Name: Donkeyskin - Bedtime Story Animation | Best Children Classics HD
Uploaded: 2014-09-27T10:50:17.000Z
Duration: 13 min 18 s
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Once upon a time, there was an eccentric king who ruled a vast kingdom.

He had a beautiful wife and a lovely little daughter.

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Has my magic donkey just laid another gold coin?   Bring it to me right away! Ha

You there, with the long face…bring me that coin at once!

The king owned a very special donkey who laid   gold coins for him every day.

Be very careful with my donkey, you know how temperamental he is…

The miraculous donkey made the king very wealthy.

When he had acquired all the riches he could want, he grew restless,

and began to use the gold to buy weapons and invade other kingdoms.

At that moment, the king received a tragic message…

Your Majesty, when I am gone, you may wish to remarry

Promise me that you will marry until you find   a woman wiser and more beautiful than me…

After the Queen’s death, the king felt miserable and alone.

he began the search for a woman even more wise and beautiful

than she had been to take as his new wife.

Your Majesty, we are unable to find a lady more radiant and clever than the late queen was. We are sorry...

As he glanced out the window, the King’s   eye fell on the lovely young princess.

Why, my daughter is already a woman grown…

The princess is old enough to choose a suitor indeed.

Of course…There is no other woman in the   kingdom as beautiful as my daughter.

The King’s sudden decision shocked his servants, but they   had no choice but to obey him.

Oh, what shall I do!? I cannot accept my father’s preposterous offer!

Have you heard of the fairy who lives in a cave in the forest?

I have heard it said that she can resolve any situation.

The princess rode into the forest, and soon reached the fairy’s colorfully ornamented cave.

Welcome Princess, I know why you have come.

Your father wants to marry you, but I know   a way you can avoid your father’s proposal.

Go at once to the King and ask him to order   a dress for you, as blue as the sky.

Returning to the palace the Princess asked to speak to her father.

Father, I have a request to make before I marry you.

I want you to make me a dress the color of the sky.

If that is what you want… Seek out the   most skilled tailor in the kingdom,

and order him to create a gown the color of the sky.

Oh…he really made the gown. What do I do now?

You should go back to the fairy and ask her.

The fairy advised the princess to demand a dress the color of moonlight.

The king agreed and sent her the completed dress once   more. The Princess rushed back to the fairy.

This time, you must ask him for the skin of his   precious donkey, the one that lays golden coins.

When he gives it to you, take the skin and the   gowns and leave at once for a far away kingdom.

Father, I will marry you. but only if you   give me the skin of your donkey.

That is an easy request to grant. Servants!   Bring me that donkey’s skin at once!

The King gave the Princess the skin as she had requested.

The Princess put it on and left the palace that   very day taking the gowns with her.

The fairy gave her a magic wand and an enchanted jewelry box.

Exhausted by her long journey, the Princess stopped at a humble farmhouse.

Please…I will do any kind of work you give me…just let me stay here.

Very well, I can use an extra pair of   hands. You can go clean the pigsty. How about that?

Sunday will be your day off. You can   stay in the shed in the woods.

From that day, the Princess worked in the kitchen and   around the farm and always wore her donkey skin.

Every Sunday, she would wash all of the dirt

and dress herself in one of the magnificent gowns   she kept in the enchanted jewelry box.

I miss the luxuries of the palace. I wonder how my father is now…

The Princess waited all week for Sunday to come,   when she could wear her sky-blue dress,

or the one that shimmered like moonlight and remember   how it felt to be a princess again.

One day, a young prince from a near-by kingdom   got lost in the woods while hunting rabbits.

Oh…why would there be a shed in a   place like this? Could someone be living there?

Peeking through the keyhole, he saw the beautiful Princess   in one of her gorgeous gowns.

I have never seen anyone so lovely…she must be a fairy!

After that day, the Prince could not stop thinking about   the vision he saw in the forest

You haven’t eaten anything. Are you ill? Is something the matter?

I just can’t forget the fairy I saw in the woods…

Is this about your fantasies again? I have already sent someone to investigate.

They say that shed belongs to a filthy girl who wears   a donkey’s skin. What you saw was a dream!

But it wasn’t! I must have some of those delicious cookies she makes…