In 'The Adventures of Juan' we get the Filipino version of 'The Ass, The Table, and The Stick' brought to us by Mabel Cook Cole.
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Ep. 900 - The Story of Benito - A Tagalog Folktale
This week sees the return of Mabel Cook Cole's "Philippine Folk Tales", beginning with a story about a boy who's just looking to help his parents, but ends up a king.
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Ep. 899 - Aesop's Fables, Collection 3 - Aesop's Fables
Today we have our final stories from Aesop's fables for the week. Next week we'll be back with three new stories from the Philippines.
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Ep. 898 - Aesop's Fables, Collection 2 - Aesop's Fables
This week I'm bringing you three collections of fables from Aesop. These have a special place in my heart, and my favorite fable of all time is in this collection.
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Ep. 897 - Aesop's Fables, Collection 1 - Aesop's Fables
This week I'm bringing you three collections of fables from Aesop. These have a special place in my heart, and I hope you enjoy them as much as I do.
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Ep. 896 - The Wolf and the Dog, and The Heifer, the She-goat, and the Lamb, in Partnership - French Fables
In our final two fables from Jean de la Fontaine this week we find the limits of personal freedom.
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Ep. 895 - The Frog that Wished to make Herself as Big as the Ox, and The Two Mules - French Fables
Today we have two new fables from Jean de la Fontaine that warn us about living outside of our means and bragging about our wealth.
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Ep. 893 - A Ride for a Bride - An American Folktale
Our final story from the American Revolutionary War - 'A Ride for a Bride' - is a much happier tale of a soldier and his love than Wednesday's 'Robert Lockwood's Fate'. A great way to end the week.
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Ep. 892 - Robert Lockwood's Fate - An American Folktale
'Robert Lockwood's Fate' is a tale of love and trust gone terribly, terribly wrong during America's Revolutionary War.
Ep 891 - The Tory's Conversion - An American Folktale
This week we're reading three stories from Charles Skinner's "Myths and Legends of Our Own Land" about the American Revolution, beginning with 'The Tory's Conversion'.