Tale of Despereaux The

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00:02:29 NARRATOR.. Once upon a time,
00:02:31 there was a brave little mouse
00:02:33 who loved honor and justice
00:02:51 No, that's not him.
00:02:55 That's a rat.
00:02:57 And anyone who knows anything,
00:02:58 knows there's a big difference
00:03:00 Ohhh.
00:03:02 First of all, rats hate the light.
00:03:07 They spend their lives in the darkness.
00:03:10 They're also terrified of people,
00:03:11 which is why they slink
00:03:14 Ooh!
00:03:15 And as far as telling the truth is concerned,
00:03:17 well, that's impossible
00:03:22 a rat can't talk.
00:03:23 Tell me that thing again, please.
00:03:25 Come on.
00:03:27 Just once, I promise.
00:03:29 Tell me one more time,
00:03:30 and I won't ask you ever again. I swear.
00:03:33 Fine. We are headed to Dor,
00:03:36 one of the most
00:03:39 No, that's not what you said before.
00:03:40 You know, every place
00:03:43 And, in Dor, it's the soup!
00:03:46 SAlLOR: Land ho!
00:03:51 Ohhh.
00:03:54 SAlLOR 1 : It's down below, I tell you.
00:03:55 SAlLOR 2: Give it a heave.
00:04:01 I can see it!
00:04:05 Ooh, I can smell it! I can smell it.
00:04:16 ROSCURO: Oh, I can't wait
00:04:19 Just stay close.
00:04:21 We leave again at 6:00.
00:04:22 You know, we ought to think
00:04:25 Don't even think about it.
00:04:27 Remember Shanghai?
00:04:28 Yeah, but this place is different.
00:04:30 I mean, this is special.
00:04:35 NARRATOR.. On any given day,
00:04:39 was almost like having a full meal.
00:04:42 But on one very special day every year,
00:04:45 the kingdom of Dor
00:04:50 In Dor, Christmas was nothing.
00:04:52 Well, they still celebrated it,
00:04:54 but it was nothing compared to Soup Day.
00:05:02 Watch it, watch it.
00:05:03 lncoming potatoes!
00:05:05 Hurry! Hurry! Excuse us.
00:05:07 Every Dorian, young and old,
00:05:10 because they knew that, at that very moment,
00:05:13 deep within the royal kitchens,
00:05:16 a masterpiece was being created.
00:05:18 DELlVERY MAN: Potatoes coming up!
00:05:27 COOK 1 : Let's go!
00:05:28 COOK 2: Don't forget the parsley!
00:05:29 COOK 1 : Make sure it's clean!
00:05:42 NARRATOR.. Everyone knew
00:05:44 but they got reminded of it
00:05:50 At exactly 12..00 noon,
00:05:53 he would unveil that year's royal creation.
00:06:09 More onions!
00:06:10 More onions!
00:06:12 More onions!
00:06:13 More onions!
00:06:15 They would jam the town square,
00:06:17 and, as the aroma began to build,
00:06:20 so did their anticipation.
00:06:25 -Ohhh!
00:06:27 Sorry.
00:06:36 Wow.
00:06:40 Thank you.
00:06:42 It's my pleasure to announce
00:06:47 from the kitchens of Chef Andre.
00:06:50 Oh, no, no, no, no, no!
00:06:52 Something is wrong.
00:06:53 I need more time!
00:06:55 But we're late already!
00:06:56 This is not right!
00:07:00 Everyone out!
00:07:02 Out!
00:07:06 NARRATOR.. Now, it's hard to
00:07:11 In fact, sometimes, it takes a little help.
00:07:38 You changed something.
00:07:40 You're crazy. I did not touch it.
00:07:42 -I can smell it.
00:07:43 -What's this?
00:07:44 -This!
00:07:46 -Garlic.
00:07:48 -It was already there.
00:07:50 -Yes.
00:07:51 -Yes.
00:07:52 Ow!
00:07:53 You ruined my soup!
00:07:54 I save your soup!
00:07:56 Those people wait all year,
00:08:01 Dishwater?
00:08:03 Dishwater.
00:08:04 Dishwater?
00:08:05 Ow! Cut it out!
00:08:11 And this year's soup is
00:08:14 a spring tureen
00:08:16 with a melange of roasted vegetables...
00:08:18 Oh.
00:08:19 -...fresh herbs...
00:08:21 ...and wild mushrooms.
00:08:23 Oh.
00:08:25 Roscuro?
00:08:30 Roscuro?
00:08:32 Oh. Evening.
00:08:38 CHEF ANDRE: I don't have to stand here
00:08:43 BOLDO: Ha! And I don't have
00:08:47 -Coward?
00:08:48 -You call me coward?
00:08:54 Oh, no!
00:09:13 Oh, no, no, no, no, no.
00:09:15 (MUTTERlNG) That did it.
00:09:26 -Bellissima!
00:09:28 Roscuro! Roscuro, where are you?
00:09:35 Ohhh.
00:09:56 Whoa!
00:10:19 Voila!
00:10:21 This is amazing!
00:10:24 CHEF ANDRE: Wait till
00:10:41 QUEEN: This is...
00:10:43 ...absolutely...
00:10:46 Oh, it moved! My soup moved!
00:10:50 No, it isn't...It did not move.
00:10:53 Oh, Your Highness.
00:10:55 -Ahhh!
00:10:56 Oh! A rat! There's a rat in my soup!
00:10:59 Madam, I know that this is unfortunate.
00:11:01 And I know that
00:11:03 -A rat! In my soup!
00:11:05 -And I ate it!
00:11:08 -Uh-oh.
00:11:11 -Please...
00:11:14 Get me that rat!
00:11:18 Now, I really believe
00:11:20 And I'm sure that the rats you met last time
00:11:22 might have caused you
00:11:24 but...But I...But...
