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[00:04:21] Yes, soon we're going to hear the real story of the princess and the pea.

[00:04:27] I imagine you know the regular story of the princess and the pea, but just in case you don't, here's a quick reminder.

[00:04:34] In a land far, far away, a prince was looking to marry a princess.

[00:04:40] But he wanted to be sure, quite sensibly, that he married exactly the right person.

[00:04:46] This prince didn't want any fake princess.

[00:04:50] No, he wanted the real deal.

[00:04:52] So, when a woman turned up at the castle door and announced she was a princess, the prince's mother, that would be the queen, came up with a test.

[00:05:03] She piled 20 of the biggest mattresses and fluffiest blankets onto a bed and secretly slipped a frozen pea beneath the lowest mattress.

[00:05:13] Then they invited the princess to stay for the night.

[00:05:18] In the morning, the queen asked how the princess had slept.

[00:05:22] Very well, she replied.

[00:05:25] But, unfortunately, it was a little uncomfortable.

[00:05:29] There was something small and hard beneath the mattress that I could feel all night long.

[00:05:37] The queen was delighted because here was proof, absolute unarguable proof, that this girl really was a princess.

[00:05:48] And so, of course, as is the way in all fairy tales, the prince married the princess and the two lived, I imagine, happily ever after.

[00:05:59] They probably had the odd argument here and there, but really, who doesn't?

[00:06:04] So, I'm guessing that is the version of the story you've heard.

[00:06:08] And indeed, it's the version that princes and princesses have heard the world over.

[00:06:14] But there's another story of the princess and the pea.

[00:06:18] And it's actually, in my opinion, much better.

[00:06:22] Ready to hear it?

[00:06:23] This is The Princess and the Pea by Jane Thomas.

[00:06:36] Prince Bertie spent a lot of his time in the second highest room in the tallest tower in the castle.

[00:06:42] The highest room in the tallest tower is traditionally reserved for princesses, as you probably know.

[00:06:49] And princes usually stay just below them.

[00:06:52] But at this point in the story, there is no princess.

[00:06:57] Prince Bertie is quite alone in that very tall tower.

[00:07:02] One of the benefits of living high up in a tall tower is that you can see an awful long way.

[00:07:08] Prince Bertie could see mountains and jungles, deserts and oceans, cottages and kingdoms, all from his single oval window.

[00:07:22] There were green forests, sparkling silver streams, fields filled with red poppies and yellow sunflowers,

[00:07:32] and golden beaches fringed with turquoise seas.

[00:07:37] Being a prince, he didn't have much to do with his days.

[00:07:41] So he spent a lot of time just looking out of the window and dreaming of wandering around in the world.

[00:07:48] You see, princes have other people on hand to do even the most basic things.

[00:07:55] Every morning, someone would bring the prince breakfast in bed, and then they'd whisk away the empty plates.

[00:08:03] Every afternoon, someone would plan activities for him, whether that was riding his white horse through the woodland,

[00:08:11] or swimming in the nearby pond, or learning to shoot his bow and arrow.

[00:08:17] And every evening, someone would announce when it was time for him to go to bed.

[00:08:22] And they would hold back the blanket so that he could climb into bed so very easily,

[00:08:28] and plump the pillows for him so his head sank into them exactly as it should.

[00:08:34] And they would sit and sing a soft lullaby until they were quite sure he was fast, fast, fast asleep.

[00:08:46] Prince Bertie had tried to do things himself a few times.

[00:08:50] He'd banished the man who chose his clothes every day,

[00:08:54] and instead he'd taken to looking through the vast wardrobes and pulling out shirts and trousers, ties and scarves.

[00:09:04] But by the end of the first week, his mother could stand it no longer.

[00:09:09] For Prince Bertie was well and truly colourblind,

[00:09:13] and had no idea which colours should go with which,

[00:09:16] or whether he should wear black shoes or brown shoes with a particular outfit.

[00:09:21] And queens are extraordinarily fussy about this sort of thing.

[00:09:27] They like their sons to be well turned out.

[00:09:31] So she rehired the man who had been fired only the week before,

[00:09:36] and told the prince he must never try such nonsense again.

