'How Henry Hagglyhoagly Played the Guitar with His Mittens On' is a love story in Carl Sandburg's "Rootabaga Stories".
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Ep. 825 - What Six Girls with Balloons Told the Gray Man on Horseback - An American Fairytale
Carl Sandburg's 'What Six Girls with Balloons Told the Gray Man on Horseback' is one of those stories that shows us just how well Sandburg captured a child's imagination in his tales.
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Ep. 824 - The White Horse Girl and the Blue Wind Boy - An American Fairytale
In Carl Sandburg's 'The White Horse Girl and the Blue Wind Boy' we find ourselves back in Rootabaga Country with a young man and woman with a sense of adventure.
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Ep. 823 - The Naughty Boy - A Danish Folktale
Our final Hans Christian Andersen tale for the week is all about love and the very naughty boy who brings it to us, Cupid.
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Ep. 822 - The Leap-Frog - A Danish Folktale
I've told a version of Hans Christian Andersen's 'The Leap Frog' before ('The Leaping Match') but I really prefer this translation and I hope you do as well.
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Ep. 821 - The Snow Queen Pt. 7 - What Happened in the Snow Queen's Palace and After - A Danish Fairytale
At the conclusion of "The Snow Queen" Gerda finally finds little Kay and we find out 'What Happened in the Snow Queen's Palace and After'.
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Ep. 820 - The Snow Queen Pt. 6 - The Lapp Woman and The Finn Woman - A Danish Fairytale
In the penultimate story in Hans Christian Andersen's "The Snow Queen" little Gerda is finally on her way to face the Snow Queen and free Kay. She just needs to make a few stops first.
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Ep. 819 - The Snow Queen Pt. 5 - The Little Robber Girl - A Danish Fairytale
In today's story of Hans Christian Andersen's "The Snow Queen'" ('The Little Robber Girl') Gerda is captured by robbers on her quest to find Kay.
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Ep. 818 - The Snow Queen Pt. 4 - Prince and Princess - A Danish Fairytale
In the fourth story of Hans Christian Andersen's 'The Snow Queen' we continue young Gerda's quest to find her Kay in 'Prince and Princess'.
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Ep. 816 - The Snow Queen Pt. 2 - About a Little Boy and a Little Girl - A Danish Fairytale
In the second story of Hans Christian Andersen's 'The Snow Queen' we meet the protagonists of the tale, Kay and Gerda, and where Kay meets the Snow Queen herself.
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