00:11:25 It's just...I'm just...
00:11:28 I'm...I'm from...Oh...
00:11:30 Oh!
00:11:31 That's very aggressive.
00:11:33 GUARD: Get him!
00:11:34 Kitchen...
00:11:35 He's going into the kitchen!
00:11:45 GUARD: Over there!
00:11:47 Stop that rat!
00:11:49 Whoa!
00:11:51 GUARD: I got him!
00:12:01 He's going near the soup!
00:12:07 GUARD: There he is!
00:12:08 If...If I could just tell...
00:12:10 GUARD: On the kettle!
00:12:18 Look, up there!
00:12:29 Sweetie? Darling?
00:12:32 She's...She's...
00:12:35 She's...
00:12:38 Blimey, she's dead. Get him!
00:12:41 GUARD: Don't let him escape!
00:12:43 We'll get you, you rowdy rat!
00:12:47 Oh!
00:12:52 No, no, no!
00:12:53 No, not there!
00:13:57 You don't need to be afraid.
00:14:00 I know it's dark, but you'll get used to it.
00:14:04 Who...Who are you?
00:14:06 Just a rat, like you.
00:14:10 Come with me.
00:14:24 NARRATOR.. When something
00:14:29 There must be someone to blame.
00:14:37 ''From this moment on, soup,
00:14:41 ''the making of soup,
00:14:47 ''is hereby outlawed in the kingdom of Dor!
00:14:58 ''Rats are to be considered illegal as well
00:15:01 ''and are hereby deemed
00:15:06 ''From this moment on,
00:15:07 ''anyone harboring, sheltering
00:15:13 ''shall face the full wrath of the law!''
00:15:17 NARRATOR.. So think about this.
00:15:18 What happens when you make something
00:15:25 You may as well make flies illegal.
00:15:27 Or sweat. Or Monday morning.
00:15:30 But that's what the King did
00:15:38 Sunlight left and the world went gray.
00:15:42 Colors faded into each other and
00:15:48 And for a long time, it wouldn't rain.
00:15:56 The clouds just stayed
00:16:12 I wish it would rain.
00:16:15 You and the whole world, madam.
00:16:18 Oh, sorry, milady!
00:16:20 Well, at least I can still feel that.
00:16:26 Louise, do you think there's a bit of light
00:16:30 somewhere in the world?
00:16:32 Don't know, ma'am.
00:16:33 I think there is.
00:16:36 You just need to know where to find it.
00:16:51 NARRATOR.. Okay, remember
00:16:53 once upon a time,
00:16:56 Well, if you know anything about fairytales,
00:17:00 you know that a hero doesn't appear
00:17:04 until the world really needs one.
00:17:20 MOUSE: Oh, look out!
00:17:21 Alms for the blind! Alms for the blind!
00:18:03 Excuse me. Excuse me.
00:18:05 Excuse me.
00:18:06 Excuse me.
00:18:09 -Whoa!
00:18:10 -Tilling?
00:18:12 Mr. Mayor, hello!
00:18:13 Where are you going?
00:18:15 (STAMMERS) Oh, well, my baby is having a...
00:18:19 No, my wife is having a...
00:18:22 Oh, right. Congratulations.
00:18:24 Thank you. Thank you, sir.
00:18:26 I'm sorry, I...I really...Goodbye.
00:18:38 His eyes are open.
00:18:39 Don't worry about it.
00:18:41 Sometimes they are.
00:18:43 But he isn't cowering.
00:18:44 He's looking right at us.
00:18:46 Don't worry. He'll learn to cower.
00:18:49 They all do in time.
00:18:52 ANTOlNETTE: But he isn't!
00:19:00 Wow! He's so puny! And look at those ears!
00:19:05 NARRATOR.. And, from the very beginning,
00:19:07 Despereaux Tilling heard more,
00:19:09 saw more and even smelled more
00:19:19 Despereaux, don't do it.
00:19:32 MOUSE 1 : Don't look. Don't look!
00:19:33 MOUSE 2: I won't, I won't.
00:19:44 NARRATOR.. Despereaux Tilling
00:19:48 He wasn't just small in human terms.
00:19:51 He was small even for a mouse.
00:19:54 But, to tell you the truth,
00:19:57 In fact, in his own mind,
00:20:12 We're worried about him.
00:20:13 He doesn't scurry. He doesn't cower.
00:20:16 At first, we thought he would
00:20:18 Well, he scurries sometimes.
00:20:20 But not when he's scared!
00:20:21 He just does it for fun.
00:20:22 And he never cowers.
00:20:24 We've showed him how, but he...
00:20:25 Well, some kids are slower than others.
00:20:28 He'll cower in time. We'll work on it.
00:20:30 -Yes, but...
00:20:33 All right, settle down.
00:20:36 Ready, class?
00:20:43 Good.
00:20:49 Good. Excellent.
00:21:01 -Despereaux!
00:21:04 You didn't cower.
00:21:05 Looks like a sword.
00:21:07 It's a carving knife.
00:21:10 It's beautiful!
00:21:13 It's dangerous.
00:21:14 Do you have anymore?
00:21:20 Despereaux, what are you doing?
00:21:22 We're not even supposed to be here.
00:21:24 That's the dungeon.
00:21:26 They have rats down there.
00:21:27 And they'll eat you.
00:21:29 And pull your arms off!
00:21:34 How far down is it?
00:21:37 I don't know. No one's ever come back.
00:21:39 How come?
00:21:40 'Cause...'Cause...
00:21:42 'Cause that's where you go when you get...
00:21:44 (STAMMERlNG) When you get ...
00:21:45 Banished.
00:21:48 What do you get banished for?
00:21:49 Oh, you know.