[00:09:41] Prince Bertie then decided to help out in the stable.

[00:09:45] He wanted to do everything for his horse, Paolo, himself,

[00:09:50] which was a nice idea.

[00:09:53] But the queen despaired when she saw him coming out sitting backwards on the horse,

[00:09:59] looking confused.

[00:10:01] And then he was the right way round, but the saddle was too loose.

[00:10:05] And he kept swinging beneath the horse and bumping his head along the ground.

[00:10:11] The final straw was when Prince Bertie decided it was unfair that the horse only had access to a few thousand fields

[00:10:20] and five sets of comfortable stables and three streams to swim in and four mud baths to roll in.

[00:10:29] So he had let the horse go free.

[00:10:32] Paolo shot off into the distance,

[00:10:35] and it took a full four days to find him again.

[00:10:38] And when the horse did come back,

[00:10:41] he dug his hooves into the ground and resisted until the castle workers agreed

[00:10:48] to take the five other horses too that he'd made friends with.

[00:10:54] The queen totted up the expense of the five additional horses

[00:10:59] and tutted and shook her head.

[00:11:03] Prince Bertie was told to behave himself.

[00:11:06] There wasn't an unlimited amount of cash, the queen explained,

[00:11:12] opening the door to the cellar where the gold was stored and showing her son that,

[00:11:18] look, there were a few piles of coins that could be even higher

[00:11:23] if it weren't for him and his foolish ways.

[00:11:27] One day, Prince Bertie decided enough was enough.

[00:11:33] He was tired of having every decision made for him

[00:11:37] and tired of not being allowed to make a few silly mistakes.

[00:11:43] He was tired of always eating cornflakes for breakfast

[00:11:49] just because his mother had got it into her head that they looked like pieces of gold.

[00:11:56] That night, as he climbed into bed and thanked the man for holding back his blanket

[00:12:02] and thanked the other man for plumping his pillow

[00:12:05] and thanked the third man for starting to sing the same soft lullaby,

[00:12:11] Prince Bertie closed his eyes and pretended to go to sleep.

[00:12:17] He was sure to breathe in and out, slowly and deeply.

