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A carefree, absent-minded boy who is never scared goes on a strange journey to discover fear.
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00:00When people told themselves their past with stories,
00:12explained their present with stories,
00:15foretold the future with stories,
00:18the best place by the fire was kept for the storyteller.
00:30THE END
01:00THE END
01:01THE END
01:03THE END
01:05THE END
01:06fiend this little spider.
01:08Hey, come back.
01:12Have you killed it?
01:14Yes.
01:16Promise?
01:17Promise. I popped it between my fingers.
01:21Come and see.
01:22It's quite a mess.
01:26Good. Yuck. They're foul.
01:28They don't even know the meaning of the word bone.
01:30What a noodle you are.
01:33Frightened of a little thing.
01:36You're frightened of rats.
01:38Everyone's frightened of rats.
01:40They're rattish.
01:41It's normal.
01:43Why, you seen a rat?
01:46You're shuddering.
01:48So are you?
01:50Mm-hmm.
01:51Now it's getting dark.
01:53Don't like the dark either.
01:55Come here and bark a bit.
01:57Oh.
02:00Bark, bark, bark, bark, bark, bark, bark, bark, bark, bark, bark, bark.
02:06What should we do until morning?
02:08Well, I could tell you the story of the boy who set forth to learn what fear was.
02:14You mean he didn't know?
02:15No.
02:16He wasn't frightened of rats or bats or cats or things beginning with this?
02:21No, a rare boy.
02:23The second son of the second cousin of my second wife's second niece, who died and left her husband, a tailor, two sons.
02:32The one good, the other good for nothing.
02:36And he was called Fear Not.
02:39What time do you call it?
03:05Don't know, Dad.
03:06What time do you call it?
03:07Lord, give me patience.
03:10Well, have you got the buttons?
03:12What buttons?
03:13The buttons I sent you out for.
03:16Do you know, Dad?
03:18I completely forgot them buttons.
03:20Tell the truth, I stood and played under my sweetheart's window.
03:24Oh, she's lovely.
03:25Did you hear that?
03:27He forgot.
03:28Never fear.
03:29I'll go back.
03:30And forget again?
03:31No.
03:32You go, son.
03:34I'll go in the morning.
03:35The morning's no use.
03:37Go now.
03:38I would.
03:39But the dark comes and I don't like the forest.
03:41It's all shadows.
03:42There's trolls in there and dragons.
03:44Let me go.
03:45I don't mind shadows.
03:47I never saw a dragon.
03:48Be off with you, then.
03:50What are you going for?
03:51Uh, don't tell me to see dragons.
03:53No, uh, ogres.
03:55Buttons!
03:57Buttons.
03:59So off goes Fear Not to fetch Buttons.
04:02But the village bull is watching his skip and his gormless grin.
04:06He's right for ragging.
04:08Oh, yes, they'll fetch him a fearful fright.
04:12What?
04:26Ah!
04:29Hello.
04:30Are you a troll?
04:32I am a wordle.
04:33Only twice as bad.
04:36Never mind.
04:37I want your bag of buttons.
04:39Sorry.
04:40They're for my dad.
04:42Give them to me.
04:43Or I'll mutton you.
04:45Mutton me?
04:46I'll give you a right flummox.
04:48That doesn't sound very nice.
04:50Give me the buttons.
04:52Ah!
04:55Ah!
04:59And back he goes, our boy, to his dad's house.
05:02Full of tales of a wordle.
05:04Only twice as bad.
05:05I'm sorry about the buttons.
05:06And did you know a wordle has three voices?
05:08And the father sets him outside with 40 shillings in a purse and tells him to go off and learn something.
05:16Fear considers this.
05:18He's always wanted to know how to shudder.
05:22The knack of it's eluded him.
05:24He'll set forth to learn what fear is.
05:28With nothing to guide him but a bag of shillings, a fiddle and a fool's errand.
05:33Good day, old man.
05:37Now, isn't this a lucky meeting?
05:38Good day, sir.
05:39I can tell by the gleam in your eye you have a sweetheart.
05:43I do, sir.