00:21:51 -Rules and...
00:21:52 -We can't even...
00:21:53 -Because...
00:21:55 ALL: Rules!
00:21:59 MOUSE 1 : Despereaux!
00:22:02 I just want to have a quick look.
00:22:05 We got to get out of here!
00:22:08 MOUSE 1 : Oh, gosh.
00:22:10 ALL: Oh, jeez.
00:22:11 Uh-oh.
00:22:27 Despereaux! You can't feed them.
00:22:33 Hello?
00:22:40 Here you go, whoever you are.
00:22:53 (CHUCKLlNG) Nice.
00:23:28 You are crazy!
00:23:29 What I say? I said nothing!
00:23:31 Well, you heard exactly what I said.
00:23:32 -I say you crazy.
00:23:50 RAT: Hurry!
00:24:05 SMUDGE: Ha! They look hungry, sir.
00:24:11 Dinnertime.
00:24:29 You're not eating.
00:24:31 Uh, I was.
00:24:34 No, you weren't.
00:24:36 Well, I'm just watching, sir.
00:24:40 Well, that's not very grateful of you
00:24:44 after I've taken you under my wing.
00:24:47 (STAMMERlNG) Well, I'm grateful, really.
00:24:52 You miss something, don't you?
00:24:54 Uh, no, I don't.
00:24:56 There's nothing up there, Roscuro.
00:24:59 Nothing at all.
00:25:00 Oh, no, I know that! Absolutely.
00:25:03 Uh, nothing!
00:25:06 Nothing. Nothing at all.
00:25:08 He's a tough one.
00:25:10 You're not gonna turn him. Nah, you're not.
00:25:13 Oh, I don't know. A rat is a rat.
00:25:18 It doesn't really matter where you come from.
00:25:51 ROSCURO: I'm sorry.
00:26:04 MOUSE: He is so weird.
00:26:06 (LAUGHS) No kidding.
00:26:08 That is so beautiful.
00:26:10 I wonder what's out there.
00:26:30 ''February 1 : Doesn't scurry.
00:26:32 ''February 3: Didn't cower.
00:26:34 ''Didn't cower. Didn't cower.
00:26:36 ''Wouldn't scurry.''
00:26:38 Oh, here's one:
00:26:41 -No! Cats?
00:26:44 I'm afraid so. Named it Fluffy.
00:26:48 -Oh, I had no idea!
00:26:53 -Despereaux.
00:26:56 Come in, please.
00:27:01 Despereaux, why do you think
00:27:04 To learn?
00:27:05 -To learn, yes.
00:27:07 To learn what?
00:27:09 (HESlTATlNG) To learn
00:27:14 That is correct.
00:27:16 And you can't be a mouse if
00:27:19 Oh, Despereaux, this...
00:27:21 There's so many
00:27:24 if you'd just learn how scary they are.
00:27:26 Yes. Yes, sir.
00:27:32 How about his brother?
00:27:33 His brother? What about him?
00:27:35 Yes, is he, you know, timid?
00:27:38 Oh! Oh, yes!
00:27:41 -Yes, very timid.
00:27:42 As timid as the day is long.
00:27:44 Good. Good.
00:27:46 Sometimes they just need
00:27:48 No one starts out afraid.
00:27:50 -Understood.
00:27:53 -You coddle that boy, that's the problem.
00:27:55 -Yes, you do.
00:27:56 -Yes, you do. You've been doing it for years.
00:27:58 He's little. I've had to help him.
00:27:59 He's not going to be afraid unless
00:28:02 Well, Furlough will teach him.
00:28:09 Do what he does.
00:28:10 And don't do anything he doesn't.
00:28:12 And if he's afraid of something...
00:28:13 Then you need to be afraid of it, too.
00:28:36 Oh!
00:28:42 Wow.
00:28:56 Come on, Furlough, hurry up!
00:29:03 Whoa...
00:29:15 FURLOUGH: All right, now, you start
00:29:19 The glue is all right,
00:29:23 Hmm. ''Once upon a time.''
00:29:27 ''Upon a time.''
00:29:29 And they don't even tell you
00:29:31 It's like you have to find that out.
00:29:33 You're not supposed to read it, Despereaux.
00:29:37 Good. I'll come back in an hour.
00:29:41 And no reading! It's a rule.
00:29:59 NARRATOR.. Once upon a time,
00:30:03 fairer than any in any other land.
00:30:07 Hmm. Fair.
00:30:10 And, as the story goes,
00:30:15 where she could see the world
00:30:21 She longed for a prince.
00:30:24 A brave knight who would
00:30:27 Someone with courage
00:30:37 But in a cruel and frightened world,
00:30:39 men like this were scarce indeed.
00:31:23 They lived in a special world
00:31:26 built on courage and chivalry and honor.
00:31:30 They pledged their lives to each other.
00:31:32 To fight for truth, to defend the weak,
00:31:36 to seek justice, and to always...
00:31:44 LESTER: How was the library?
00:31:45 Fine.
00:31:47 Spoil your appetite?
00:31:49 No. Helped it, actually.
00:31:52 Made me hungrier.
00:31:55 Good lad.
00:32:00 Ha-hah!
00:32:03 Did you see they're putting up
00:32:07 ANTOlNETTE: Oh! But I loved the old front.
00:32:16 NARRATOR.. Did a book ever speak to you?
00:32:19 Almost like it was written for you?
00:32:22 Despereaux loved it all.
00:32:25 Every bit of it.
00:32:26 The truth, the justice, the bravery,
00:32:30 the sword-fighting.
00:32:34 He even loved things you wouldn't suspect.
00:32:38 The story said she was a prisoner,
00:32:40 but that wasn't totally true
00:32:42 because she had hope,
00:32:46 you're never really anybody's prisoner.
