![]() ![]() ![]() The boy interrupts to complain about the lack of action, and we return to the bedroom. His only response is consistently, “As you wish.” The grandfather narrates that in time the two realized their tacit love for each other, which soon turned to passionate, openly expressed desire. Buttercup refers to Westley as “farm boy,” and orders him to do various mundane chores for her, from polishing her horse’s saddle to fetching her water. ![]() The grandfather begins reading and his words turn to narration as we fade to the scene he’s describing of a humble farm in the countryside, where we see a beautiful girl named Buttercup and her handsome servant, Westley. The boy jokes that he’ll try to stay awake as he settles in to listen. He proclaims the book’s many great attributes, from action and adventure to love and loss. The grandfather says that his father read it to him, and then he read it to his son (the boy’s father) in turn, and will now read it to the boy. The grandfather presents the boy with a wrapped gift, which he opens to reveal a book called The Princess Bride. The boy and his mother share a knowing look, and then she excuses herself from the room. The boy says he doesn’t like when his grandfather pinches his cheek, at which moment the grandfather bursts through the door with a flourish and pinches the boy’s cheek. He says he feels a little better, and she tells him that his grandfather has arrived to see him. His mother comes in and checks his forehead for a fever. A bedridden boy of about 8 is at the controls in his bedroom. We open on a television screen displaying a baseball video game from the 80s. ![]()
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