1 00:00:09,920 --> 00:00:20,520 Speaker 1: Welcome to Sleep Night. Stories The Prince and the Bird. 2 00:00:21,360 --> 00:00:24,439 Speaker 1: Once there was a young man named Albert. He was 3 00:00:24,480 --> 00:00:27,000 Speaker 1: a prince who loved to read and spent most of 4 00:00:27,040 --> 00:00:30,280 Speaker 1: his time in the Royal Library. When all the other 5 00:00:30,400 --> 00:00:34,279 Speaker 1: young men were outside spending time with their friends, Albert 6 00:00:34,360 --> 00:00:38,240 Speaker 1: was spending his time reading about adventures all over the world. 7 00:00:38,680 --> 00:00:41,680 Speaker 1: One day he would be digging for fossils in Alaska, 8 00:00:42,080 --> 00:00:46,840 Speaker 1: and another day trekking through the rainforest looking for endangered animals. 9 00:00:47,520 --> 00:00:50,440 Speaker 1: Albert's mom and dad were worried that he was spending 10 00:00:50,479 --> 00:00:54,120 Speaker 1: too much time in the library, buried in books. He 11 00:00:54,160 --> 00:00:57,440 Speaker 1: had no real friends, only the ones he had made 12 00:00:57,560 --> 00:01:01,680 Speaker 1: in the stories. Albert was shy and had trouble making friends. 13 00:01:02,360 --> 00:01:04,880 Speaker 1: The only place he seemed to be happy was in 14 00:01:04,920 --> 00:01:08,080 Speaker 1: the library, where he could control the stories he read 15 00:01:08,440 --> 00:01:11,920 Speaker 1: or the adventures he went on. It was almost time 16 00:01:11,959 --> 00:01:14,800 Speaker 1: for Albert to find a wife, and his parents were 17 00:01:14,840 --> 00:01:17,759 Speaker 1: worried because he spent all his time in the library. 18 00:01:18,120 --> 00:01:21,320 Speaker 1: How would he ever find a wife. His parents tried 19 00:01:21,400 --> 00:01:24,000 Speaker 1: everything to get him to go out and meet people 20 00:01:24,040 --> 00:01:27,840 Speaker 1: and make friends. After months of trying and trying, his 21 00:01:27,959 --> 00:01:30,959 Speaker 1: parents gave up. His parents told him that he could 22 00:01:30,959 --> 00:01:33,640 Speaker 1: spend as much time as he wanted in the library, 23 00:01:33,920 --> 00:01:36,480 Speaker 1: but when they had people coming over, he had to 24 00:01:36,560 --> 00:01:39,840 Speaker 1: be there and be friendly. They were determined to help 25 00:01:39,880 --> 00:01:43,560 Speaker 1: him find the perfect wife. The next day, Albert was 26 00:01:43,600 --> 00:01:46,720 Speaker 1: reading a very exciting book about a journey through the 27 00:01:46,800 --> 00:01:51,080 Speaker 1: jungle when he heard a chirping sound. He quickly lifted 28 00:01:51,080 --> 00:01:54,000 Speaker 1: his head and looked around and saw a bird sitting 29 00:01:54,040 --> 00:01:57,160 Speaker 1: on the window sill. The bird had beautiful green and 30 00:01:57,240 --> 00:02:01,120 Speaker 1: purple feathers and was staring right at him. Albert had 31 00:02:01,160 --> 00:02:05,080 Speaker 1: never seen such a beautiful bird before. It looked just 32 00:02:05,280 --> 00:02:07,760 Speaker 1: like the bird he had been reading about in his book. 33 00:02:08,400 --> 00:02:11,840 Speaker 1: He put his book down and started moving slowly towards 34 00:02:11,840 --> 00:02:15,120 Speaker 1: the bird. He was afraid the bird would fly away 35 00:02:15,160 --> 00:02:18,360 Speaker 1: before he got to the window, so he moved slowly 36 00:02:18,760 --> 00:02:21,760 Speaker 1: and kept looking right at the bird the whole time. 37 00:02:22,639 --> 00:02:25,960 Speaker 1: As he was walking towards the window, the bird started 38 00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:30,480 Speaker 1: to sing. It was the most amazing sound Albert had 39 00:02:30,600 --> 00:02:36,480 Speaker 1: ever heard. The song was so amazing that Albert froze. 