| Uttai Tawee | |
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Bee and Auot in Uttai Tawee |
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| Opening theme | Uttai Tawee |
| Country of origin | Thailand |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 32 |
| Production | |
| Running time | approx. 40-45 minutes (per episode) |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | BBTV Channel 7 |
| Original run | 2003 – 2003 |
Uttai Tawee (Thai:อุทัยเทวี) is a Thai lakorn Boran that aired on Thai Channel 7 in 2003. It is a remake of a 1989 lakorn of the same name, and stars Bee Madthika and Auot. It is about a girl named Uttai Tawee whose mother is the king dragon's daughter and whose father is a tree god.
Uttai Tawee was born from an egg because her mother was the king dragon's daughter. Before Uttai Tawee hatched, her mother was banished underwater, but gave her egg to the father to hatch and raise, and also gave a magic ring to her daughter for protection. Uttai Tawee lived happily with her father, but always followed her mother's advice. Her father sent her to the human world where she was raised by a parrot, a snake and a tortoise who could become human. Uttai Tawee hid herself in a frog skin to escape danger.
One day, Uttai Tawee was captured by an old kind couple for their dinner, but out of kindness, they kept her as a pet. To repay their kindness, Uttai Tawee got out of the frog skin and cooked for them. One day, they found her in human form and they looked after her as their granddaughter. Living in the human world caused Uttai Tawee to appear human rather than dragon. She made her life very happy with her kindness and bravery.
Uttai Tawee grew up to be the most beautiful girl in the kingdom, and a young prince wanted to marry her. They were not allowed to marry because Uttai Tawee was only a poor commoner, while the prince was a wealthy nobleman. The queen set Uttai Tawee the task of building a house of gold, and the prince was tasked with building a bridge of gold, before they might marry. Uttai Tawee used her magic to make the golden house in seconds, but a jealous princess destroyed every bridge the prince built. Finally Uttai Tawee and the prince married and lived very happily. The jealous princess created many horrible events to separate Uttai and her prince, but Uttai Tawee fought back with her magic ring.
One day, the jealous princess ensorcelled the prince so that he would fall in love with her. Uttai Tawee was sad when she saw her husband with another woman. When she discovered the evil princess' plans, Uttai made a statue of herself and placed it in the Prince's room. When the jealous princess saw it, she tried to melt it, but the statue came to life and fought her off. The jealous princess tried to drown it in the river but good overcame evil and the prince was freed of his spell. He returned to Uttai Tawee but the jealous princess sent Krok, the powerful enemy of Uttai's parents. With the help of her grandfather the king dragon, her animal friends, and her father the tree god, Uttai vanquished Krok along with the jealous princess and her brother. The jealous princess's parents were sorry for their daughter's misdeeds and returned to their kingdom. The lakorn ends with Uttai Tawee and her prince living happily together.