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01:43Good morrow, and welcome to the Renaissance Pleasure Fair in Agoura Hills, California.
01:54Today we're celebrating the way people lived hundreds of years ago.
02:00Looks like a page right out of a fairy tale, when there were castles and kings and knights in shining armor.
02:13The Renaissance Pleasure Fair in Agoura Hills
02:43I do not live both, but still cannot be found, I will not love and shall until I die.
02:49Brute Jay will not stop and not deny, so God be pleased thus viv will I.
02:53Do, do, do, do do!
02:56Do do, do, do, do, do!
02:59won in, be patient!
03:10Yeah!
03:11It was great to be a knight in shining armor, but it felt like I was rattling around in an old tin can.
03:35Now this, this is much more comfortable.
03:41You know, hundreds of years ago, if you wanted a new shirt, you had to spin it by hand.
03:46And you spun it on a spinning wheel like this.
03:49The fiber goes into the wheel there and comes out as yarn.
03:54Now here's a famous fairy tale about a young girl whose spinning wheel didn't spin fiber
03:59into yarn, but straw into gold.
04:03It's called Rumpelstiltskin.
04:10Rumpelstiltskin, retold and illustrated by Paul Ozolinski, read by Ralph Waite.
04:28Once there was a poor miller who had a beautiful daughter.
04:32On his way to town one day, the miller encountered the king.
04:35Wanting to impress him, the miller said, I have a daughter who knows the art of spinning
04:41straw into gold.
04:44Now the king had a passion for gold.
04:46So he ordered the miller to send his daughter to the castle straight away.
04:54When the girl was brought before him, the king led her to a room that was filled with straw.
05:01He said, you may spin all night, but if you have not spun this straw into gold by morning, you will have to die.
05:08With that he locked the door and the girl was left inside alone.
05:15She did not know what to do.
05:19She grew frightened and began to weep.
05:22Suddenly the door sprang open and a tiny man stepped in.
05:27Good evening, Mistress Miller, he said.
05:29Why are you sobbing?
05:31Oh, the girl cried.
05:33I must spin this straw into gold and I don't know how.
05:36What will you give me if I spin it for you?
05:40The little man asked.
05:41My necklace, answered the girl.
05:44The little man took her necklace and sat down at the spinning wheel.
05:48He pulled three times, whirr, whirr, whirr, whirr, and the spool was wound full of gold thread.
05:58And so it went until morning, when all the straw was spun and all the spools were full of gold.
06:08When the king came at sunrise, he was amazed and delighted.
06:13But all that gold only made him greedier.
06:17So he led the miller's daughter to a larger room filled with straw.
06:21And he ordered her to spin this straw, too, if she valued her life.
06:27The girl did not know what to do.
06:30Once more the little man appeared.
06:33What will you give me if I spin this straw into gold for you, he asked.
06:38The ring on my finger, answered the girl.
06:41The little man took her ring and before the night was over,
06:44he had spun all the straw into gleaming gold.
06:51The king rejoiced at the sight of so much gold.
06:56But still he was not satisfied.
06:59He led the miller's daughter to a bigger room piled high with straw.
07:05Tonight you must spin this straw, too.
07:09And if you succeed, you shall become my wife.
07:14When the king had left, the little man appeared again.
07:18What will you give me if I spin for you yet once more, he asked.
07:24I have nothing else, the girl replied.
07:28Then promise that when you become queen, your first child will belong to me.
07:35The miller's daughter gasped.
07:37But she could think of no other way to save herself.
07:40She promised.
07:42And the little man once again spun all the straw into gold.
07:52When the king found everything as he had wished, he married the miller's beautiful daughter.
07:57And she became a queen.
08:01A year passed and the queen brought a handsome baby boy into the world.
08:06She gave scarcely a thought to the little man.
08:10But one day he appeared suddenly in her room.
08:13Now give me what you promised me, he demanded.
08:16The queen pleaded with the little man.
08:20I will give you three days, he said.
08:23If by the end of that time you know my name, you may keep your child.