[00:12:26] One long breath in and one long breath out

[00:12:33] And another long breath in and another out

[00:12:42] And soon enough, he was fast asleep

[00:12:47] Disappearing into dreams where he rode off into the forest

[00:12:52] and headed to the deserts and the mountains

[00:12:57] To the moon and the stars

[00:13:02] The same thing happened the next night

[00:13:05] And the next

[00:13:06] But finally, Prince Bertie managed to stay awake

[00:13:11] while pretending to fall asleep

[00:13:13] He heard the blanket lifter

[00:13:17] and the pillow plumper

[00:13:19] and the lullaby singer

[00:13:21] slip quietly from his room

[00:13:23] And then, he sat bolt upright in bed

[00:13:28] He would head out to the castle

[00:13:30] and go off and explore the world

[00:13:33] That is how, a week later

[00:13:37] The prince found himself falling asleep in a hammock

[00:13:41] slung between two palm trees

[00:13:45] There was the sound of the ocean to one side of him

[00:13:49] The gentle pull of the waves as they went up and down the beach

[00:13:54] And the sound of the palms

[00:13:58] rustling in the soft breezes

[00:14:01] to the other side of him

[00:14:04] Between the swaying leaves

[00:14:07] he caught glimpses of the moon and stars overhead

[00:14:10] Silver sparkles that blinked down at him

[00:14:14] The hammock wrapped itself around the prince

[00:14:19] keeping him warm as he slipped into magical dreams

[00:14:25] Prince Bertie stayed there for ten days and ten nights

[00:14:29] Learning to sleep in this strange new way

[00:14:33] Before, he had always slept in the softest bed

[00:14:38] with the softest blankets and the softest pillows

[00:14:42] But he found he was perfectly able to sleep in the hammock

[00:14:47] He loved that there was no roof

[00:14:50] And he could see all the way to the distant galaxies in the night sky

[00:14:55] And he loved that in the morning

[00:14:58] it was the gentle rays of the sun that eased him into the day

[00:15:03] Not the knock at the door of the person

[00:15:06] bringing his golden cornflakes

[00:15:11] Next, Prince Bertie wandered into the countryside

[00:15:18] and flagged down some travelling merchants

[00:15:23] They were living in beautifully painted wooden carts

[00:15:27] that were pulled by horses

[00:15:29] And it just so happened

[00:15:32] that they had a space to spare

[00:15:34] that they said he was more than welcome to use

[00:15:39] The prince learned to sit on the cushion on the seat

[00:15:43] and gently but firmly hold the reins

[00:15:46] guiding the horse along the lanes

[00:15:50] and towards picture-perfect spots

[00:15:53] by lakes and rivers

[00:15:55] where they would stay for the night

[00:15:57] He climbed back into the painted wagon each evening

[00:16:02] rearranging the chairs and table

[00:16:05] in such a way that they became a bed

[00:16:08] and then he would snuggle down into the warm space

[00:16:13] and fall fast asleep

[00:16:16] The evenings were spent around the fire

[00:16:20] sharing stories from a thousand years before

[00:16:23] So every night

[00:16:26] the prince slept with dreams of the ancient traveller tales

[00:16:31] wandering in his mind

[00:16:34] The prince was beginning to believe

[00:16:37] that he could sleep anywhere

[00:16:39] and he decided to test this theory

[00:16:42] He went right into the middle of the desert

[00:16:46] and waited until a caravan of camels came by

[00:16:50] Each led by a man in a long white robe

[00:16:55] that fluttered and danced in the desert winds

[00:17:00] After walking all day

[00:17:03] the men would ask the camels to halt

[00:17:06] as the night began to fall

[00:17:09] When the sun was turning red

[00:17:12] and sinking slowly towards the distant horizon

