Amir tells the tale of The Beggar’s Staff

Here's a description of the contestant's attempt. Someone's probably working on collecting some images to illustrate it.

Amir’s title cards are written in cursive, and the first reads “There once was the richest shipping magnate in the whole world!” He is then seen walking, holding a briefcase with a dollar sign on it in one hand, a ship’s wheel in the other, and with a comically over-sized cigar in his mouth. The next title card reads “But he was sooooo unhappy!!” (where the dots of the exclamation marks are the eyes of a sad face). Another title card then reads “Even flowers became sad when they saw him…” (with a drawing of a wilting flower on it), followed by a clip of flowers drooping. The next card reads “Until one day he saw a sign!” (surrounded by a heart, a star, and a flower, all shining and with happy faces), and is followed by a clip of Amir’s cigar falling out of his mouth, and his hat floating above his head, in a comically surprised manner. A sign is then shown, which reads “Eternal happiness to the one who can pull out the staff”. A clip is shown of a queue of several people standing in line, waiting to pull the staff out of a stone, before the next title card appears, reading “No-one in the world managed to pull out the staff!!!!!!!!”. Amir is then shown, easily removing the staff, before a title card appears, reading “Hurray, he did it! He became a beggar and lived happily ever after.” The next clips show a very happy Amir using the staff as a walking stick, holding his hat out to beg for money, and then jumping in the air and clicking his feet together. The film ends with a title card reading “The Beggar’s Staff: a film by Amir.” He earns first place.

(Written by Will G and proofread by Karl Craven)