40 00:02:36,520 --> 00:02:39,960 Speaker 1: The song lasted for about two minutes, and when it 41 00:02:40,040 --> 00:02:45,200 Speaker 1: was finished, Albert felt very happy. He smiled at the bird, 42 00:02:45,480 --> 00:02:48,040 Speaker 1: and it looked like the bird was smiling back. At him, 43 00:02:48,360 --> 00:02:52,240 Speaker 1: and then it just flew away. Albert, it's time to 44 00:02:52,280 --> 00:02:56,560 Speaker 1: get ready for dinner, he heard his mom call. Albert 45 00:02:56,600 --> 00:02:59,280 Speaker 1: felt like he was in a trance staring at where 46 00:02:59,320 --> 00:03:03,840 Speaker 1: the bird had been. Was it a dream? Had the 47 00:03:03,840 --> 00:03:07,639 Speaker 1: bird really been there? As Albert went to get ready 48 00:03:07,639 --> 00:03:10,840 Speaker 1: for dinner, he couldn't stop thinking about the bird and 49 00:03:10,960 --> 00:03:14,880 Speaker 1: the song it had sung. All evening he was thinking 50 00:03:14,919 --> 00:03:17,880 Speaker 1: about the beautiful bird and hoping that he would see 51 00:03:17,919 --> 00:03:21,880 Speaker 1: it again the next day. His parents noticed that Albert 52 00:03:21,919 --> 00:03:25,800 Speaker 1: seemed distracted and hadn't even noticed the people he ate 53 00:03:25,840 --> 00:03:29,840 Speaker 1: dinner with. The next morning, Albert ran up to the 54 00:03:29,919 --> 00:03:33,280 Speaker 1: library quickly to see if the bird was there. He 55 00:03:33,360 --> 00:03:36,640 Speaker 1: opened the door and there it was, sitting on the 56 00:03:36,680 --> 00:03:41,560 Speaker 1: window sill. Albert walked slowly towards the window, looking at 57 00:03:41,560 --> 00:03:45,520 Speaker 1: the bird the entire time. The bird was also looking 58 00:03:45,520 --> 00:03:49,680 Speaker 1: at Albert, turning its head from side to side. When 59 00:03:49,720 --> 00:03:52,960 Speaker 1: Albert was almost to the window, the bird started to 60 00:03:53,040 --> 00:03:57,160 Speaker 1: sing again. It was the same song it had sang yesterday, 61 00:03:57,480 --> 00:04:01,360 Speaker 1: and Albert froze again, staring at the bird as it sang. 62 00:04:02,560 --> 00:04:05,680 Speaker 1: When the sound was finished, Albert waited to see if 63 00:04:05,720 --> 00:04:09,120 Speaker 1: the bird was going to fly away again. It didn't 64 00:04:09,160 --> 00:04:12,600 Speaker 1: fly away, so Albert moved closer and sat on a 65 00:04:12,600 --> 00:04:15,400 Speaker 1: bench by the window and took a piece of paper 66 00:04:15,440 --> 00:04:18,800 Speaker 1: to try and draw the bird. The bird sat quietly 67 00:04:18,960 --> 00:04:22,520 Speaker 1: and looked at Albert while he drew. When Albert finished 68 00:04:22,520 --> 00:04:25,520 Speaker 1: his drawing, the bird sang a new song. It was 69 00:04:25,600 --> 00:04:30,040 Speaker 1: another beautiful song, and after the bird flew away, Albert 70 00:04:30,080 --> 00:04:32,880 Speaker 1: found himself humming the song for the rest of the day. 71 00:04:33,600 --> 00:04:37,159 Speaker 1: That night, at dinner, Albert's parents heard him humming the 72 00:04:37,200 --> 00:04:40,560 Speaker 1: song and asked where he had heard it. Albert told 73 00:04:40,640 --> 00:04:43,160 Speaker 1: them about the beautiful bird he had found in the 74 00:04:43,200 --> 00:04:47,440 Speaker 1: library and the songs it sang. The parents saw how 75 00:04:47,520 --> 00:04:50,720 Speaker 1: happy this bird made Albert, and they decided they would 76 00:04:50,720 --> 00:04:52,920 Speaker 1: try to catch the bird and put it in a 77 00:04:52,960 --> 00:04:55,920 Speaker 1: cage in the library so Albert could see the bird 78 00:04:56,000 --> 00:04:59,839 Speaker 1: and hear it sing whenever he wanted to. The next 79 00:05:00,600 --> 00:05:03,839 Speaker 1: when Albert went to the library, the door was locked. 