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SALT OVER GOLD
(Slovak Fairy Tale)
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SUBTITLES
Adam Stanislav
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STARRING
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and others
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DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
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DIRECTOR
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- We, King Pravoslav,
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open the games
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in our daughters’ honor.
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In the name of
their virtues and beauty.
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Kings, princes and knights,
welcome to today’s tourney.
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Compete as brave men,
with courage and skill,
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to win the admiration of men
and love of beautiful women.
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Don’t lose your noble manners
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or respect for your
opponents and adversaries.
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May the Goddess of
Fortune be with you all.
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- Jousting with lances will be
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His Majesty King Norbert III
and His Highness Prince Severín.
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- Bravo. Bravo, Winner! Bravo!
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- His Highness Prince Kazimír
and His Highness Prince Dalimil
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shall compete with
shields and swords.
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- My daughters, the most
courageous and bravest knights
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of all the world are
competing for your favor.
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- You’ll marry killers.
- Winners!
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I’m searching for my successor,
not hiring a gardener.
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The shield and axe
challengers are
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the Noble Prince Zlatan and
His Highness Prince Waldemar.
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- Break it off!
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I don’t want them
to scuffle over me.
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- But, Dear Daughter...
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Bad manners. Impudence.
Insult to our guests!
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- You’re a guest now?
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- Where are you?
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Come to me.
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Come.
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My darling.
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Take me out of here.
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Can you hear the
clamor and fray?
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Father is set out
to marry us off.
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Why are you still silent?
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- You cannot go to
my father’s kingdom.
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You would perish.
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- When will you finally
reveal who you are?
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And where you come from.
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- You will learn everything,
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as long as you have not
favored a spouse yet.
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- You’ll vanish and I
will not see you again.
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- Warm up this rose with
your breath and I will come.
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It is made of pure salt,
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the most precious
mineral hidden in the Earth.
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No life would be
possible without it.
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- Our law bans any
contact with humans.
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And you keep breaking it.
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- My King and Father...
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- You are my only son,
the future King of Subterra.
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Obedience of the law
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is the duty of the subjects
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and the necessity
for the kings.
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Therein lies both, our
power and our immortality.
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- Humans have a
greater gift. Love.
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- Who is she?
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- Pravoslav’s
youngest daughter.
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I love her. I cannot
live without her.
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I have learned what love is.
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- You’re mistaken. I know
best what human love is.
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Every day I endow
them with many gifts.
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They value not what
keeps them alive,
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what Mother Earth offers them,
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but some fading
shine and wealth.
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They quarrel, kill
each other, fight wars.
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For gold, for precious stones.
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They plunder Earth’s guts,
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not for their needs,
nor to enjoy its beauty,
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but out of dumb greed.
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- Not all humans are
the way you see them.
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I’ll show you they don’t
deserve your rage and scorn.
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- You will?
Very well.
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I wanted to avoid this.
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Youth does not equal experience.
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You have made your own bed!
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- Don’t stand up to your father.
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- Don’t you reject me, too,
Mother Fairy. I love her.
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- You only listen to your heart.
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Use your brains, too.
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- My brains and my heart
are of the same mind.
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- Your place is here,
in Kigdom of Subterra.
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You belong here, nowhere
else. You’re racing to peril.
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- You’re rushing
your daughters’ weddings.
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- You know why I am.
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My eyes are losing the light,
my head is bending down.
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- That only happens
to ripe grain.
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- A blind king
is a bad king.
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- You have always ruled
with sound mind and love.
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- Love.
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They can’t all be queens.
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Quite frankly, I’d like
to see Maruška on the throne.
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She looks like her mother.
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But fatherly emotions...
I must decide like a king.
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Fairly.
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- You need to wait.
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- I can’t wait!
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Tomorrow the country
shall hear my decision.
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Why has Maruška
not chosen anyone?
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Who was in the
garden with her?
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- I really don’t know, Majesty.
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- But you saw them.
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- Seeing is not
knowing, Majesty.
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- You’re always a wise guy,
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offer your advice,
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meddle in everything.
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Well?
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Be wise now!
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- It is a difficult choice.
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A future queen must
be just, brave and kind.
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Keep in mind.
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Whoever honors and
loves his father and mother,
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has a good heart.
