A Classic Fairytale - The 100th Princess
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Mysteries at Midnight - Mystery Stories read in the soothing style of a bedtime story
37 min
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8 chapters
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Who is the Green Enchantress and why does she try to stop the king’s hunting?
Welcome to Sleep Cove. With Christopher Fitton. Tonight, we have a romantic fairy tale story called The Hundredth Princess. This fairy tale is about a beautiful woman who lives in the forest, the green enchantress, who decides to take it into her own hands to bring an end to the king's frivolous hunting of small animals in the woods. When her attempt at putting an enchantment on the king fails, she begins to lose faith. In her enchantress abilities. Written by Evan and Shaw. Who was a well known figure in the British suffrage movement? Her work has become known to have a deeper meaning. and approached the readers, who were often children, as being on the same level of the author. I really enjoyed reading this romantic tale.
And it is one of my favourite fairy tales I have read, and I hope you too enjoy it tonight. I want to thank Maya Hannah. Who left this review? Truly my favour. Every night you put me to sleep like a baby. The meditations are honestly ten out of ten. I have never found a sleep podcast that is quite as good as yours. Thank you. P.S. My cat loves you just as much as I do. Thanks, Maya. So much for your review. And I'm glad you're getting some good sleep as well as your cat. Evening reviews really help promote the podcast to more people. So if you're able to, please leave a five-star review on Spotify and Apple and remember to follow the show by pressing the plus button on your app. Also, if you think someone would benefit from the show.
Please send them a link. So let's begin. The hundredth Princess by Evelyn Sharp. There was once a king. Who was so fond of hunting? That all the rabbits in his kingdom were born with their hearts in their mouths. The king would have been extremely surprised to hear this. For of course he never hunted anything so small as a rabbit. But rabbits are foolish enough for anything. As all the world knows. And it is certain. That the rabbits of the King's Forest would never have had a happy moment to this day if the Green Enchantress had not suddenly taken it into her head to try and bewitch the king. Now the green enchantress was very beautiful indeed. She sat all day long. at the foot of an old lime tree in the royal forest, and she was dressed in all green, and she had small white hands, and great black eyes, and quantities and quantities of dark red hair.
Every animal in the forest From the largest wild bull. Down to the smoothest baby rabbit. was a friend of hers. And it made her dreadfully unhappy. When she saw them being killed just to amuse the king. So it was no wonder that she made up her mind at last to try and bewitch him. And the first time she tried was on a fine summer evening. and the royal party was riding home from the hunt. It had been an exceedingly dull hunt that day. for the king had found nothing whatever to kill. And this made him so exceedingly irritable.
What happens when the Enchantress first confronts the king on the forest road?
And his followers took care to keep a good way behind him as they rode along. That was how it happened when the king was riding quite alone, when a voice suddenly called out to him from the side of the road. Good evening, King, said the voice. Have you had a good sport today? The king pulled up his horse and looked round, and when he saw a wonderful looking girl all dressed in green, sitting at the foot of an old lime tree, he stood He did not know quite what to say. He knew very little about girls, for he had spent all his life in kidning things, but he had a sort of idea that the girl in green was not much like the princesses who came to court. I have had no sport all day. He said at last. All the animals were hiding today.
No doubt they were. said the green enchantress. So would you be. If people came hunting you With great horrid spheres and things. She was really laughing at him. But the king had no idea of it. He only looked at her more solemnly than before.
What do you know about it?
Yes too. Perhaps I know more about this forest than you know about your whole kingdom, answered the green enchantress. And this time she laughed outright, but the king did not mind in the least. Perhaps you do.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
Who is the Green Enchantress and why does she try to stop the king’s hunting?
0:01–4:16
2
What happens when the Enchantress first confronts the king on the forest road?
4:16–8:04
3
Why does the Enchantress seek help from the magician Smilax?
8:04–12:54
4
How does the scullery maid become involved in the king’s dinner preparations?
12:54–17:07
5
What leads the king to discover the hundredth princess at the royal ball?
17:07–21:22
6
How do the other ninety‑nine princesses react when they meet the hundredth princess?
21:22–25:49
7
What truth does the king finally reveal about the Green Enchantress?
25:49–31:24
8
How does the story end for the kingdom after the king renounces hunting?
31:24–36:15
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