "I'm just an ugly girl." "If you could only see me." "Any eyes can be thrown dust in, but you can't deceive my fingers." "My fingers are very sharp." "What's wrong with your finger?" " Got a splinter in it." "It hurts." " We'II get it out." "And what is this?" "It must be a ring, isn't it?" "Is it gold?" "And the stone must be precious." " Where did you get it?" " I stole it." "Why are you slandering yourself, Your Highness?" "It doesn't befit a princess, the King's daughter." " Who told you that?" " I guessed it myself." "They promise to give a Iot of money for finding you!" "Are you going to give me in for 500 gold coins?" "Sure!" "I'II get rich and save you at the same time." "You'II wither living the way we do." "What is it that you don't like at home, in the palace?" "Go ask the King's forgiveness and kiss the Queen's hand." "Never!" "You hear, I'II never do it!" "Here we are." "I'm going to bring to your attention an amazing spectacle:" "a beggars' feast, a ball of the homeless." "The owner of thatjoint himself used to be a tramp." "But he somehow managed to strike it rich." "To commemorate his past, he annually arranges a free feast for this kind of people." "Why aren't you dancing, mademoiselle Donkey's Hide?" "Or doesn't anyone invite you to, my charming scarecrow?" "In that case, allow me to engage you for the next dance." "Look how touchy she is!" " Are you hurt?" " Are you all right?" "Excuse me, but this is my partner." "Why are you just sitting here?" "Let's go dance." " Go on." " That would be quite a sight." "Come on, musicians, play." "Are you crazy?" "Some partner!" "He doesn't know how to dance and has no manners." "Do it!" "Good for you, Donkey's Hide!" " She put such a biggy in his place!" " She sat him, not put him." " And in a puddle, not in a place." " A puddle is exactly his place!" "That's our girl!" "Let them know us!" "Quiet!" "You, get up!" "Give me your bag!" " Why?" " Give me your bag!" "Stop pretending to be an innocent sheep." "It is not mine, I swear!" "Get your things and we'II go!" " Where to?" " Where you belong." "Let's go." " I'm innocent." " I said, go." "I'm innocent!" "It's not my purse!" " It's not her purse!" " Shut up!" " Where are you taking her?" " None of your business." "Oh, mademoiselle Donkey's Hide!" "Go on!" "Move it." "My God, look who's here!" "gabriel Sosu." " My friend!" " What?" ".." "I heard you killed someone when you were drunk, stuffed yourself at his wake and died of pangs of conscience." "And here you're, alive and kicking." "Is that really you?" "You are a gendarme now!" "Let me kiss you!" " Sorry, I'm mistaken." " Idiot." "She's gone." "One, two, three, four, five, six." "There you are." " How beautiful!" " Yes, it's nice." "Monsieur Burabeau gave me this necklace for my birthday." "You've got a wonderful husband." "And you're a very nice woman, too." "You're a great couple." "Not exactly." "I'm a jealous type." "And Monsieur Burabeau gets very easily carried away." "He falls in love with absolutely everyone." " Rushing headlong into it." " You don't say!" "I say what you hear, my dear." "You know, I don't even have a maid." "I have to clean all those rooms myself." "careful!" "Step on the runner." "Take your boots off." "Over there." "careful." "Yes, this way." "Be careful." "By the wall, by the wall." " Is that a new antique wardrobe?" " Yes." " How charming!" " But it's very expensive." " How much?" " A thousand." "unbelievable!" "Why?" "My husband and I can afford it." "You must know that my husband is a prominent robber." "Cuckoo." "Good boys." "You've got the signal." "And now watch, my dear butchers," "I climb the tree, and what I'm doing?" "You're stalking the right person." " What do you mean "right"?" " From whom you can get a ransom." "And then what?" "The right man comes out on a glade and watches green fir trees." "Then you give a second "cuckoo" signal." " We turn around and yell..." " Hop-stop!" "You're out of your mind!" "Stop it now!" "AII right, my green fir trees, my dear daredeviIs, my hopeless idiots." "What can I do?" "There has been a flop." "As they say, Man against