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A long, long time ago...
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... so long that
nobody remembers...
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... a king lived
here in the castle.
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And his daughter, the
lovely Princess Miamaja.
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Although it was a fairy
king, they were not fairy rich.
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When they couldn't pay the King's weight in gold,
the princess had to be betrothed to the prince of Montania.
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At the betrothal
baron Wiessenwass was deputy, -
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- because the foreign
prince could not come.
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Just as the princess had said her yes,
the baron discovered the jewel around her neck, -
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- which Miamaja had received
from her friend Valentin.
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Sacramental cockroach!
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Now you've been fooling
around with a poor old man again. You arch-rascal!
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How so, my good Christopher? Wasn't the princess
happy with the amulet?
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Flux, loosen the chains! That closet
neck must be brought to justice.
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Immediately, I sure won't miss him.
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Come hither hunter. One wishes to see you
up in the hall.
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Ouch, what a sight! Now comes your
villainous streaks for a day.
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Blessed is he, who
has a good conscience, Juncker.
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I assure you, I am quite blameless.
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I have small children to take care of,
and three uncared for goats!
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FIMPE WEEPS.
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CHAINS RATLING.
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- QWRTSYÅTI!
- Qasmdnidasveta-nus.
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- What are they saying?
- No devil understands that.
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What's going on here?
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Forgive me, High Majesty. I'm struck
by muteness. My prince!
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The Prince of Montania in chains!
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- The Prince? Do you understand anything, Fedorika?
- Release him, quickly!
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Release him. Release him on the minute!
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Yes, sir King. The key!
The key.
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Christopher
Towerkeeper for the king!
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Rice and dish.
Father Magnum, Father Magmum!
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It's the prince!
Look-for-story-for-sight-for-sense!
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Yes, gentle ruler.
At the moment he is free.
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I swear to that he's perfectly a thug, -
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- and I am innocent as a
mother in the child's life, or vice versa.
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I can't help it.
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Miamaja!
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- Grab him!
- No brother, it's the prince.
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Do over, again...
Grab the other one, the tower keeper!
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Grace! I have 8 uncared for children
and three live goats!
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Grace! Help!
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What is all this? How is it that you
are a hunter first -
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- with hare roast and since prince?
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I'm sorry, but it is an old custom for
princes to look around, -
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- before they get married
... and preferably in disguise.
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An awful mess and now we've just got our
daughter engaged to... What?
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Oh, right... Wiessen... and that's You.
So what happened to Miamaja?
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The princess... went.
I think she is sad and very angry.
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So follow her, maiden hen water!
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Not so silly, Fimpe.
Who is the strange prince?
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- That one is the hunter.
- I saw it myself, just as circa!
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At first the hunter was
an ordinary hunter, pif-paf.
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And rice-dish, then the hunter was
gone, and the prince stood there.
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Then the princess left, and the
prince lay on top of Christopher, Tower-waiter.
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Rice and dish, The tower keeper!
I saw it myself, just as circa!
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- Yes, little Fimpe. Why did she slam the door?
- Who?
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The princess. Smick-smack.
As soon as she saw the prince.
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- Well, that's why.
- Therefore what?
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When the prince sat in the
dungeon as a hunter, the princess was sad.
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- Completely sad, yes.
- Then he came out again, and she was happy.
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- Of course.
- Then he went in again and she got sad again.
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Now he comes out and has become
a prince, but she is sad.
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- Of course.
- What?
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- Of course, my child.
- What, of course, is in that?
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I don't have time to
explain that to you, and waste of time -
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- if you lived to be 400 years old
and never learn to understand women or humans!
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Because in a little while it will be
Christmas, and now I have to go to the kitchen.
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- It is as I said from the beginning.
- What did you say, Uncle Mirko from the start?
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He is from Montania.
He's a typically Montanian.
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- I think he is peaceful.
- Insidious, he is!
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Uncle, you helped get him
out of the dungeon yourself.
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- Yes, and he should have stayed there. Look how it went!
- How, Uncle Mirko?
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What a Christmas!