05:44And what's your name?
05:45I don't know.
05:46Ah, well, what's her name?
05:48Mine's Mackay, but I don't mind it.
05:50Mine's Fairnut.
05:51And there you go, as me poor mother would say.
05:54Have you got a mother?
05:55I'm afraid I don't.
05:56Ah, well, we all had one once and that's the main thing.
05:59Now, your sweetheart, is she dark or fair?
06:02Oh, dark, sir.
06:04Like Arabia.
06:05Like Arabia.
06:06Oh, happy day.
06:07And a happy day it is for you, young man.
06:09For in this bag I have a scarf of silk, direct from the shores of Arabie.
06:15Here, I insist you take it and may you learn a name with it.
06:19Thank you, mister.
06:21And it's because you're such a fine fellow, I'm only going to ask you to pay me what I paid for it.
06:27A double Persian.
06:29How much is that?
06:30How much you got?
06:31Forty shillings.
06:32Nothing like that.
06:33Barely half.
06:34Less than two thirds.
06:35I'd like the scarf because I've set forth to learn things, you see.
06:41And to learn a name is something.
06:43But I'll give you all I have if you could learn me what fear is.
06:47You will give me forty shillings if I can frighten you?
06:51Gladly.
06:51I see, said the blind man.
06:54Let me think.
06:55Shut your eyes.
06:57Whaaaa!
07:01Whaaaa!
07:03Is something the matter?
07:05No, no, just give me a minute.
07:10What do you reckon that is at your throat?
07:13I don't know, sir.
07:14A knife?
07:15And a sharp knife.
07:17Slit a hair clean and too.
07:18That's marvellous.
07:20Slit a throat without touching the sides.
07:22That's a good knife, then.
07:23Certainly is and will do for you, young man, unless you part with your bag of shillings.
07:29I can't do that, for I must learn what fear is.
07:33And I'm not frightened of you, Mr Mackay.
07:35You're a friend.
07:36Oh, no, no, no, no, we're friends.
07:42Goodness, I'm sure we are.
07:44Let me take you down the lane, where I think I can arrange a little case of the shudders for you.
07:50Follow me.
07:52Where do we go?
07:53To a pond, by a hedge, by a field, by a mill, by a town.
07:58And in that pond is a fearful sight.
08:01So fearful.
08:02Think what fearful is.
08:04And I'm ten.
08:05And shall I shudder?
08:07No question.
08:08If you survive.
08:12And off they went to most fanciful peregrination.
08:17Until they came to a pond, by a hedge, by a field, by a mill, by a town.
08:22And as their ride were day-ending, they saw folk rushing from the mill, still dusted with flour, and would not stop to swap words.
08:33Shouted, be clear before dark falls.
08:36Beware the pond, and other such unwelcomes.
08:45Here.
08:46Is this where I'll learn to shudder, Mr Mackay?
08:49The trick is, you must plunge into the pond, and fear will swim off the great here.
08:55Splendid.
08:58Ah, it's a treat.
09:01Will you join me?
09:02No, thanks.
09:03I must retire and get us beds for the night.
09:06You must sleep after a good fright.
09:09Good luck.
09:12Now, this green pond is not all welcome, cool, and water lilies.
09:17Deep in its green, deep is a terrible thing.
09:20And it peers up through the green and sees a pair of feet.
09:25It's a man.
09:26Oh, dear, oh, dear.
09:33So there he is, our man fear not, dangling his feet in the pond, waiting to shudder, wondering how, when all of a sudden, and who would believe it, the water begins to gather and froth and swirl.
09:46And below me, if a ring of sad beauties don't appear, eyes closed and melancholy, these are the sisters of the deep, and their dance is a welcome to drowning.
10:00Come in, come in, they seem to say, and fear not, looks on enchanted by their loveliness.
10:09Then he does what he always does when this mood takes him.
10:11Now, why do the village folk avoid this pretty scene?
10:21Why do men tremble as night falls and the moon gleams its silver on the pool?
10:27Because, my dearie-o's, my darlings, these are the daughters of the terrible thing.
10:34Water in their veins, water in their eyes.