00:32:49 Someday, my prince will come.
00:32:52 But how did she know that?
00:32:54 Yeah, how did she know that?
00:33:45 DESPEREAUX: Why are you crying?
00:33:48 Why are you crying?
00:33:52 Down here.
00:33:54 (GASPS) Are you a rat?
00:33:55 No.
00:33:57 What are you? A mouse?
00:34:01 I am a gentleman.
00:34:06 And how do you do?
00:34:10 You're sad.
00:34:11 Yes.
00:34:13 Because you have longing.
00:34:16 You're a strange little mouse.
00:34:18 Thank you.
00:34:23 Come on.
00:34:33 Where did you hear that?
00:34:35 About the longing.
00:34:37 In a story.
00:34:38 A story? About what?
00:34:40 About a princess, like you,
00:34:44 Oh. You're a smooth little mouse, aren't you?
00:34:49 Bet you tell that to all the princesses.
00:34:51 I am sworn to tell the truth.
00:34:53 It is a code of honor.
00:34:55 Ah. Not just a gentleman,
00:35:01 Well, then, how does this story end
00:35:04 with this princess who's locked in a castle?
00:35:06 I don't know...
00:35:08 I haven't finished it yet.
00:35:11 I'd love to know.
00:35:13 Oh, I wish it would rain.
00:35:15 I wish there was soup again.
00:35:18 I even wish there were rats!
00:35:21 Will you promise me that?
00:35:23 Will you promise to finish your story
00:35:26 Yes. It will be my quest.
00:35:29 Your quest! You are a very brave mouse.
00:35:39 Thank you, my good gentleman.
00:36:17 NARRATOR.. Now, there are
00:36:22 Some are born that way,
00:36:24 some marry into it,
00:36:26 and some are destined to be princesses
00:36:30 only in their own minds.
00:36:33 But at one time or another,
00:36:34 every little girl longs to be a princess.
00:36:40 I'm gonna live right there.
00:36:42 Right up there, near the tippy-top.
00:36:46 Quit your daydreaming and feed those swine!
00:36:50 Yes, I know. It's gonna be all mine.
00:36:53 No, you deaf little urchin.
00:37:02 NARRATOR.. Miggery Sow had been
00:37:04 for as long as she could remember.
00:37:06 Her Uncle Ned had put a shovel in her hand
00:37:11 But it turned out all right
00:37:13 because she got on
00:37:15 That's right.
00:37:17 I'm gonna have a special room
00:37:21 and another whole closet
00:37:25 In fact, Miggery Sow could
00:37:29 She could see the tiara, the fancy dresses,
00:37:34 and when things got
00:37:37 she could see the moment that she would
00:37:42 Not long now.
00:37:43 I promise you that.
00:37:46 20 for the big ones,
00:37:51 15 for the girl, same as the sow.
00:37:55 I told you! I told you I'd make it to the castle!
00:38:02 So sometimes, it doesn't take much
00:38:06 You just have to be able to see it that way.
00:38:09 She was beautiful! Like an angel.
00:38:13 FURLOUGH: You are crazy.
00:38:15 And she smelled so amazing.
00:38:19 Like a garden.
00:38:20 Despereaux!
00:38:21 You can't talk to a human.
00:38:23 That is the worst thing you can do.
00:38:25 No, it's the best thing I ever did.
00:38:27 They will throw you in the dungeon.
00:38:29 You will get eaten by rats!
00:38:30 It would be worth it.
00:38:32 They could tear at my flesh.
00:38:34 Oh, this is bad.
00:38:35 Oh, and when she held me
00:38:38 It was so soft, like floating in a pillow.
00:38:42 You know what? I'm worried about you.
00:38:44 That's the point, Furlough.
00:38:46 There's nothing to be afraid of.
00:38:47 Quiet! They will hear you.
00:38:50 Come on. Just try it.
00:38:52 Just for a second, just try being brave.
00:38:54 -Oh!
00:38:56 What's going on in here?
00:38:59 What's all this talk
00:39:04 Furlough, I want to see you
00:39:11 LESTER: Are you sure?
00:39:13 -A real human?
00:39:17 We need to tell them.
00:39:18 We need to tell the Mouse Council.
00:39:20 -But they'll...
00:39:22 If they find out...
00:39:25 Oh, then they'll find out that it was me who...
00:39:28 Oh, no.
00:39:30 But they will send him to the dungeon!
00:39:32 -Oh, he'll get eaten by rats!
00:39:35 No, not if we beg.
00:39:36 If we really beg
00:39:41 That he's afraid.
00:39:42 That he's afraid,
00:39:47 Despereaux!
00:39:57 NARRATOR.. Of course,
00:40:01 We go out to meet it,
00:40:14 KNlGHT: For glory and honor!
00:40:15 Surround him!
00:40:34 MAYOR: Despereaux Tilling.
00:40:39 How long have you been
00:40:42 Hmm...A week?
00:40:44 A week? You've hardly cracked it.
00:40:47 Well, I was...
00:40:50 I just wanted to see how it ends.
00:41:02 lNQUlSlTOR: Refused training as a mouse.
00:41:05 Refused to respect the will
00:41:08 Repeatedly engaged in bold
00:41:12 Triggered willfully
00:41:18 Just shameful!
00:41:20 Had personal contact with...
00:41:23 With...
00:41:27 With a human being.
00:41:30 lsn't there something you can do?
00:41:32 Antoinette, stop right now! Stop that.
00:41:34 You have to trust them.
00:41:36 They are the Council.
00:41:37 They're the Council because...
00:41:40 Because they're the Council.
00:41:44 They're the Council.
00:41:46 Is there anything you wish to say
00:41:49 Well, it was a very good story,
00:41:53 and she was a very beautiful princess.