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After all, we have made certain
thoughts about your person, right from the start.
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Right, dear brother?
Nobility cannot be hidden.
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But since it seemed to amuse
you to act as a simple hunter, -
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- then we wouldn't
spoil the 'pleasure'.
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- Am I right, dear brother?
- Surely. We had no idea.
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It was not my intention to play
undercover with you, high king.
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Or the entire royal family. But secret investigations
made it necessary.
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The result of the
investigation work will justify, -
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- that I couldn't
reveal who I was.
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Yes, surely. That sounds...
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- Where did Miamaja go?
- I think the emotions overpowered her.
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Give it back to him!
Say he can pack up.
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Yes, yes, but you always had goodness for the Hunter.
Now he has even become a prince.
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- A low down prince, that's what he is!
- Ssh, imagine if he heard you.
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I don't want to see him before my eyes,
even if he was the last prince in the world!
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He probably just wanted
to test your love. It's used a lot in fairy tales.
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Revenge! That wretch
must fry in his own fat!
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She doesn't like him anymore. She says
if she gets hold of him, he must be fried.
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- It wasn't too much.
- Yeah, it is too much. He's not that bad.
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- But I wonder about...
- About what? Say something. She is so sad, so sad.
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What if the princess had all the
gold and gave it to them�
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Because it was that they
preferred from the start.
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- Then maybe she was freed from...
- Betrothing herself to him!
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You are so clever, Father Magnum.
Come on, let's push.
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VALENTIN WHISTLING.
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THE BIRD ANSWERS TO VALENTIN.
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Gregor! Shut up, stupid bird!
I'll show you.
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Princess, a word...
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Gone! Give him
back the fool's bell.
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- He is standing at the door.
- I hear that! Then your path will be shorter.
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Princess Miamaja?
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- Greetings, Sibbe.
- Be yourself greeted from my princess.
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You can pack yourself, I was told to say.
Here you go!
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But maiden Sibbe... What kind of nonsense is that!
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Princess?
Princess?
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Miamaja, let me explain.
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Otherwise, I will remain
standing until you come out.
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Miamaja, think of the kindness we
have had for each other.
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Yes. Good things won't come back!
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Think of that we are engaged.
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Engaged? You bought me
like you buy a horse!
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I have to talk to you. I'm coming in.
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If you step over my treshold,
then I jump out of the window!
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No, don't jump, princess!
I can't take it.
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Stay away from the door, prince!
She'll do it, she always does what she says.
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So, so, little princess.
Now hold it in, -
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- otherwise I'll start too.
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It is bad enough, that he has
taken you for a fool.
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But it would be worse if he pretended to be a prince,
but he was actually a hunter, right?
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Ugh!
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Isn't it enough that
one of us hoots, Sibbe!
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- Where did that come from?
- It came by itself, it's a ghost!
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- No, it's gold.
- Don't touch it, princess, there's witchcraft, I saw it!
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Sibbe, hurry to the hall and tell the king that
the princess has regretted it.
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Say she wants to change the trade.
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Regret? You can't regret
something like that.
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Don't argue with me, Sibbe Sigh.
Go now and say exactly what I have said.
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Wow, the looking, father Magnum. Now they want to gawk
with both nose and mouth!
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It's the big eyes you're looking with!
You lose your nose and mouth, besides that, it's right.
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But the princess left.
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NO!
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- Holy ambrosius, It's the purest gold!
- No, a miracle.
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- Yes, it's double florins.
- Coins in heaps!
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It looks like corn-gold.
From good years.
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By my embroided slippers, it's gold! And what is this?
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It's that carp.
Now we have all 12 of them.
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- And the princess's ball frame, that disappeared.
- The coffin must have been at the buttom of the lake.
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- Where is Count Rabsenfuchs?
- And Baron Von Wiessenwass?
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- I have a hunch. I think they are on a fishing trip.
- At a fishing trip now?
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If I may...
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Where is the princess?
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The excellences are
probably on a fishing trip today.
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My honorable prince. Although everything seems
... requires an explanation.
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It all goes to fish!