[00:17:16] and the camels would all lie down in a long line

[00:17:21] tucking their legs beneath them

[00:17:23] and resting their chins on the sandy floor

[00:17:28] The men would also lie in the sand

[00:17:31] and lean back against the warmth of the camel's body

[00:17:35] Using the hump as a pillow

[00:17:40] Prince Bertie mirrored what they were doing

[00:17:43] settling down onto the sand

[00:17:46] and leaning into the soft warmth of the camel

[00:17:50] He had named Camilla

[00:17:53] She turned to see this new person

[00:17:57] using her as a resting place

[00:17:59] and smiled to see the prince

[00:18:02] snuggling down contentedly against her hump

[00:18:07] Once more he was back beneath the stars

[00:18:11] and there were more than ever out here in the desert

[00:18:15] For a whole month

[00:18:17] Prince Bertie stayed with the caravan of camels

[00:18:21] walking across the shifting sands by day

[00:18:25] and curling into the softness of Camilla's hump at night

[00:18:31] Out here he dreamed of genies and flying carpets

[00:18:36] and imagined himself floating above the world's greatest cities

[00:18:41] and each country's tiniest villages

[00:18:45] One evening when the men were telling stories around the campfire

[00:18:52] the prince heard mention of people who slept in trees

[00:18:56] and he wondered if he too might be able to do that

[00:19:01] And so the next morning he left the group

[00:19:05] wondering until he came to the land

[00:19:08] where people chose to sleep in trees at night

[00:19:11] and he asked if he might join them

[00:19:14] A young girl about the same age as Prince Bertie

[00:19:18] nodded that yes, he could share her tree

[00:19:21] and pointed to a branch that was quite unused

[00:19:26] It took the prince a few attempts to climb up the trunk

[00:19:30] finding just where to place his feet and hands

[00:19:34] where the knots were

[00:19:36] and the stumps left over from branches long gone

[00:19:39] But then he was there on the branch of the tree

[00:19:44] It was covered in the thickest, softest, bounciest green moss

[00:19:50] he had ever known

[00:19:51] and the prince had barely leaned back

[00:19:55] into the safe V of two dividing branches

[00:19:58] when he was fast asleep

[00:20:02] The sounds of owls hooting into the black of the night

[00:20:07] filled his dreams

[00:20:09] and he disappeared into worlds

[00:20:12] of flying high, high, high above the trees

[00:20:17] and castles and mountains of the land

[00:20:22] The girl was called Bee

[00:20:24] and she showed Prince Bertie

[00:20:27] how to pile the leaves into a pillow

[00:20:29] and how to use the ferns from the ground as a blanket

[00:20:35] Each night they climbed into new trees

[00:20:39] and slept in new branches

[00:20:41] and then, after many weeks of wandering

[00:20:45] they found they were far, far away

[00:20:48] from all the people he had first met

[00:20:51] In fact, he and Bee were quite alone

[00:20:56] And so, together they wandered the world

[00:21:00] seeing the most wonderful scenes

[00:21:03] and sleeping in the most extraordinary places

[00:21:07] They found caves high up on cliffs

[00:21:11] that they turned into magical grottos

[00:21:14] by hanging jars of fireflies along the walls

[00:21:18] Some of these were far above the sea

[00:21:22] and the prince soon learned

[00:21:24] to love the sound of the water

[00:21:26] lapping as he fell asleep

[00:21:30] They found cars that had long ago been abandoned

[00:21:34] broken down on the edge of highways

[00:21:37] and left behind by owners

[00:21:39] who found it far easier to take a bus

[00:21:42] and forget all about the broken car

[00:21:45] And they slept in these too

