Tell Me A Story Volume 1 (1991 UK VHS)
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00:51In this village, a long time ago, lived a boy who had no mother or father.
00:57His name was Dick Whittington.
01:03He had no other children to play with, and every day, all he could do was listen to the grown-ups
01:09talking about the wonderful places they had seen.
01:13They used to talk about London, which they said was one of the most beautiful cities they'd been to.
01:20They told Dick that the streets of London were paved with gold.
01:27Dick kept on thinking about how streets would look paved with gold.
01:32He really couldn't imagine what they would be like.
01:36He could not get these thoughts out of his mind, and he decided that he would go there, no matter how long it took him.
01:45So, one day, he wrapped up the few things he possessed, tied the bundle to a stick, and set off for the big city.
01:55And what a long way it was. The road seemed to go on forever.
02:00But every time his feet hurt, he kept thinking about those golden streets.
02:07Many days passed, and then he saw in front of him the fabulous city of London.
02:14He ran, shouting,
02:15I've arrived! I've arrived! Soon I will see the streets of gold!
02:23But he didn't find the golden streets. Instead, he found that they were made of stone.
02:31In tears, he sat down outside a house. It was Mr. Fitzwarren's house.
02:38The door opened, and out came the cook, who shouted at Dick to go away.
02:44She was very angry, and was about to beat him, when Mr. Fitzwarren came out of the house.
02:50With him was his beautiful daughter, Alice.
02:54Take him to the kitchen.
02:56And if he wants to stay, let him.
02:59Dick was given a huge meal, and he decided he would like to stay at the house.
03:05Dick would have been very happy if it hadn't been for one thing.
03:09The cook didn't like him.
03:12She kept him working from early in the morning till late at night.
03:16If anything happened to him, she would have had to fire him.
03:20Dick had an awful time.
03:23He slept in the attic, in a little bed.
03:27When he tried to sleep, he was kept awake by mice.
03:35All night long, he worked in the attic.
03:39When he woke up, the mice had eaten him.
03:42He was kept awake by mice.
03:49All night long, the mice would scamper and squeak, and jump in his bed.
03:56The mice were such a nuisance, that he decided to spend all his money, which was exactly one penny, on a cat.
04:07One morning, he set out to buy a cat, which would catch the mice.
04:13Dick loved his cat very much indeed, and gave him lots of milk to drink.
04:19Soon, of course, there were no mice left.
04:26One day, Mr. Fitzwarren told Dick he was sailing away to another country.
04:32He asked Dick if there was anything he could buy for him.
04:36I haven't any money, Dick said.
04:39But he told Mr. Fitzwarren he could take his cat, which would keep the ship free from mice.
04:47That's the last you'll see of your cat, snarled the cook.
04:53Dick was very sad when his cat left, so Mr. Fitzwarren's daughter gave him some money to buy another one.
05:01The cook became meaner and meaner.
05:05Soon, Dick could stand it no longer, and decided to run away from London, and never go back.
05:14Again, he wrapped up all he had, and set off through the snow.
05:19He really didn't know where to go, or what to do.
05:23Suddenly, he heard the chiming of bells.
05:27He listened, and listened.
05:31They seemed to be saying,
05:33Turn again, Dick Whittington, turn again.
05:37One day, you will be Lord Mayor of London.
05:44I believe you, great bells, cried Dick.
05:47And turned back as the bells had told him.
05:50Back to Mr. Fitzwarren's house, and the horrible cook.
06:01The cook treated him worse than ever, but Dick didn't care.
06:05He kept thinking of what the bells had told him.
06:08That one day, he would be Lord Mayor of London.
06:12Far, far away, Mr. Fitzwarren's ship came to the harbour of a strange land.
06:21The crew came ashore, bringing with them all the things they'd brought to sail.
06:29They all set off, but one day, they were not alone.
06:33Mr. Fitzwarren was not alone.
06:36Mr. Fitzwarren was not alone.
06:39They all set off for a strange town, far away from their ship.
06:46It was hot. They walked for miles and miles.
06:54At last, they arrived.
06:58Here we are, said Mr. Fitzwarren.
07:02Let's go and sell our goods.
07:09He marched through the little winding streets at the head of his sailors,
07:13and soon came to the king's palace.
07:19The guards looked very stern.
07:23The king didn't want to buy the things Mr. Fitzwarren and his men had brought.
07:28But he said he would give anything if someone could rid his country of the mice that were everywhere.
07:36Mr. Fitzwarren ran out of the palace,
07:40through the city,
07:43across the desert,
07:46back to his ship.
07:49And then, puffing and panting, ran all the way back to the palace again.
07:57Mr. Fitzwarren,
07:59puffing and panting, ran all the way back to the palace again.
08:09He held out a sack to the king, saying,
08:12Great king, in this sack is the end to your problem.