08:33Long into the night the queen sat, thinking over all the names she had ever heard.
08:40When the little man returned, the queen recited every name she knew.
08:45But to each one the little man replied,
08:48That is not my name.
08:52The second day the queen posed the strangest and most unusual ones to him.
08:58She tried beastie ribs and leg-o-ram and string bones.
09:04But he would only reply,
09:06That is not my name.
09:11Now the queen grew truly frightened.
09:15And sent her most faithful servant to look for the little man.
09:20At last, near the top of a high hill, she spied him.
09:26He was riding on a cooking spoon around a great fire and crying out,
09:32I brew my beer, I bake my loaves, and soon the queen's own son I'll claim.
09:39Oh lucky me, for no one knows that Rumpelstiltskin is my name.
09:47The servant made her way back as fast as she could.
09:51Late that evening the little man arrived at the castle.
09:57Now, Mrs. Queen, he said, do you know my name?
10:03Or do I take your child?
10:07Is your name Will?
10:09No.
10:11Is your name Phil?
10:13No.
10:14In that case, is your name Rumpelstiltskin?
10:23The devil told you! The devil told you!
10:26Shrieked Rumpelstiltskin, and in a fury he jumped on his cooking spoon and threw out the window.
10:33Shrieked Rumpelstiltskin
10:39And he was never heard from again.
10:42Rumpelstiltskin sure had a knack for getting the most out of a spinning wheel.
10:55And so do the spinners here at the fair.
10:57They don't turn straw into gold.
10:59But they do turn raw sheep's wool into beautiful threads of red, green, and gold.
11:07Well, good morrow, milady.
11:12Oh, good greetings, Levar.
11:15I be mistress Nora, the spinster of the shire.
11:18And this were my fine sheep, Nancy.
11:20Good morrow, Nancy.
11:21I have been told this day that you have come to learn how to spin and weave.
11:24Indeed.
11:25Wondrous well.
11:26Well, the first thing we must needs do is get some wool off of fine Nancy's back.
11:31And for this we must cut it.
11:33Does it hurt the sheep?
11:34Oh, nay, not at all.
11:36It is like getting a haircut on a hot summer's day.
11:45And how does it feel?
11:46Oh, wondrous well.
11:48Ah, it is soft.
11:51Aye, Mary, it will make a fine coat this day.
11:57The next step is the cardan of the wool.
11:59You take the cardan combs and the wool as it does come off the sheep.
12:06And not you, it is not clean or fine at all.
12:09It is much knotted.
12:11Mm-hmm.
12:12So we must brush the hair.
12:13You put it on the cardan comb, such as this.
12:21Then you take the two combs opposing each other and gently rock them back and forth.
12:27Ah.
12:28See you how clean.
12:31Just get out all the burrs and mats and mix fine hair.
12:40And then?
12:41You do to pull down and it comes off the cardan comb.
12:46Ah.
12:48And this is what is called a roll egg.
12:50A roll egg?
12:51Aye.
12:52And that is what you spin with.
13:03Now all spinning is, is twisting the fibers.
13:06So you take the roll egg and see I can do it with my fingers.
13:11And just twist.
13:13And it locks the fibers together and so forms a thread.
13:18Ah.
13:19But, it is much easier and faster upon a spinning wheel.
13:32In order to spin, all you do is hold the twist out with one hand like this.
13:36Mm-hmm.
13:37And then draw the fibers out and let it go.
13:40Ah.
13:41Might I try it?
13:42Aye, Surin.
13:45Just hold the fibers and then let them spin.
13:49All right.
13:50Aye.
13:51Oh, now that's a big blob there.
13:54Aye, that would be called a slub.
13:56A slub.
13:57Aye, Maddie.
13:58And you should be proud of it.
13:59For quite a few people pay more for such wool that looks more hands-on.
14:04You can do it.
14:05You can do it.
14:06You can do it.
14:07You can do it.
14:08You can do it.
14:09This is not easy at all.
14:11Nay, it does take great practice to be a spinster.
14:15You think that's true.
14:19Now, the next step is taking the fine threads and dyeing them.