[00:21:48] learning to put the seats down

[00:21:51] and create a nest of sorts in the back

[00:21:54] padding the corners with screwed up maps

[00:21:57] and mats they found in the cars

[00:22:01] Prince Bertie's favourite

[00:22:03] were the cars that had sunroofs

[00:22:06] or, as he preferred to think of them, star roofs

[00:22:09] He and Bee would lie in the back of the car

[00:22:14] and look up through the glass

[00:22:16] at the square of sky above

[00:22:18] watching as the stars shifted

[00:22:21] and the moon climbed higher and higher

[00:22:25] in the darkness

[00:22:27] It was in one of the abandoned cars

[00:22:30] that they found a kitten

[00:22:32] who seemed to be quite alone in the world

[00:22:34] and the prince popped the kitten

[00:22:37] into his pocket

[00:22:39] and declared they had a new friend

[00:22:41] who would join them on their journey

[00:22:44] The kitten curled up

[00:22:47] in the soft warmth of his pocket

[00:22:49] happy to be with people again

[00:22:52] and content to be travelling

[00:22:54] wherever they chose to go

[00:22:56] And so, in the weeks and months that followed

[00:23:00] the kitten, who they named Mitzi

[00:23:03] after the car they'd found her in

[00:23:05] learned to chase butterflies during the day

[00:23:08] and sleep curled up

[00:23:11] by Prince Bertie's side at night

[00:23:15] Eventually, the prince realised

[00:23:17] he'd been away from his castle home

[00:23:20] for a terribly long time

[00:23:22] and perhaps he should return

[00:23:24] and let his mother know that all was well

[00:23:27] Bee and Mitzi, of course, went with him

[00:23:31] for by now, the three were quite inseparable

[00:23:36] For weeks, they walked across deserts

[00:23:39] and through forests

[00:23:41] over mountain ranges

[00:23:43] and along golden beaches

[00:23:45] Wherever they were

[00:23:47] sleeping at night

[00:23:49] was never a problem

[00:23:51] By now, the prince was so good at sleeping

[00:23:54] that he could have slept standing on his head

[00:23:57] Not that he ever tested that thought

[00:24:00] but he was sure it must be true

[00:24:04] By the time they returned to the castle

[00:24:07] the prince was no longer the young boy

[00:24:10] he had been when he left

[00:24:11] but a young man

[00:24:13] with a hint of a beard

[00:24:15] and a smile in his eyes

[00:24:17] that had never been there before

[00:24:20] Bee had grown from a girl

[00:24:22] into a beautiful young woman

[00:24:26] Every day, she wound her long hair

[00:24:29] up into a series of plaits

[00:24:32] and pinned them carefully around her head

[00:24:35] keeping the golden locks

[00:24:37] safe from the thorns they pushed past

[00:24:40] and the rocks they climbed over

[00:24:44] Mitzi was no longer a kitten

[00:24:46] but was a glorious, shining ginger cat

[00:24:50] with white paws

[00:24:51] that she kept clean

[00:24:53] by licking them each night

[00:24:54] before going to sleep

[00:24:56] and a white patch across one eye

[00:25:00] that Prince Bertie secretly thought

[00:25:03] made her look exactly

[00:25:04] as if she belonged to a pirate

[00:25:07] They finally reached the castle

[00:25:11] and the prince led Bee and Mitzi inside

[00:25:14] finding his mother in the garden

[00:25:17] where she sat on a bench

[00:25:19] with a book in one hand

[00:25:21] and a glass of pink lemonade in the other

[00:25:24] Goodness!

[00:25:27] she said

[00:25:28] when Prince Bertie approached

[00:25:30] It feels like a terribly long time

[00:25:35] since I saw you, my dear

[00:25:36] My, how you've grown

[00:25:40] The queen smiled up at her son

[00:25:43] and looked inquiringly towards Bee

[00:25:46] and then Mitzi

[00:25:47] And who are these two, dear Bertie?

