Tanglewood Tales Story 5 - The Pomegranate Seed Part 3

In which the tender ministrations of Mother Ceres nurture a once frail infant prince to robust health by means most mysterious, while a grievous maternal fear unwittingly thwarts the boy's immortal destiny. Meanwhile, Proserpina's sojourn in King Pluto’s somber palace becomes a curious mixture of steadfast resolve and reluctant companionship, casting a verdant spell upon the earth as her absence and return entwine with nature’s own changing face.