08:18And out jumped Dick Whittington's cat.
08:24In a few days, there were no mice left.
08:30The king told Mr. Fitzwarren that if he would leave the cat,
08:35he could have half the king's treasure.
08:38Mr. Fitzwarren agreed.
08:43And so he sailed for home.
08:50One day, he arrived back in London.
08:53He stood in front of his big house with his daughter by his side.
08:56He asked all his servants to come to him.
09:00And then he told Dick that half of the king's treasure was his.
09:05Because if it hadn't been for the cat he had given him,
09:09nothing like this would have happened.
09:18So Dick became rich.
09:21He bought new clothes.
09:23He bought presents for all the servants.
09:26Yes, even for the cook,
09:29who was so amazed at Dick's kindness
09:32that she smiled, whistled and sang.
09:37From that day on, she was a different person.
09:48Alice, Mr. Fitzwarren's daughter,
09:51Alice, Mr. Fitzwarren's daughter,
09:54who liked Dick very much,
09:56agreed to marry him.
10:03Years passed by,
10:05and the message of the great bells came true.
10:08Dick, one day, became the Lord Mayor of London.
10:17When he was famous,
10:18he often thought of his cat and wondered where it was.
10:23Dick's cat was living in great comfort
10:27in a beautiful palace at the other side of the world.
10:34Perhaps he knew that without him,
10:37this story could never have been told.
10:45The Emperor
10:49In a peaceful country, far, far away,
10:53there lived an emperor
10:55who liked nothing better than new clothes.
11:08Everybody was very annoyed about this
11:11because he was spending all the money
11:14the townspeople paid in taxes,
11:15and he did not pay those to whom he owed money.
11:23He hardly paid any of his bills at all.
11:33He didn't bother to pay the soldiers in his army.
11:36He didn't bother about anything
11:38except new clothes for himself.
11:41While the soldiers marched up and down,
11:44and the townspeople became more and more angry,
11:47the emperor would stay in his room
11:50and change his clothes six or seven times a day.
11:56In fact, everybody was very unhappy indeed,
11:59except the emperor.
12:11One day, two weavers arrived in town.
12:17Weavers are people who make cloth,
12:20but these two weren't real weavers.
12:23They just wanted to make some money
12:25without doing any work.
12:29So they told everyone
12:31that the cloth they were making
12:33was not real,
12:35and that they were making it for themselves.
12:40That the cloth they made
12:42was the finest in the world,
12:44but that only those who were very clever
12:46could see it.
12:49Those who hadn't any brains
12:51couldn't see the cloth at all.
12:59It wasn't very long
13:01before the emperor heard about the weavers
13:03and asked to see them.
13:05He told the weavers
13:07they must make him some new clothes.
13:08The weavers said
13:10this would cost a lot of money
13:12as their cloth had to be made
13:14from the finest silk
13:16and the purest gold thread.
13:19Oh, that's all right,
13:21the emperor told them.
13:23You will be paid well for your work.
13:28The emperor called for his lord chamberlain
13:31and told him to find room
13:33for his weavers to work
13:35and to give them as much silk and gold thread
13:36as they wanted.
13:40The lord chamberlain
13:42did not trust the two weavers
13:44but he had to do
13:46as the emperor told him.
13:48Eventually
13:50he brought the weavers
13:52everything they asked for.
13:54They told the chamberlain
13:56to go away
13:58so they could get on with their work.
14:07When the lord chamberlain left
14:09the weavers laughed themselves silly.
14:17They bundled the beautiful
14:19priceless pieces of thread
14:21into their bags
14:23and pretended to work all night
14:25making the clothes.
14:37One day
14:39the emperor wondered
14:41whether his new suit was ready or not
14:43but he was worried
14:45in case he wasn't clever enough
14:47to see the cloth
14:49so he sent the lord chamberlain instead.
14:52The weavers were ready for him
14:54and one of them
14:56pretended to hold up a piece of cloth
14:58for him to see.
15:00Of course
15:02there was nothing there at all.
15:04Marvellous
15:06He dared not admit
15:08he couldn't see anything
15:10otherwise they would think
15:12he was foolish.
15:14Absolutely marvellous.
15:16We want some more
15:18silver and gold thread
15:20said the weavers.
15:31The emperor asked
15:33how things were coming along
15:34and was told
15:36the cloth was magnificent.
15:38Then give them more thread
15:40commanded the emperor.
15:44Next day
15:46he sent someone to see
15:48when the suit would be finished.
15:51The weavers again
15:53held up nothing
15:55and the messenger from the emperor
15:57had to say how wonderful the cloth was
15:59as he didn't want them to think
16:01he had no brains either.
16:03He went back to the emperor
16:05and told him the clothes
16:07would be ready in about a week.
16:11Then
16:13said the emperor
16:15next week I shall leave my court
16:17through the tower
16:19wearing the most beautiful suit
16:21in the world.