14:25My favorite color being the glorious red.
14:29Ah.
14:30And where do we get our colors for our dyes, Mr. Snora?
14:33From natural things, plants and roots.
14:36To make red, you can use beetroot or the bark from the matter tree.
14:43And this for cochineal, wee red bug from South America.
14:50Mark you how, when you crush it, it does make a red dye.
14:56To make yellow, you can use onion skin, such as that.
14:59And here we're an example of onion skins.
15:02Is it not fine?
15:03It is indeed.
15:04So, you take your bark or root or beet, and then what?
15:09Well, then you grind it up, and you boil it in water,
15:11and that pulls the color out,
15:14and then you have this wonderful colored water that dyes your yarns.
15:18Ah, yes.
15:20And now, we take the colored yarns, and we weave with them.
15:26This is a loom, and all a loom does is move long threads up and down,
15:32so your cross thread that you're putting through is locked in a pattern,
15:37and so forms the cloth.
15:39Now, what, Mistress Nora, could one weave on a loom such as this?
15:43Oh, well, I have a fine sample here of a glorious cloak.
15:47Ooh, and beautiful it is indeed.
15:50Now, how long would it take to weave a garment such as this?
15:53To weave a garment, it would take two days.
15:56And the whole process from sheep shearing, to carding, to dyeing, and spinning?
16:01About two weeks.
16:02Two weeks?
16:03All told.
16:03Quite a lot of work for only one garment.
16:05Oh, aye, you must take goodly care of your clothes,
16:08for it takes a lot of work to make them.
16:11Well, I thank thee, Mistress Nora.
16:12And I thank you, LeVar.
16:14It is wondrous fine meeting you.
16:16Well, let's take a spin around the fair and see what else is happening here.
16:20Finest rocks in the shire.
16:27Oh, might I interest you in one of my fine rocks?
16:30Indeed, a nice spin.
16:31Thank you, LeVar.
17:01And now, ladies and gentlemen, for our next week,
17:07we shall be needing a volunteer from the audience.
17:12LeVar!
17:13Come on down, LeVar.
17:14Come on down.
17:16That's right, watch out, Skip.
17:17There you go.
17:18Okay, now, LeVar, your job is simple.
17:19It's really simple.
17:20All you've got to do is put your feet together.
17:23Feet together.
17:24Hands at your side.
17:24Hands at your side.
17:26Shoulders back.
17:27And try not to bruise for about five minutes.
17:32Because, LeVar, we're going to take these six clubs.
17:35And while juggling them, we're going to pass them around your body.
17:40Woosh, woosh, woosh, woosh, woosh, woosh, woosh.
17:42Whoa!
17:44Ready?
17:45If you're ready, Sean.
17:46You ready, LeVar?
17:47Ready?
17:48No.
17:48Oh, yes, you are.
17:51How are you going?
17:52Here we go.
17:53Ready?
17:53Ready?
17:54You're doing great, LeVar.
17:56Just don't move.
17:57Because if you do, if you move, it's no skin off our nose.
18:02All right, now, LeVar, we're going to juggle a little bit faster now.
18:05A bit faster now.
18:06Not on this one.
18:08Up the next.
18:09Ready?
18:09Up.
18:11All right, LeVar.
18:12LeVar, you're doing terrific.
18:13All right.
18:14Take a bow.
18:15No!
18:16Eight, nine, ten.
18:20LeVar!
18:21Yeah!
18:22Good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good.
18:27Thank you so much.
18:27Have a good dance, man.
18:32Wow.
18:33A renaissance feast.
18:36I've heard of these.
18:37What's the seat be taken?
18:39Oh, how nice, how nice.
18:40Please do your feet with us.
18:42Pretty good, sir.
18:42May I join?
18:43Oh, please.
18:45That's it.
18:46Hmm.
18:47Aye, have you welfare today?
18:49Yeah, indeed.
18:50Bargains are well-stocked this day, I think.
18:52Aye.
18:52It's most well for my purse.
18:55One product.
18:55Sir, do eat more heartily.
