to the guesser of a riddle
so moot,
twelve pillows,
twelve quilted bedspreads
and half his kingdom to boot!
- Are you going to compete?
- Naturally.
- And I'm afraid to.
- Why?
Suppose I can guess the riddle
and the Princess will marry me?
That'll be your lucky day!
What's so lucky about that?
One should marry for love.
You do love her, don't you?
What I want is for her to love me.
You want too much!
Without windows, without doors,
pairs of eyes look out by scores!
Papa, get out the stopwatch!
Without windows, without doors,
pairs of eyes look out by scores...
Without windows, without doors,
pairs of eyes look out by scores!
An inn!
Right!
I should have guessed it.
No, that's wrong!
Papa!
Cucullate! Cumulate!
Cucumber, holy mackerel!
Cucumber!
C'mon, explain it to him!
Out you go!
Old as the sky,
yet each day I die.
Listen, you!
That must be the palace!
- What do you wish this time?
- Sorry for disturbing you...
That's all right, it's my job.
The Princess...
Yes, she's propounding riddles,
and people are all baffled.
The riddles are not easy to guess.
They are all in a book she has.
- Do you have that book?
- I do.
Your riddle is going to be
number 347.
Book of Riddles
Questions and Answers
That face is so familiar.
That's the rich young man
who brought us the gold tree.
A very nice young man.
I've seen him
in that shabby uniform.
I'll pick the hardest riddle
for him.
Destined to live in a cage,
though I'm a bird
I cannot roost, nor peck,
nor fly, nor nest.
Papa, set the stopwatch!
Think, my son.
I wish I could help you,
if only I remembered it.
I knew the answer when I was
a child. Now I've forgotten it.
I won't bother you anymore.
Concentrate.
Papa!
Jailbird!
Jailbird!
The wedding is today! Hurray!
No hurray!
I'll marry any other man you want,
but not him!
- But why?
- I don't know why!
- You starting again?
- Yes.
You're going to be sorry!
We'll have the wedding without you.
My dear son-in-law,
don't pay any attention to her.
Your Majesty!
Your Majesty,
don't get excited.
Your Majesty,
don't kiss him!
Allow me to report to you first.
We've found out where
the Princess was the other night.
The criminal's found!
Where's the scoundrel?
Throw him into the dungeon!
He's the one!
I remember now!
It was no dream,
it was real.
He held me in his arms.
Chop off his head.
How could you do that,
young man?
Well, all right, I forgive you.
The rich people are eccentric.
What do you mean, Papa?
Have you gone crazy?
He's not rich. He lives in an attic
and eats nothing but bread.
- Is that true?
- Yes.
I used to have money galore.
I have nothing now.
I'm taking it all back.
I can't forgive you.
Servants! Throw him into jail!
I'll walk by myself!
- Well, am I going to be your wife?
- Sure you will.
We're just postponing the wedding.
Doesn't that hurt?
That'll get it out of your ribs.
There you are.
Jail isn't so bad, soldier.
You'll get your dinner
in half an hour.
I won't be here
in half an hour.
Some kidder.
- Want me to give you a light?
- I've got my tinder box.
Take care!
Where the devil did I put it?
This time I'm done for!
That's the latest style.
I'll show up at the execution
dressed up to kill.
He'll lose his head completely.
He'll lose his head
because it will be chopped off.
It's his own fault.
He shouldn't have kissed me.
Be honest. You liked it.
So what?
Why did he have the nerve
to say I'd marry him?
You've been dying to have him
marry you, admit it.
No, I don't wanna! I'll have
no part or parcel of it!
Why are you arguing with me?
We're the same person.
Not exactly.
I'm your better half.
So far.
If you go on being so nasty,
I'll start shrinking.
I'll shrink down to one fourth,
then to one eighth...
I'm a better arithmetic expert
than you are.
But there's one thing
you don't know.
One day you'll walk up to
the mirror and see nothing.
Nothing at all.
And that day