00:42:00 Despereaux Tilling,
00:42:02 our laws are here
00:42:06 And when one of our citizens
00:42:10 he becomes a threat to us all.
00:42:13 It's an easy question.
00:42:15 Are you a man or are you a mouse?
00:42:21 And your actions have told us
00:42:22 that you have a great deal
00:42:27 It is the judgment of this court
00:42:29 that you should be banished
00:42:32 You shall be remanded
00:42:36 who will prepare you
00:42:39 from which no mouse
00:42:55 -Shh!
00:42:57 Quiet. Be quiet, my dear.
00:43:26 Come with me.
00:43:36 Stand there.
00:43:49 Red?
00:43:50 Ah, so they tell me.
00:43:55 So you're the brave one.
00:43:58 I guess.
00:43:59 It's good. lt'll carry well down there.
00:44:03 Wear it proudly.
00:44:06 There's no shame.
00:44:10 It's time.
00:44:14 It's all right.
00:44:24 In there?
00:44:25 I'm afraid so.
00:44:29 Courage, right?
00:44:30 And truth.
00:44:32 -And honor.
00:44:34 But especially courage.
00:44:49 I'm ready.
00:44:50 All right, then you need to...
00:45:30 What? Whoa!
00:46:28 Hello? Hello?
00:46:38 Lads, let's go, on the double!
00:46:43 Who is that?
00:46:45 Who goes there?
00:46:47 Who is that?
00:46:48 Despereaux Tilling.
00:46:50 Are you a man or are you a mouse?
00:46:54 I am a gentleman.
00:47:00 -It's a mouse.
00:47:02 Shh! Quiet, lads. Patience.
00:47:06 And what makes you a gentleman?
00:47:09 A code...
00:47:11 A code of honor.
00:47:13 You're a strange little mouse, aren't you?
00:47:15 And where did you find this code of honor?
00:47:18 Well, in a legend.
00:47:20 A legend that I read.
00:47:21 Fine. Oh, tell me this legend of yours.
00:47:24 I could do with a good story right now.
00:47:27 Well,
00:47:28 it's about a princess and a knight
00:47:32 and his quest to save her honor.
00:47:34 Ah. It was a princess
00:47:38 She didn't take it.
00:47:40 In fact, she misses it, too!
00:47:43 How do you know all this, then?
00:47:45 I've seen her.
00:47:47 -Seen her?
00:47:49 -Talked to her?
00:47:51 Mmm-hmm.
00:47:53 when you had your little audience?
00:47:57 Oh, you must be a royal mouse. Is that it?
00:48:00 She told me that
00:48:04 and, most of all, the sunlight.
00:48:07 And that she just
00:48:13 Well, I don't want to hear your little stories
00:48:15 about princesses and sunshine.
00:48:17 Go tell them to the rats!
00:48:26 All right, boys, come on!
00:49:08 Good crowd, isn't it, sir?
00:49:10 Yes, it is, quite.
00:49:12 CROWD: (CHANTlNG) Mouse! Mouse!
00:49:21 Ah, Roscuro! I'm glad you could make it.
00:49:24 I thought you didn't like the arena.
00:49:27 Huh? Oh! No, no. lt...It's an honor, sir.
00:49:32 -BOTTlCELLl: Good.
00:49:33 Well, enjoy.
00:49:36 (STAMMERlNG) Oh, uh...Thank you.
00:49:44 Let the games begin!
00:49:59 CROWD: (CHANTlNG) Mouse! Mouse! Mouse!
00:50:20 RAT: Come on!
00:51:05 Hold on!
00:51:12 CROWD: (CHANTlNG) Eat! Eat! Eat!
00:51:25 ROSCURO: Wait!
00:51:26 (STAMMERlNG) Can I have him?
00:51:33 What?
00:51:35 It's just that that one looks tasty.
00:51:38 Well, this is progress.
00:51:41 Perhaps we're starting
00:51:45 Enjoy, my friend.
00:51:48 Don't leave a morsel.
00:51:50 (STAMMERlNG) Oh, I won't.
00:51:55 Pull!
00:52:12 Come on, let's go, buster!
00:52:15 That's it. That's it. You keep moving!
00:52:20 (WHlSPERlNG) It's okay. Keep walking.
00:52:23 Come on, keep moving! Let's go, come on!
00:52:28 (WHlSPERlNG) It's right up there.
00:52:38 -Huh?
00:52:47 -Oh.
00:52:50 Light. Real light.
00:52:53 It's mine, but you can share it.
00:52:56 It isn't much, but there isn't much anywhere
00:53:02 You're not gonna eat me?
00:53:04 No. I don't eat mice.
00:53:07 Then what do you eat?
00:53:08 Crumbs.
00:53:10 When I can find them.
00:53:12 So you are a gentleman.
00:53:18 Tell me that story.
00:53:20 About the Princess.
00:53:22 Tell me what she looked like.
00:53:25 Well, she was...
00:53:27 Was she angry?
00:53:28 No.
00:53:29 No, not at all.
00:53:31 Her heart was full of longing.
00:53:36 What's longing?
00:53:39 NARRATOR.. And that's
00:53:43 Over the next few weeks, he told Roscuro
00:53:47 and honor and chivalry and courage.
00:53:49 He told him about the Princess,
00:53:53 That she missed the rain and the soup
00:53:58 Even the rats?
00:54:00 NARRATOR.. He told him about their
00:54:04 about duty and loyalty.
00:54:07 And there, in the darkness of the cellar,
00:54:10 two knights pledged devotion to a princess
00:54:17 Trapped in a life full of pain and longing.
00:54:19 Even if no one could tell.
00:54:25 Your crown, ma'am.
00:54:29 Oh.
00:54:31 I don't want it today.
00:54:32 But it's beautiful, ma'am.