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Goldfish, right?
But the goldfish is caught.
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Now it's your turn...
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One wrong move
and you're dead!
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Quick, Baron! Up in the wagon.
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Vesper, come on!
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What's wrong?
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Come on Vesper! We have to go.
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Away! Or I'll cut
a hole through you. Gone!
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Come on, Vesper!
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NO, NO!
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Vesper, we have to go!
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- A kingdom for a horse!
- Vesper is bewitched, he won't move outside.
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But he has to!
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Valentin, no! Valentin!
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Don't worry, my girl. My riders will
probably catch the two scoundrels.
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If a certain Prince Valentin
hasn't already grabbed them.
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Imagine that the two thugs
were in league with each other.
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- Did Val... the Prince of Montania know?
- Yes, that's why he acted like a hunter from the start.
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- It's amusing, huh?
- This suits me quite well.
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It's usually deadly boring. Now it's almost as
enjoyable as Christmas.
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Christmas? Well, that's today.
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If I hadn't
abolished it myself...
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But it's not needed anymore, we can just abolish
that law again... Ha ha!
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Rabsenfuchs! Well no.
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- What's wrong now?
- The King hereby verily does:
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Christmas and everything that has to
do with Christmas has been reintroduced.
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Ah, a real ball frame like the princess's!
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That was just as circa
what I wanted.
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Thank you, Uncle Mirko.
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- We have no present for you, Mirko.
- I have received the best present I could ask for:
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Prince Valentin decided that all pixies in Montania
need to be on the Finance Act, -
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- and the people has duty put out Christmas
food throughout the Christmas month.
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High King, to service.
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The Prince of Montania told me we owe
you a big thank you, Christopher Towerkeeper.
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Had I known that the
lumpy hunter was a prince, -
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- then I would have thought of
every harsh word about him.
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Had it not been for
you, Christopher, -
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- then the princess had not
worn the amulet at the betrothal
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and the case had such
a joyful end.
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Here's a Christmas present as
a thank you for your hard work.
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Christmas present?
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One more.
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Supreme Ruler.
My happiness is almost perfect.
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Almost?
What is lacking to complete it?
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Who could join the
Christmas party...
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But I must be in the hole to look after the two
whom the hunter... the prince has captured.
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You only dance around the tree. We
have other plans with the two scoundrels...
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VALENTIN WHISTLING.
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Rank and straight!
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Look happy!
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Here you go, gracious princess.
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Miamaja, you have
reason to feel let down.
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I had to hide who I was.
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The hunter and the prince Valentin
are one and the same person, there's no difference.
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My substitute you gave your yes to
was a fraud.
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Let what is done, be undone.
I am proposing to you for your yes.
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I don't want to buy you
like you buy a horse.
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If you say 'go', I
will leave today, -
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- and we'll never see each other again.
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How shall I interpret
your silence?
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Do you still have a bit of
goodness for Valentin, the hunter and the prince?
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Miamaja, I'm begging
you, give me your yes.
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If you say 'go', I'll go.
If you say 'stay'...
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... then I will be the
happiest person in the world.
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Stay.
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Miamaja...
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I'm not the one
who set it in motion!
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Who is it then?
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The pixies.
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Miamaja!
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Now we are probably even, Valentin.
But you don't believe in pixies?
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Now I do.
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Then stay, Valentin.
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Come on, kids!
Now we can dance.
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around the decorated
tree we wander
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hand in hand lovingly
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the souls meet and
embrace each other
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joy loosens the binding ribbons
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Christmas, dear Christmas
with your elf posture
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Christmas, dear Christmas
you are a fairy tale
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the branches stretch
towards the sky
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tendrils despite the
cold and drought years
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light like radiant
suns is enough for us
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brings us news of soon spring
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Christmas, dear Christmas
with your elf posture
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Christmas, dear Christmas
you are a fairy tale
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Beautiful, isn't it uncle?
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spring will shed its winter coat
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love occupied the frozen minds
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Christmas, dear Christmas
with your elf posture
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Christmas, dear Christmas
you are a fairy tale.
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