The prince has a secret and it is because of that secret that he's been shut away in the basement of a castle all his life. His parents have all but abandoned him and it isn't until a young barber with a marvelous smile comes along that the young Prince is able to open his heart. And that is because, the barber is the first person to look at the prince's unusual ears and tell him they're charming. Told by the barber to keep his hair long, he does so just to feeling the barber play with his hair and touch his overly sensitive ears, because it's the only happiness he can find in life. The Prince just can't stop himself from falling in love.