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00:00Here in Denmark, we have a saying to make soup from a sausage pan.
00:15That's this, the little stick on the scrunched up bit left over at the end.
00:22But what does this saying mean?
00:25Well now, who better to ask than the mice?
00:30For our leftovers are their feasts, and it just so happens they're having their annual banquet tonight.
00:42Well now, Miss Kitchen Mouse, mouldy bread, rancid bacon rind, and cow's milk three weeks sour,
00:52another excellent feast, and another huge sausage end, with a sausage peg too.
01:02Wherever did you get it from?
01:04Oh, just an old storyteller friend, your highness.
01:07No one too close, I hope, for after tonight's spread, I've a good mind to marry you.
01:14Oh, hmm.
01:17Um, if you were a princess, I mean.
01:23Ah, you're talking of which, dear?
01:26It really is time you chose between these three eligible princesses.
01:32That is why I invited them here after all.
01:35Um, look, can't we talk about something else?
01:39Yes, mother...
01:40I'm sorry, dear.
01:41You really must choose this year, or stand down as king.
01:45You know the mouse rules.
01:48Oh, hmm.
01:49Very well.
01:50Respected rodents and venerable vermin, I have decided to choose who will be my queen
02:02by holding a contest.
02:06You all know the saying, soup from a sausage peg.
02:10Well, whosoever shall go out into the world and bring me back the recipe for this fabled soup
02:17shall be my bride.
02:19And, according to our ancient lore scrolls, all royal contests must be made open to everyone,
02:30whether highborn, common, or field mouse.
02:34Correct, princess?
02:36Uh, yes, sir.
02:37Um, that is the lore, but...
02:40Very well.
02:41Then I declare this contest open!
02:44So, ladies, who's first?
02:53Oh, um...
02:55I am...
02:57Bye!
02:59And so, the first mouse princess headed north.
03:04In search of the recipe, the Mouse King had requested.
03:07I am looking for a recipe, because I want to make some soup out of a sausage peg.
03:13Ah, soup, you see.
03:15From a sausage peg like this one, you see.
03:18Ah?
03:19Mm-hmm.
03:20Garn!
03:21Never heard the like.
03:22Not round these parts.
03:24Now how?
03:25Good moon to you, strange lady mouse.
03:49I say, that happens to be just the thing we're looking for.
03:54Can we have it?
03:55My sausage peg?
03:57Hmm.
03:58Well, I do need it for my special quest, but I'll lend it to you if you like.
04:03Oh.
04:03Oh!
04:23Oh, so that's how the dew was made.
04:37Good Miss Mouse, you have shown us kindness, so we have it within our power to grant you a wish.
04:44Oh, I desire only to know the secret of making soup from my sausage peg.
04:51But we've just shown you. We took your humble peg from the end of some sausage and used it to make something wonderful.
05:01That's what soup from a sausage peg means.
05:04But I was hoping for a recipe for the soup itself.
05:10Oh, look, I really must fly, but just so you don't go home completely empty-handed.
05:17Bye-bye, Miss Mouse. Bye-bye.
05:21Oh.
05:23Days passed, and the first Mouse Princess made her way back to the Mouse King court.
05:30And so I could find no such recipe, Your Majesty.
05:35I may not be able to get soup from a sausage peg, but look what I can do.
05:41Violets? I'm allergic to violets.
05:51Achoo!
05:53Oh!
05:56Um, next!
05:57Not knowing where to start, the second Princess did the sensible thing and went to ask her wise old grandmother.
06:11Hmm. Soup from a sausage peg, eh?
06:15Then become a poet, dear.
06:17For poets cook up all kinds of food for thought out of the tiniest crumbs of ideas.
06:25A poet? But how, Grandmother?
06:29Wisdom, imagination and feeling.
06:33Go out into the world and get those into you, dear, and you'll be on your way.
06:38Then a poet I shall be.
06:41Now go to the ant.
06:43Consider her ways and be wise.
06:46You have come to the right place, Princess Mouth, for we ants are indeed the wisest, best organised creatures of all.
07:00See that clumsy oaf there?
07:02No one will help him because every ant is taught to think of two things only.
07:07Himself and how best to do exactly as I say.
07:10So, who do I go to if I want to get the most wisdom into me?
07:16Why, me, of course.
07:18For I am the source of all wisdom round here.
07:21I see. Well, thanks very much.
07:25Oh!
07:29Hmm. Wisdom tastes a bit like chicken.
07:32Having gotten wisdom into her, the princess now went to the wood nymph in search of imagination.
07:43Plucked from the wing of my fantasy friend, imagination himself, a poet's quill.
07:50Oh, don't mind if I do.
07:52And then lastly, to literally get feeling into her, she went back to the library, where she devoured every romantic novel.
08:12Hmm. First few chapters were great, but the ending needed more salt.
08:20Eventually, she returned to the Mouse King's court.
08:27And so, Your Majesty, the secret of getting soup from a sausage peg is me.
