GFTC - The Man of Iron

Details for you! Stay away from my pond! Your Majesty! How dare you touch my new gold ball, you servant! Just look at this mess! You got it all wet! So sorry, my lord. But you're the one who kicked your ball in the water bucket. Don't you ever talk to me that way! I'm the prince! Now wipe this off, or I'll have a guard throw you in jail! Yes, sir. Is that the rag you're going to use to clean my ball? Aye, my lord. You'll only get it dirtier with that filthy piece of old cloth. I command you to run and find a clean piece of fine silk this very minute! What are you doing, William? You should never talk to servants that way. You may go. Aye, Majesty. Here's your ball, Highness, all fresh and clean. You get out of here! Go away, I said! Very good, sir. When will you learn to behave yourself? It's a good thing your father isn't alive to see you behaving like this. He'd be so disappointed. If you're ever going to govern this country, you need to be as strong as the Man of Iron. Hans the Giant may be locked away in a tower, but he hasn't lost his sense of right or wrong. You should take a lesson from him. All right, I will be nice. And I don't want to see you misbehaving again. What's so great about Hans? They keep Hans up there. I've never seen a real live giant before in my whole life! Oh! I've come to keep you company! This is your prince talking, it's me! What do you want? My precious golden ball! Oh! I demand you throw that up here! Why should I do as you say, huh? Who are you to give me orders? What's the matter? Don't you know a prince when you see one, Giant? Now I'm the prince of this castle, and I want my golden ball! You lost the ball, so you come down here and get it, boy! I'm the prince, you monster, and will do things my way! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! You might be the prince here now, move it, that's an order! I'm my own man, I don't take anybody's orders! Be a good little boy and go back where you came from! Now why don't you just leave me alone? Get out of here! That ball is mine and I want it back right now! Come down here and get it yourself! Oh, my ball! Ha ha ha ha ha ha! I guess you don't have enough guts to come in here, do you? I'm the crown prince, and I've got more guts than you do! I'm braver than you'll ever be, you monster! Then come and get your ball! The door's right over there with the bars on it! You can't miss it unless you'd rather run away! But I don't have any way to open up the lock! The key is under your mother's pillow, you can just go in and get it! She'd get mad at me, I'm sure! You've got to grow up sometime. If you're ever going to govern this country, you need to have as much strength and courage as Hans the Man of Iron. Ha ha ha ha ha! Why don't you just admit that you're afraid of me and get out of here, little prince? Oh, I'm not afraid of anything! You just wait here and you'll find out! Oh! Ha ha ha ha! Don't worry, I'm not going anywhere! All right, Hans, I've got the keys right here and I'm coming down right now! Little fellow, so now you have the key! Let's see if you're tall enough and brave enough to put it in the lock and come in! I have your golden ball right here if you want to come in and play! You can't just laugh at the prince and get away with it! Now I'm coming in there, Hans! Are you going to stick me with that little pin, or are you going to come up here and get the ball for yourself? Give it here! Ugly blue giant, put me down! Hey, give me the keys! Hey! Hans, you can't do this! Stop! I command you to stay here and put me down! Well now, my little friend, you were brave enough to go into my cell, but you were foolish to bring the keys! I'll put you down! There! Now, go get your silly ball of gold! Oh, hey, wait a minute, Hans! Everybody's going to laugh at me when they find out that I let you escape! My mother will put me on restriction! Well, we can't have that now! Put me down! All right, come along! We'll make you grow up in spite of yourself! All right, little one! Prince! There are no princes in the forest, little one, there are only beasts and men! Now, will you be gone alone? Or do you wish to stay here and have some protection from me? Why would I want to stay here with you? You're nothing but a big blue kidnapper! You'd best be careful, little prince, there are wolves in this part of the forest! I'm not afraid of a couple of old wolves, I mean, the very worst they could do is eat me! Go ahead, your highness! See