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He is noble and wise to all.
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Ask your daughters
how much they love you.
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The one who shows
you the greatest love,
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entrust her with the
country and let her rule.
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- Does everything add up?
- As always, Radiant Princess.
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- I detected an error
in the last collection.
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- Tax collectors
followed King’s orders.
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They skipped the
regions hurt by the drought.
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- We need the gold.
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Gold unlocks everything.
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Strength, obedience, devotion,
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love as well as justice.
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That is why we need lots of it.
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- A gown worthy of the queen.
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- Future queen.
You may leave.
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- Allow me, Radiant Princess,
to show you some new jewelry,
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I have just finished overnight.
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- Let me.
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It is exquisite.
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Only gemstones can
have such marvelous colors.
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I am very pleased.
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Nothing in this
world outshines jewels.
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I prefer them over people.
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Just one tiny detail left.
A crown.
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Fashion me a crown.
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- To cover an empty head.
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- Why so crass,
Princess Wanda?
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- If folly sat on the throne,
it would long be yours.
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Do you think lavish clothes
and a pretty face will do?
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Do you know what it takes
to manage a country?
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Do you know how much
your exquisite robes cost?
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- Those are plebeian
concerns, not royal.
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- I am the oldest.
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By ancient right,
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father must make
me the queen.
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- Dear Sister,
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every right ever
has been won by sword.
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The sword not just makes
right, it maintains order.
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- I have warned you.
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The sword only brings blood.
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- Put the flowers
to all chambers
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and all corridors.
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Let tommorow be a rose day.
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- Put such beautiful
roses to dark corridors?
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- Flowers should be everywhere.
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Especially in the
darkest of places.
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- My Faithful.
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The time has come
when even the king
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has to bow down to
the flow of time,
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to the relentless
laws of nature.
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Elderly wisdom
tells us only to carry
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as much burden as we can bear.
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Fate did not favor us with a son
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to pass on the royal scepter to.
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We have, therefore, decided
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to pass it on to
one of our daughters,
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the one who will choose
the most capable spouse
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and profess the greatest
love for her father.
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So Wanda, our
oldest daughter,
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introduce your spouse
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and profess your love
for your father.
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- Here,
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my most Radiant King and Lord,
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is the most precious
possession I hold.
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The shield, passed on
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from father to son,
for many generations.
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It guarantees no
one shall conquer
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the kingdom
entrusted into my care.
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As I shall defend it for
you and your descendants.
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In the name of the shield,
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in the name of my
love for Princess Wanda,
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I am asking for
her hand in marriage.
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- My Father, you
seek the assertion
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of your daughter’s
love and respect.
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Words are difficult to come by,
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with so many
ways to measure love.
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Gold is the most expensive
and precious of all things.
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Know then, My Father,
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you are dearer to me than
all the gold in the world.
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- We have enjoyed
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your profession,
Our Oldest Daughter.
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Your briefing was courageous
and brave, King Norbert.
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What now does Prince
Kazimír have to say?
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How will you profess your
love, Barbora, Our Daughter?
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- King Norbert will defend
your country with his shield.
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Noble and worthy were his words.
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Yet, King Pravoslav,
I prize other virtues.
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Behold this sword!
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The sword no ruler
has ever subdued.
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Not to defend your
daughter do I want,
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nor your kingdom to protect,
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but by force and with this sword
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I shall crush all kingdoms,
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fill up your treasury,
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and your name and the
name of your dynasty
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glorified shall be forever.
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- You know, My
Father and King,
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how I love all the splendor
and riches of this world.
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How easily I can hear
the most subtle whisper
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in the most expensive diamonds,
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feel the blaze rubies breathe,
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catch the ocean waves
in precious pearls.
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Great and precious is
the treasure in our coffers.
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great and avid is my
love for all this splendor,
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yet my love for you, Father,
is so uncommon
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that, next to it, all the
treasures of the world
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are but sand at the
bottom of the ocean.
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- Maruška, Our Youngest,
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we have cherished
you like a precious rose
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because you never
knew your mother.
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Have you yet to choose a spouse?
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- My Father...
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This prince, My Father,
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is my spouse.
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- What country do you
come from, Honored Prince?
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- Your Radiance, I bring
neither sword nor shield.
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Love has brought me here.