08:36For I am now a special poet.
08:39And I can cook up beautiful stories and songs thusly.
08:47And so, the third mouse princess travelled to the other side of town.
09:05Now, now, children. You're not starving.
09:12I fed you all earlier, so stop making so much soup out of a sausage peg.
09:18Soup out of a sausage peg?
09:20And so, she climbed up to find out more.
09:24Hello? Did someone out there mention making soup from a sausage peg?
09:37Well, hello there.
09:40I'm an owl.
09:42My children and I eat moles, voles, shrews, and mice.
09:51Well, isn't that a coincidence?
09:54Because I'm a very rare kind of owl-eating mouse.
09:59Well, I don't swallow that for one moment, Miss Mouse.
10:08But I admire your spirit.
10:11Come on in and meet the children.
10:14In you go.
10:15So the mouse helped the owl train her children for life in the outside world
10:26Oh, that tickles
10:30No, no, children, pounce with your feet, then peck with your beaks
10:35And in return, the owl told the mouse all she needed to know about making soup from a sausage peg
10:45Back at the mouse court, the third princess told the king all she had learnt
10:51And so, your majesty, the truth is, no such actual recipe exists
10:57It's just a saying, meaning everything and nothing, depending on how you use it
11:04Which means, dear, this whole contest itself has been soup from a sausage peg
11:10So, you must choose a bride now
11:13Or stand down as king
11:16Very well, mother
11:18Well, I suppose I could use someone to do my paperwork for me
11:22Wait, your majesty
11:24She's wrong
11:26There is a recipe
11:28And I know it
11:30You do, Miss Kitchen Mouse?
11:36Phew
11:37Um, then by all means, show us
11:41In fact, there's only three ingredients to it, sire
11:45The first is boiling water
11:48The second, of course, is a sausage peg
11:51And the third, well, child, out with it
11:58Royal Mousetail Man
12:00You just stick your tail into the boiling water
12:05Keep swishing it round for an hour or so
12:07And it makes the most delicious soup known to mouse kind
12:11And you're sure it has to be Royal Mousetail?
12:17Oh, yes, Your Highness
12:19Only yours or the Queen Mother's will do
12:22Well, I for one am prepared to take her word for it
12:36How about you, Mother?
12:39Oh, yes, well
12:43We only wanted to know what the recipe is, didn't we?
12:46We don't have to taste it
12:48My thinking exactly, Mother
12:51Which means Miss Kitchen Mouse has won the contest
12:57Well, clever Miss Kitchen Mouse, will you be my queen?
13:04Gladly, sire
13:05And the king married the kitchen mouse
13:14And to this very day, mice the world over still argue about how this sausage peg soup might actually taste
13:23Which is all a bit of a soup from a sausage peg in itself, don't you think?
13:35I've told you so many stories
13:45But have you ever wondered where these stories actually come from?
13:50Well, the story I'm going to tell you today
13:53Is a story about a story
13:55And how that story came to be
13:59It's all quite simple, really
14:01You see, stories can come from the tiniest little floor
14:07All right, ladies
14:09Bedtime
14:11Come on, eh, come on
14:16Yeah, yeah
14:18Last one back in the coops
14:19A rotten egg
14:20Rotten egg, get it?
14:24He thinks he's so funny
14:27There goes another one
14:46Funny how that works
14:48With each feather I pluck
14:50I get more beautiful
14:52What was that she said?
14:55Hmm
14:57Someone up above plucks out her feathers so she can be beautiful
15:03That's just, of all the things
15:06Has she no shame?
15:09Lucy, wake up
15:11It's not Easter again, is it?
15:14I can't
15:16Oh
15:16Deary me, Gertie
15:18What?
15:18What on earth is it?
15:20I've got the most appalling thing to tell you
15:23Oh
15:24What is it?
15:26Tell me, tell me, tell me
15:27Well
15:28I'm not going to mention any names
15:30You can probably guess any
15:32Ready for your goodnight story?
15:36All cuddled hymn and girl
15:38Hmm?
15:39Shhh
15:39But one of the hens here intends to pluck out all her feathers
15:46Just so she can look better for, you know, him, the rooster
15:51Ew
15:52Well, I tell you, if I were him, you know, him, the rooster
15:56I would find this the height of outrage
15:59I would just find it so scandalous
16:02What is it, dear?
16:04Oh
16:04What's going on?
16:06Did you hear what the chickens just said?
16:08I heard it with my own ears
16:11And if these hadn't served me so well this far, I'd surely doubt them
16:16Well, what is it that's so amazing?
16:19Apparently one of the chickens has gone berserk
16:22Berserk?
16:24That's right, berserk
16:25She has so completely forgotten what it is to be a hen
16:30That she's plucked out all her feathers
16:33So that the rooster can see her in, in, all her goose pimples
16:40Good heavens, Martha
16:44Not in front of the little ones
16:46They shouldn't hear such things
16:49Of course, of course, I'm sorry
16:51But this is terribly exciting news
16:54I have to tell someone
16:56I'll be back
16:58That is such an amazing story
17:08I know
17:09It's simply unbelievable
17:11Wait, wait
17:23We're not going to eat you
17:26Have you heard?