80 00:05:04,720 --> 00:05:07,760 Speaker 1: His parents told him they were planning a surprise for him, 81 00:05:08,120 --> 00:05:10,600 Speaker 1: so he wouldn't be able to go to the library 82 00:05:10,640 --> 00:05:13,720 Speaker 1: for a day or two. Albert thought he would take 83 00:05:13,720 --> 00:05:17,120 Speaker 1: his book and walk in the garden instead. Maybe, if 84 00:05:17,120 --> 00:05:20,200 Speaker 1: he was lucky, he would see his beautiful bird again. 85 00:05:21,040 --> 00:05:25,200 Speaker 1: Albert settled himself on a bench and started reading. He 86 00:05:25,360 --> 00:05:28,560 Speaker 1: was soon lost in his story, and after a while 87 00:05:28,680 --> 00:05:32,239 Speaker 1: he heard the bird singing again. He raised his head 88 00:05:32,240 --> 00:05:34,960 Speaker 1: and saw the bird sitting on the library window sill. 89 00:05:35,680 --> 00:05:39,159 Speaker 1: He closed his eyes and listened as the bird sang. 90 00:05:39,839 --> 00:05:42,599 Speaker 1: He was enjoying the song when all of a sudden, 91 00:05:42,680 --> 00:05:46,080 Speaker 1: it stopped. He lifted his eyes to the window sill 92 00:05:46,360 --> 00:05:50,320 Speaker 1: and the bird was gone. What had happened? Where did 93 00:05:50,360 --> 00:05:54,000 Speaker 1: it go? Albert raced inside and up the stairs to 94 00:05:54,040 --> 00:05:57,400 Speaker 1: the library. When he got there, his parents were coming 95 00:05:57,440 --> 00:06:01,479 Speaker 1: out of the library carrying a cage. Inside the cage, 96 00:06:01,640 --> 00:06:05,760 Speaker 1: Albert could see the beautiful singing bird. His parents said, 97 00:06:06,320 --> 00:06:09,040 Speaker 1: we saw how happy the bird made you, so we 98 00:06:09,200 --> 00:06:12,000 Speaker 1: caught it so you can keep it with you always. 99 00:06:12,600 --> 00:06:16,479 Speaker 1: Albert was so happy he couldn't believe his luck. He 100 00:06:16,560 --> 00:06:19,360 Speaker 1: said thank you to his parents and took the beautiful 101 00:06:19,400 --> 00:06:22,359 Speaker 1: bird for a walk through the gardens, talking to it 102 00:06:22,480 --> 00:06:27,080 Speaker 1: all the way. After they walked through the gardens, Albert 103 00:06:27,160 --> 00:06:29,160 Speaker 1: took a break on a bench with his book and 104 00:06:29,200 --> 00:06:32,880 Speaker 1: the bird and waited for the bird to sing. The 105 00:06:32,920 --> 00:06:36,159 Speaker 1: bird sat quietly in the cage, and so Albert took 106 00:06:36,200 --> 00:06:39,960 Speaker 1: his book and read for a while and waited. Soon 107 00:06:40,240 --> 00:06:43,240 Speaker 1: Albert heard his mother calling him for dinner, and he 108 00:06:43,320 --> 00:06:46,159 Speaker 1: realized that hours had passed and the bird had not 109 00:06:46,360 --> 00:06:50,120 Speaker 1: sang a single note. Albert put the bird in his 110 00:06:50,240 --> 00:06:54,719 Speaker 1: room and raced down for dinner. After dinner, he fed 111 00:06:54,760 --> 00:06:57,040 Speaker 1: the bird and set the cage on the window sill, 112 00:06:57,400 --> 00:07:01,760 Speaker 1: but still the bird didn't sing. The next day, Albert 113 00:07:01,760 --> 00:07:04,240 Speaker 1: took the bird out again in its cage to sit 114 00:07:04,320 --> 00:07:07,680 Speaker 1: in the garden and listen to him read. He fed 115 00:07:07,680 --> 00:07:11,040 Speaker 1: the bird the best nuts and seeds, but still the 116 00:07:11,040 --> 00:07:15,640 Speaker 1: bird didn't sing. Every day Albert took the bird out 117 00:07:15,680 --> 00:07:19,280 Speaker 1: into the sunny, beautiful garden, talked and read to it, 118 00:07:19,480 --> 00:07:22,880 Speaker 1: and fed it very well, but the bird never sang. 119 00:07:24,320 --> 00:07:28,240 Speaker 1: After two weeks of doing the same thing, Albert noticed 120 00:07:28,280 --> 00:07:31,400 Speaker 1: that the bird's feathers didn't look quite so beautiful anymore, 121 00:07:31,880 --> 00:07:35,800 Speaker 1: and that the bird was not eating any food. Albert 122 00:07:35,840 --> 00:07:38,720 Speaker 1: realized he had been selfish to try and keep this 123 