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And I ask for the hand
of your youngest daughter.
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I offer you no gold,
no precious stones,
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but flourishing
gardens, green meadows,
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forests crowded with wild life,
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happiness and joy
to your kingdom,
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peace to your people.
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- You have heard your
sisters’ confession.
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What is yours, Dear Daughter?
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- Gold is very
precious, My Father.
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Gemstones are
beautiful and expensive.
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But most precious
of all is salt.
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No life would be
possible without it.
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I love you like salt, Father.
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- My Dear Daughter.
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Surely, you have said
that in a clouded moment.
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When the reason
does not weigh the words,
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when for a stem we
overlook the meadow,
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for a small love, great.
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And so, amend your speech.
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Tell us. How do you love us?
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- My thoughts
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and my heart are not clouded.
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Those were words of love,
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humility and obedience.
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So, I repeat.
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I love you like salt.
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- Like salt you say?
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Like salt?!
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Which is scattered
in closets, in kitchens,
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abounds in salt mines and is as
ample as sand in the oceans?
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- Tame your anger, My King.
You know not what you say.
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- Silence! Not you but our
daughter we denounce.
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Hear, You All!
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Our favorite child
loves us like salt.
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It flows through
the poorest of fingers.
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Everyone has it aplenty.
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Such is our
daughter’s love for us!
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- Father!
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- By debasing the son,
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you have insulted his father.
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As you scoff at true feelings,
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you do not welcome true values,
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gifts from Mother Earth.
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I curse this country.
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I curse this kingdom.
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Let your
punishment be as severe
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as you have earned.
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- Begone!
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You were our favorite.
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But the greatest love
is the greatest misery.
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Instead of joy,
you filled us with sorrow.
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You thrust the dagger of
ingratitude through our heart.
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Get out of my sight!
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- Hold it, King!
- Quiet!
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- I cannot stay quiet
when anger clouds your reason!
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- Jesters’ rights
have limits, too!
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Guards!
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Take her out of the castle!
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- Father.
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Father!
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- You may only return,
- Father!
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- when salt is more
precious than gold!
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Then you’ll be queen!
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- Good-bye!
My child!
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- Where is my prince?
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- Gone. No one knows where.
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- Come to me, My Darling.
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- The mercenaries of
all the knights and princes
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got very drunk,
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celebrating the victories
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and drowning the
losses of their masters.
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Prince Waldemar
and his cohorts
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burst into royal cellars
and drank two barrels
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of your best wine, Highness.
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King Norbert’s men wanted
to boil the cook in the soup.
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- Back off!
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Your...
Your Majesty.
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A regular salt pot,
full of gold dust.
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Salt turned to gold!
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- Have you all
lost your marbles?!
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- I’m telling the
truth, Your Majesty.
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- Whose salt pot is it?
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- An ordinary woman
brought it, Your Majesty.
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- Bring her in, this instance!
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- But she’s just one of many.
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- All with gold
in their salt pots, eh?!
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- Gold. All gold.
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- Real gold.
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Where did you get it?
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- It just happened, Highness.
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The gold really
was in the salt pot.
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- How could gold just happen?
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And why?
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- Majesty,
Majesty, it is...
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- I know, I know, I know.
Show us!
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We are the richest of all.
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Thank you, Good Powers,
for this miracle.
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Well now. Shall we
get down to business?
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- We’ll take care of everything.
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No worries, Majesty.
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Not a grain must go missing!
- It won’t.
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Not a grain, Majesty.
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- But what shall we salt with?
- Make salt-free meals.
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- No one can cook without salt.
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- So use something else.
- Like sugar!
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- Load up the wagons!
- I won’t let you!
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- I meant fifty-fifty.
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- That’s better.
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Let’s divide it up in the mint.
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- Well. What’s on your mind?
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- Your Radiance.
A minor thing, but still.
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The cooks are whining.
They do not know what to cook.
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- Plenty of food
in our pantries.
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- But not a dash of salt.
They can’t cook without it.
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- So send for some more!
- No salt anywhere.
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- Ah! What are salt mines for?
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- We will cook as ordered,
and use sugar instead.
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Well? Are you deaf?
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Back to work!
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- Enjoy your meal, Majesty.
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- We do not need
meat all the time.
