hesitate to ask.
Our Master of Ceremonies
wiII see to it.
I want to see you the winner.
I think I've found the reaI thing.
Today, my souI rejoices.
I'II see aII that's most wondrous,
most fantastic in the whoIe worId.
Today I'II choose the winner
worthy to reign in my heart.
And on the throne.
You're aII Ioved equaIIy.
Let the Iosers be not discouraged.
And now, Knights of Beauty,
the tournament wiII begin!
He who does the most fantastic
wiII marry the Princess.
First on our Iist...
Poetry.
Just a second...
My gambIing debt...First draft...
Fragments... Scraps...
My poem couIdn't be Iost!
Part One!
Madam, I'm Adam!
How Iaconic! How meIodic!
How artistic, yet surreaIistic!
Abundant in notion
and fuII of emotion.
ShaII we hear Part Two?
Oh, my future Queen!
Read my poem from right to Ieft!
Madam, I'm Adam!
Fantastic! You can read it
forwards and backwards.
You're a virtuoso! You've got
the magic touch!
I'm at a Ioss for words.
This aroma...
His poem is so short,
and Iife is Iong.
WiII his taIent be sufficient
for a whoIe Iifetime together?
We'II think about it.
In the meantime I hereby name you
our court poet.
Pantomime is next.
Stand up.
Your Iove is not hopeIess.
He got poisoned by Iove.
He is unconscious.
But the ring was empty.
However, his heart was overfiIIed.
He was a genius.
Arts caII for sacrifice!
How crueI.
Now we come to number four.
Painting!
Take the veiI off.
Your Highness, it's painted.
This is fantastic!
What mastery of art!
What a powerfuI stroke!
- What use of coIor!
- It's incredibIe!
You fIattered me.
Princess, you're so beautifuI!
The painter's brush is powerIess
to convey your charm.
I painted your portrait
and kept taIking to you.
I must confess
I've faIIen madIy in Iove with you!
You're more in Iove with your work
than with the originaI.
That Iove does you honour,
I won't dare compete with it.
Love your paintings weII.
And I shaII open
a paIace academy of fine art
and shaII name you
its first president.
You're right, Princess.
Kings die, but art is forever.
Number five. BaIIet!
You'II be my permanent dancing
partner.
Where has he gone?
He's going to dance
around the worId
and wiII be back
in two years.
What a pity.
Number six.
Here we are for a secret.
And secrets are aIways appeaIing.
I need your heIp, Princess.
That is the most fantastic,
the most incredibIe thing
the worId has ever seen!
But I stiII have
91 numbers Ieft!
We withdraw!
This is the most incredibIe thing.
My IittIe princess.
WANTED A PRINCESS
Come in, traveIIer.
My boy!
- Father.
- My son.
Thank God you're aIive
and weII...
As for the princess...
we'II do without one.
We're happy you're back,
Your Highness.
You say you're happy?
Yes, your father and mother,
and everyone who Iives here.
- Who is she?
- Don't you remember her?
Just before you Ieft
she came to our door.
The castIe was empty without you.
The poor girI had nowhere to go,
so we asked her to stay.
Now stop fussing, my dear.
Sit and have a cup of tea.
- No, thank you, reaIIy.
- PIease.
Sit down, won't you?
What wonderfuI tea.
I smeII a pie baking
in the kitchen.
Oh, it's going to burn!
I'II heIp you.
It's the appIe pie,
my favorite!
- Yes, I know.
- How'd you know that?
You were aII anyone taIked
about here.
Why did I Ieave a pIace where
peopIe cared about me so much?
You Iearn many things traveIing!
Home is the best pIace,
I've Iearned that now.
- I had to go through many triaIs.
- Yes, I know.
Too bad she's not a princess.
How do you know that,
Your Majesty?
I think she's a reaI princess
who happens
to have some probIems.
Oh, the fairy-taIe crueI stepmother
chased her out of her kingdom.
AII fairy taIes don't necessariIy
have to be faIse.
When you were hurt,
something squeezed my heart.
When you were deceived,
when your Iife
was in danger,
when you were
so terribIy disappointed...
Why didn't I have
that feeIing in my