Memorable Monologue: Ella Enchanted

Fairy tales tell, as their labels imply

Stories of magic, of creatures that fly

With giants and dragons and ogres and elves

And inanimate objects that speak for themselves

There's romance and danger and plotting of schemes

There's good guys and bad guys and some guys in-between

A fairy tale also reveals some sort of truth

The perils of choices we make in our youth

But our story today is different in theme

For our hero had no choice or so it would seem

It starts with a fairy bestowing a spell

This one's a baby named Ella of Frell.

~ Eric Idle as the Narrator in Ella Enchanted (2004)