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- Let them bring desserts!
We have a tooth for cake.
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Feast on, My Faithful!
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There’s plenty to eat.
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- But no decent meal.
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Were I the king,
the cook would be hanged.
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Alas, like cook like king.
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- You’re still only
a guest here, King Norbert.
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And good manners
still behoove you.
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Because we are still
the king of this kingdom!
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- My apologies, King Pravoslav.
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My craving for a good
roast has made me forget
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my royal upbringing.
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- Salt rose. Help.
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- We’ll buy weapons.
Hire mercenaries.
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And press a campaign.
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- We’ll start at home.
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Oust Pravoslav,
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divvy up the kingdom, then
charge against neighbors.
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And you will be my neighbor.
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- And you mine.
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- How did she end up in
the heart of the forest?
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- Don’t worry.
We won’t hurt you.
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- Where are you off to?
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- I am looking for my spouse.
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- Who is your spouse?
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- The Salt Prince.
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Help me find him, Good Fairies.
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- The Salt Prince
suffered a terrible tragedy.
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Go back home, Dear Girl!
You’ll never see him again.
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- What happened to him?
- He’s in Kingdom of Subterra.
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- Show me the way.
- We will. But you mustn’t tell.
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We’d endure a cruel trial.
And avoid the King of Subterra.
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- No. No! Let go of me!
Leave me! Let go! No...
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♫ - Once was
there a very odd king. ♫
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♫ But you it
is not concerning. ♫
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♫ Once was
there a very odd king. ♫
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♫ The king had
banned the white color. ♫
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♫ What is the worth of such a king?
But you it is not concerning. ♫
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♫ What is the worth of such a king?
Everyone started to wonder. ♫
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♫ Though a crown
he wears, that one king. ♫
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♫ But you it
is not concerning. ♫
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♫ Though a crown
he wears, that one king. ♫
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♫ He is not worth a... ♫
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- Enough!
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- Well now, Pravoslav,
which daughter shall be queen?
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And which son-in-law king?
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They love you. More
than gold and diamonds.
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You’re getting old,
have to choose.
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Maruška...
- I forbid you to talk of her.
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I don’t want to hear a word.
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- Behold, Courtiers of Subterra,
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here kneels the daughter
of a Terran king,
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crying and begging for mercy.
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Get up!
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How dare you enter the kingdom
you have cast to affliction?
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- Affliction?
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I’m only looking for my spouse!
- You do not have a spouse.
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- What happened to him?
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I shall not leave
till I have seen him!
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- You shall not leave
till you have seen him?
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But indeed.
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You will see him
but you shall never leave!
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You shall wander around
in the darkness of Subterra
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till the end of your life.
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Which will be soon.
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And now come! Come!
You shall see your spouse!
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Here he is!
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It’s all your fault.
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Because of you
he wanted to know love.
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But the moment
he arrived among you,
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my words came true.
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Humans only want gold.
Now they have it.
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He shall be a salt
statue forever.
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- Forgive us.
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Have mercy on us.
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- No need to fear me.
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Do you recognize it?
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My master’s rose.
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- Who are you?
- Argonit.
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The Salt Prince
was like a son to me.
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I raised him.
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- How can you lift his curse?
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- That I don’t know.
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But I do know only a noble
human being can free him.
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Perhaps it is you.
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Try it, Maruška.
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A wise woman lives
up on Earth. Find her.
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Maybe she will help you.
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- How do I get back up?
- Come.
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- Rocky rock, clear the block!
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Thus orders Argonit,
servant of our king.
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Climb up this wall.
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I may not go any farther.
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- How do I get through?
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- And come back.
I’ll be waiting.
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- You see, King Pravoslav,
you are way too old to rule.
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The people are
not happy with you.
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- Split the kingdom for us
and we will rule.
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People will not rise up
against us. I guarantee it.
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- I am not dividing
the kingdom.
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And to pick the queen,
one daughter is still missing.
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- Maruška is never coming back.
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- She had the greatest love.
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Here, listen to the people.
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They need salt over gold.
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- Give up voluntarily,
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or we shall take
the kingdom by force.
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- Go ahead,
state your grievances.
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- Our King and Our Lord.
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- We have always been
your faithful servants.
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Always kept our duties
as subjects and parents.