00:07:38,840 --> 00:07:42,680 Speaker 1: beautiful bird all to himself in this cage, and decided 124 00:07:42,720 --> 00:07:46,120 Speaker 1: to set the bird free the next day. That night, 125 00:07:46,560 --> 00:07:49,440 Speaker 1: Albert played a song that he had written, hoping that 126 00:07:49,480 --> 00:07:52,360 Speaker 1: the bird might sing for him, but it didn't work. 127 00:07:52,960 --> 00:07:56,680 Speaker 1: Albert sadly went to sleep, knowing that tomorrow he had 128 00:07:56,680 --> 00:07:59,840 Speaker 1: to let the bird go. Albert woke early the next 129 00:07:59,840 --> 00:08:03,640 Speaker 1: time morning. He was very happy. In his dream. He 130 00:08:03,640 --> 00:08:07,280 Speaker 1: heard the bird singing again, and it sounded so happy. 131 00:08:08,040 --> 00:08:10,800 Speaker 1: He was very excited to let the bird go so 132 00:08:10,920 --> 00:08:13,920 Speaker 1: it might sing for him again. As soon as the 133 00:08:14,000 --> 00:08:17,240 Speaker 1: sun started to rise, Albert took the cage to the 134 00:08:17,280 --> 00:08:21,320 Speaker 1: garden and said goodbye to the beautiful bird. He told 135 00:08:21,400 --> 00:08:24,000 Speaker 1: the bird he was sorry for keeping it in a cage, 136 00:08:24,320 --> 00:08:26,480 Speaker 1: but that he had just wanted to be able to 137 00:08:26,560 --> 00:08:28,760 Speaker 1: look at it and hear it sing all the time. 138 00:08:29,480 --> 00:08:31,840 Speaker 1: Albert said he knew it wasn't fair to keep the 139 00:08:31,880 --> 00:08:34,160 Speaker 1: bird in a cage, and that he was going to 140 00:08:34,280 --> 00:08:37,600 Speaker 1: let the bird go free. He opened the door to 141 00:08:37,679 --> 00:08:40,720 Speaker 1: the cage and backed away so the bird could fly out. 142 00:08:41,640 --> 00:08:44,319 Speaker 1: The bird sat in the cage and turned its head 143 00:08:44,320 --> 00:08:49,160 Speaker 1: from side to side, looking at the open door. After 144 00:08:49,240 --> 00:08:52,400 Speaker 1: about three minutes, the bird hopped over to the open 145 00:08:52,480 --> 00:08:56,560 Speaker 1: door and sat on the edge looking at Albert. Just 146 00:08:56,640 --> 00:09:00,640 Speaker 1: before the bird flew away, Albert thought the bird smiled 147 00:09:00,679 --> 00:09:04,760 Speaker 1: at him. All that day, Albert sat in the garden 148 00:09:04,800 --> 00:09:08,000 Speaker 1: with his book, hoping to hear the bird's song, but 149 00:09:08,120 --> 00:09:13,240 Speaker 1: all day long he heard nothing. Albert. Dinner time, he 150 00:09:13,240 --> 00:09:15,840 Speaker 1: heard his mom call, so he picked up his book 151 00:09:16,120 --> 00:09:21,080 Speaker 1: and slowly walked into the castle. During dinner, Albert picked 152 00:09:21,120 --> 00:09:24,600 Speaker 1: at his food but didn't really eat anything. He asked 153 00:09:24,600 --> 00:09:27,080 Speaker 1: to be excused, and he said he was going to 154 00:09:27,120 --> 00:09:29,920 Speaker 1: take a final walk in the garden before going to bed. 155 00:09:30,920 --> 00:09:34,439 Speaker 1: His parents were very worried about Albert. They had thought 156 00:09:34,480 --> 00:09:37,560 Speaker 1: the bird would make Albert happy, but he seemed so 157 00:09:37,800 --> 00:09:42,200 Speaker 1: sad now. They didn't know how to help. Albert slowly 158 00:09:42,240 --> 00:09:45,720 Speaker 1: walked around the garden, not noticing the beautiful flowers or 159 00:09:45,760 --> 00:09:49,880 Speaker 1: the sunset. He walked with his head down, dragging his feet. 160 00:09:50,960 --> 00:09:53,520 Speaker 1: He was just about to leave the garden and head 161 00:09:53,559 --> 00:09:56,880 Speaker 1: to his room when he heard the bird singing. He 162 00:09:56,960 --> 00:10:01,120 Speaker 1: couldn't believe it. Was it really true? Was the bird 163 00:10:01,200 --> 00:10:05,000 Speaker 1: singing again? He stood still and tried to hear where 164 00:10:05,040 --> 00:10:09,360 Speaker 1: the song was coming from. Albert listened and realized that 165 00:10:09,520 --> 00:10:12,200 Speaker 1: he had never heard the bird sing this song before. 