Nature." "So, we'II have to change the signal." " Did any cows pass here?" " No, Monsieur Burabeau!" "Listen to my new signal!" "For God's sake, forgive me, Madame!" "I was shut in this wardrobe by some scoundrel." "He wanted to ruin me." "He locked the wardrobe with a key." "Oh, girl, you're a godsend." "You're going to clean my rooms." "Thank you!" "Thank you, Madame!" "Move." "Come on, push him in." "My dear devils." "AII right." "Let's go." "Madame, why are all of your pictures covered with rags?" "These are not pictures, this is a collection." "16th century." "italian renaissance." "I don't want the whole town talking about Madame Burabeau's 16th century being fIyspecked." "You're right, Madame." "What do they understand, the files?" "And what is thatjug?" "This is a priceless rarity." "Work of the famous Greek, PoIyvedor of Piraeus." "See his own handwriting on the bottom:" "this vase is made by me, the ancient Greek PoIyvedor of Piraeus, in the 5th century B.C." " Just a reguIarjug, Madame." " No, it's an amphora." " Ajug from the market." " I'm telling you, it's an amphora." " Can't you see for yourself?" " It IS an amphora!" "And I say it's a jug." "You've been cheated." "What do you mean?" "You mean you are very clever and I'm a fool?" " Everything's possible, Madame." " What?" " How you dare?" " Snake!" "What are you doing here, Azor?" "Where's your master?" "Wait." "Oh, maiden of such rare beauty, You're my dream, you're my cutie!" ".." "Oh, you're so magically charming, Your pure soul is so becoming!" "hello, prisoner." "hello, prisoner!" "hello, prisoner!" "hello, prisoner!" "Damn you!" "You don't want to talk?" "well, prisoner..." "You must understand I came here not to talk with you." "I want a ransom, and I don't even know who you are." "tell me, who are you?" "You don't want to?" "AII right, prisoner, you'd better know that tomorrow I'II come not to say hello, but to say goodbye." "And don't even dream of being killed at once." "I'II be doing it... gradually." "Tomorrow I'II have one of your ears cut off, next day, the other one, on the third day, the third one." "still not saying anything?" "You're a heartless person, prisoner." "What is it?" "Who is there?" "Come out." "Or I'II shoot." "Who are you?" "Nobody." "I'm the queen that an eye can't behold, queen of the enchanted realm of the dreams." "close your eyes, don't move and count to ten." "Otherwise, you'II never see me again." "AII right." "One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten." "Thank you, my good stork." "well, for a poor beggar, you look pretty good." "hold your dog." "Don't be afraid." "He won't touch you." "tell me, chargirI, has anyone been here besides you?" " Who else do you want?" " What is your name?" "people call me as they like." "Donkey's Hide or Scarecrow." "Why do you want to know?" "A beautiful girl stood in this place a moment ago." "No, sir, there was nobody here but me." " You were just seeing things." " Yes, I probably was." "Though it's strange." "Very strange." "How do you Iike that!" "A man is daydreaming about beautiful girls!" " Is she one you know?" " Yes, she is." " Are you in love with her?" " I was." "You were, but you can't forget her?" "I cannot." "unfortunately." "I don't understand it." "You were in love with her and she wasn't?" "Yes, it looks like that." "She must have hurt you very much, sir." "Very much." "But she gave me a promise." "Do you understand?" "She gave you no promise!" "What are you talking about?" "How could you know?" " You just said it yourself." " I said no such thing." "Don't argue with me, sir." "If a person daydreams about beautiful girls, he has no way of knowing what he said and what he didn't." "Maybe you're right." "It's strange." "Do you still love your beauty?" "No, I've forgotten her." "almost." "I've fallen in love with another girl now." "almost." "Who is that other girl?" "What do you care, Donkey's Hide?" "I don't care at all!" "You can marry a turtle, as far as I'm concerned!" "What's the matter with you?" "Nothing!" "His fiancee hurt him." "Big deal!" "I have no fiancee whatsoever." "Now I have to marry