A King Kept a FLEA as a Pet and Accidentally Fed It to GIANT Size

Hi! Welcome to Spoiler Lab! On a whim, a King kept  a giant flea as a pet, but it turned the life of his only daughter into a living hell. Today we  will recap the 2015 movie The Tale of Tales. The film opens with the King and Queen of the  Valley of the Mists seated on their thrones, watching a troupe of artists perform. Despite  everyone's cheers, Her Majesty watches the show with indifference. During another performance, one  of the performers reveals her cloak and shows the audience her preg

nant belly. This spectacle  enrages the Queen and she flees in tears to her chambers, where she trashes everything  around her in anger. The King embraces his wife tenderly and apologizes to her for what  has happened. He did not know that there was a pregnant girl in the troupe who had unwittingly  reminded the Queen of her inability to conceive. Under the cover of night, a tall man  in a black cloak arrives at the castle and calls the royal family for an  audience. The stranger confidently dec

lares that he will help the  Queen give birth to a child. . He speaks vaguely of maintaining the  balance in a world where every new life necessitates another's "departure." The  queen is not frightened by these words: - I am ready to die. Just to feel life within me. . Convinced that the couple are willing to  do whatever it takes to conceive a child, he finally tells them of the conditions.  They must capture a sea monster in the lake and carve out its heart for the ritual. It  must then be bo

iled by an innocent girl in complete isolation. After eating the cooked  heart, the Queen will become pregnant within the same hour. The royal couple look at each  other worriedly, but agree to the bargain. The King cannot bear to see his beloved suffer  any longer, so he himself decides to set out on a hunt for the beast. Putting on his swimming  outfit, he dives beneath the water. At the very bottom he sees a huge white sea creature. It  sleeps peacefully and does not notice how the King creep

s closer and closer to it. The man  draws his spear and pierces the beast with it. The sea-monster howls in pain and starts  thrashing chaotically from side to side. Because of the sand rising from the bottom, the  King has no time to react and is badly wounded. The carcass of the sea monster is carried  ashore and its heart is cut out. The king manages to fulfill his promise to his wife  before he passes away. The queen comes to the lake and casts an unemotional  glance at her husband. After al

l, his most precious possession is beside him  - the monster's huge, beating heart, which will give her the long-awaited child. So the King  gives up his life in exchange for a new one. But, as we shall see later, this does not mean that  the balance in the world is completely restored. An innocent girl is found among  the castle's kitchen staff, who is entrusted with the preparation of  the magical dish. She dips the throbbing heart into a vat of boiling water and  backs away frightened. Sudden

ly the girl begins to feel strange. As she unzips  her clothes, she discovers that her belly is beginning to grow rapidly. The girl cries,  realizing that a child is growing inside her. Later, the Queen greedily eats the cooked heart, wishing more than anything else in the world  that she could become pregnant. Fortunately, she finally succeeds and soon has a healthy baby  boy. At the same time, the girl cook also gives birth to a son and names him Johan. The King's  funeral takes place in the V

alley of the Mists, and high-ranking guests from the neighboring  kingdoms gather there. But the Queen is not at all grieving for her husband, for all  her attention is fixed on the newborn baby. Sixteen years have passed since these events.  Her Majesty is still obsessed with her son Elias and follows him wherever he goes. To  get rid of his mother's obsessive stalking, the boy takes her to a labyrinth where she  quickly gets lost. There, Elias also meets the cook's son Johan, who looks exactly

like  him. The boys are deeply drawn to each other and like to spend all their free time together.  Their skin is pale and their hair is white, indicating their kinship with the sea monster.  Plus, they have another unique feature: they can breathe underwater, hiding  from the royal guards for hours. As you might have guessed by now, the Queen  does not like the boys' close relationship. She summons the cook to her house and  threatens her with banishment if her son ever approaches the prince a

