The Storyteller (TV Series)

The Heartless Giant (1988)

John Hurt: The Storyteller

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• The Storyteller : On the whole, there's absolutely no need to be frightened of giants. Giants are gentle, perfectly harmless, very affectionate. Unless of coure, the giant has no heart in his body.

• The Storyteller : Think of all kinds of unpleasant things and add 'giant' to them. And that's what you get when a giant has no heart. Such a giant once terrorized a country in the far north of the world near the very top. He'd hidden his heart, it gave him too much trouble, all those giant feelings. In its place was a wasps' nest about to swarm.

• The Storyteller : And where the giant fell, a hill grew. And in time, when much was long forgot, the place was still known as the Hill of the Heartless Giant.

• The Storyteller : But do you know, Prince Leo lived to be a great age, became king, had 42 grandchildren and he told them all that tale. But in his story, the giant got back his heart and made amends for all his wrongs. Because you see, despite all that took place, a little boy once met a giant... and they became friends.

• Wolf : I've not eaten since winter came. Help me. Let me eat your horse, I'll eat it and be strong again. Trust me.

  The Storyteller : But how can Leo trust anyone? He's trusted before and been betrayed.

  Storyteller's Dog : That's right, that's right, let the wolf starve.

  [growls] 

  Wolf : Please, please, or I must surely die.

  Storyteller's Dog : No, don't do it!

  Leo : Eat your fill, and if you must, then afterwards eat me.

• The Storyteller : An egg in a duck in a well in a church in an island in a lake in a mountain? Impossble!