the girl who has saved my Iife." " And who is this girl?" " I don't know." "I only know that she wears an emerald ring on her finger." "Goodbye, Donkey's Hide." "Come on, Azor." "well, my esteemed wise men, what advice can you give me?" "We have no advice, Your Highness." "What kind of wise men are you then?" "We're very wise wise men, Your Highness, but..." "That's why we can't give you any advice." " And who can?" " fools can, Your Highness." "fools love to give wise advice at every opportunity." "This is a wise observation." " What?" " What happened?" "Come on, Azor, show me what you've brought." "Let's see." "Come here." "This is for me." "A ring!" "A ring." " A ring." " A ring." "Prince Jacques returned to the palace determined to marry the owner of the hand with the emerald ring." "But how can he find her?" "May I have your attention, please?" "Attention, please." "I want to remind you that eligible to get married to His Highness Prince Jacques would be persons of female sex, and only in the exclusive case if, after trying on a ring, to be called hereafter "the ring"," "the ring finger of that person of female sex will, without any difficulty, penetrate the frame of the ring to be called hereafter "the ring"." "please, don't crowd in." "I ask each of you to draw your lot from the hat, not making any fuss." "Ha, your lot both in the literal and figurative sense of the word." "I'm the first!" "I've got one!" "Quite a fitting evaluation." "If you will." "AII right." " What's this row about?" " The brides are nervous." "Don't interfere with my work." "Keep silence." "Line up." " A beauty queen." " A scarecrow." "What do you want here, beauty?" "I want to marry a prince." "Number one, please." "Some hand she's got!" "Next!" "Next!" "Next!" "Next!" "Next, next..." "My number is 21 ." "I'm not trying to get ahead of the line." " Let me through, granny." " I'm a bride, not a granny." "Quiet!" "calm down, please." "I'II go and make inquires." "Excuse me, Your Highness." "I think it's my duty to warn you." "Number 21 is..." "is something outrageous." "She's scruffy, dirty..." "Some ugly beggar." "You should order not to allow her to try it on." "You may go!" "I'II marry anyone whose finger the ring fits." "Whoever she is and whatever she looks like." "I don't care." "Number 21 , please." "Your Highness, give up before it's too late." "Your Highness, retract your rash decision." "It's madness, Your Highness!" "No!" " Is that you?" " Yes, it's me." "But if you don't want to marry me, it's all right." "I'm still young, I'II find someone else." "But it was you who threw the key to the dungeon to me." "It means you've saved my Iife." "Me and another girl." "We saved you together." " Together with whom?" " With her." "Theresa!" "Jacques!" "I know that I have failed you." "And you have reason to feel offended." "But now you will have to marry me, Prince Jacques, of course if Your Highness' word means anything." "I'm notjust Princess Theresa now, I'm a person of female sex to be called hereafter Your Highness' spouse." " But how?" ".." " It's all very simple, Jacques." "Haven't you ever read any magic fairy tales?" " Yes, but I read that..." " Then give me a kiss over here." "That seems to be all." "After that, there was a wedding." "The wedding was attended by King Gaston IX with Gorgette and by Fairy Riade." "only Evstigney the Magnificent and the snubbed Fairy were not there." "Dear ladies and gentlemen!" "I forgot the most important thing!" "The untold prophesy of the old Fairy." "That mysterious "providing"!" "Providing!" ".." "Wait, please!" "Now I remember!" "It was I who has created you!" "That was my best line!" "Wait, please!" "Stop forjust a minute!" "Is it so difficult, for God's sake?" "Thank you." "The princess will be most beautiful and charming." "She will be loved by people of all make." "She will get everything in this world, providing" "Of happiness she worthy proves to be, whatever hardship she may take!" "A fine line, isn't it?" "Take note... "Of happiness she worthy proves to be"!" "And now, ladies and gentlemen, sorry, but our time is up." "The End"