19:02Please, I shall take it.
19:03Hey, I shall pass it over to you.
19:05Hey, hey, hey, hey.
19:06Hey, hey, hey.
19:07I'll hold you here.
19:07I'll hold you here.
19:08I'll hold you here.
19:08I'll hold you here.
19:08I'll hold you here.
19:09I'll hold you here.
19:09I'll hold you.
19:10Take it.
19:11Why?
19:11I shall have bread instead.
19:14Of course.
19:14I'll hold you here.
19:16I'll hold you.
19:16I'll hold you.
19:17Put your hands on the porch after you're whacked.
19:18Do eat.
19:20Do eat.
19:20Dive into it.
19:21Bite into it.
19:22Yay, yay.
19:23Better, better.
19:23Yeah.
19:24I'll dive in like a good man there.
19:25Come on.
19:27Let's stick it in your mouth, man, and eat it.
19:29Straight up.
19:31Be a choice, sir.
19:32And throw them over your shoulder.
19:33Fine.
19:34Really.
19:35Yay.
19:36Just pray do not hit anyone.
19:38Yeah, I'll find you a target and strike him well.
19:40Huzzah.
19:42Huzzah.
19:43Huzzah.
19:44To you.
19:46All right.
19:48A bit of bread for the good gentlemen, all right?
19:51Here it is.
19:51Here it is.
19:51Yay.
19:52Come on.
19:56Good day, sir.
19:58Huzzah.
19:59Good day, sir.
20:01Oh, yeah.
20:02Yay.
20:04What a fine piece.
20:05Huzzah.
20:06Huzzah.
20:06This looks like fun.
20:17And, sir, can you do two at once?
20:20I need more ammunition, sir.
20:24Thank you very much.
20:26Sir, what is this?
20:30I won't get you next time.
20:32You, sir, me thinks you got lucky.
20:35Sir, if you think this is luck, then show me my luck has changed.
20:38For you, sir, have no more luck than I, and even less skill.
20:42Oh, no.
20:45I love it.
20:47I love it.
20:49Tell me, sir, is this a game of skill or a game of luck?
20:52For some skill, for some luck.
20:54For me, skill.
20:55For you, bad luck.
20:56My skill is not a question.
20:57Tis your luck that has me worried.
20:59Oh.
21:00Well, we shall see who Lady Luck smiles upon, then, shan't we?
21:05Upon my count, sir, I'll count thrice.
21:08No other word shall suffice.
21:09Once.
21:11Twice.
21:12Thrice.
21:12Ha, ha, ha.
21:13Oh.
21:13Oh.
21:14Oh.
21:14Oh.
21:15Oh.
21:15Oh.
21:15Oh.
21:16Oh.
21:16Oh.
21:16Oh.
21:16Oh.
21:17Oh.
21:17Oh.
21:18Oh.
21:18Oh.
21:18Oh.
21:19Oh.
21:20Oh.
21:20Oh.
21:20Oh.
21:21Oh.
21:22Oh.
21:22Oh.
21:23Oh.
21:24Oh.
21:24Oh.
21:25Oh.
21:26Oh.
21:26Oh.
21:27Oh.
21:28Oh.
21:29Oh, oh.
21:30Oh, oh.
21:31Oh, oh.
21:32Oh, oh.
21:33Oh, oh.
21:34Oh, oh, oh.
21:35Oh, oh, oh.
21:36Oh, oh, oh.
21:37Oh, oh, oh, oh.
21:39Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
21:40Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
21:47Well met, sir. Well met, sir. Well met.
21:50It is true you taught to me a lesson here today, and now to return the favor.
21:57You're a cheat like me. Well met, indeed.
22:00Well met, well met.
22:02Well, there's nothing like a good dunking to cool you off on a hot day,
22:06and nothing like a good book to warm you up again.
22:10So if you liked Rumpelstiltskin, then here are some other hearty tales that will whet your appetite.
22:15Right, but you don't have to take my word for it.
22:20Hello, everybody. I am Max King, and I lose to eat.
