The Prince and the Storyteller @smilentales
In a hidden kingdom, Prince Elian lies in an eternal slumber, untouched by time. For a century, countless attempts to awaken him fail until a quiet girl arrives with a satchel of stories. Each night, she reads to him, and slowly, he begins to stir. On the seventh night, a tale of a lonely prince awakens him, revealing that his curse was merely a dream waiting for the right story to end it.
#fairytale #dreams #storytelling #kingdom #awakening
In a hidden kingdom, Prince Elian lies in an eternal slumber, untouched by time. For a century, countless attempts to awaken him fail until a quiet girl arrives with a satchel of stories. Each night, she reads to him, and slowly, he begins to stir. On the seventh night, a tale of a lonely prince awakens him, revealing that his curse was merely a dream waiting for the right story to end it.
#fairytale #dreams #storytelling #kingdom #awakening
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00:00Long ago, in a kingdom hidden beyond the mists and mountains, there lay a prince not lost, but asleep.
00:08No one knew exactly when Prince Elian had drifted into slumber.
00:13One morning, the castle awoke to stillness.
00:16His chambers were undisturbed, his crown perfectly balanced on a velvet pillow beside him.
00:23But there he lay, peaceful, unmoving, untouched by time.
00:28For a hundred years, the kingdom thrived in silence.
00:32The castle aged with grace, ivy wrapping its towers like gentle fingers.
00:38Birds nested in the throne room rafters.
00:42And the prince?
00:43He remained.
00:44Pale, beautiful, and dreaming, they said, of something far beyond this world.
00:52Many came to wake him.
00:53A thousand witches offered spells.
00:55A hundred knights tried magic kisses.
00:59Even poets tried reciting ancient lullabies in reverse.
01:03Nothing stirred him.
01:04Not sword nor spell.
01:06Not love nor longing.
01:09Until one evening, a traveler arrived.
01:12Not a prince.
01:14Not a hero.
01:15Just a quiet girl with a satchel full of stories.
01:18She didn't try to break the spell.
01:20She simply sat beside him and began to read.
01:24Tales of fireflies and forgotten gods.
01:27Stories of broken stars and brave frogs.
01:31Every night, she returned.
01:33And little by little, the prince's fingers began to twitch.
01:37On the seventh night, she read a story of a lonely prince who dreamed too much and forgot to wake.
01:43That's when his eyes opened.
01:46They were not the eyes of a man newly born into the world, but of someone who had seen eternity behind his eyelids.
01:54You remembered me, he said softly.
01:57I didn't know I'd forgotten, she replied.
01:59He smiled, a little tired, a little curious.
02:03The curse, it seemed, had never been a curse at all.
02:06Just a dream waiting for the right story to end it.
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