if the wolves will obey your royal orders! Maybe they only want to kiss your hand! Somehow, I don't think that's what they want! Please help me! Oh, I'm happy to see you! All right, you can stay with me, but you'll have to work! We're in the deepest, most enchanted part of the forest! This pond is magical, and I'm going to assign you to watch over it! You mustn't let anything disturb the surface, not even a leaf! If I must, I will then! Yes, you must, your highness! Why is he making such a great big fuss over a stupid old pond anyway? It's just a hole full of water! And I really am getting awfully sleepy! Shhh... Hans! You just fell asleep, and now look what happened! My pond has a leaf floating on it! Huh? Ha ha ha ha ha! Getting upset over a stupid leaf, I suppose? A joke? Well, I'm not going to play along! I told you the pond was magic, and that it shouldn't be disturbed at any time! Come on, what difference could one little leaf make? It's not the end of the world! Besides, we princes need to get our beauty rest! Look in the pond to see how beautiful you are! Oh, all right! I don't see anything! Whoa! You have a very ugly soul, my young friend! And your soul will remain ugly unless you take the steps to cure it! There's only one thing to do! You have to go into the world by yourself and become a man! Impossible, my soul! Looks like that! Oh, ha ha ha ha ha! If you really want to be a true prince, then listen, you must learn to forget your royal blood, and live simply as one of the common folk! Do you think you can do it, little one? I have to forget I'm royalty? And live the life of a commoner? I know I... If you need any help, return to this pond! Call out my name, and I will certainly hear you! I will come to your rescue! If you were the last giant on Earth, I wouldn't ask for your help! Ha ha ha ha ha! Then so be it! You'd better get along now while it's still daytime! You've a long journey! I wonder what's the fastest way out of this forest? Oh, gosh! I sure don't want to run into any more of those wolves! Hey, what's this? Oh! At least I got myself a new hat! Something inside my hungry stomach would sure be good! Oh! Open up! It's important! Open up! Why do you pound it on my window for? I guess your mother didn't teach you any manners! Hmm... Oh! I couldn't help smelling the food! I'd like to have some! Oh, yeah? Well, if you want to eat, you gotta work for a living, you know? You can't just go around sponging off other people! Who do you think you are, you little pipsqueak? Work for a living? What do I do? Don't you know? Everyone around here knows how to work for a living! Everyone, that is, except the queen and her spoiled son, the prince! So why don't you just go ask them for a free meal, huh? Oh! That hurt! And I am royalty! If you ever wish to be respected as a true prince, little one, you must learn to forget your royal blood! So be it, then! Give me a job! For somebody who's out of work, you sure got a high and mighty attitude, kid! All right, mister! Then could I please have a job? Well, have you ever done any kind of blacksmithing? No, but if you give me a chance, I'm willing to learn! All right, let's go! All right, now, hit it as hard as you can with a hammer! Whoa! You're even clumsier than you look, kid! You're blowing the bellows too hard! You're the worst apprentice I ever had! But I'll give you one more chance! All right, now, you just got to hold the tongs a little bit tighter there at the top and hit it real hard now, okay? Go! Ow! Get out of my shell! Whoa! I was wondering if you nice people could give me some kind of a job, please? But we can't afford to pay! I'm so hungry, I think I'm gonna faint! Everybody's hungry around here, young man! We work hard all day! And do we get to keep a penny what we earn? No! We have to give it all to the tax collectors! A stable economy must be taxed, ma'am! And the queen needs fancy clothes! And so does that spoiled prince! So you want a day job with us in the fields today or not? No, I do not! Then stop wasting our time! We're too busy to stand around here talking politics with a kid! I want something to eat! And I won't move till I get it! What's that? He's striking! The prince is in command here! And I'm telling you to do as I command! I can't believe it! This kid's a real joker! Let's keep him around for a laugh! And maybe we could even fix his royal highness up with a special silk bed out in the barn with a cow's in a pit! You must learn to live with the