Tanglewood Tales Story 4 - Circe's Palace Part 1

In which the wise and weather-beaten King Ulysses, after many perils by sea and land, arrives upon a mysterious island crowned by a grand marble palace, whose smoke and splendour promise both hospitality and hidden danger. Accompanied by a plaintive purple bird that seems to warn of impending mischief, his hungry companions debate whether to face the unknown within those walls, navigating hopes and fears amidst the enchantments of the island’s verdant groves and strange wild beasts that behave with unnatural fondness.