17:28Have you heard?
17:29To all
17:30There's this raving mad hen who lost her head
17:35And has plucked out all her feathers
17:37Just so she can show off her pimply body for the rooster
17:41And now she's bound to freeze to death
17:44If she is not frozen already
17:46To whoo
17:48Already frozen chicken?
17:52Where?
17:52Where?
17:53Right there in the next farm
17:55I have as good as seen it myself
17:57It is almost unbecoming to tell the story
18:00But we feel obligated to pass it on
18:04If only as a warning to others
18:07Indeed, indeed
18:10Hey chickens, you have to hear this
18:19There's a chicken, actually I heard there were two
18:23Who've plucked out all their feathers
18:26Just so they could attract the rooster
18:30Yes, so what?
18:34Well, it's very dangerous if you think about it
18:38Because you can easily catch a cold
18:40And die from fever
18:42Oh yes
18:44Yes, and that's why
18:46As it happens, both of them are close to dying
18:50All because of that stupid rooster
18:53Well, that does sound like a bit of news
18:57And all because the rooster told them to pluck out all their feathers
19:10It's tragic, I'll tell you, it's a scandal
19:13Well, that's unbelievable
19:14Something must be done at once
19:17Cock-a-doodle-doo
19:20Cock-a-doodle-doo
19:22Wake up
19:23Wake up
19:25The most incredible thing has just happened
19:31Five chickens who were all in love with the same rooster
19:35Plucked out all their feathers to impress him
19:37And now they have all
19:39Caught the most dreadful disease
19:42And all because they wanted to impress this one rooster
19:47This is a horrible story
19:49But must not be kept a secret
19:51Go and pass it on
19:53Pass it on
19:54Pass it on
19:55Pass it on
19:57Pass it on
19:57Pass it on
19:58Pass it on
19:59But wait
20:02What did the rooster do then?
20:04All night long
20:06The story spread like wildfire
20:08Changing in the telling
20:11Every time it was repeated
20:13Did you hear that crazy story about those chickens?
20:20Oh, what about them?
20:23Apparently a dozen of them went barking mad and ripped out all their feathers
20:29Oh, ready plucked chickens
20:34I know
20:36Makes my mouth water
20:39I'll say
20:42But you know why they did it?
20:46Apparently they did it to impress the rooster
20:50I've said it before
20:52And I'll say it again
20:54Chickens are strange
20:57Or maybe they just wanted to look more like us
21:02Like us?
21:03Hmm
21:03Then again
21:04Maybe they're not so strange after all
21:07So then
21:08These chickens
21:10It must have been over 30
21:12All went up to the rooster
21:14And then what?
21:16Well
21:17They wanted to know
21:18Which one of them the rooster prefers
21:21But do you know what the rooster did?
21:26Go on
21:27Tell me
21:28The rooster turned around to them
21:31And
21:32What the rooster said was
21:35While I appreciate all you've gone through
21:41I'm afraid I won't pick any of you
21:45What?
21:46Why?
21:46Because I prefer my chickens
21:49With their feathers still on them
21:52So then what did the chickens do?
22:00Well, that's a whole other story
22:03You see, then the chickens started to pluck out all their feathers
22:08You don't see?
22:10That is such an amazing story
22:12I know
22:14It's simply unbelievable
22:16Even more so than the last one
22:19But
22:20No matter how far a story travels
22:23It always comes right back to where it started
22:27I say
22:28Chicken
22:29Wake up
22:30What?
22:31What is it?
22:32I have the most amazing story to tell you
22:35Wait
22:35I've one for you too
22:37There's a chicken here
22:39Who intends to pluck out all her feathers
22:43Just so she can
22:44That's nothing
22:45Wait till you hear this one
22:47Oh?
22:50No
22:51Wake up
22:53Everyone
22:54Something amazing has just happened
22:57Ninety-six hens have plucked out all their feathers
23:02To impress the rooster
23:05And then
23:07When the rooster turned his beak up at them all
23:10They left the town in shame
23:13So
23:14Now
23:15There are ninety-six of them
23:17No
23:18Over a hundred even
23:20All running around
23:22Dark giblets naked
23:24Oh
23:25The shame
23:27Their poor families
23:28Even Emma
23:29Who had started everything with her little remark
23:32Didn't recognise the story it had become
23:35What an amazing story
23:38And what a bunch of deranged chickens
23:41It's quite a story all right
23:44Really outrageous
23:47I wonder if it's true
23:49It must be true
23:50And everyone must hear this story as a warning
23:54I'm going to make sure that this gets into all the papers all over the country
23:59And that is the story of how a story becomes a story
24:05And as it says here in black and white
24:09It's all quite true
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