common people, little one! Otherwise, you will never cure your ugly soul! What's the matter with him? I think he fainted, poor boy! Well, he's not much use like this! Put him under that haystack! Have some of this! Oh! And a bowl of gruel! You really are hungry, aren't you, son? Oh, thank you very much! Now hurry up, kid! Get those fish to the market and then come right back here! Watch your balance! Help! I can't swim! Bottoms up! Hey, kid! This will put a little hair on your chest! Oh, all right! Swabby, here now! There's nothing like some good old sea grog! Now just take a slug! I've got to find a job! I just hope I find a town pretty soon! Oh! You can't cook, you can't clean, you can't wash dishes! What can you do anyway? Why don't you just go out into the garden and work there for a while? There's nothing for you to break! I'm really sorry, sir! He's a real nincompoop, poor kid! Come on, Shepard! Stay out of your hole! Help! I can't swim! I'm going to learn to do things right! No matter how long it takes! I think she's about the prettiest girl I've ever seen! Hello there, young man! I take it you must be the new gardener? Yes, ma'am! That's right I am! I can't wait till the flowers come out! I'll look around and see if I can find you some! They're just beautiful! Where on earth did you find such pretty flowers in the middle of the cold weather? If you know the right places to look, you can always find wildflowers. They survive a lot better in the cold weather than the kind of flowers you plant out in a garden. That's interesting. I don't think you're from our country, are you? No, I'm from far away. How far away? Pretty far, I guess. Hey, nincompoop! If you're goofing off again... I'd better go. It was nice talking to you. Young man! You're nice. Call again. Hey, nincompoop! Where are you? Destroy this city! Take no prisoners! The army is here! Tell everyone to hide! The citizens are in a panic! Let's get out of here, nincompoop. At least we've got a chance to save our skins. You don't know what the Black Army can do when they attack a castle. Let's go! No! We must fight them and take a stand! Move everybody out of the way! Get out of here! If you're ever going to rule this country, my son, you must be as strong and brave as Hans, the giant man of iron. Hurry! Run! Let's go! If you want to be a true prince, you must live your life for the common folk. Well, that's what I'm going to do! Where are the swords? They're rusted! What am I going to do? I know! Now I can go and ask for help from Hans! It's me, Hans! I have an important favor to ask! Where are you? What is your request? The Black Army is attacking my friend's village and I need to borrow a good horse and sword so I can go back and defend them! Why do you care? You're not a prince to them! You should run away and save your own skin! These friends of yours can fend for themselves, can't they? I don't care about saving my skin now! You know you made me a promise, Hans! Are you going to keep it or not? To save your friend's land? You'd be willing to fight single-handedly? Mm-hmm! You bet! Well now, go take a look in the pond, your highness! That's right, young prince, and you'll need more than one sword to win this war of yours! We can't just give up! We have to fight! Sir, we're surrounded! I refuse to surrender my people to that horde! Their army attacked! Where did this army come from, I wonder? Why, this is just like a miracle from heaven! At ease, men! I wonder what noble king is leading this army? I suppose we should welcome them! Have the guards shoot off the fireworks! I am at your service, your majesty! Thank you very much! I should truly like to see the face of the man who has saved my home and country! Please remove your armor and let us all see what you look like! Yes, your majesty! What? What a handsome young fellow you are! I'll bet that you're royalty from some other country! Please tell me where you're from! Oh, no! Not at all, your majesty! I'm a simple gardener! A gardener? That's right! I knew it was you! Where'd you find such pretty flowers? Huh? Yes, ma'am! I am the gardener! So, I see you've taken notice of my beautiful daughter! Well, it doesn't matter to me if you're a noble prince or a gardener! You're a man of courage and you've saved my land! We'll celebrate the wedding feast tonight! Yes, your majesty! Thank you, Hans! I couldn't have done it without you! My son, you're truly a prince! With a kingdom of your own and a strong, courageous heart!