00:54:34 I know, but I don't want it.
00:54:37 You look so pretty in it, ma'am.
00:54:39 Like a princess.
00:54:42 I know. I am the princess.
00:54:45 Oh, I know, ma'am,
00:54:46 but such a fine princess,
00:54:51 I don't want it!
00:54:52 All right, Mig?
00:54:55 Very well, ma'am.
00:54:57 Please, take it away.
00:55:16 MlG: Princess.
00:55:18 Who's the princess?
00:55:20 I'm a princess.
00:55:22 I'm the princess.
00:55:26 My comb, my hat, my gloves
00:55:32 and my pretty powder
00:55:36 on my pretty princess face.
00:55:38 And what do you think you're doing?
00:55:41 Ma'am!
00:55:42 Where did you get all this?
00:55:44 I just borrowed it, ma'am.
00:55:46 Borrowed it?
00:55:48 I was gonna put them all back.
00:55:50 See that you do!
00:55:53 And you can spend the whole week
00:55:56 taking slop to the dungeon
00:55:58 for your little escapade.
00:56:01 ''Princess''!
00:56:06 God! She's the princess.
00:56:10 And now I have to carry the sloppy,
00:56:14 down in the damp, dark, dingy...
00:56:19 A person could get lost forever down here.
00:56:24 Oh!
00:56:27 Din-din.
00:56:29 Slop.
00:56:33 No, don't stop! I said ''slop''!
00:56:41 How am I supposed to eat this swill?
00:56:45 Oh, stop that!
00:56:49 I serve the Princess.
00:56:53 Right. You serve the Princess.
00:56:56 -That's a bit of a laugh, isn't it?
00:56:59 -I bring her tea and...
00:57:03 Had me own little princess once.
00:57:05 And now I don't.
00:57:07 Oh. What, you had a princess?
00:57:11 Yeah.
00:57:12 Every dad's got a princess.
00:57:16 GREGORY.. Till he stops being a dad,
00:57:21 Sorry. So, so, sorry!
00:57:25 Oh, well, I've got a real one.
00:57:27 And she's got a tiara and fancy robes,
00:57:30 and she's got shiny bits
00:57:33 And I get to see her every single day.
00:57:37 DESPEREAUX: What kind of a quest?
00:57:41 To right a terrible wrong.
00:57:43 But who did you wrong?
00:57:48 Okay.
00:57:50 Do you remember when
00:57:54 -Sure. Yes.
00:57:56 Well, it wasn't all the rats they banished.
00:57:58 I mean, they did,
00:58:03 in particular.
00:58:08 If I could just tell her I'm sorry,
00:58:10 that I'm, you know, I'm really sorry.
00:58:15 And that I didn't mean
00:58:17 If she could just hear me say it,
00:58:19 you know, just...Just hear my voice,
00:58:22 (STAMMERlNG) she would
00:58:27 That is a very noble quest.
00:58:44 ROSCURO: (STAMMERlNG) Your Highness?
00:58:50 Your Highness?
00:58:53 Is that you?
00:58:54 My little mouse?
00:58:56 Oh, I'm not a mouse. I...
00:58:59 (STAMMERlNG) I'm a...
00:59:02 Oh.
00:59:03 I forgot.
00:59:05 You're my little gentleman, aren't you?
00:59:10 Have you come to tell me
00:59:12 Did you finish your quest?
00:59:15 Where are you?
00:59:18 I have come to apologize.
00:59:20 Oh, you are noble, remember?
00:59:24 You have nothing to be sorry about.
00:59:27 Oh, but I am.
00:59:32 I am sorry.
00:59:36 (GASPlNG) I know you.
00:59:38 -No, no.
00:59:41 No! Please, please listen. Please.
00:59:43 -A rat!
00:59:44 (SCREAMlNG) Someone, please!
00:59:46 Listen. It's okay.
00:59:47 Get it off me! There's a rat in my room!
00:59:50 Please get him off!
00:59:57 What?
01:00:04 Rat!
01:00:08 Oh!
01:00:10 PRlNCESS PEA: It's a rat!
01:00:19 GUARD 1 : Quick, rush him!
01:00:21 GUARD 2: Get him!
01:00:22 GUARD 3: Filthy rodent!
01:00:39 GUARD: Where'd he go?
01:01:21 NARRATOR.. What would you do
01:01:27 If John or Beth or Bill was an insult.
01:01:32 Well, that's how Roscuro
01:01:38 When your heart breaks,
01:01:43 It grows back twisted and gnarled and hard.
01:01:49 Even as he changed,
01:01:53 But now he just longed for someone whose
01:01:59 Pretty princess. Pretty, pretty princess pie.
01:02:05 What a pretty princess!
01:02:09 My gloves.
01:02:11 My comb.
01:02:14 My jewel-y, girly hat,
01:02:17 all sitting on my princess head.
01:02:24 Who's the pretty princess pumpkin pie?
01:02:33 You are.
01:02:34 Right. I am.
01:02:37 You are. And you should be
01:02:41 Quite right. I should.
01:02:44 Mmm-hmm.
01:02:48 Lounging.
01:02:49 Lounging round, yes, the whole day!
01:02:53 And you should be wearing that crown.
01:02:57 I should be wearing a frown?
01:02:58 No. No, no, no. Not a frown. A crown.
01:03:02 Wow! Can't hear me own self think.
01:03:17 Who are you?
01:03:18 I'm here to help you.
01:03:20 I can't be caught with a real rat in my bunk.
01:03:23 I don't think so.
01:03:27 And what if they find you
01:03:29 You think that's as bad as a rat?
01:03:32 I want the same thing you do.
01:03:46 Allo?
01:03:52 What are you doing?
01:03:53 Uh...