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We have raised our children to
work bravely and respectfully.
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But we are getting frail.
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Disease and death visit us.
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Dearth and hunger
have invaded our abodes.
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Cattle is dying on the pasture.
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Wild beasts are running
to neighboring kingdoms.
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Bring us change. Remove
the cause of our misfortune.
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And we will be your
obedient subjects again.
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- My Subjects. We
are equal in misfortune.
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What torments you,
plagues me as well.
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I am giving you all the gold
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and power that belongs to me.
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- That is not why
we came. We need salt.
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- Take the gold from the tower.
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Load up the wagons,
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and go. Buy salt from
the neighboring kingdom!
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Buy enough for everyone,
people, cattle, wild beasts.
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- You were right.
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And the one who is
right is the king.
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And the bad and
foolish king, the jester.
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- Everything will be all right.
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- I made a terrible mistake.
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Now I’ll be all alone.
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With no one left to govern.
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- For you, the crown.
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For me, the chair.
We will both govern.
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You’ll govern me,
I’ll govern you.
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- Good morning, Grandmother.
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- What brings you here, Child?
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- Misfortune.
- Yours or someone else’s?
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- Mine.
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- People only think
about themselves.
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- Mine, and someone else’s.
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My spouse, the Salt Prince,
was turned into a statue
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and I don’t know
how to help him.
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- You think I will help you?
- I’m seeking wisdom.
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The wisdom that
tells to help others.
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I have not found it even here.
- Wait!
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I’ll see whether in work and
duties you’re as firm and proud.
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- I am not proud.
I am desperate.
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Tell me what I must do
to earn your trust.
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- Come with me.
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Fill up this well with water.
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Down there is a creek.
Here are the buckets.
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- Peace to this house.
- Peace to you, too.
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- How much salt can you sell?
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- Enough for four kingdoms.
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- I’ll buy the lot. With gold.
- All of it? And pay with gold?
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Let me see the gold first.
- Right here.
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- Are you mocking me? Get
lost before I call the guards!
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Old fools!
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- Good Morning, Stunning Beauty.
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- To you, too, Brave Knight.
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- Far and wide the word has
spread of a lovely servant girl.
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I came to see with my own eyes
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but you are even lovelier
than I thought.
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I am a prince from a distant
land, in search of a wife.
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I like you.
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- How can you like me?
Look at my rags!
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My hands. My wounded feet.
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- I offer you my
hand and my kingdom.
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You’ll be rich. And
command a hundred servants.
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My castle stands on a pretty
island, full of flowers,
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in delightful gardens.
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Come with me.
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Lugging those buckets
does not befit you.
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You’ll be the queen!
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- Thank you, Prince
from a distant land.
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I already have a spouse.
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- I wanted to help you,
make you a queen.
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Do you really not
wish to leave with me?
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- No, thank you, Noble Prince.
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I’ll continue my service here.
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- Only two wagons.
And the rest is empty.
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- We have salt.
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But only as much as
the gold we carried.
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Everyone gets a pinch.
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Be thrifty with the salt.
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And what do you have?
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- I have salt.
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- Woe to us.
Woe.
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- It has been a month,
yet the well is empty.
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You are too slow.
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You should leave.
Find a spouse,
-
and forget the Salt Prince.
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- Give me a few
more days, Grandmother.
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I will fill up your well.
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- Look there.
-
- What has happened
to my father’s country?
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- The King of Subterra
had all its salt turn to gold.
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They are destined to perish.
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If you save the Prince,
you’ll save your country, too.
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- Grandmother...
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Grandmother!
Come back!
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I will fill up your well.
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I must help them all.
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Save them.
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Grandmother!
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- Who are you, Honored Lady?
- The one you have called.
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No need to carry water anymore.
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It would be in vain. Not
all places can sustain a well.
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Though it is important to
try to have one everywhere.
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You have shown the good the
Prince believed in so strongly.
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And for that I
shall help you save him.
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You will cross three
valleys and three peaks,
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till you come to a large rock.
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With your salt rose
-
you will touch the rock,
and it will open up.
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Then you must find
the field of salt flowers.
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From their blossoms you will
collect glittery dew drops.
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It is not just any dew,
-
but the tears of the people
from your father’s kingdom.