[00:25:51] I see you have brought gold

[00:25:54] back to the castle

[00:25:57] The prince explained that this was Bee

[00:26:00] and that he had first met her

[00:26:02] when he slept in a tree

[00:26:04] and this was Mitzi

[00:26:06] and she had come into his life

[00:26:08] when he had found her

[00:26:10] in an abandoned car

[00:26:12] The queen nodded

[00:26:14] and smiled

[00:26:15] and welcomed them to her home

[00:26:18] happy to see the long golden hair

[00:26:21] on the girl

[00:26:22] and the soft golden fur

[00:26:24] of the cat

[00:26:25] She was sure

[00:26:27] they must both be royal

[00:26:29] but of course

[00:26:30] the test would come that night

[00:26:33] only then

[00:26:35] would she know for sure

[00:26:37] if this Bee

[00:26:39] was a princess or not

[00:26:41] The queen led Prince Bertie

[00:26:45] to his old room

[00:26:46] in the second highest room

[00:26:48] in the tallest tower

[00:26:50] where the blanket lifter

[00:26:52] and the pillow plumper

[00:26:54] and the lullaby singer

[00:26:56] awaited his arrival

[00:26:58] and then

[00:27:00] she went further

[00:27:01] to the very highest room

[00:27:04] in the tower

[00:27:05] and showed Bee

[00:27:07] to a bed

[00:27:08] that was piled high

[00:27:10] with twenty

[00:27:10] of the softest mattresses

[00:27:13] the kingdom could provide

[00:27:15] and

[00:27:16] twenty of the coziest blankets

[00:27:19] that sheep had ever given

[00:27:21] their wool for

[00:27:23] in his bed

[00:27:25] the prince

[00:27:26] tossed and turned

[00:27:27] quite unable

[00:27:29] to sleep

[00:27:30] somewhere

[00:27:30] that was so soft

[00:27:32] and warm

[00:27:33] and cosy

[00:27:34] he longed

[00:27:37] to see the moon

[00:27:38] and the stars above

[00:27:39] and he longed

[00:27:42] to take Mitzi

[00:27:43] from her basket

[00:27:44] by the fireplace

[00:27:45] where his mother

[00:27:47] had insisted

[00:27:48] she sleep

[00:27:49] and then

[00:27:51] he heard

[00:27:52] a tap tapping

[00:27:53] at the door

[00:27:54] and upon opening it

[00:27:56] he saw Bee

[00:27:58] do you think

[00:28:01] she whispered

[00:28:03] you might have

[00:28:05] something

[00:28:05] I could slip

[00:28:06] beneath these mattresses

[00:28:08] I need something

[00:28:10] a little less

[00:28:12] perfect

[00:28:13] a frozen pea

[00:28:15] would do it

[00:28:16] you know

[00:28:18] the prince

[00:28:19] tiptoed his way

[00:28:20] down the staircase

[00:28:22] and into the kitchen

[00:28:23] and through

[00:28:24] to the larder

[00:28:25] reaching into

[00:28:27] the depths

[00:28:28] of the freezer

[00:28:29] and pulling out

[00:28:31] a single

[00:28:32] frozen pea

[00:28:34] on the way

[00:28:35] past

[00:28:36] the basket

[00:28:37] Mitzi

[00:28:38] leapt onto

[00:28:38] his shoulder

[00:28:39] and nuzzled

[00:28:41] into his face

[00:28:42] insisting

[00:28:43] on returning

[00:28:44] with him

[00:28:44] to his room

[00:28:45] in the tower

[00:28:47] with the pea

[00:28:49] in place

[00:28:49] beneath the mattress

[00:28:51] Bee

[00:28:52] heaved a sigh

[00:28:53] of relief

[00:28:54] and fell

[00:28:55] fast asleep

[00:28:57] and with Mitzi

[00:28:59] curled up

[00:29:00] by his side

[00:29:01] Prince Bertie

[00:29:03] was able to sleep

[00:29:04] safe

[00:29:05] and sound

[00:29:05] too

[00:29:07] in the morning

[00:29:09] the queen

[00:29:09] asked the question

[00:29:11] that a thousand

[00:29:12] queens

[00:29:13] have asked

[00:29:13] before

[00:29:14] hoping

[00:29:15] against hope

[00:29:16] to hear

[00:29:17] the response

[00:29:18] of a princess

[00:29:19] do you know

[00:29:22] said Bee

[00:29:24] I found it

[00:29:25] so hard

[00:29:26] to sleep

[00:29:27] until

[00:29:28] Prince Bertie

[00:29:30] was kind

[00:29:31] enough

[00:29:31] to pop

[00:29:32] a frozen pea

[00:29:33] beneath

[00:29:33] the lowest

[00:29:34] mattress

[00:29:35] I'm quite

[00:29:36] sensitive

[00:29:37] to these

[00:29:37] things

[00:29:38] you know

[00:29:38] and like

[00:29:39] to feel

[00:29:40] something

[00:29:41] as I sleep

[00:29:43] the queen

[00:29:44] clasped

[00:29:46] her hands

[00:29:47] and

[00:29:48] could you

[00:29:49] feel

[00:29:49] a single

[00:29:50] pea

[00:29:51] beneath