16:24He thought
16:26that if two members of his court
16:28had seen the cloth
16:30and they didn't have as many brains
16:32they would surely be able to see it.
16:34And so he stopped worrying about it.
16:45The big day arrived.
16:47The suit was ready to be collected
16:49from the weavers.
16:53The emperor went to the weavers himself
16:55and they pretended
16:57to show him the suit
16:59which of course
17:00was not there at all.
17:02He couldn't say
17:04he was unable to see anything
17:06because the whole town
17:08would have thought he had no brains.
17:10So he told them
17:12how marvellous the suit looked.
17:14Not long after this
17:16the weavers arrived at the palace
17:18with a pile of boxes.
17:20Opening them
17:22they again showed the emperor
17:24his wonderful suit
17:26which was not there at all.
17:28They showed him his trousers
17:30which were not there at all.
17:32They showed him a scarf
17:34which was not there at all.
17:36His coat
17:38which was not there at all.
17:40And they told him
17:42that the suit was so light
17:44he would hardly feel he was wearing it.
17:53They asked the emperor to undress
17:55so that they could put his suit on.
18:01The emperor stood in the middle of the room
18:03with practically nothing on.
18:06The weavers made themselves busy
18:08pretending to dress him.
18:15The Lord Chamberlain
18:17came in to say
18:19that the procession was ready
18:21and everyone in the town
18:23was waiting to see him
18:25in his new clothes.
18:26The emperor asked the Lord Chamberlain
18:28how he liked the suit.
18:32Magnificent sir
18:34he said
18:36not wanting the emperor
18:38to think that he had no brains.
18:49As the emperor went out
18:51of the front door of his palace
18:53the two tricky weavers
18:54left by the back
18:56with all the beautiful cloth
18:58they had stolen.
19:09The emperor arrived
19:11in the town square.
19:13Look at his beautiful cloak
19:15the people cried
19:17wishing to show
19:19they had brains
19:21and could see it.
19:23Look at his wonderful suit
19:25they all shouted.
19:29Not one of them
19:31was brave enough
19:33to say they couldn't see anything
19:35except one little boy
19:37who shouted at the top of his voice
19:39and shrieked with laughter
19:41the emperor has no clothes on
19:43the emperor has no clothes on.
19:47There was a hush
19:48then a whisper
19:50and the whisper became louder
19:52and louder
19:54until it reached a roar
19:57look he hasn't any clothes
19:59look he's practically naked
20:01everyone roared.
20:04The emperor was so ashamed
20:06he ran back to the palace
20:08and stayed there
20:10for weeks and weeks
20:12not daring to put his face outside.
20:15One day
20:16he realised
20:18just how stupid he had been
20:20he gave away
20:22all his beautiful clothes
20:24to the poor
20:26and from that day
20:28he ruled over his kingdom wisely
20:30as all emperors should
20:32and all because
20:34a little boy in the crowd
20:36told the truth.
20:41Puss in Boots
20:47There was once a miller
20:49who lived in a windmill
20:52he had three sons
20:54and they were all very poor
20:58when the miller died
21:00he left to his eldest son
21:02the windmill
21:06to his second son
21:08he left his donkey
21:13and to his youngest son
21:14he left his cat
21:18this young man
21:20was not very pleased at all
21:22what can I do with a stupid cat
21:24he said to himself
21:26how can a cat help me
21:28to make my way in the world
21:32one day
21:34he set off with his cat
21:36to make his fortune
21:38he walked for miles and miles
21:40and became so tired
21:42he had to rest
21:45sitting down on a large stone
21:47by the roadside
21:49he heard a voice saying
21:51just give me a sack
21:53and a pair of boots
21:55and all your worries will be over
21:57it was the cat who was talking
22:01the young man thought
22:03how silly
22:05cats can't talk
22:07and anyway
22:09how on earth can a cat help me
22:11but he gave him the boots
22:13the next day
22:15without his master knowing
22:17the cat set off through the long grass
22:19dressed in his bright new boots
22:21with his sack
22:23and he came to a place
22:25where he knew there were hundreds of rabbits
22:28he put some food in his sack
22:30and settled down to wait
22:37after a little while
22:39a rabbit came along
22:40and started to eat the food in the sack
22:42in a flash
22:44the rabbit was tied up
22:46and in the sack
22:48and Puss set off for the king's palace
22:50which stood on a hill
22:54he was shown into the throne room
22:56and he told the king
22:58that he had brought him a present
23:00of a fine young rabbit
23:02it's from my master the duke
23:04the cat told the king
23:07the king asked Puss
23:09all about the duke
23:11who we all know
23:13was the miller's youngest son
23:15but the king believed
23:17all the stories Puss was telling him
23:22that night
23:24Puss returned home
23:26but didn't tell his master
23:28what he'd been up to
23:30next morning
23:32he returned to the place
23:34where he'd captured the rabbit
23:36he put some food in the sack