10:38They have but two tasks, to drown men and to drown women.
10:44Come in, come in, they seem to say.
10:47Come in and sip our bitter beer.
10:50Come in and meet our master.
11:00Do you know who I am?
11:04I don't think so.
11:06You're not a wordle.
11:08Some sort of terrible thing.
11:10Exactly.
11:12These are my pretties.
11:15They tempt you a man like you, and I drown them.
11:18Why?
11:21Because, at first, give me your bird.
11:26It saw me so beautiful.
11:28I can't do that.
11:29I have to make it.
11:31Look.
11:31Look.
11:38Where does the singing come from?
11:57It holds.
11:58Let me try.
12:04Hurry.
12:04You must learn to play.
12:07That's your bird.
12:09Where does its song come from?
12:12The song?
12:13Oh, far away.
12:14Ireland.
12:15Which direction?
12:16Over there.
12:18Many lefts and many rights.
12:20Ireland.
12:21I'll go there.
12:24That way, you say?
12:26That's it.
12:27Make it sing some more, and then I'll go.
12:32Ireland.
12:35And our boy plays some more, until the creature leaves his daughters, and his green pool, and
12:42is endless drowning, and heads off in search of Ireland, and the bird that sings.
12:48And he lives there still, for all I know.
12:52What a hero.
12:54What a hero.
12:56Not one feast, but twenty.
12:59Seventy-eight gifts.
13:00Four offers of marriage, and much playing of the fiddle.
13:04By morning, Mr. Mackay, self-appointed manager of Heroes, and historian of Fearnot's exploits,
13:11has noted details of the whereabouts of trolls, and terrors, and dragons, and demons, and untold,
13:17unsolved mysteries.
13:19Thus commissioned, the two companions set off, and it isn't until late, the following afternoon,
13:25head still, muddled by Syeda, that Fearnot remembers to clap the tinker's ears, retrieve
13:31his forty shillings, and ask him where they're heading next.
13:35Well, I have the route to a fine terror, but I must have the one.
13:39I have promised him my shillings when I shudder.
13:41But give me only a fist, which I like not.
13:44One little misunderstanding, and I'm trash for me pains.
13:48Come, Paris.
13:49You are blessed with great courage.
13:52I am cursed with a little cunning.
13:55I cheat for trifles, while you can move mountains.
13:59Is that fair, I ask you?
14:02I'm sorry.
14:04Take my money.
14:05I've offended you.
14:07No, no.
14:08I shall struggle on for nothing.
14:10We go to yonder castle, where none survive a night.
14:14So I will learn to shudder at last.
14:18Now this castle they approach is a graveyard of hopes.
14:22The king driven out, the rooms abandoned.
14:25Only fools seek shelter there.
14:28For this is a troubled land, and bad holds court.
14:33Look.
14:34There it is on the horizon.
14:37A place brooding.
14:39Wait here.
14:44I should take things with me.
14:46Take a sword.
14:48Take two.
14:50These three things are enough.
14:51Or not, as the case may be.
14:54And they leave 75 of my gifts, should I not return.
14:58Do not leave them here, for you know how it is with me.
15:01I'll be forced to steal them and desert you.
15:03Have a little courage, Mr. Mackay.
15:08Godspeed.
15:09Fear not.
15:13Ah, lovely.
15:17Ah, lovely.
15:20A little courage, Mr. Mackay.
15:23A loader's only half here.
15:43Where's the rest of me?
15:44That's more like it.
16:03Now, how about a game?
16:08Why not?
16:09I have all night.
16:10Yes, all night.
16:18Can you play skittles?
16:24I'll try.
16:26You try.
16:27You better have.
16:30So definitely not my legs.
16:33Too short by half.
16:36You better win, precious.
16:38Or you'll find yourself half the man you were.
16:44What size legs are those?
16:47I don't know.
16:49No gout?
16:50Calls?
16:51Blisters?
16:52Foot rot?
16:53Oh, good.
16:54I can do with those.
17:00Me first, I reckon.
17:02Eight.
17:12Eight.