01:03:55 I need it for a baby.
01:03:59 No, not a baby!
01:04:01 For milady.
01:04:02 (STAMMERlNG) I mean milady.
01:04:06 Yes.
01:04:08 To chop apples.
01:04:10 She'd like some apples.
01:04:14 Now turn and leave.
01:04:15 Now turn and leave.
01:04:20 No, no! Just turn and leave.
01:04:23 Oh, right. Sorry.
01:04:25 Sorry. Bye.
01:04:27 Oh, I can't hear you, see, because deaf, but...
01:04:30 A bit deaf.
01:04:34 NARRATOR.. You know, hurt is a funny thing.
01:04:37 The same thing that makes one person angry
01:04:41 Here, take care of me little princess.
01:04:44 I can't no more.
01:04:46 Oh, I will. Don't worry.
01:04:51 I'm sorry.
01:04:53 Sorry. So, so sorry!
01:04:59 NARRATOR.. Gregory always said
01:05:02 And that's why they had to put
01:05:06 But let's face it.
01:05:07 It's hard to see something on your back.
01:05:10 In fact, you can have a good heart
01:05:14 You can do this. You know you can.
01:05:17 I know I can.
01:05:18 She belongs in the dungeon,
01:05:28 What are you doing?
01:05:31 I'm cleaning, ma'am.
01:05:33 With rope?
01:05:35 It helps, ma'am.
01:05:36 Well, stop it. You look ridiculous.
01:05:41 Sorry, ma'am?
01:05:42 I said you look ridiculous.
01:05:44 (ECHOlNG) Ridiculous,
01:05:50 -You can't do this, Mig.
01:05:51 Seems I am, ma'am.
01:05:53 You'll get in a terrible amount of trouble.
01:05:55 Don't listen. You're the princess now.
01:05:57 I'm the princess now.
01:05:58 And you belong in the palace.
01:06:00 I belong in the palace.
01:06:02 And she belongs in...
01:06:03 PRlNCESS PEA: No! You can't do this!
01:06:05 Help! Help! Someone help me!
01:06:08 Help! Help!
01:06:11 (FAlNTLY) Help! Help!
01:06:23 PRlNCESS PEA: Help! Help!
01:06:27 Help!
01:06:29 MlG: I'm in here!
01:06:33 Help!
01:06:35 You filthy, stinking rat!
01:06:38 You tricked me!
01:06:42 RAT 1 : Here's the spot, rats!
01:06:43 SMUDGE: What's Roscuro brought us, then?
01:06:45 RAT 2: Hungry! Yum! Hungry now!
01:06:46 Not yet, lads. No, no, you've got to wait.
01:06:48 It's nowhere near dinnertime.
01:06:50 Oh, come on, Smudge, I'm starving.
01:06:57 RAT 1 : Something special for dinner tonight.
01:07:00 RAT 3: Smells delicious!
01:07:03 RAT 2: Smells human to me. A young one.
01:07:07 RAT 2: Let's have a look.
01:07:09 SMUDGE: Oi, you'll wait
01:07:11 RAT 2: Come on, Smudge,
01:07:12 SMUDGE: No, no, no!
01:07:13 SMUDGE: Boss doesn't want her
01:07:20 DESPEREAUX: Milady!
01:07:22 Psst! Milady!
01:07:25 Oh, my little mouse! It's you.
01:07:28 I will deliver you from this evil, ma'am.
01:07:30 Oh, no. Just go find my father.
01:07:33 Take this chain from around my neck.
01:07:35 To show him you are honest and truthful.
01:07:37 Oh, I am! Honest and truthful and loyal and...
01:07:40 I know.
01:07:41 But hurry.
01:07:43 Here. Take it.
01:07:44 There isn't much time.
01:08:59 Ha-ha!
01:09:34 RAT 1 : Hey, did you get some?
01:09:36 Here you are, sir.
01:09:37 Fresh worms.
01:09:41 Thank you.
01:09:47 Well done, Roscuro!
01:09:50 You hear that?
01:09:52 That's all because of you.
01:09:54 Come, my friend. Look at your handiwork.
01:10:23 DESPEREAUX: King! King!
01:10:26 Sire, up here!
01:10:28 Your Highness! Please, sir!
01:10:34 Oh, come on.
01:10:36 Oh!
01:10:42 Hey, Sire!
01:10:44 Your Highness!
01:10:46 Look, Your Highness! Look!
01:10:48 Hello, Mr. King!
01:10:50 Hey, hello!
01:10:54 Down here! Hello! Down here!
01:10:56 Listen, your daughter is in danger!
01:10:57 She's in a dungeon!
01:10:59 You're the only one who can help!
01:11:00 She sent me to get you!
01:11:02 Sir, please! Sir...
01:11:03 Ooh! Sire!
01:11:05 Your Highness!
01:11:06 Look down here! Whoa!
01:11:21 Dad? Dad, listen. You've got to help me.
01:11:24 (STUTTERlNG) But you're dead!
01:11:26 No. No, I'm not. I'm not dead!
01:11:27 Now, listen. The Princess is in danger.
01:11:30 Oh, my golly, you're dead.
01:11:35 Dad! Dad, I'm not dead!
01:11:37 Dad, I'm not dead! Oh, Dad, wake up, please!
01:11:45 Furlough, listen. You've gotta help me.
01:11:46 (STUTTERlNG) You're...
01:11:48 No. No, I'm not dead.
01:11:50 Listen, the Princess is in danger.
01:11:52 Oh, my God, you're dead!
01:11:56 No!
01:11:58 DESPEREAUX: Guys? Listen.
01:12:00 Okay, look. Now, I'm not dead.
01:12:02 The Princess is in danger,
01:12:05 and you've gotta...You've gotta help me!
01:12:07 Somebody?
