One man must learn the meaning of courage across four lifetimes centuries apart.One man must learn the meaning of courage across four lifetimes centuries apart.One man must learn the meaning of courage across four lifetimes centuries apart.
One man must learn the meaning of courage across four lifetimes centuries apart.One man must learn the meaning of courage across four lifetimes centuries apart.One man must learn the meaning of courage across four lifetimes centuries apart.
[first lines]
The Storyteller: This is the story of a story. Once upon a time there was this story, and the story said to itself, how should I begin?
Hector: Try the usual way.
The Storyteller: What, in the dark with a man and a woman, in a story that is still to tell itself?
Hector: Well, you've got to start somewhere. Say, long long ago... Or, far far away... Or, another time in a different distant country... Or just, once...
The Storyteller: That's good. "Far away", so you know the place is close to your own heart. "Once" is nice, so we know that it always happens. Hmm, Once there was this hero...
Hector: [wryly] Some hero.
The Storyteller: Some man then. Any man. Say, a man, a woman, and some children. Don't forget the children.