gain. Elias  becomes a witness to their quarrel and asks the Queen to leave Johan´s family alone,  for he is like a brother to him. These words infuriate his mother and she forbids  her son to associate with the bastard boy. Predictably, the boy disobeys her. One  evening, the Queen summons her son to help her put on her jewelry. The boy  hesitantly enters his mother's chamber, gingerly taking the jewels in his hands. The woman  notices her son´s strange behaviour and suspects that something is

amiss. She sniffs the boy's  scent and realizes that this is not her child. Johan leaves the Queen's chambers and joyfully  informs Elias that their prank was a success and his mother did not notice the switch.  This news thrills the prince and he begins to fantasize about the fun they will have when  he inherits the royal throne and they can take turns ruling the Kingdom. Johan takes  up the twin's idea and imagines giving a noble title to his mother and giving  her a life in her own castle. Ho

wever, the boys' conversation has been watched all  along by the Queen, who has no intention of allowing their dreams to come true. Before going  to bed, she visits her son's chambers and reminds him of their unbreakable bond. The woman has  waited many years for him and sacrificed her husband's life to give him life. Now she is  not going to share her beloved boy with anyone: At night, Elias escorts Johan to a secret  passageway to the slaughterhouse, through which he secretly sneaks into the c

astle.  There the Queen is already waiting for him, intent on removing the boy who wants  to steal her son's love. Fortunately, he manages to hide from the distraught Queen among  the carcasses of animals and thereby stay alive. This event, however, shows Johan that  it is no longer safe to remain in the Kingdom. To avoid putting his family in danger, the boy decides to leave the Valley of Mists  and go on a journey. Elias notices his twin saying goodbye to his family and rushes  to him to find

out what is happening. Despite the prince's pleas to stay, Johan  remains adamant. He asks his friend not to question him and to go on living his happy  life. But, seeing Elias's sincere concern, the boy leaves him one last magical  reminder of himself. He pierces the trunk of an ancient tree with his knife, and  a stream of water flows out of it. Johan tells his friend to visit the brook every day and  watch its flow. If the water remains clear, it means all is well in his life. If it suddenly 

becomes cloudy, it means he is in danger. The boy leaves the Kingdom, and Elias, as  promised, visits the magical brook every day to check. One day he is horrified  to notice that the water in the spring has become muddy and decides to go  immediately in search of his twin. The prince's escape is reported to the Queen  and she goes into the woods trying to find her beloved son. However, he has already traveled  too far and the Queen has lost track of him. Time passes. Elias still cannot find hi

s friend  and wanders frustratedly through an unfamiliar city where his search has led him. Suddenly one  of the local peasant women recognizes the boy and happily throws herself around his neck. Other  villagers surround him and cheerfully welcome him, thinking he is Johan. It turns out that during  his absence, the boy managed to start a family in this town, but a few days ago he went into  the woods and disappeared without a trace. Meanwhile, the necromancer visits the Queen again  and offers

her a new deal. If she so passionately wants her son back, she must make a sacrifice  equal to that desire. The queen immediately agrees to fulfill any condition. The man smiles  enigmatically, drawing Her Majesty along with him. At dawn, Elias sets out into the woods in  search of his friend. He calls out Johan's name, but all he hears in response are the sounds of  nature. Meanwhile his wounded twin is imprisoned inside the cave, unable to get out on his  own. Through a small opening in the r

ock, he hears some movement outside  and cries desperately for help. Suddenly a huge flying creature appears in  the cave, intent on attacking Johan. The frightened boy climbs inside the opening,  trying to escape the dangerous monster, but it manages to strike it in the leg. Elias  arrives hearing his friend's screams and covers him with his body. Upon seeing the prince, the  monster freezes and gazes fondly into his eyes. Seizing the moment, Elias plunges a knife into  the flying creature's he

art and saves his twin. He helps his wounded brother back to his wife, and  he heads home to the castle. At this point, we see that the Queen was disguised as the monster,  who gave her life to find her son and look at him one last time. Thus the balance in the world  was finally restored. The King gave his life for the birth of Elias, and the Queen, in a twist of  fate, sacrificed herself as a means to save Johan. With this story, the film shows us several  of the deadly sins that governed the