17:12Not bad on borrowed legs.
17:17Bow well, precious.
17:21Careful.
17:23Don't let their pegs damaged.
17:25You won't mind, sir.
17:26But your ball's not smooth enough for me.
17:41Night!
17:43You cheated!
17:45No, sir.
17:46I swapped a little courage for a little cunning.
17:48That's all.
17:50Oh, look at me!
17:54Oh, very well, my friend.
17:55If it doesn't help me with the shuddering.
18:03Lovely.
18:07Ah.
18:08Lovely.
18:14Fear not, for lack of a fright,
18:17settles down for the night.
18:19But what's this?
18:22Mr. McGay?
18:24Oh, mister.
18:26Is it all up with you?
18:30So cold.
18:33You were my first and only friend.
18:36My friend and now so cold.
18:40Let me warm you a little.
18:42That's better.
18:47See?
18:49Have I not warned you?
18:50See?
18:50Have I not warned you?
18:52Fear not.
18:54Fear not.
18:55Fear not.
18:55Fear not.
18:55Fear not.
19:02Come nearer, demon, and I'll cut off your head, and then there'll be three parts to marry.
19:21What?
19:21I know it's not you.
19:23It is me.
19:24Dead again, are you?
19:25No.
19:27Come closer.
19:28Please.
19:29I'm terrified.
19:30I came with my little courage to find you, and it's quite used up.
19:34How many gifts did I leave?
19:36Well, I only counted 74 to begin with, and I ate two, well, two and a half, but there's still plenty.
19:43What's the name of my true love?
19:45Well, how can I know if you don't?
19:49Then it is you.
19:50But of course it's me.
19:52And you came in to find me?
19:54It's my lot.
19:55I try to break the mould and be decent, and I get a knife with you.
19:59Shut up and come here and hug me.
20:01No.
20:03But hug him he did, and full of glee they searched the castle from top to toe, and behind the farthest
20:09door of the highest floor they found a room, and in that room was gold.
20:15Such golden as they might have thrown it out of the window for a week and still be swamped.
20:20And they shared it half and half, and a bit for luck, and never have two men danced more nor merrier.
20:28And from a distance, you would have seen the castle shake off its grey drab and sunbathe.
20:36Though he never learned to shudder.
20:38Well, the fact of the matter is that, fear not, are such questions of the tinker all the way home.
20:47Why haven't I learned to shudder?
20:49What can I tell my father, and so on?
20:52And the tinker pointed to their gold and said,
20:54Are there not sufficient riches that you must be frightened as well?
20:58And so they went on, fear not, complaining of fearing not,
21:02him muttering, until they arrived at last at the gate of fear not's house.
21:08We must say goodbye, then.
21:11You must meet my family.
21:12No, families don't like me.
21:14Of course they will, you're my friend, you must come in.
21:17As me dear old mother used to say, leave them while they want you to stay.
21:21No, thank you.
21:22Who's this for?
21:27You must give that to your father.
21:28That's right.
21:31For I have not learned to shudder.
21:35Goodbye, Mr Mackay.
21:37Goodbye, your friend.
21:45It's you, at last!
21:47Come quick, come quick!
21:48She swoons, and she heard you've gone.
21:52Nothing will revive her.
22:00I don't know her name.
22:02Lydia.
22:04Lydia.
22:08Lydia.
22:08Lydia.
22:10Lydia.
22:10Lydia.
22:11Lydia.
22:12Lydia.
22:13Lydia.
22:14Lydia.
22:15Lydia.
22:16Lydia.
22:16Lydia.
22:17Lydia.
22:21Look.
22:23Would you look at that?
22:26My sweetheart.
22:35What's happening?
22:36Lydia, you've done it.
22:38You've done what?
22:38You taught me.
22:40I've been so far, so long.
22:42And all it needed was the thought of, who's in you to teach me what fear was?
22:46i shot it i shot it i shot it
22:53and so the boy who set forth to learn what fear was learned it at home and he married his
23:01sweetheart with a name and all and never left again mr mckay told me that story a long time
23:07ago when i was very young and i didn't know the half of it
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