Brave

Princess Merida is a beautiful daughter of King Fergus and Queen Elinor, who rule the kingdom of DunBroch in Scotland. She has three brothers, who are triplets. Queen Elinor tries to teach Merida to behave like other princesses but Merida is a free-spirited girl, who enjoys archery.

One night, while the family is having their supper, the queen announces that three men are visiting soon to compete for a matrimonial alliance with their daughter. Merida is angry and rebels against it. The following day when the suitors arrive they try to impress Merida with their skills at shooting and archery but all of them fail miserably.

The heroine of the story, Princess Merida marches into the field and leaves everyone in awe of her skills at archery. Queen Elinor is angry and scolds Merida for her act. But Merida fights with her mother, tears a tapestry of their family, leaves the castle, and goes deep into the forest.

There, Merida discovers an old witch in a cottage. She asks the witch to change her mother’s mindset. The old witch gives a spell cake to Merida, which is to be fed to the queen.

Merida gives it to her mother, and when the queen takes a bite of the cake, she falls sick and turns into a bear. Merida’s brothers, who too take a bite from the cake, turn into bears.

Worried Merida tries to help her mother and she rushes to the old witch’s cottage. She does not find her but reads a message on the wall of the cottage, “Fate be changed, look inside, mend the bond torn by pride.”

Merida figures out the hidden meaning behind the message on the wall. She hops on to her horse, goes to the palace, and sews the tapestry that she tore.

She places the tapestry, which is now mended, on her mother and the three little brothers. “I want you back, Mum,” Merida cries. “I love you.”

Queen Elinor and her sons turn into humans again, King Fergus is happy to have his family back. The happy family returns to the castle and Merida is granted all the freedom she desires.