Queen simultaneously: sloth and greed. Perhaps  this tale would have had a very different ending if Her Majesty had not been  so eager to command her son's heart. Now let's look into the neighboring Kingdom,  located in Lone Cliff. The king in this tale is also obsessed, but his obsession is  with excessive lust. He leads a promiscuous lifestyle and is constantly surrounded by  women who satisfy all his whims. However, he cannot find a special girl who  is worthy of becoming his Queen. One day,

on his way back to his castle  after yet another prodigal night, he hears a beautiful woman's voice humming a  melodious song. Fascinated by what he hears, the King looks out of the window, expecting  to see a beautiful girl. Licking his lips with anticipation, the ruler tries to  seduce the stranger in order to possess her as quickly as possible. But she hides  her face and hurries back to her house. The enigmatic girl further excites  the lustful King's imagination, and he decides to win her a

ffections by all  means. He sends a messenger to the peasant woman's house to present her with a precious  necklace as a token of his deep interest. The woman prefers not to go out and the servant leaves  the gift in a bucket that serves as a letterbox. Upon receiving the necklace, the girl finally  shows us her face. Despite her beautiful voice, she turns out to be old and ugly. The woman's  name is Dora and she lives with her sister Imma, who is just as ugly. The sisters hardly ever leave  the

house, ashamed of their appearance. When Imma sees the luxurious necklace, she offers to give it  back to the King. But, after trying on the jewel, Dora refuses and assures her sister that they  are more beautiful wearing it. The woman is pleased by this attention and decides to keep the  necklace, not yet knowing the tragic consequences. At night, the King arrives at the door  of their house in person. Addressing the beautiful stranger, the excited monarch  showers her with compliments and say

s he is ready to thank her generously if she  will let him see her. Dora listens avidly to the King's sweet speeches as she moves  closer to the door. The peasant woman´s silence begins to make the man angry, and  he impatiently demands to be let inside. Imma tries to stop her sister from  messing around with the monarch, but Dora has no intention of passing up her  chance to get rich. To keep her identity a secret, the woman devises a cunning plan. She asks  the King to return to her in a week

and then she will present him with a tiny part of  her body that shows off her beauty - her finger. The man likes the stranger's  inaccessibility and agrees to wait. For the entire week that follows, Dora  tries to find a way to rejuvenate her wrinkled finger. She dips it in burning  wax and dabs it with medicinal herbs, but it gets even uglier. The frustrated  woman does not notice how a week passes during these activities and the King's  velvet voice echoes again at her door. The man demands t

hat the peasant woman immediately  fulfil the promise she has made. Dora begins to panic, but suddenly she notices her sister's  smooth finger. She has often been licking it as she works around the house, which has helped  her keep it looking young. Grabbing Imma's hand, the peasant woman forcibly pushes her  finger through a small hole in the door. The king greedily kisses it, enjoying  its beauty. But this is not enough and he demands that the girl be fully revealed to him. This would seem to

be the time to reveal her secret, but Dora decides to go all-in. She agrees  to fulfill the King's wish, but on one condition: Excited, the monarch agrees to  the peasant woman's request. The next day Imma helps her sister glue her  wrinkled body to resemble the figure of a young girl to the touch. As night falls, Dora heads to  the castle, hiding her body under a blanket. In complete darkness the old woman reaches the King's  chambers and spends a passionate night with him. At dawn, the curious

monarch decides  to light a candle and examine the face of the sleeping beauty. To his surprise,  instead of the beautiful girl, he finds an ugly and wrinkled old woman in his bed. Horrified,  the King jumps out of bed and calls the guards to his chambers. Dora tries to apologize to the  monarch, but the man is deaf to her pleas. Suppressing an urge to throw up, he orders the  deceitful woman to be thrown out of the window. Fortunately, Dora manages to survive,  having caught her cover on the b