22:26And if you like to eat, I've got a great book for you, A Medieval Feast by Oliki.
22:32This story is about a king who visits the castle.
22:35What a gigantical feast they prepared for him.
22:39In medieval days, they used knives and spoons, but no forks.
22:44They used their hands a lot.
22:47The weirdest thing they ate was a cock and grease.
22:51It's sort of a bird and a pig cut in half and sewn to each other's bodies.
22:56How could anybody be expected to eat that?
23:00But they loved it.
23:02Take it from me.
23:03I ate a... I mean, I read this book, and it was terrific.
23:07So go to your library and pick it up.
23:10Boy, just thinking about it makes me hungry.
23:13Because food is my life.
23:15Hi. My name is Jeremy.
23:19There are many stories about castles, but most of them are fairy tales.
23:24Well, this story is a bit different.
23:26It's called The Story of a Castle.
23:29This book will teach you about history in a fun way.
23:32You'll see how a castle changes from the time it was built all the way to the present day.
23:37And the story is told without words.
23:41There's a picture that shows how the site for the castle was chosen.
23:45And if you turn the page, you can see the castle under construction.
23:50This was a very enjoyable book.
23:52So get comfy in your own castle and let your imagination go with this story.
23:57Hi. I'm Rebecca Byrne, and I'm here today to tell you about one of my favorite books.
24:04It's a fairy tale called The Sleeping Beauty, retold and illustrated by Mercer Mayer.
24:10There's some really unusual fairy tale characters in this story,
24:14like the blue fairy, a giant, and even a griffin.
24:19That's a cross between a bird and a dog.
24:22Well, this story is about all the problems that a princess has
24:26because of one angry, nasty fairy.
24:30She even has a curse put on her.
24:32The princess and all her subjects sleep for 100 years.
24:37The Sleeping Beauty is a terrific story with beautiful and exotic pictures,
24:42but the best part is it has a happy ending.
24:56Save the Queen!
25:10Merry Christmas!
25:12Hip, hip!
25:13Hoezer!
25:14Hip, hip, Gotzer!
25:16Hip, hip, Gotzer!
25:18Oh, no!
25:19Why, Sir Levardo Burton,
25:21it pleasures us greatly to see thee at this fair.
25:24How glorious it is that thou sharest reading and writing
25:28Like a venerable rainbow throughout the stars and sky
25:32God bless your efforts, sir
25:34God bless them all
25:35Your majesty, it has been my extreme and joyous honor to attend
25:40Excellent full well, sir
25:42We shall take the colors that you bring
25:44And spread them throughout the land
25:46So all may be so enchanted this day and forever
25:49God bless you, sir
25:51God save the queen
25:53God save the queen
25:55And ye as well, good people
25:57Three cheers for the queen
25:59Hip, hip, haza
26:00Hip, hip, haza
26:02Hip, hip, haza
26:04God save the queen
26:06God save the queen
26:08God save the noble
26:11God save the noble
26:13Well, the queen has thanked me for attending
26:19And I thank you for joining me
26:23What a celebration
26:26It's been so much fun that now I know why they call it the pleasure fair
26:30But even Rumpelstiltskin couldn't have spun a more pleasurable day
26:35So, good morrow and fare thee well
26:39I'll see thee next time
26:41My little hen
26:47My little hen
26:49She's looking for her food beside our rooster proud
26:54My little hen
26:56My little hen
26:58She's looking for her food beside our rooster proud
27:03Oh, listen to her fall
27:06And then she lays an egg
27:12And then she lays an egg
27:20My hen has laid an egg
27:27My hen has laid an egg
27:35My hen has laid an egg
27:43Today's Reading Rainbow books are Rumpelstiltskin, retold and illustrated by Paul O. Zelensky, published by E. P. Dutton.
27:55A Medieval Feast by Aliki, published by Thomas Y. Crowell.
28:01The Story of a Castle, by John S. Goodall, published by Margaret K. McElderry.
28:08The Sleeping Beauty, retold and illustrated by Mercer Mayer. Published by Macmillan Publishing Company.
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