[00:29:52] those

[00:29:52] twenty

[00:29:53] mattresses

[00:29:54] and

[00:29:54] twenty

[00:29:55] blankets

[00:29:56] she asked

[00:29:57] hardly

[00:29:58] daring

[00:29:59] to hope

[00:30:00] the answer

[00:30:01] might be

[00:30:01] yes

[00:30:02] of course

[00:30:05] said Bee

[00:30:06] of course

[00:30:07] I felt

[00:30:08] the pea

[00:30:08] she was

[00:30:10] about

[00:30:11] to add

[00:30:11] that it

[00:30:13] made her

[00:30:13] happy

[00:30:14] and content

[00:30:15] to feel

[00:30:16] that single

[00:30:17] frozen pea

[00:30:18] but the

[00:30:19] queen

[00:30:20] rushed at

[00:30:21] her

[00:30:21] and hugged

[00:30:22] her

[00:30:22] close

[00:30:24] last

[00:30:26] my

[00:30:27] prince

[00:30:28] has

[00:30:29] found

[00:30:30] his

[00:30:30] princess

[00:30:31] she

[00:30:32] declared

[00:30:33] and that

[00:30:35] is the

[00:30:36] story

[00:30:36] of how

[00:30:37] Prince

[00:30:38] Bertie

[00:30:38] found

[00:30:39] his

[00:30:40] princess

[00:30:40] Bee

[00:30:41] with the

[00:30:42] help

[00:30:42] of a

[00:30:43] single

[00:30:44] frozen

[00:30:45] pea

[00:30:46] it

[00:30:47] isn't

[00:30:47] quite

[00:30:48] the

[00:30:48] same

[00:30:48] story

[00:30:49] as the

[00:30:50] one

[00:30:50] I'm

[00:30:50] sure

[00:30:50] you've

[00:30:51] heard

[00:30:51] before

[00:30:52] but

[00:30:53] it

[00:30:54] just

[00:30:54] goes

[00:30:55] to show

[00:30:55] that

[00:30:56] anyone

[00:30:57] can be

[00:30:57] a

[00:30:58] princess

[00:30:58] and

[00:30:59] anyone

[00:31:00] can find

[00:31:01] their

[00:31:01] prince

[00:31:02] as long

[00:31:03] as people

[00:31:04] are true

[00:31:05] and

[00:31:06] honest

[00:31:07] and live

[00:31:08] as they

[00:31:08] want to

[00:31:09] live

[00:31:11] every

[00:31:12] night

[00:31:12] after

[00:31:13] that

[00:31:14] princess

[00:31:15] Bertie

[00:31:16] and princess

[00:31:17] Bee

[00:31:17] and of

[00:31:19] course

[00:31:19] the ginger

[00:31:20] cat

[00:31:21] with the

[00:31:21] white

[00:31:22] paws

[00:31:22] and white

[00:31:23] eye patch

[00:31:24] Mitzi

[00:31:25] would sleep

[00:31:27] in the

[00:31:27] gardens

[00:31:28] beneath

[00:31:29] the moon

[00:31:30] and the

[00:31:30] stars

[00:31:32] to

[00:31:33] please

[00:31:33] his

[00:31:33] mother

[00:31:34] they

[00:31:34] slept

[00:31:35] on a

[00:31:35] bed

[00:31:36] of a

[00:31:36] thousand

[00:31:37] feathers

[00:31:37] with

[00:31:38] blankets

[00:31:39] and

[00:31:40] pillows

[00:31:40] spun

[00:31:41] from

[00:31:41] the

[00:31:42] finest

[00:31:42] wool

[00:31:43] and

[00:31:43] silk

[00:31:45] as

[00:31:45] long

[00:31:46] as

[00:31:46] they

[00:31:46] could

[00:31:47] lie

[00:31:47] there

[00:31:48] the

[00:31:48] cat

[00:31:49] curled

[00:31:50] up

[00:31:50] between

[00:31:50] them

[00:31:51] and

[00:31:52] purring

[00:31:52] contentedly

[00:31:53] they

[00:31:54] would

[00:31:54] sleep

[00:31:56] as

[00:31:57] long

[00:31:57] as

[00:31:57] the

[00:31:58] stars

[00:31:58] were

[00:31:59] sparkling

[00:31:59] above

[00:32:00] them

[00:32:00] as

[00:32:01] long

[00:32:02] as

[00:32:02] the

[00:32:02] soft

[00:32:03] breezes

[00:32:04] of

[00:32:04] the

[00:32:04] night

[00:32:05] gently

[00:32:06] brush

[00:32:07] their

[00:32:07] faces

[00:32:07] as

[00:32:09] long

[00:32:10] as

[00:32:11] the

[00:32:11] hoots

[00:32:11] of

[00:32:12] the

[00:32:12] owls

[00:32:13] and

[00:32:13] the

[00:32:14] rustle

[00:32:14] of

[00:32:14] leaves

[00:32:15] and

[00:32:16] the

[00:32:16] distant

[00:32:17] tumbling

[00:32:18] of a

[00:32:19] stream

[00:32:19] could

[00:32:19] be

[00:32:20] heard

[00:32:20] the

[00:32:21] prince

[00:32:22] and

[00:32:23] the

[00:32:23] princess

[00:32:24] would

[00:32:25] sleep

[00:32:26] and

[00:32:27] dance

[00:32:27] in

[00:32:28] dreams

[00:32:29] of

[00:32:29] flying

[00:32:30] carpets

[00:32:31] and

[00:32:32] caravans

[00:32:33] of

[00:32:33] camels

[00:32:33] and

[00:32:35] mossy

[00:32:35] branches

[00:32:36] and

[00:32:37] caves

[00:32:38] lit

[00:32:39] by the

[00:32:40] soft

[00:32:41] flashes

[00:32:42] of

[00:32:43] fireflies

[00:32:43] the

[00:32:43] way

[00:32:43] to

[00:32:44] to

[00:32:44] to

[00:32:44] the