ranches of the trees. Fortune smiles on the woman  once more and she is discovered in the woods by a wandering sorceress. Laughing to  her heart's content at the comic spectacle, the woman helps Dora to her feet. She feels  pity for the poor old woman and embraces her, comforting and putting her to  sleep. The sorceress leaves, and Dora transforms from an ugly old woman into  a beautiful girl with long, fiery red hair. In order to forget the unpleasant incident  of the morning, the King decides

to go on a boar hunt. Among the trees in the forest he  discovers a naked girl of angelic beauty. The man instantly falls in love with the beautiful  stranger and decides to make her his Queen. After a while, the king's servant comes to the  sisters' house, handing Imma a beautiful outfit and an invitation to the royal wedding. The  puzzled old lady arrives at the castle, where she is met by the astonished looks of the guests.  The King and Queen appear in the ceremonial hall, accepting congratu

lations on the wedding. Noticing  her sister among the guests, young Dora takes her to another room and reveals her identity. Imma cannot believe her eyes, mesmerized by her sister's beautiful face. Dora promises her a  rich life, for she is now a Queen. After the ball, Imma does not wish to return home, so she  sneaks into the Queen´s chambers. The old woman begs Dora to let her stay, for she  is so tired of being alone and misses her sister. But Dora orders her to leave the castle,  for no one

will believe they are sisters. Then Imma insistently tries to learn her sister's  secret so that she, too, can find youth and beauty. Dora tries to convince Imma that she does  not know how it happened, but, losing patience, she replies with a sneer that all of her skin  was peeled off and so she was transformed into a beauty. Suddenly footsteps are heard from outside,  and Dora hides Imma behind a screen to prevent anyone from seeing her. The King enters to make  love to his Queen. Imma cannot

endure it and, out of curiosity, comes out from behind the screen.  The monarch notices her and becomes hysterical. Experiencing horrible flashbacks, he orders  the old woman to be thrown out into the street. In the morning, the desperate Imma comes  to the blacksmith and asks him for a favor: She decides that this is her only way to  find beauty and stay with her sister in the castle. At first the man is shocked by the  old woman's request, but agrees to comply when she offers to give him jewe

ls in return. He  places Imma in his chariot and drives her deep into the woods. On the way, the old woman  cheerfully dangles her feet in anticipation. Having sharpened his weapon, the blacksmith  proceeds to remove the skin. The forest is rattled with screams of agony. After  a while, the mutilated Imma returns to the town in a half-dead state. She later  passes away, never regaining her youth. However, her sister's beauty does not last forever  either. At that moment, at a celebration in the

kingdom of the Wild Mountain, the magic  cast by the sorceress begins to dissipate. Upon discovering that she is becoming an old  woman again, Dora escapes from the castle. In this tale, the main characters were possessed  by lust, pride, and envy. Perhaps if Dora had not become arrogant about her new status, she  would not have lost her sister and her youth. The monarch of the kingdom of the Wild Mountains  sits on his throne, listening to his daughter Violetta musical performance. The young gi

rl's  talents do not particularly interest the King, and he is easily distracted by a flea he  discovers on his arm. The tiny parasite jumps from one palm to the other, amusing the  man with its tricks. Barely waiting for his daughter to finish singing, the King takes  the amusing flea to his chambers. There, he feeds his new pet some red fluid from his  finger and places it in a transparent container. Obsessed with the idea of making the flea his pet, the man makes toys for it and teaches it ne

w  tricks, completely forgetting his royal duties. Meanwhile, Violetta dreams of having the romantic  relationship she has read so much about in love novels. During a meal, she tries to convince her  father to find her a good husband, but he has no intention of parting with his only daughter.  Violetta loses her appetite, and the King happily feeds the half-eaten piece of meat to the growing  flea, affectionately stroking her wrinkled skin. Then one night the King summons the court  physician to

his chambers. Lying on the floor is the flea the size of a giant pig.  The disturbed monarch asks the physician to help his pet, who has suddenly begun  to suffocate. Stunned by the sight, the doctor examines the sickly insect,  but fails to save it. The grief-stricken King embraces his passed away pet and  asks the doctor to keep his secret. The next day, the monarch presents Violetta with  beautiful outfits and informs her that he agrees to find a groom for her. However, the man decides  to g

