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At the end of the film, Sarah does not recite the speech she makes at the start of the film word-for-word, as she leaves out the line "To take back the child that you have stolen." This omission can perhaps be taken as an indication that Sarah appreciates that Jareth did not exactly steal Toby, since he took him at her bequest.
 
At the end of the film, Sarah does not recite the speech she makes at the start of the film word-for-word, as she leaves out the line "To take back the child that you have stolen." This omission can perhaps be taken as an indication that Sarah appreciates that Jareth did not exactly steal Toby, since he took him at her bequest.
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The story Sarah tells Toby prior to wishing him most likely also comes from ''The Labyrinth'', although a definite link is never established. The story Sarah tells Toby is as follows-
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<p style="text-align: center; ">''Once upon a time there was a beautiful young girl, whose stepmother always made her stay home with the baby. The baby was a spoiled child. He wanted everything for himself, and the girl was practically a slave. But what no one knew was that the Goblin King fell in love with her, and gave her certain powers. So one night, when the baby had been particularly cruel to her, she asked the goblins for help.''</p>
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<p style="text-align: center; ">''"Say your right words," the goblins said, "And we'll take the baby to the Goblin City and you will be free."''</p>
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<p style="text-align: center; ">''But the girl knew the King of the Goblins would keep the baby in his castle forever and ever and turn it into a goblin. So she suffered in silence, until one night when she was tired from a day of house-work, and hurt by the harsh words of her step-mother, and she could no longer stand it."''</p>

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The Labyrinth is the fictional play Sarah is seen reading at the start of Labyrinth. Sarah recites lines from the play both at the start and end of the film, and her victory hinges on her ability to correctly remember the play's climatic speech.

Plot

The play is only known through the lines Sarah recites from it in the film. The most important speech in the play is the one Sarah says aloud at the start of the film, and later has to recite at the end of the film to defeat Jareth.

Through dangers untold and hardships unnumbered,

I have fought my way here

To the castle beyond the Goblin City,

To take back the child that you have stolen,

For my will is as strong as yours,

And my kingdom is as great.

You have no power over me.

At the end of the film, Sarah does not recite the speech she makes at the start of the film word-for-word, as she leaves out the line "To take back the child that you have stolen." This omission can perhaps be taken as an indication that Sarah appreciates that Jareth did not exactly steal Toby, since he took him at her bequest.

The story Sarah tells Toby prior to wishing him most likely also comes from The Labyrinth, although a definite link is never established. The story Sarah tells Toby is as follows-

Once upon a time there was a beautiful young girl, whose stepmother always made her stay home with the baby. The baby was a spoiled child. He wanted everything for himself, and the girl was practically a slave. But what no one knew was that the Goblin King fell in love with her, and gave her certain powers. So one night, when the baby had been particularly cruel to her, she asked the goblins for help.

"Say your right words," the goblins said, "And we'll take the baby to the Goblin City and you will be free."

But the girl knew the King of the Goblins would keep the baby in his castle forever and ever and turn it into a goblin. So she suffered in silence, until one night when she was tired from a day of house-work, and hurt by the harsh words of her step-mother, and she could no longer stand it."