166 00:10:13,000 --> 00:10:17,480 Speaker 1: It was the song that Albert had written. Albert kept listening, 167 00:10:17,800 --> 00:10:20,840 Speaker 1: and he realized that the bird's sound was also different. 168 00:10:21,559 --> 00:10:24,200 Speaker 1: He turned back into the garden to try and find 169 00:10:24,280 --> 00:10:28,439 Speaker 1: the bird. As Albert raced through the garden, getting closer 170 00:10:28,480 --> 00:10:31,600 Speaker 1: and closer to the song, he realized that it no 171 00:10:31,679 --> 00:10:35,720 Speaker 1: longer sounded like a bird singing. When he reached the 172 00:10:35,760 --> 00:10:38,160 Speaker 1: center of the garden where he had sat with the 173 00:10:38,160 --> 00:10:42,440 Speaker 1: bird that first day, he saw a beautiful girl sitting there, 174 00:10:42,840 --> 00:10:46,839 Speaker 1: wearing a beautiful dress of green and purple, singing his song. 175 00:10:47,960 --> 00:10:52,079 Speaker 1: Albert couldn't believe his eyes. Where had this girl come from? 176 00:10:52,760 --> 00:10:55,760 Speaker 1: He had never seen her before, and how did she 177 00:10:55,880 --> 00:11:00,000 Speaker 1: know his song? Albert slowly walked up to the singer 178 00:11:00,640 --> 00:11:03,680 Speaker 1: and asked her, where did you come from? And how 179 00:11:03,679 --> 00:11:06,600 Speaker 1: do you know this song? The girl looked at Albert 180 00:11:06,640 --> 00:11:09,120 Speaker 1: and turned her head from side to side and said, 181 00:11:09,840 --> 00:11:13,720 Speaker 1: don't you recognize me? Albert looked closely at her eyes 182 00:11:14,120 --> 00:11:18,280 Speaker 1: and realized there was something familiar about her. The girl 183 00:11:18,400 --> 00:11:21,800 Speaker 1: started singing again, but this time it was the first 184 00:11:21,880 --> 00:11:25,760 Speaker 1: song that he had heard in the library. Albert realized 185 00:11:25,800 --> 00:11:28,800 Speaker 1: he was looking at the bird, but she was a girl. Now, 186 00:11:29,840 --> 00:11:33,199 Speaker 1: how is this possible? He asked. The girl looked at 187 00:11:33,200 --> 00:11:36,520 Speaker 1: Albert and said, when you set me free instead of 188 00:11:36,640 --> 00:11:39,360 Speaker 1: keeping me, you broke the spell that a dwarf had 189 00:11:39,440 --> 00:11:42,760 Speaker 1: placed on me, and I turned back into a princess. 190 00:11:43,360 --> 00:11:47,120 Speaker 1: My name is Selena. Albert looked at Selena and could 191 00:11:47,120 --> 00:11:51,360 Speaker 1: not believe his eyes. Selena said, you were so kind 192 00:11:51,400 --> 00:11:54,719 Speaker 1: to me, taking me for walks, reading to me, and 193 00:11:54,720 --> 00:11:58,000 Speaker 1: feeding me the best nuts and seeds. How can I 194 00:11:58,120 --> 00:12:03,600 Speaker 1: ever repay your kindness. Albert was feeling so happy, he said, 195 00:12:04,360 --> 00:12:09,400 Speaker 1: be my friend. Selina and Albert spent all their time together. 196 00:12:10,040 --> 00:12:13,520 Speaker 1: Albert would share his favorite stories with Selina, and she 197 00:12:13,559 --> 00:12:15,960 Speaker 1: would take him out to meet new people and try 198 00:12:16,040 --> 00:12:20,000 Speaker 1: new things. Albert's parents were very happy that he had 199 00:12:20,040 --> 00:12:23,200 Speaker 1: finally made such a good friend and he was spending 200 00:12:23,280 --> 00:12:28,080 Speaker 1: more time out with friends. Albert realized he had never 201 00:12:28,160 --> 00:12:32,600 Speaker 1: been so happy in his life. Selina and Albert became 202 00:12:32,679 --> 00:12:36,280 Speaker 1: best friends, and after one year, they got married and 203 00:12:36,320 --> 00:12:38,120 Speaker 1: lived happily ever after.