23:38and waited for the ostriches to come along
23:44the same thing happened
23:46the birds were caught
23:48and off to the king's palace he went
23:53the king was even more pleased
23:55and said how wonderful
23:57his master the duke must be
23:59to send him all these presents
24:05in the days that followed
24:06Puss brought present after present
24:08to the king
24:10and told him that they were all
24:12from his master the duke
24:14the cat became a great favourite
24:16and was even introduced
24:18to the king's daughter
24:20who of course was a princess
24:25one day
24:27the king and the princess
24:29were riding in their carriage
24:31this was the moment
24:33Puss had been waiting for
24:36running to his master
24:38he told him to go for a swim
24:41his master said
24:43he didn't feel like swimming right then
24:45but you must, you must
24:47quickly
24:49cried his cat
24:51pushing him towards the river
24:53into the river the young man went
24:55when he was in the middle of the water
24:57Puss picked up his master's clothes
24:59and hid them in the bushes
25:02leaving his master in the river
25:04Puss ran to stop the king's coach
25:07the duke is drowning
25:09shouted Puss at the top of his voice
25:12oh we must save him
25:14cried the king
25:16save the duke
25:18save the duke
25:20within seconds
25:22the king's guards were at the water's edge
25:24the miller's son didn't know
25:26what was going on
25:28he was freezing in the cold water
25:30and realising he had no clothes on
25:32he was very embarrassed
25:33his clothes have been stolen
25:35Puss told the king
25:39returning to one of his guards
25:41the king told him to ride back to the palace
25:43and bring the finest suit he could find
25:47back came the guard
25:49and the young man put on the beautiful suit
25:52oh how noble he looked
25:57the king told Puss
25:59to go back to the palace
26:01the king told him
26:03how much he had heard about him
26:05and that he would like him to come
26:07for a ride in the royal coach
26:10the miller's son was surprised
26:12at being called a duke
26:14remember he didn't know
26:16what Puss had been saying
26:18but a sly wink from Puss
26:20stopped him from giving the game away
26:24the young man enjoyed the coach ride
26:26particularly as it was with
26:28the most beautiful princess
26:30he had ever seen
26:32she thought he was
26:34the most handsome duke
26:36she had ever seen
26:39meanwhile Puss
26:41who had no time for coach rides
26:43was planning what he would do next
26:45running ahead of the coach
26:47he came across some men
26:49working in a field
26:51he told them that very soon
26:53the king would pass by
26:55and if he asked them
26:57who owned the fields
26:58they would respond to the duke
27:00Puss told them
27:02if they didn't do this
27:04he would see that the king
27:06put them in prison
27:08for years and years
27:11the coach came by
27:13the king stopped the carriage
27:15and asked the men
27:17who owned the fields
27:19the duke sire
27:21they said
27:23because they didn't want
27:25to go to prison
27:26this duke must be
27:28thought the king
27:35Puss meanwhile
27:37had reached the castle
27:39of the wicked giant
27:41it was the giant
27:43who actually owned
27:45all the land around
27:47and he was a bad
27:49and cruel giant
27:51Puss walked straight up to him
27:53and told the giant
27:54that he was one of the
27:56cleverest giants in the world
27:58so clever that he could
28:00change himself into
28:02anything he wished
28:04yes I can
28:06yelled the giant
28:08watch me change myself
28:10into a lion
28:25oh that's very clever
28:27said Puss
28:29quite frightened by now
28:31but any old giant
28:33can change himself
28:35into a lion
28:37what about something
28:39small like a mouse
28:45before you could wink
28:47your left eye
28:49the giant had turned
28:51into a mouse
28:52too late
28:54the giant realised
28:56what he had done
28:58and what a mistake
29:00he had made
29:02Puss pounced
29:04and in a flash
29:06had eaten him all up
29:08when the coach
29:10arrived at the castle
29:12Puss met it
29:14and said
29:16welcome to the
29:18castle of my master
29:20the duke
29:22when they entered the castle
29:24they couldn't believe their eyes
29:26they thought it was
29:28the most magnificent castle
29:30they had ever seen
29:35what a splendid young man
29:37this duke is
29:39thought the king
29:46soon they all returned
29:48to the king's palace
29:50where a magnificent banquet
29:52was now called the duke
29:58the king stood up
30:00and announced that the duke
30:02and his daughter the princess
30:04were going to be married
30:07the happy couple
30:09went to live in the giant's castle
30:11which of course
30:13now belonged to the duke
30:15and there they lived
30:17happily ever after
30:20but what about
30:22the king who brought all this about
30:24well
30:26he went to live with the duke
30:28and princess in their castle
30:30he wore only the finest boots
30:32and had at least
30:34one hundred pairs
30:52to be continued