:03:03
And gradually he grew stronger.
:03:09
As he slowly recovered,
he saw that the holy men...
:03:12
...collected tiny coloured stones.
:03:14
And, with great patience
and loving skill...
:03:18
...made pictures from them
to decorate their chapel.
:03:21
And the pictures told a story.
:03:23
A story of a mighty bell
made of solid gold.
:03:27
For days without number the holy men
laboured to mak e this mighty bell.
:03:32
They made ready a great cauldron,
and under it a fire burned day and night.
:03:38
Then came the gold.
:03:39
Gold from the ends of the earth.
Gold offerings of the crusaders.
:03:44
Gold urns from the lands of Islam.
Gleaming, liquid gold.
:03:50
A kingdom of gold.
:03:57
Gold idols.
Golden rings tak en from the harems.
:04:01
From wives. From princesses.
From courtesans.
:04:04
Gold money.
Gold from ships, mines and caravans.
:04:07
From mosques,
palaces and sacred cities.
:04:09
Gold stolen by robbers
from the tombs of Pharaohs.
:04:13
Golden cups. Golden plate.
Treasure won by conquering armies.
:04:24
And from its hiding place came
the fabulous chain of Nimrud Dag...
:04:29
...of the 10, 000 golden links.
:04:34
At last, the huge cauldron was
so filled with molten gold...
:04:38
...that no more could be added.
:04:40
Then it was poured
into a gigantic clay mould.
:04:45
For days it stood cooling until the hour
struck when the clay was torn away.
:04:51
And so the great golden bell
came shining into the world.
:04:55
They smoothed it.
They polished it.
:04:58
Then they called on it to speak.