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The dew drops are living
water. Sprinkle the statue
-
and bring the Salt
Prince back to life.
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- Argonit! Argonit, My Friend,
where did you come from?
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- I told you I’d be waiting.
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Did you learn how to
free the Salt Prince?
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- I must find the
field of salt flowers.
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- I know where it is.
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Come with me.
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- All this salt.
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And where it is needed,
not a pinch.
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- Come.
The time will come
-
and Mother Earth
will share her treasures.
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- No one may see the King.
- Step back!
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She is under my protection!
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- Argonit!
What is the meaning of this?
-
How is she still alive?!
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- I am, King.
-
- Guards!
- Do with me anything.
-
But let me free the prince,
-
your son.
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- You want to accomplish
-
what even the mighty
ruler of Subterra cannot?
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My curse is stronger than death.
-
And no one can change it.
Not even I.
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- She’s your only hope, Sire.
You must believe her.
-
- I must? How dare you
talk to me like that?
-
What I must or must not do
is up to me, your king!
-
You have filled up
the cup of my anger!
-
You’ll both feel
who is in charge here!
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- Sire!
- Guards, grab them!
-
- Enough anger!
Enough revenge!
-
Pull yourself
together, My Brother.
-
Your blindness has made
everything go dark.
-
Your curse has coated
our hearts with dusk.
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You scream what a
powerful ruler you are.
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When all you are
is a powerless father.
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You cannot save Mother
Earth’s only gift to you.
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Your own son.
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Only the mightiest of mights can
help you and the Salt Prince.
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- And that is?
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- Human love.
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Go, Maruška.
Take what is yours.
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Take what you have earned.
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- Wake up, My Darling.
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Wake up from a grisly dream.
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- What are you wearing, Maruška?
-
And why are we here when I was
just asking for your hand?
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- My Son.
-
What is this?
-
- Those are tears, Mighty Ruler.
Ordinary tears.
-
- I’m taking the
gold and the money, and
-
leaving this cursed country.
-
You and your kingdom can
drop dead for all I care.
-
- Princesses Wanda
and Barbora, too?
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- Too!
-
- And will they say good-bye?
-
- Why should they?!
-
- My Subjects and Courtiers.
-
King Pravoslav’s daughter
and the Salt Prince
-
have shown us the power of love,
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the evanescence and
weakness of wealth.
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It is only useful when it
serves man and his happiness.
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Here is my wedding gift.
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This bottomless bag of salt.
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Take off with
a group of knights, My Son.
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People need salt.
-
Bring it to them.
-
Earth’s own gift.
-
- Salt! My jewels
have turned to salt!
-
- Halt!
-
- So you see, Brother. I’ll
kill you with an honest iron.
-
- Hold it, Your Lordships!
-
Who, and with what, is
paying for our services?
-
- Some strange company.
-
- We’re seeing no one.
-
- Spread around
the entire kingdom.
-
Give everyone plenty of salt.
-
- What do you want?
-
- I brought you a gift, Majesty.
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A gift most precious.
-
A remedy most effective.
-
- There is no remedy for me.
-
None for my kingdom, either.
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Salt...
-
Real salt!
-
Do you have more of it?
-
- I do.
-
I sure do, Majesty.
For your entire kingdom.
-
- How shall I
repay you, Honored Lady?
-
- I ask for nothing.
-
Just that...
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You love me...
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Like this salt.
-
- Maruška?
-
My child...
-
My child.
-
Forgive an old fool.
-
- She’s back!
Princess Maruška is back!
-
- People, our affliction is over.
-
Your trials and tears
have redeemed us.
-
Your sacrifice would be
wasted if we did not learn
-
how valuable human life,
-
and how beautiful love, is.
-
Even now it has blossomed
to a beautiful flower.
-
Here, in front of you,
stands your Queen
-
with her husband,
the Salt Prince.
-
To them I pass on the rule
over the entire kingdom.
-
Live together, long and happily.
-
Manage this country
with wisdom and justice.
-
For the eternal
memory of this day,
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I order that in this country
guests be always welcome
-
not just with bread
but also with salt.
-
- What are you staring at?
Go, bake some bread!
-
And don’t forget to add salt!
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ENGLISH TRANSLATION / SUBTITLES
© 2012 G. Adam Stanislav