o for a new folly and offers to select the chosen one through a special tournament. He  hangs up the flea skin in the throne room and promises to marry off his only daughter to the  man who can guess which animal it came from. The suitors proceed with the contest,  but none of them can recognise the beast. Violetta watches excitedly and is upset when the  handsome prince fails the test. Unexpectedly, it's the turn of an ugly giant. The  girl gives her father a frightened look, but he insists tha

t the orc take  part in the contest as well. Thanks to his excellent sense of smell, the  giant easily recognizes the huge flea by its scent. The king looks at his daughter in confusion  and apologizes to her, for he was sure that no one would be able to figure out the mysterious animal.  Violetta flees to the roof in tears, intending to part with her life to avoid marrying the ogre. The  monarch catches up with her and tells her that he cannot break his promise and that his daughter  must obey

his will. In the end, the girl agrees to the horrible marriage, but makes it clear  to her father that he will regret his decision. - Fear not, your will shall be honored. No one  will dare say that the King has not kept his word. The giant forcefully drags the poor girl after  him, foiling her attempts to escape. After placing the princess on his shoulders,  he carries her to the top of a cliff, where his shelter is located. What she sees  inside the cave leaves Violetta shocked: the floor is c

overed with human remains. Sad about  her terrible fate, the girl spends the rest of the day among the rocks. The cannibal takes the  princess back to the cave and takes her by force. One day, when the giant is out hunting,  Violetta sees a woman on another slope gathering herbs. She tells her of her  terrible situation and begs for her help. Taking pity on the young princess, the  woman promises to return to her with help. After spending another day with the ogre,  the girl loses all hope of sa

lvation. But the woman's entire family comes to her aid,  which turns out to be wandering acrobats. The most handsome and youngest of the sons  uses a rope to carry Violetta to the other side of the gorge. Hearing strange sounds,  the giant rushes after his wife. But the fugitive manages to make it to the other  side. The giant gets very close to her, but the eldest son manages to cut the rope, as a  result of which the giant falls into the abyss. The acrobat carriage transports the merry compan

y  onwards. The younger son shows the Princess tricks with fire, causing her to laugh with glee.  Suddenly they are attacked by the giant, who has managed to survive the fall. He  brutally slaughters the head of the family and the eldest son. Terrified, Violetta takes  a knife from her fruit basket and escapes into the woods with the rest of the group. The  enraged ogre goes after them in pursuit. The fugitives try to hide in a ravine,  but the ogre finds them by their scent. The youngest son ma

kes a desperate attempt to  escape and releases flames into the monster's face. Screaming in pain and fury, the giant  lunges at the boy and breaks his neck. The same fate befalls the mother of the family,  who has agreed to help the young princess. In despair, Violetta tries to flee from her  pursuer, but the giant quickly finds her. He calms down and orders his wife to climb on his back so  that they may return home. The girl obediently complies with the ogre's demand, convincing  him that she

will not run away again. But, seizing the moment, she cold-bloodedly slits her  horrible husband's throat with a sharp knife. At the castle, the King is feeling ill  because of his terrible deed. Suddenly the servants burst into his chambers  and excitedly announce that Violetta has returned home. The King immediately runs to  his daughter, but stops in shock when he sees what has become of her. His once smiling,  kind girl appears before him exhausted and covered from head to toe in red. She s

hows  her father the severed head of the ogre, summarizing her marriage. The repentant King falls  to his knees and begs Violetta for forgiveness. Time passes. The kingdom of the Wild  Mountain celebrates Violetta's coronation with guests from the Valley of Mists and  Lonely Cliff. Accepting congratulations, the young queen gazes up at the sky, where  a daring acrobat crosses a fiery rope. What sins do you think lurked in the  last story? Write in the comments which fairy tale impressed you most

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