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King Thrushbeard

There was once a spoiled and unbarable princess called Beral, she was so unbarable that her father the King decided that she could get married so she could live in someone else's house and leave him in peace. The next mourning kings, barons, princes, emperors and a bus conductor all arrived at the palace so Beral could choose one to be her husband. But Beral was awful, she walked passed the long line of men saying such rude things about them, when she finally comes to a King with a crooked little chin. She made fun of him saying he looked like a Thrush and called him King Thrushbeard before throwing one of the servants at him. Furious, Beral's father hands his daughter to the first begger that comes to the door. The begger made her walk for miles across the country side, passed beautiful cities and everytime Beral asked ""Who does this belong to?"" the begger would say ""It belongs to King Thrushbeard, if you'd have married him it would have been yours"". And Beral would say ""Oh no, why di

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  • Originally Aired February 24, 1991
  • Runtime 10 minutes
  • Network BBC One
  • Created November 9, 2006 by
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