The Queen's Necklace
The cruel King Hendrik possesses a necklace of one hundred perfect pearls. He forces his nephew to find him a wife, and the kind Blanzeflor is chosen. On their wedding day, the king fastens the pearls around her neck with a threat: the day she is found without them will be her last. Blanzeflor, trapped in a cold marriage, gives away the pearls one by one to help the needy. When the king discovers the necklace is gone, he sentences her to death, but the birds she befriended rescue her and tear the wicked king to pieces.