01:13:19 Oh, I must have been...
01:13:26 Enough!
01:14:24 Voila!
01:14:33 Look at you! You are still brewing tea.
01:14:37 If you want to make a statement,
01:14:40 Make it a good one!
01:14:43 Ah, it's so great to see you!
01:14:45 BOLDO: Fantastic!
01:14:49 -Ah.
01:14:51 Mmm-hmm. Love it. Perfect.
01:14:52 -Ah! Superbe!
01:14:56 Basil, will you look at that?
01:14:59 Oh!
01:15:01 Look up there!
01:15:03 Oh, my!
01:15:16 Cauliflower?
01:15:17 Perfect. Perfect, yes, it's about time.
01:15:21 Eh, some celery?
01:15:23 Hey, hello!
01:15:24 Good, celery. Parsley, maybe.
01:15:26 -DESPEREAUX: The Princess is in danger!
01:15:28 -Garlic! Should I use the garlic?
01:15:30 -I mean not too much, but just a little bit.
01:15:32 -It is fantastic!
01:15:34 Bellissima!
01:15:38 The Princess is in danger!
01:15:40 Ooh!
01:15:44 You are a cute little mouse.
01:15:47 Would you like some soup?
01:15:49 No, I don't want...
01:15:50 The Princess is in danger!
01:15:52 And a talking mouse, too.
01:15:54 Listen, you've gotta help me.
01:15:55 Perhaps a little cheese?
01:15:57 No, I don't want any cheese!
01:15:59 The Princess! She's in danger!
01:16:02 She's locked in the dungeon!
01:16:05 In the dungeon!
01:16:06 Oh, don't be silly, my little mouse.
01:16:08 Everything is fine!
01:16:10 The Princess is perfectly safe up in her...
01:16:28 Oh, my.
01:16:30 Boldo!
01:16:31 Look! It's...
01:16:34 Boldo.
01:16:36 Where are you?
01:16:38 Charge!
01:16:42 Tell me again.
01:16:43 -Chivalry!
01:16:44 -Bravery!
01:16:45 Honor!
01:16:46 Chivalry! Bravery! Honor!
01:16:50 I love it!
01:16:52 Oh, it feels so good to be out of the kitchen!
01:16:55 Let's go!
01:16:57 lnto the breach!
01:17:01 Down there.
01:17:07 Ha-ha!
01:17:15 Where did she go?
01:17:19 BOTTlCELLl: My friends!
01:17:21 My friends, there are rats,
01:17:24 and then there are rats!
01:17:31 And I would like a huge round of applause
01:17:34 for our good friend here
01:17:37 for delivering us our princess!
01:17:44 Come on, let's go!
01:17:47 Oi! Hang on! Where you going? Help!
01:17:53 Hurry!
01:17:56 Look at that!
01:17:57 Let's get him, boys.
01:18:12 Keep going! Keep going!
01:18:13 Please! Oh, no, get off of me!
01:18:20 Nice shot!
01:18:24 That's my onion!
01:18:46 MlG: Hello?
01:18:48 Help!
01:18:50 Help!
01:18:52 Can anybody hear me?
01:18:56 Help!
01:18:58 I'm in here!
01:19:02 I'm in here!
01:19:05 I'm in here!
01:19:15 Oh, gor!
01:19:16 What took you so long?
01:19:18 I've been screaming in here
01:19:24 My little princess.
01:19:30 Rain.
01:19:31 Yes.
01:19:41 Papa! Papa, look!
01:19:43 Up there!
01:19:46 The sun!
01:20:03 Go on, Despereaux.
01:20:13 Wait! Wait just a moment! Patience!
01:20:21 Not just yet.
01:20:31 The honor is all yours, my friend.
01:20:40 CROWD: (CHANTlNG) Eat! Eat! Eat!
01:20:43 Eat! Eat! Eat!
01:20:52 NARRATOR.. Okay, remember
01:20:55 was the strongest thing a person could feel?
01:20:58 Well, it isn't.
01:21:00 It's forgiveness.
01:21:02 Because a single
01:21:07 No.
01:21:09 What?
01:21:10 No.
01:21:11 You worthless little...
01:21:14 CROWD: Eat! Eat! Eat!
01:21:38 Help!
01:21:53 Who let him out?
01:22:02 Hey, you!
01:22:03 It's that mouse!
01:22:10 Get him!
01:22:56 Ah, if it isn't our brave little knight.
01:23:02 -I wonder.
01:23:04 Should I finish you off myself
01:23:07 or turn you into cat food?
01:23:20 Here, kitty, kitty, kitty.
01:23:26 What is that?
01:24:03 Please. Nice kitty?
01:24:08 No, no, no, no!
01:24:56 Thank you, my good gentleman.
01:25:10 I am sorry.
01:25:15 I'm the one who should be sorry.
01:25:20 I'm so, so sorry.
01:25:26 That's all right.
01:25:34 I'm so sorry.
01:25:43 NARRATOR.. So, you could call all of this
01:25:45 a big misunderstanding if you wanted to.
01:25:47 A king was hurt, so he hurt a rat.
01:25:51 And a rat was hurt, so he hurt a princess.
01:25:55 And a princess was hurt,
01:25:58 without even meaning to do it.
01:26:01 And that servant had been
01:26:04 that almost nothing
01:26:08 But was it a mistake
01:26:13 Because the servant girl
01:26:16 And the jailer finally found his princess.
01:26:18 And the King found something
01:26:22 And the mice finally got rid of their fear.
01:26:27 And the people of Dor
01:26:32 All except one.
01:26:33 Who went back to sea
01:26:35 and felt a cool breeze each morning
01:26:37 and the sun in his face every afternoon.
01:26:40 And we'd tell you that
01:26:46 ...what fun is that?